Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (2007 Radio, Television)

Series

Charles Hazlewood Discovering Music

Radio programme. In this episode of his weekly series on work from various composers of the past three centuries, Charles Hazlewood examines the ‘Fantasy Overture’ from Tchaikovsky’s Romeo And Juliet....

Hot Fuzz (2007 Film)

Director

Edgar Wright

Producer

Tim Bevan; Nira Park

Action-comedy-police film. Nicholas Angel is the finest policeman in the Met, with an arrest record 400% higher than any other officer on the force. He’s so good, he makes everyone else look bad. As a...

Discovering Tchaikovsky (2007 Television, Video)

Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores two of Tchaikovsky’s composer’s key works, The Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet and the Sixth Symphony, The Pathetique. In the first programme he examines the...

Comedy Tragedy History (2007 Audio)

aka: Freedom Lasso

'Comedy Tragedy History’ is the second release from London hip-hop artist Kingslee ‘Akala’ MacLean Daley’s critically acclaimed second album ‘Freedom Lasso’. Wth this track, Akala pays homage to...

Romeo X Juliet (2007 Television)

aka: Romeo and Juliet Romeo X Jurietto

Director

Fumitoshi Oizaki

Japanese anime series very loosely based on Romeo and Juliet along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearian plays. On a stormy night, the Montagues of Neo Verona (an aerial city)...

Gucha - Distant Trumpet (2007 Film)

aka: Gucha!

Director

Dusan Milic

Producer

Karl Baumgartner; Thanassis Karathanous; Goran Radalcovic; Aleksandra Milic; Josef Aichholzer; Stefan Kitanov

Feature film. A Balkan gypsy movie and a loose re-working of Romeo and Juliet. The annual brass band competition in the small Serbian town of Gucha is welcomed by the whole region. Tensions rise when a young...

Romeo and Juliet (2007 Multimedia)

Series

Sourcebooks Shakespeare Series, The

Combined book and audio CD. Includes Ellen Terry in a 1911 recording compared with a Kate Beckinsale recording from 1997. There are contributions from Kenneth Branagh, John Gielgud, Judi Dench and Joseph...

Tonight Tonight, It’s West Side Story Night (2007 Radio)

aka: Something’s Coming From West Side to World Wide

Producer

Emma Kingsley

Radio documentary. As part of a three-hour tribute celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bernstein’s musical, two documentary programmes look at the origins of the musical, how it made its way to Broadway,...

Romeo et Juliette (2007 Radio)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Series

Opera on 3: Live from the Met

Director

Guy Joosten

Live relay of the Saturday matinee performance of Gounod’s opera from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Guy Joosten directs for stage. Placido Domingo conducts. The Met’s production is introduced...

Romeo et Juliette (2007 Television)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Series

Metropolitan Opera: Live in Hd

Director

Guy Joosten; Gary Halvorson

Live relay of the Saturday matinee performance of Gounod’s opera from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Stage direction is by Guy Joosten and television direction by Gary Halvorson. Roberto Alagna...