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The Music Man (Special Edition)
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Let 76 trombones lead the big parade from the Great White Way into your home. It's the Music Man, the screen version of one of Broadway's all-time blockbusters, a skyburst of Americana as irresistible as 4th of July fireworks. Robert Preston and Shirley J Year: 1962
User Submitted The Music Man (Special Edition) Reviews
August 14, 2010
Music Man
One of the best musicals of all times. I have watched it over and over.
August 6, 2010
Beautiful in Blu-Ray
This classic movie is beautiful in blu-ray. I wish there were more "extras" but they may not be available from the early 60's.
July 25, 2010
One of the most enjoyable movie musicals ever...
It seems that no other Broadway musical was ever transferred so intact to the screen with every facet of its production gleaming and gloriously theatrical in its staging. River City, Iowa, of course, looks no more realistic than the Land of Oz, but that's how it should be. It's satire, and thankfully director Morton DaCosta keeps it all in tip-top shape, preserved to play exactly as it did on stage, even with respect to the opening number aboard a train where all the salesmen are singing about a certain scoundrel posing as a professor of music.
Meredith Willson's music never sounded as good and is given expert singing and dancing from ROBERT PRESTON, SHIRLEY JONES, PAUL FORD and HERMIONE GINGOLD in the leads, all of whom are aided and abetted by some of the best singing and dancing you could ask for in a musical of this kind. Gingold is outrageously funny and Paul Ford as her husband, the Mayor of River City, is equally boisterous in a comic role. But it's Preston's show from start to finish with co-star Shirley Jones in fine vocal form as the skeptical librarian.
One of the most cleverly staged numbers is the "Marian, The Librarian" number that takes place in the town library where sliding poles and balconies become part of the intricately staged dance routine. All of the musical numbers are performed with professional charm by a talented group of actors/singers/dancers who are part of the River City citizenry.
Little Ron Howard, the boy with the lisp, who later went on to directorial fame, is a standout as Jones' little brother.
Summing up: Outstanding old-fashioned musical with its heart in the right place--Americana in the best tradition of the word.
Summing up: It has more charm than the law allows.
July 22, 2010
Good music.
This was one of the VHS tapes I gave to the nursing home where my wife lived.
I thought it was gone forever, but your disc brought it all back. I will always
be greatful.
July 17, 2010
Preston is great
Nobody can ever take Robert Prestons place in this musical. I thought Matthew Broadrick in the remake was awful.Preston is the best. I saw the play on stage a few times and there is no compareson.
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