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Rental > Music: 1339 Films to Rent
Cirque du Soleil - Quidam (1999)
- Dir. David Mallet
- European act Cirque du Soleil create a fascinating blend of circus, costumery, theatre and dance. Captured live in Amsterdam in 1999.
Close to You - Remembering the Carpenters (1999)
- A documentary celebration of Karen and Richard Carpenter's rise to pop stardom. Features extensive interviews with Richard, videos, live…
Daft Punk (A Story about Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes) (1999)
- Dir. Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry
- Music videos from conceptualist French dance group Daft Punk – Da Funk, Around the World, Burnin, Revolution 909, Fresh – as well as live…
Detroit Rock City (1999)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello…
- In 1978, Edward Furlong and his garage band pals are perhaps the most devoted KISS fans in the world, but the road to see their idols in concert is…
Ella Fitzgerald - Something to Live For (1999)
- Dir. Charlotte Zwerin
- A modest and carefully selected musical 'album' of jazz singer Fitzgerald's greatest years.
Not really biographical in its focus, this…
Fugazi - Instrument (1999)
- Dir. Jem Cohen, Fugazi
- Culled from concert, interview and home footage, this portrayal of fiercely independent rock–bank Fugazi transcends the…
Genghis Blues (1999)
- Dir. Roko Belic
- Absorbing, stranger–than–fiction tale of San Francisco singer Paul Pena’s passion for Tuvan ‘Throat–singing’…
Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied Von Liebe Und Tod) (1999)
- Dir. Rolf Schubel
Feat. Joachim Krol, Erika Marozsan, Ben Becker…
- Captivating drama which pivots around the apocryphal origins of the classic melancholy song 'Gloomy Sunday' in pre–WW2 Budapest.
An amiably…
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
- Dir. Steven Pimlott, David Mallet
Feat. Donny Osmond, Joan Collins, Richard Attenborough
- Early, Bible–story musical from the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice team and taken from the London Palladium production.
Life and Art - Maria Callas (1999)
- Dir. Alan Lewens, Alistair Mitchell
Feat. Maria Callas
- Sympathetic documentary concerning the life and art of famed opera singer Maria Callas. Features extracts from 'Tosca', "Norma', 'Barber of Seville',…