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Includes Multiple Versions Of The Film 1776 (1972) And A Limited Sleeve Featuring Theatrical Artwork – Available For The First Time On 4K Ultra HD May 31St
1776 is a musical celebration of the founding of the United States of America based on the award-winning Broadway production! The story centers around the tough and unyielding John Adams (William Daniels), the charming and pragmatic Benjamin Franklin (Howard Da Silva), the brilliant young Thomas Jefferson (Ken Howard), and the rest of the Continental Congress. All events lead up to that most significant historical date: July 4, 1776. Disc Details & Bonus Materials
1776 4K Ultra HD Disc Includes both the 165-minute Director’s Cut and the 167-minute Extended Cut
Both versions presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, with Dolby Atmos + 5.1 audio
1776 Blu-ray Feature Disc Includes both the 165-minute Director’s Cut and the 167-minute...
Includes Multiple Versions Of The Film 1776 (1972) And A Limited Sleeve Featuring Theatrical Artwork – Available For The First Time On 4K Ultra HD May 31St
1776 is a musical celebration of the founding of the United States of America based on the award-winning Broadway production! The story centers around the tough and unyielding John Adams (William Daniels), the charming and pragmatic Benjamin Franklin (Howard Da Silva), the brilliant young Thomas Jefferson (Ken Howard), and the rest of the Continental Congress. All events lead up to that most significant historical date: July 4, 1776. Disc Details & Bonus Materials
1776 4K Ultra HD Disc Includes both the 165-minute Director’s Cut and the 167-minute Extended Cut
Both versions presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, with Dolby Atmos + 5.1 audio
1776 Blu-ray Feature Disc Includes both the 165-minute Director’s Cut and the 167-minute...
- 2/16/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Peter H. Hunt, who won a Tony Award for his direction in 1969 of the now-classic musical 1776, helmed the 1972 film version and numerous episodes of CBS’ Touched By An Angel, died Sunday at home in Los Angeles from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 81.
Hunt’s death was reported by his wife, Barbette Hunt, to the Los Angeles Times. HIs death was confirmed by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where Hunt was the former artistic director. He was the uncle of actress Helen Hunt.
A Broadway lighting designer through much of the 1960s, Hunt made his directorial breakthrough with the smash hit 1776, the Revolutionary War-era musical by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone. The original Broadway cast included such stars-in-the-making as William Daniels, Betty Buckley and, as Thomas Jefferson, Ken Howard. Ronald Holgate, as Richard Henry Lee, won the Tony Award...
Hunt’s death was reported by his wife, Barbette Hunt, to the Los Angeles Times. HIs death was confirmed by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where Hunt was the former artistic director. He was the uncle of actress Helen Hunt.
A Broadway lighting designer through much of the 1960s, Hunt made his directorial breakthrough with the smash hit 1776, the Revolutionary War-era musical by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone. The original Broadway cast included such stars-in-the-making as William Daniels, Betty Buckley and, as Thomas Jefferson, Ken Howard. Ronald Holgate, as Richard Henry Lee, won the Tony Award...
- 4/28/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway can expect 1776 in 2021. But first the revival of this most American musical, to be directed by Diane Paulus will stage engagements in various cities from Boston to Los Angeles before landing in New York.
A co-production of New York’s nonprofit Roundabout Theatre Company and the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University (where Paulus is artistic director), 1776 will play the A.R.T.’s Loeb Drama Center from May 22 – June 28, 2020, before traveling on to a handful of other venues, including Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles during July, 2020.
The Broadway staging will begin in spring 2021 at the Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre. Additional dates, cities, and cast and creative team will be announced at a later date.
“This is an exciting opportunity for us at Roundabout, to bring this beloved musical back to the Broadway stage in partnership with our colleagues at the A.R.
A co-production of New York’s nonprofit Roundabout Theatre Company and the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University (where Paulus is artistic director), 1776 will play the A.R.T.’s Loeb Drama Center from May 22 – June 28, 2020, before traveling on to a handful of other venues, including Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles during July, 2020.
The Broadway staging will begin in spring 2021 at the Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre. Additional dates, cities, and cast and creative team will be announced at a later date.
“This is an exciting opportunity for us at Roundabout, to bring this beloved musical back to the Broadway stage in partnership with our colleagues at the A.R.
- 5/6/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
(See previous post: Fourth of July Movies: Escapism During a Weird Year.) On the evening of the Fourth of July, besides fireworks, fire hazards, and Yankee Doodle Dandy, if you're watching TCM in the U.S. and Canada, there's the following: Peter H. Hunt's 1776 (1972), a largely forgotten film musical based on the Broadway hit with music by Sherman Edwards. William Daniels, who was recently on TCM talking about 1776 and a couple of other movies (A Thousand Clowns, Dodsworth), has one of the key roles as John Adams. Howard Da Silva, blacklisted for over a decade after being named a communist during the House Un-American Committee hearings of the early 1950s (Robert Taylor was one who mentioned him in his testimony), plays Benjamin Franklin. Ken Howard is Thomas Jefferson, a role he would reprise in John Huston's 1976 short Independence. (In the short, Pat Hingle was cast as John Adams; Eli Wallach was Benjamin Franklin.) Warner...
- 7/5/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
When Kensington Palace confirmed on July 22 that Kate had gone into labor, Twitter absolutely exploded with excitement. Celebs from all over the world immediately began posting congratulations as everyone waits to meet the little heir to the royal throne.
Kate Middleton, 31, went into labor with the royal baby during the early morning hours of July 22! Excited celebrities such as Snooki, Sarah Hyland and Joan Collins took to Twitter to offer Kate and her husband Prince William, 31, well wishes!
Kate Middleton Goes Into Labor – Celebs React On Twitter
Twitter absolutely exploded on July 22 after Clarence House confirmed the news that Kate had been admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital. Check out some of the tweets from your favorite celebrities:
Piers Morgan: “Keep Calm…and Carry On. #Kate #Labour”
Kelly Osbourne: “Its all so exciting The Royal Baby is on the way!”
Chrissy Teigen: “This isn’t your baby Kate.
Kate Middleton, 31, went into labor with the royal baby during the early morning hours of July 22! Excited celebrities such as Snooki, Sarah Hyland and Joan Collins took to Twitter to offer Kate and her husband Prince William, 31, well wishes!
Kate Middleton Goes Into Labor – Celebs React On Twitter
Twitter absolutely exploded on July 22 after Clarence House confirmed the news that Kate had been admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital. Check out some of the tweets from your favorite celebrities:
Piers Morgan: “Keep Calm…and Carry On. #Kate #Labour”
Kelly Osbourne: “Its all so exciting The Royal Baby is on the way!”
Chrissy Teigen: “This isn’t your baby Kate.
- 7/22/2013
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
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