Sunday in the Park with George (1986) (TV)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Terry Hughes

Writers:

Georges Seurat (inspired by the works of)
James Lapine (play)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Musical

Plot:

Video production of the Pulitzer-prize winning musical stage production. In the first act, "George"...

Plot Keywords:

Pulitzer Prize | Stage | Art | Filmed Play | Artist

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Mandy Patinkin	...	Georges Seurat / George
Bernadette Peters	...	Dot / Marie
Barbara Bryne	...	Old Lady / Blair Daniels
Mary D'Arcy	...	Celeste #2 / Elaine
Sue Anne Gershenson	...	Woman / Photographer
Cris Groenendaal	...	Louis / Billy Webster
Dana Ivey	...	Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
John Jellison	...	Man with bicycle / Museum Assistant
Charles Kimbrough	...	Jules / Bob Greenberg
Frank Kopyc	...	Mr. / Lee Randolph
Judith Moore	...	Nurse / Mrs. / Harriet Pawling
Nancy Opel	...	Frieda / Betty
William Parry	...	Boatman / Charles Redmond
Natalie Polizzi	...	Louise
Michele Rigan	...	Girl

Runtime:

146 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Brandman Productions

Trivia:

Dot's singing in "We Do Not Belong Together", was dubbed over because she was so overcome with emotion when singing that it was deemed necessary to replace the original performance.

Quotes:

George: I've nothing to say.
Dot: You have many things...
George: Well, nothing that's not been said.
Dot: Said by you, though, George.
George: I do not know where to go.
Dot: And nor did I.
George: I want to make things that count, Things that will be new...
Dot: I did what I had to do:
George: What am I to do?
Dot: Move on.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Law & Order: Sunday in the Park with Jorge (#11.11)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Finishing the Hat

Sondheim in the Patinkin with Gorgeous music

This is a masterpiece. Sondhiem and Patinkin: American theatre's greatest talents in their fields, join forces in a show of tremendous complexity and humanity. For the uninitiated this can be a hard one to warm up to; but stick with it. It's a play about how disjointed pieces of life and art, some of which are individually unappealing, can come together with such beauty, if the eye arranges them in a certain way. Patinkin is, as usual, amazing, Peters is heartbreaking, and Sondheim's score and lyrics take musical theatre to a new level. "Finishing the Hat" is the best marriage of song and singer in the history of the stage. What a wonderful meditation on art and life!