Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (film)


Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a 1999 British direct-to-video film version of the 1972 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name. It is a sung-through musical film.

Plot

The plot of the film follows the same story of Joseph's life as the West End musical. The only change is the addition of a very brief framing device in which the actors begin the film as "teachers" in a school where the "students" become the children's chorus of the musical.

Cast

Musical numbers

Act One

1. "Prologue" - Narrator
2. "Any Dream Will Do" - Joseph, Children
3. "Jacob and Sons/Joseph's Coat" - Joseph, Narrator, Jacob, Brothers, Wives, Children
4. "Joseph's Dreams" - Joseph, Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble
5. "Poor, Poor Joseph" - Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble, Children
6. "One More Angel in Heaven" - Reuben, Jacob, Reuben's Wife, Brothers, Wives
7. "Potiphar" - Joseph, Narrator, Potiphar, Mrs. Potiphar, Male Ensemble, Children
8. "Close Every Door" - Joseph, Ensemble Children
9. "Go, Go, Go Joseph" - Joseph, Narrator, Butler, Baker, Ensemble, Children

Act Two

10. "Pharaoh Story" - Narrator, Ensemble, Children
11. "Poor, Poor Pharaoh" - Joseph, Narrator, Pharaoh, Butler, Ensemble
12. "Song of the King" - Pharaoh, Ensemble, Children
13. "Pharaoh's Dreams Explained" - Joseph, Ensemble, Children
14. "Stone the Crows" - Joseph, Narrator, Pharaoh, Female Ensemble
15. "Those Canaan Days" - Simeon, Jacob, Brothers
16. "The Brothers Come To Egypt/Grovel, Grovel" - Joseph, Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble, Children
17. "Who's the Thief?" - Joseph, Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble
18. "Benjamin Calypso" - Judah, Brothers, Female Ensemble
19. "Joseph All the Time" - Joseph, Narrator, Female Ensemble, Children
20. "Jacob in Egypt" - Ensemble
21. "Any Dream Will Do /Give Me My Coloured Coat" - Joseph, Narrator, Ensemble, Children
22. "Joseph Megamix" - Full Company

Release

The film was originally shot as a feature film, but ended up being released directly to video. The film was shot in the beginning months of 1999 at Pinewood Studios in London. The release of the film was advertised by a brief series of sing-along performances that Osmond starred in as a Fathom Event. The film was released by PolyGram. In the United States, the film was shown as an episode of PBS' Great Performances.

Reception

Reviews of the film were generally positive." The film has been described by PBS as being a "lively interpretation." Michael Dequina, online film critic for "TheMovieReport.com", described the film as a "sweet, candy-colored confection for the entire family."