THE HEAT IS ON [DOCUMENTARY - SHORT VERSION] ~ 1989
THE HEAT IS ON [DOCUMENTARY - SHORT VERSION] ~ 1989
TYPE: Electronic Press Kit
DATE: 1989
CAST: Ed Rosenblatt (Geffen Record's President), Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Bowman.
FORMAT: .MKV
NOTES: It contains some notable words from the producers and creators of the musical, as well as scenes during the process of creating Miss Saigon.
TV COMPILATION ~ 1989-1995
TYPE: Compilation
DATE: 1989-1995
CAST: -.
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: 'The Heat Is On' making of film, excerpts from British TVs, press reels, Tony & Olivier award performances by Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga & Will Chase performing on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, performances/clips of Joanna Ampil & Peter Joback, Aura Deva, and Leila Florentino (though I seem to not have her clips).
THEATRE ROYAL, Drury Lane, London, U.K. ~ May-June, 1990
TYPE: Angle
DATE: April-May, 1990
CAST: Lea Salonga (Kim), Simon Bowman (Chris), Jonathan Pryce (The Engineer), Peter Polycarpou (John), Claire Moore (Ellen), Keith Burns (Thuy), Jenine Desiderio (u/s Gigi), Pinky Amador (u/s Mimi), Antoinette Lo (u/s Yvette), Dominique Nobles (Yvonne), Nick Holder (Club Owner), Cocoy Laurel (Assistant Commissar), Junix Inocian (Officer Phan), Miguel M. Diaz (Officer Huynh), Lyon Roque (NVA Soldier), Bobby Martino (NVA Soldier), Jon Jon Briones (NVA Soldier), Mark Bond (Shultz).
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Highlights of Act 1, though Act 2 is almost entirely complete. Plus three pro-shot songs broadcast on Terry Wogan: Sun And Moon, Bui Doi, I Still Believe. Often listed as having Isay Alvarez as Gigi but it's definitely Jenine.
TSB Trades Notes: "It's actually going to be from 1990, around May or so - I've noticed a lot of 1990 lyrical (and orchestral) changes that were present in the video, the latest ones being made in May like the Club Owner's line during "Chris Is Here" down in Act II, among the other ones".
THEATRE ROYAL, Drury Lane, London, U.K. ~ 1992
TYPE: Angle
DATE: 1992
CAST: Jamie Rivera (Kim), Glyn Kerslake (Chris), Simon Bowman (Chris), Hilton McRae (The Engineer), Nikki Ankara (Ellen), Claire Moore (Ellen), Antoni Garfield Henry (John), Jenine Desiderio (u/s Gigi), Robert Sena (Thuy), Rita Tsang (Mimi), Karin Sang (Yvonne), Sharon Gomez (u/s Yvette), George Hayes (Assistant Commissar), Junix Inocian (Owner of the Moulin Rouge/Officer Pham), Miguel M. Diaz (Officer Huynh/Hustler), Charles Shirvell (Shultz)
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Suffers generation loss, so its black and white most of the time. Half way through act 2 you will see some colour. Great filming though.
PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE, Toronto, Ontario, CA [DOCUMENTARY] ~ 1993
TYPE: Documentary
DATE: 1993
CAST: Ma-Anne Dionisio, H.E. Greer, Kevin Gray, Rufus Bonds Jr., Charles Azulay.
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: An hour long documentary on the original Toronto production leading up its opening night, mostly focused on Ma-Anne.
PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE, Toronto, Ontario, CA ~ 1993
TYPE: Angle
DATE: 1993
CAST: Ma-Anne Dionisio (Kim), Cornelia Luna (alt Kim), HE Greer (Chris), Kevin Gray (The Engineer), Melissa Thomson (Ellen), Rufus Bonds Jr. (John), Jinky Llamanzares (Gigi), Linda Igarashi (Mimi), Brenna Quan (Yvonne), Rachel Z. Luttrell (Yvette), Pierre Angelo Bayuga (Assistant Commissar), Dennis Akiyama (Owner of the Moulin Rouge/Guard I), Toto Bansil (Guard II)
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Highlights of a performance starring Ma-Anne Dionisio and a performance starring Cornelia Luna.
LOS ANGELES, California, U.S.A. [DOCUMENTARY] ~ 1995
TYPE: Documentary
DATE: 1995
CAST: Jennifer Paz, Peter Lockyer, Kevin Gray and 1NT Los Angeles Cast.
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: A live documentary on the First US National Tour's opening night in Los Angeles.
MUSICAL HALL, Stuttgart, DE ~ November 24, 1996 [N.F.T.]
TYPE: Angle
DATE: November 24, 1996
CAST: Leah De Los Santos (Kim), Marcus Chait (Chris), Jon Jon Briones (The Engineer), Melinda Prince (u/s Ellen).
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: -.
VSB CIRCUSTHEATER, Scheveningen, NT ~ 1996-1997
TYPE: Angle
DATE: 1996-1997
CAST: Linda Wagenmakers (Kim), Tony Neef (Chris), Henk Dikmoet (u/s Engineer), Paul Groot (John), Ellen Evers (Ellen), Arvin Quirante (u/s Thuy), Nurlaila Karim (Gigi), Tricia Canilao (Yvette).
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Stops moments before Kim shoots herself. Lots of spotlight washout on bright scenes, shaky filming, grainy.
THEATRE ROYAL, Drury Lane, London, U.K. ~ July 11-15, 1998
TYPE: Angle
DATE: July 11-15, 1998
CAST: Cezarah Campos (alt Kim), David Shannon (alt. Chris), Leo Valdez (The Engineer), Richard Lloyd-King (John), Irene Alano (u/s Ellen), Gunilla Backman (Ellen), Jojo de la Cerna (Thuy), Robert Vicencio (u/s Thuy), Christine Sambeli-Marquez (Gigi), Sharon Gomez (s/w Mimi), Emma Jay Thomas (Mimi), Ester Barroso (Yvette), Gia Macuja (Yvonne), Robert Vicencio (Assistant Commissar), Ian Venida (Officer Pham), Chi Ming Chan (Officer Huynh), Miguel M. Diaz (Moulin Rouge Owner), .Edward Briones (s/w Officer Phan) + Mark Stewart (Shultz)
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Show from the front row with some great close-ups. A bit dark and has some generation loss, but is very watchable. Act I is from July 15 with Irene, Jojo and Robert as u/s Ellen, Thuy and Assistant Commissar (respectively), while Act II is from July 11 with Gunilla as Ellen and Robert as u/s Thuy.
TSB Trades Notes: "David Shannon was also still an alternate during this time".
MUSICAL HALL, Stuttgart, DE ~ April 8, 1999
TYPE: Angle
DATE: April 8, 1999
CAST: Tesz Millan (alt Kim), Uwe Kröger (Chris), Johann Michael Camat (Engineer), Alan Green (John), Nicole Sieger (Ellen), Rommel Singson (Thuy), Vivian Oakes (u/s Gigi).
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Very well shot with lots of close ups. Sometimes mislabeled as having Melinda Chua as Kim, and being from August 4, 1999 which is incorrect as Uwe Kröger had already left the production by then (July 18, 1999).
MUSICAL HALL, Stuttgart, DE ~ December 19, 1999
TYPE: Angle
DATE: December 19, 1999
CAST: Melinda Chua (Kim), Martin Berger (Chris), Johann Camat (Engineer), Nicole Sieger (Ellen), Alan H. Green (John), Rommel Singson (Thuy).
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Closing Performance.
CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES, Manila, Philippines ~ December 24, 2000
TYPE: Pro-Shot
DATE: December 24, 2000
CAST: Lea Salonga (Kim), Will Chase (Chris), Leo Valdez (The Engineer), Robert Sena (Thuy), Ronn Smith (John), Lisa Capps (Ellen), Isay Alvarez (Gigi).
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: Proshot, says ‘not for commercial use' during whole video. really bad generation loss.
BROADWAY THEATRE, New York, U.S.A. ~ January 3, 2001
TYPE: Angle
DATE: January 3, 2001
CAST: Lea Salonga (Kim), Will Chase (Chris), Louyong Wang (The Engineer), Charles Wallace (John), Ruthie Henshall (Ellen), Charlene Carabeo (Gigi), Michael K Lee (Thuy), Susan Ancheta (Mimi), Natasha Tabandera (Yvette), Sylvia Dohi (u/s Yvonne), Eric Chan (Assistant Commissar), Francis J. Cruz (Guard I/Owner of the Moulin Rouge), Devenand Janki (Guard II), Paul Dobie (Shultz), Christine Sison (alt Tam).
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: First 10-15 minutes lots of shots of nothing untiltaper gets settled, though the sound is very good. After that any close-ups, clear picture. B.
THUN, Switzerland ~ 2005
TYPE: Documentary
DATE: 2005
CAST: Milanie Sumalinog, Oliver Arno, Martin Pasching,Sergio-Maurice Vaglio, Lutz Thase, Michaela Christl, Jojo Urquico.
FORMAT: .VOB
NOTES: A documentary on the open air Thun production, includes backstage snippets of show.