Being a big fan of Gilbert & Sullivan, and having seen the 1994 Stratford production of Pirates of Penzance with Carina (on my 26th birthday!), I decided to sign out the movie version from the library. I recall this coming out sometime while I was in high school and seeing previews on pay-tv channel ads, but I'd never seen it until tonight with Carina and the girls.
Kayleigh needed some help understanding the plot ("Is he bad?" "Why is he crying?" "Who is the old guy?") but we all enjoyed it immensely. This movie is so well done, the acting, singing, dancing and especially the pratfalls are classic. Seeing Angela Lansbury brandishing a sword and Kevin Kline doing all sorts of hilarious sight gags not to mention the machine-gun fast singing of songs like "I am the very model of a modern major general" was pure fun, and we were all in stitches again and again.
If you've never seen it, check it out! Pirates will be on at Stratford again this year - maybe we'll plan to go.
Have you seen the Pirate Movie?...the one with Christopher Atkins and Kristy McNichol?...one of my fav musicals of all time!
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I haven't ! Will have to check it out - thanks Khiem!
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