list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Eroica on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Eroica/232596/default.aspx Title: Eroica
Year: 2003
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Plot: British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV movie concerns the first performance of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 3" on June 9, 1804, in Vienna. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited all his friends to his palace to watch Beethoven perform his new piece with a full orchestra. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:50:00 GMTEroica2003Simon Cellan JonesBritish filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring <a href="/players/P____30769/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ian Hart</a> as <a href="/players/P____81201/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ludwig van Beethoven</a>. Shot on digital video, this TV movie concerns the first performance of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 3" on June 9, 1804, in Vienna. Prince Lobkowitz (<a href="/players/P___265494/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jack Davenport</a>) has invited all his friends to his palace to watch Beethoven perform his new piece with a full orchestra. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (<a href="/players/P____23510/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Frank Finlay</a>). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide13http://www.spout.com/images/no_image.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Eroica/232596/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/qflw/archive/2009/7/5/42925.aspxPost By: QFLW
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Body: Not strong on the drama nor any "action" at all; the center of the film is the performance of Beethoven's stirring third symphony, the "Eroica." And while the music is excellent, there's little else to sink one's teeth into. I'm sure the film meant to give an idea of how the symphony was originally received and touch on what was happening in the composer's life at the time, etc., but these all seem to be tidbits tacked on to give the actors something to do besides stand around listening to the orchestra. I loved hearing the the music but my attention kept wandering. I might as well have been playing the CD of the symphony that I own.
]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:50:00 GMTQFLWQFLW Blog7/5/2009 11:50:00 PMNot strong on the drama nor any "action" at all; the center of the film is the performance of Beethoven's stirring third symphony, the "Eroica." And while the music is excellent, there's little else to sink one's teeth into. I'm sure the film meant to give an idea of how the symphony was originally received and touch on what was happening in the composer's life at the time, etc., but these all seem to be tidbits tacked on to give the actors something to do besides stand around listening to the orchestra. I loved hearing the the music but my attention kept wandering. I might as well have been playing the CD of the symphony that I own. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/aristocracy/MemberTagFilms.aspxaristocracy
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