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Title: Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)
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| Ian McKellen | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Nicky Dewhurst | ... | Young Man |
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Brian Dewhurst | ... | Old Man |
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Ana Karagy | ... | Vagabond Girl (as Anait Karagyezyan) |
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Chris Van Wagenen | ... | Youth |
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Kenny Raskin | ... | Man |
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Cully Smoller | ... | Infant / Child |
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Mikhail Matorin | ... | Cube Act |
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Yves Decoste | ... | Statue Act |
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Marie-Laure Mesnage | ... | Statue Act |
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Jennifer Clément | ... | Character Statue Act (Mephisto Stilt Demon) |
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Konstantine Besschetnyj | ... | Banquine |
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Yelena Kolesnikova | ... | Banquine |
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Aleksandr Leontiev | ... | Banquine |
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Oleg Ouchakov | ... | Banquine |
A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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If you've watched the Cirque du Soleil shows on vhs/dvd there is really nothing new here, save for some cool drumming and a water ballet at the start. Everything else will be instantly familiar. CDS really should have found some fresh talent for a production of this magnitude. Any fan will tell you that while the old standard acts are still amazing, one wishes for something new. As I long I'm bashing a production that I otherwise love, The trite "story" of a man's life cycle is just that...trite. It adds nothing and actually detracts from what the viewer really paid to see...the performances. It was totally uneccesary, CDS seemingly thinks it's necessary to make each production into this mystical, deep and cosmic experience. It's just not necessary, they need to stick to what they are good at, extraordinary human tricks and some darn good music, anything else is just filler. 5/10