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  1. Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

    Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

    PG1975 · Musical · 1h 38m

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  1. French. Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is a 1975 French / Canadian musical film directed by Denis Héroux. The screenplay by Eric Blau is an adaptation of his book for the long-running off-Broadway revue of the same name. The score is composed of songs with music by Jacques Brel and his accompanist Gérard Jouannest and ...

    • Paul Marshall
    • Mort Shuman, Elly Stone, Joe Masiell
  2. 2006 Off-Broadway revival. 2014 Off-West End. Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is a musical revue of the songs of Jacques Brel. Brel's songs were translated into English by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman, who also provided the story. The original 1968 Off-Broadway production ran for four years and spawned international and regional ...

    • Eric Blau, Mort Shuman
    • The original French lyrics and French commentary by Jacques Brel
    • 1971
    • Eric Blau (English version), Mort Shuman (English version)
  3. Jan 27, 1975 · Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris: Directed by Denis Héroux. With Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Joe Masiell, Jacques Brel. Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques Brel, all while hippies and other eccentrics cavort about them.

    • (265)
    • Drama, Music, Musical
    • Denis Héroux
    • 1975-01-27
  4. Jun 8, 2020 · Musical Theatre, Live

    • Jun 8, 2020
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    • Calvin Hobbies
  5. With no overarching narrative, the film shifts considerably in tone and visuals from tune to tune, inventively evoking Brel's dark humor and his obsessions with death, depravity and hedonism. The ...

    • Denis Héroux
    • Musical
    • Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Joe Masiell
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  7. My introduction to the music of Jacques Brel was through The American Film Theater's adaptation of the long-running off-Broadway revue JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS. Starring two of the original cast (Elly Stone and Brel's English lyric translator Mort Shuman) and a cast replacement (Joe Masielle), Brel's haunting music is ...

  8. Synopsis. Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques Brel, all while hippies and other eccentrics cavort about them.