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"Fans of Andre Rieu-as well as
movie buffs-will be thrilled at the
maestro's renditions of classic music
from classic films, as well as songs
from some of today's biggest hits."
"From Franco Zefferlli's 1968 definitive
adaptation of William Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet, we have the "Love
Theme" that underscored the tender
passion of Leonard Whiting and
 Olivia
Hussey's portrayals of the star-crossed
lovers. Then, it's back to 1965 and Dr. Zhivago, in which Omar Sharif plays the
title role as a married man in love with
a political activist named Lara, played
by Julie Christie, against the backdrop
of the Russian revolution".
"Who can forget Celine Dion's sweeping
version of "My Heart Will Go On" in
Titanic, as Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate
Winslet say their last farewell? A very
different kind of love story involves
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in "Eyes
Wide Shut", the last film by director
Stanley Kubrick. After his wife
confesses she's cheated, Tom goes
through a bizarre sexual odyssey."
"The Walt Disney classic, Snow White and
The Seven Dwarfs gave us an album's
worth of great songs. Here Andre plays "Heigh
Ho", which the dwarfs sing as they march
to and from work. In Breakfast At
Tiffany's, Audrey Hepburn, as Holly
Golightly, sings and strums her guitar
on a fire escape, as she contemplates
giving up her career as a high priced
escort for true love. The song? Henry
Mancini's beautiful "Moon River".
"Stiff Englishman Alan Bates finds joy
in learning to dance and eat, all on a
Greek Island, thanks to Anthony Quinn,
who plays the title role in 1964's Zorba
The Greek. In 1972, Marlon Brando had us
all worried about an offer we couldn'd
refuse, lest we find ourselves sleeping
with the fishes, in Francis Ford
Coppola's The Godfather, from the novel
by Mario Puzo".
"Bo Derek, in slow motion, jogging down
the beach in Blake Edwards' hit,"10",
also starring Dudley Moore as the lucky
guy who wins her love to the strains of
Ravel's "Bolero." Civil War lieutenant
Kevin Costar finds much in common with
Native Americans and four legged
carnivores in his self-directed Dances
With Wolves".
"In the Thomas Crown affair, sleuth Faye
Runaway goes after master thief Steve
McQueen and his cohorts, all to the tune
of Michel Legrand and Marilyn and Alan
Bergman's "Windmills Of Your Mind." The
great Julie Andrews plays Maria, who
comes to take care of the Von Trapps in
The Sound Of Music, filled with
wonderful Rodgers & Hammerstein songs,
like "Edelweiss".
"Cole Porter's last hit, "True Love", is
sung by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly, as
they spoon in a row boat in the 1956
feature High Society, a remake of The
Philadelphia Story. 1955's Kismet
popularized Alexander Borodin's Maiden's
Dance as "Stranger in Paradise." The
memorable adaptation from the 1953
broadway musical went on to become hits
for both Tony Bennett and the Four Aces
in 1954."
"Romance" comes from the obscure Russian
film Gadfly aka Ovad, scored by the
great Dimitri Shostakovich. Henry Fonda
proves he can play the bad guy-a very
bad guy- in Once Upon A Time In The
West, as he, Jason Robards and Charles
Bronson struggle over the beautiful
Claudia Cardinale".
Music provides the background to the
unforgettable images in the movies and
are often unforgettable themselves, as
Andre Rieu shows here". -------Billy
Vera
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