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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 10:20pm on 2005-04-01
Argh. My day has very much not gone according to plan. I still have things to do before tomorrow. No huge catastrophes, poisson d'Avril or otherwise, just a huge bushel of not-according-to-plan.

Any of y'all have knowledge of the version of The Little Prince showing on MPT on Wednesday night? Is it something I need to punt something else off the VCR schedule for? I've read the book in French and in English (and an ex-grirlfriend made me a Petit Prince shower curtain), and the idea of a video version intrigues me, but I'm not a big fan of opera ... Clue, anyone?
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posted by [identity profile] ladymondegreen.livejournal.com at 05:41am on 2005-04-02
There's an opera of The Little Prince? I remember a really enchanting cartoon of it from when I was little, but no operas to speak of.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 01:40pm on 2005-04-02
According to TV Guide: "Great Performances 1:30 'The Little Prince,' an opera by Rachel Portman, based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's enchanting story of a downed pilot (Teddy Tahu Rhodes). NEW [Shown in letter-box format.]"

I was expecting a cartoon until I read the details. I'm trying to decide whether I like the story enough to sit through an opera. (Of course, I'm also a bit curious about the concept of retelling it in opera form.)
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posted by [identity profile] rendancer.livejournal.com at 06:37am on 2005-04-02
the version i saw in high school wasn't an opera it was like a cartoon...and in french with english subtitles...i was forced to read the book too...in french, spanish and english. wish it played in CA time so i could give you a better review...esp. since mine is like 7 years old.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 01:33pm on 2005-04-02
When I saw it listed on http://tv.zap2it.com I expected a cartoon, but I see that TV Guide mentions that it's an opera. (I didn't think to click through to the "program details" page for it when I was looking online.)
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posted by [identity profile] acroyear70.livejournal.com at 01:43pm on 2005-04-02
http://www.imdb.com/find?q=the+little+prince&sourceid=mozilla-search

lists 5 with that title directly.

1979 had a stop-motion claymation cartoon that I know made the rounds on HBO's morning family time.

1974 was the live-action film musical, featuring Gene Wilder. This is the one I'm most familiar with.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756686/ lists all the tv/movie works by the author, which shows that no version of the novel was made after his death in 1990, but potentially 3 came out that year in Europe.

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full description from www.mpt.org

posted by [identity profile] acroyear70.livejournal.com at 01:46pm on 2005-04-02
"The Little Prince" (#3009)
Children and adults alike have long been drawn to Antoine de Saint- Exupery's small book "The Little Prince," in which the curious title character relates his encounters with the solitary inhabitants of other planets -- including a king, a businessman, a drunkard, and his own beloved rose -- to a pilot crash-landed in the Sahara Desert. Featuring a score by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman (Emma, Chocolat) which the Houston Chronicle called "unrelentingly appealing," this new film adaptation was created especially for television and is directed by Francesca Zambello, based on the world- premiere production staged by the innovative Houston Grand Opera in 2003. Saint-Exupery's enduring tale is brought to life by Teddy Tahu Rhodes, reprising his Houston role as The Pilot, and the winners of an extensive talent search contest for the leading children's roles, 15-year-old Mairead Carlin as The Rose and 11-year-old Joseph McManners as The Little Prince.

Length: 1 hr 26 min

so its new, based on an opera stage production, but an original film for tv.
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