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title: "A Little Night Music"
brand: "elizabeth taylordiana riggharold prince"
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# A Little Night Music

**Brand:** elizabeth taylordiana riggharold prince
**Price:** R581
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Product Description               A group of individuals escape to a country estate in order to repair their love relationships. Included are a famous, randy actress ready to commit to her man, and a dull lawyer, who has yet to sleep with his nubile wife. Director Harold Price Star Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou, Lesley-Anne Down, Hermione Gingold, Special Features: Widescreen - 1.66 Audio: English Runtime: 120 minutes Year of Release: 1978.                  .com               There are many enjoyable elements in the 1978 film version of Stephen Sondheim's exquisite chamber musical A Little Night Music, based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. First, Sondheim's score (all based on meters of 3) is full of riches such as "Now/Later/Soon," "Every Day a Little Death," "It Would Have Been Wonderful," and the famous "Send in the Clowns." There's even one reworking, of "The Glamorous Life," that became something of a collector's item for fans. Second, much of the cast is good, with original Broadway lead Len Cariou reprising his role as Frederik, the lawyer torn between his young wife, Anne (Lesley Anne-Down), and his former beau Desiree (Elizabeth Taylor). Others from the original Broadway company are Laurence Guittard (as pompous soldier Carl-Magnus) and Hermione Gingold (Mme. Armfeldt), and Diana Rigg adds a wonderful spice. Unfortunately Hal Prince couldn't translate his successful stage direction to this clunky film, Taylor's marquee value couldn't help her sing her big number, "Send in the Clowns," and a number of decisions--cutting songs, moving the setting from Sweden to Austria, eliminating the Greek chorus--just didn't work. It's worth seeing for the cast and for Sondheim's music, but all in all, A Little Night Music is one of the most dismal Broadway-to-movie adaptations ever made. --David HoriuchiOn the DVD The 2007 DVD is in a barely perceptible 1.66 widescreen, not enhanced for anamorphic televisions. Years earlier, the film was scheduled to be released by Image Entertainment but the print was judged too poor to release. Hen's Tooth's DVD has visible print damage throughout; you won't use it to show off your home theater, but it is watchable, and the film's reputation makes an expensive restoration unlikely. If you want A Little Night Music, you're unlikely to get anything better than this any time soon, if ever. (Smalller quibble: only 12 chapter stops makes it hard to find the songs.) --David Horiuchi

## Product Details

- **Genre:** Musicals & Performing Arts/Musicals/General
- **Format:** Closed-captioned, Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
- **Contributor:** Chloe Franks, Christopher Guard, Diana Rigg, Elizabeth Taylor, Harold Prince, Heinz Marecek, Hermione Gingold, Hubert Tscheppe, Hugh Wheeler, Ingmar Bergman, Jonathan Tunick, Laurence Guittard, Len Cariou, Lesley Dunlop, Lesley-Anne Down
- **Language:** English
- **Runtime:** 2 hours and 4 minutes

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Underrated Film
  

*by H***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2020*

The film version of "A Little Night Music" is more like that of "Pal Joey" 20 years before- changing plot, setting, and score- more than like say "Mame".  Whereas in "Mame" the movie everyone EXCEPT the star was perfect, "A Little Night Music" isn't nearly as bad as has been reported.  Elizabeth Taylor, yes, was hefty but sincere as 'Desiree'.  Looking back it is not so much her weight but her hair (!) that hurts her performance.  Worn DOWN it looks ghastly, Medusa like, in 'You Must Meet Me Wife'.  Otherwise Liz is fine.  Okay, yes, the one lyric- 'If She'd only been fat' still gets twitters from a audience, and should have been altered- but to what?  Way back at an early film screening in Manhattan, our audience applauded after the very well-staged 'A Weekend in the Country'.  And Stephen Sondheim's witty lyrics remain fresh and often hysterically funny (and Diana Rigg was perfection)!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Was Not Disappointed - Loved It!!
  

*by R***F on Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023*

I was never lucky enough to see the Broadway production of A Little Night Music. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie musical. While Elizabeth Taylor might not have had a strong singing voice I could not take my eyes off of her. I felt the same for Diana Rigg. Len Cariou, I was lucky enough to see in Sweeney Todd and have always loved him. Everyone looks like they had a blast making this movie and Sondheim’s lyrics and music always amaze. I saw don’t listen to all the negative reviews, check it out!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An unexpectedly inspired choice of lead actress
  

*by J***T on Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2022*

I used to be very disappointed in this version. Not only that songs were cut, but Elizabeth Taylor? Now I realize that she is perfectly cast. “Send in the Clowns” was written specifically for an aging actress who can’t sing. I’m happy with it now. (Though I would still love to see Hermione Gingold’s “Liaisons”)

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*Last updated: 2026-03-07*