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Podcast: Cinema Sounds & Secrets
Episode: Episode One: The Singing Sixties & The Super 70's
Description: Our first film was a ground breaking musical based on a smash Broadway show, and the other a movie from a very different planet – so what do they have in common? Both films are the best of their genre – the film musical and comic book superhero and both films brim with star power. In 1961 our first film stunned audiences with brilliant songs and stunning choreography in a dazzling display of magic – by a team of masters from film and theatre at the top of their game; Bernstein, Sondheim, Laurents, Hal Prince and Jerome Robbins. Our other fi...