The Kindness of Strangers (1998)
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The life of composer, conductor, pianist and Oscar-winner Andre Previn, filmed during a year which culminated in the world premiere of his first opera, A Streetcar Named Desire, in San Francisco. Wherever he went, the camera followed. To Tokyo for a concert with Kiri Te Kanawa. To Philadelphia for a teaching session in the Curtis Institute. To Tanglewood for an incredible jazz improvisation recording of Gershwin Variations. To New York to play with the Ray Brown Trio at the Blue Note Club. To Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic. To Washington DC for a concert with the Emerson Quartet. To Boston for a conductor's masterclass with, among others, Daniel Harding. And, of course, the rehearsals and first performance of Streetcar with the incomparable Renee Fleming and director Colin Graham.
- Release date
- July 1, 1998
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Renée Fleming as Blanche: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Susannah Glanville as Blanche: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Elizabeth Futral as Stella: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Peggy Kriha Dye as Stella: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Rodney Gilfry as Stanley Kowalski: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- David Okerland as Stanley Kowalski: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Anthony Dean Griffey as Mitch: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Jay Hunter Morris as Mitch: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Matthew Lord as Steve: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
- Judith Forst as Eunice: 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Crew
- Tony Palmer · Director
- Philip Littell · Writer
- Tennessee Williams · Writer
- Michela Antonello · Producer
- Mike Bluett · Producer
- Tony Cobbs · Cinematographer
- Ed Kadysewski · Cinematographer
- David Marsh · Cinematographer
- Junko Shiino · Cinematographer
- Tony Palmer · Editor