Pippin Movie Review 1981

Video version of the stage musical about the adolescent son of Charlemagne finding true love. Adequate record of Bob Fosse's Broadway smash. Features Vereen re-creating his original Tony Award-winning role.

Distribution

Facets Multimedia, Inc., 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, Phone: (773)281-9075, Toll-free: 800-331-6197, Fax: (773)929-5437, Email: sales@facets.org, URL: http://www.facets.org

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musicals, Teen Angst, Medieval Romps, Adapted from a Play

Screenplay

Roger O. Hirson

Cast

Ben Vereen, William Katt, Martha Raye, Chita Rivera, Leslie Denniston, Benjamin Rayson

Director

David Sheehan

Music

Stephen Schwartz

Producer

Sheehan Elkins Video Venture Ltd.