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To: nopardons
I liked it, as well.

Though, for some reason, the actor who played Arthur Sullivan seems to stick out in my memory, more so than his counterpart on screen.

412 posted on 01/25/2005 4:33:19 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham (Anxiously awaiting the coming of the Tupacalypse.)
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
The actor who played Sir Arthur has a lisp,which is distracting.I've seen him in other roles and he has the damned lisp,even when he puts on an Italian accent.

The actress who played Leonora Braham looks EXACTLY like Jessie Bond,whom she should have portrayed.Since I know what the original cast member looked like,I found this somewhat jarring,because my mind kept saying :WHAT'S JESSIE BOND DOING LEONORA'S ROLES?" But she's a really wonderful actress and I've seen her in many other things.

Grossmith with PERFECTION!

The ubiquitous Jim Broadbent did Gilbert wonderfully well,but I take great umbrage with the script's erroneous portrayal of how Gilbert's interaction (at the end of the film)with his wife.That was incorrect.

Durward Lely had dark hair,unlike the man who played him,but it worked nonetheless.

This wasn't the old D'Oyly Carte,but the cast did a remarkable job...really first rate and I am VERY picky and nit-picky about G&S!

418 posted on 01/25/2005 5:14:46 PM PST by nopardons
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