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Handel's last chance

Author: David Devine; Devine Entertainment Corporation.; Alef Studio.; Sony Classical Film & Video.; Sony Wonder (Firm)
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Sony Classical Film & Video, 1996.
Series: Composers' specials.
Edition/Format:   VHS video : VHS tape : NTSC color broadcast system   Visual material : EnglishView all editions and formats
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With his career failing, Handel needed a big hit. A young thief with a wonderful voice lands in jail and Handel secures his release so that the boy can perform in the first performance of "Messiah."
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Genre/Form: Biographical films
Short films
Drama
Named Person: George Frideric Handel; George Frideric Handel; George Frideric Handel; George Frideric Handel
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: David Devine; Devine Entertainment Corporation.; Alef Studio.; Sony Classical Film & Video.; Sony Wonder (Firm)
OCLC Number: 36074806
Notes: At head of title on cassette: George Frideric Handel.
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Credits: Music, George Frederic Handel ; creators/story, David Devine and Richard Mozer ; co-producer, Jan Oparty ; director of photography, David Perrault ; editor, Michael Pacek ; writer, Marlene Matthews ; producers, Richard Mozer, David Devine ; director, Milan Cheylov.
Cast: Leon Pownall, Tod Fennell, Gerard Parkes, Seana McKenna, Cody Jones, Steven Miller, Jennifer Rockett.
Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Details: VHS (NTSC) hi-fi, stereo., Dolby processed.
Contents: It is 1742 and we are in Dublin, where 10-year-old Jamie O'Flaherty and the brilliant composer George Frideric Handel live. Jamie, who comes from a very poor family, has been caught stealing and is in jail. Handel, whose career is failing, needs his newest composition to be a big hit. By a stroke of destiny, the young boy and composer become unlikely allies.
Series Title: Composers' specials.
Other Titles: George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel, Handel's last chance
Responsibility: Devine Entertainment Corporation in association with Alef Studio.

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With his career failing, Handel needed a big hit. A young thief with a wonderful voice lands in jail and Handel secures his release so that the boy can perform in the first performance of "Messiah."

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