Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3942 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-12-10
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 268 minutes

DVD Description
DVD1 1. White Diamond (The Film) 2. Kids (Featuring Dannii) DVD2 4. Act 1 - Showgirl 5. Act 2 - Taboo 6. Act 3 - Temple 7. Act 4 - Athletica 8. Act 5 - Dreams 9. Act 6 - Pop Paradiso 10. Act 7 - Space 11. Act 8 - Encore 12. Overture - The Showgirl Theme 13. Better The Devil You Know 14. In Your Eyes 15. White Diamond 16. On A Night Like This 17. Shocked 18. What Do I Have To Do 19. Spinning Around 20. Confide In Me 21. Cowboy Style 22. Finer Feelings 23. Too Far 24. Butterfly (Video Interlude) 25. Red Blooded Woman 26. Slow 27. Kids (Featuring Bono) 28. Somewhere Over The Rainbow 29. Come Into My World 30. Chocolate 31. I Believe In You 32. Dreams 33. Burning Up 34. The Locomotion 35. I Should Be So Lucky 36. Hand On Your Heart 37. Can't Get You Out Of My Head 38. Light Years 39. Especially For You 40. Love At First Sight Extras 41. . In Denial (Showgirl Tour) (Re-edit) 42. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi (Showgirl Tour) (Re-Edit) 43. Confide In Me (Showgirl Tour) (Re-Edit) 44. Please Stay (Showgirl Tour) (Re-Edit) 45. Your Disco Needs You (Showgirl Tour) (Re-Edit)

Synopsis
This double bill of Kylie-related goodness features a candid, feature-length documentary and an electrifying concert. WHITE DIAMOND—directed by Minogue's ling-time friend, William Baker—documents the star on tour and reveals a unique insight into one of the world's best-loved divas.


HOMECOMING is a concert featuring many of the singer's most popular songs. Tracks include: 'On A Night Like This', 'Spinning Around', 'Confide In Me', 'Kids' (featuring Bono), 'the Locomotion', 'I should Be So Lucky', 'Hand On Your Heart', 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and 'Especially For You'.

Customer Reviews

A truly inspiring film - simply amazing
Barcode: 5099951302597

Kylie Minogue sure knows how to treat her fans. Not only do we get the DVD of the brilliant Showgirl Homecoming Tour that got its CD release earlier in 2007, but we also have amazing documentary film, White Diamond that i luckily got to see on its premiere night at the cinema. That night remains to this day one of my finest memories of being a Kylie fan, the film illustrating just why she is one of the world's favourite popstars.

But let's take a quick look at the live show DVD first. Showgirl Homecoming represents one of the finest examples of a modern pop concert, the filming and imagery is of the highest class and captures the night in perfect quality. Fantastic costumes and amazing dance moves galore are to be found here and at the heart of it, Kylie really does shine like a White Diamond.

All era's of Kylie's amazing career are represented here from the glossy pop of her SAW days, through her adventurous days in the mid 90s and all her modern classics like Can't Get You Out Of My Head and In Your Eyes. Stand-out tracks include an amazing updating of the aforementioned 'CGYOOMH', a version of 'Light Years' that flows seamlessly into the beautiful early album track 'Turn It Into Love' and a rave-esque medley of 'Shocked', 'What Do I Have To Do' and 'Spinning Around'. And who could forget 'Dreams' or Kylie's version of 'Over The Rainbow', two songs that truly showcase her incredible voice.

Also, one of the things i like best about Homecoming is that as a whole it presents a more intimate concert than the original Showgirl. Kylie appears more open, talks to the audience at length and is all charming smiles throughout. All round, a truly awesome concert.

But what about White Diamond itself. As William Baker, the director and amongst many other things Kylie's long time friend, puts it - this is an attempt to show the wider public the 'real' Kylie. Many people only know her as a result of I Should Be So Lucky, Michael Hutchence, the gold hotpants, CGYOOMH and cancer. For them, those things = Kylie. White Diamond tries to show to these people that there is more depth to her and presents an extremely intimate look at Kylie's life and to those who say this film isn't gritty, revealing enough, Kylie really is this nice, charming all the time!

Following her on her Homecoming tour, like Madonna's 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret' this goes to show just what it takes to put on a massive concert like this. Amongst all the fun and hard work, we get some charming moments with Dannii and Bono who come to sing with her. The film is truly inspiring in the way Kylie caries on through everything, determined to give her fans the best experience possible - i was close to tears at the part where she was too ill to carry on with the show but couldn't bare to just leave the audience. Kylie's strength of character is truly admirable.

I also love the way we see that in many ways Kylie is just like us, she gets tired, she laughs, and she plays on her computer. I love it! And with loads of bonus extras, this DVD is well worth getting. A true joy to watch!

A triumph!
A wonderful show - stunning, spectacular and magnificent - exactly as a concert should be. Incredible costumes, sumptuous choreography against a stellar backdrop - this show is as unmissable and beautiful as anything can be.
I saw this show live a year ago in London and, although filmed in Melbourne, the magnificence of this dvd is exactly as I remember it. Kylie shines, more radiant than a pure white diamond throughout, and her voice is throughout stronger, richer and more sensual than on record. She has become, as she states in the documentary, a symbol of hope and healing after recovering from breast cancer, and the mere fact that someone can come back from that kind of illness to look and sound so dazzling is in itself a highly inspirational feat.
The extras on the dvd include takes from an Earls Court concert filmed prior to Kylie's diagnosis and, while it is great to have extra songs like "Your Disco Needs You" and "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" live, she looks much frailer and her voice is thinner and more nasal on these clips. By contrast, on the Showgirl Homecoming concerts, every performance is a work of art, a visual spectacular as well as vocally magnificent. Highlights for me include the opening sequence in the pink feather headdress with the dancers splendiferously clad in wings, like angels or golden egals; and the "Light Years" sequence at the end, which goes all sci-fi, with effects Doctor Who or Star Wars would be proud of; the absolute highlight for me is every song, each one heightened by the breathtaking artistic experience. Each moment seems like one to savour forever. My favourite performances would have to be "Confide In Me", "Over The Rainbow", "I Believe In You", "Light Years", "Slow" and "White Diamond". I always quite liked Kylie but this is the concert - reinforced by this dvd - that made me a fan. I have bought four Kylie albums since acquiring this amazing dvd.
Kylie is one of a few artists whose music I just find delightfully uplifting; gloriously inspiring; making me feel nothing can hurt me and that I can get through anything. Watching this concert and this dvd gave this experience an added vitality, and I cannot wait to see her live again on the "X" tour because "Showgirl" was mesmerizingly good.
Regarding the documentary, it was most enjoyable and entertaining, and I must say I admire Kylie for keeping her private life to herself, thus retaining her dignity and self-worth. The anxieties she shares relate only to completing the shows. She is a real fighter and, although hit by a bad flu virus during the UK leg of her tour, she re-sceduled every one of the dates that had to be cancelled. She's no Amy Winehouse - Kylie is reliable. Kylie comes across as refreshingly down-to-earth, kind, genuine and warm, with no airs and graces at all despite her wealth and success.
This package, documentary, show and bonus features, (the duet with Bono being shown in full during the documentary) is outstanding value and highly recommended.

Showgirl celebrates - and keeps her dignity intact
It's not clear whether the show or the warts-and-all documentary is the main draw for this release. The two-hour show itself is fantastic - filmed on a single night at Melbourne's Rod Laver arena in front of an ecstatic hometown crowd, it showcases a plainly radiant performer who sounds and looks much happier and healthier than she did on the 2005 live DVD, which was filmed at London's Earl's Court just before her diagnosis. Although some dates on the new tour had to be cancelled when Minogue went down with a nasty throat bug, her voice too is generally much improved here - stronger and less nasal than it was before her illness. The contrast is made plain from the disc's extra features, which include re-edited versions of some of the Earl's Court songs ("In Denial", "Your Disco Needs You") which have been dropped from the new version of the show.

The accompanying "White Diamond" documentary is a personal portrait of the singer by her stylist/director/"gay husband" William Baker. Unlike David Furnish's portrait of his partner Elton John "Tantrums and Tiaras", or the infamous "In Bed With Madonna", it's not a controversial exposé - more an affectionate look at the rigours of touring and the ups and downs of being a working creative. There's not much of on/off lover Olivier Martinez, but there's a glimpse of Bono's guest appearance at the Sydney show, some great backstage banter and a moving sequence with sister Dannii. We don't learn much about Kylie that we didn't already know, but the film is always watchable and she does emerge with her dignity - and much of her privacy - deservedly intact.