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Summary: Great Movie, Great Star!!!
Review: What can I say except that this movie is wonderful! and it's no thanks to Walter Matthau whose performance was awful! Barbra Streisand shines through on this film, Her Voice is Beautiful and her acting is at it's usual best! Highly recommended!!!
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Summary: Hello Dolly is awesome
Review: One of the best movie musicals of all time. It's dissapointing it doesn't get more credit. Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthou are great in the side spitting comedy. I recommend it to anyone who likes musical theatre.
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Summary: NO!
Review: It's [Weak]! Sorry about the language, but i don't see the point of this over the top camp musical and also whats Walter Matthau doing in it. It's a musical man and you can't sing. But still, i believe his acting was on top form compared to Barbra Streisand. Now i don't meen to offend any of her fans in this review so from now on i suggest you look away.
The woman sounds like shes got a cold and when she "attempts" the high notes she sounds like a male horse been run over. Her acting is not mutch better as she performs as though she should be doing an ameteur production in the Skegness resort for tourists.
Micheal Crawford is [weak] ... But as i have stressed, these are my opinions and i know alot of people will disagree so if you like your musicals weak, lacking in believable characters and campness, then pay no attention to me!
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Summary: THIS DVD IS AWESOME
Review: I got my advance review copy for the region 1 release of Hello Dolly and had to write a review here. This is one of my favorite films, and I will concentrate on the tech specs for the disc. It is enhanced for widescreen 16:9 and says Dolby Surround on the packaging but is actually Dolby Digital 4.0. This is one of the best sound transfers I have yet seen for a classic film. There's no doubt that original master tapes were used for the sound transfer. The seperation is so good, the voices of the singers move from left to right with extreme clarity, and when the entire cast is singing, it reminds me of the best of the RCA VICTOR recordings, the ensemble comes at you from all around including the surround. I give the sound a 5 out of 5.The video quality is another story and a good one. This is flawless, it is like watching a new movie. It is so clear it almost seems like 3d on my Sony front projector. The colors have been restored and I believe the transfer was from 70mm negatives because this is one of the clearest conversions of a classic Fox has done. Extras are several trailers, a featurette, which isn't alot (I was hoping to see the 20 minutes that were cut and maybe a commentary and extras like the SOUND OF MUSIC disc had). For the price,... this is a steal, to be enjoyed over and over as it is like going to the cinema again.
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Summary: Hello, Dolly! Barbra's best intentions
Review: Only Streisand's second movie, filmed during the politically and meteorlogically hot summer of 1968, Ms. Streisand turns in a performance that could have won her first best actress Oscar, instead of the much better "Funny Girl," filmed in 1967. Why an Oscar? Streisand knew from the start that she was terribly miscast as the middle-aged widow, Dolly Levi. Opposite Walter Matthau, twice her age at the time, it's not a believable story. The Oscar comes from Barbra's totally tongue-in-cheek performance. She is not Dolly Levi, she's really Mae West, Fanny Brice, Brooklyn Barbra, even a twinge of pre-star Dolly Parton. Listen as Barbra throws in a little southern accent here and there. But mostly watch an incredible actress do what she can with a story so silly that by the end of the film, 26 year-old Streisand changes the supposed-to-be 50+ widow into one of the sexiest screen performances in film history. Even Matthau can't hold back his disbelief when watching Barbra do her numbers. When there's no Barbra on screen, there's no film. You watch in anticipation until Barbra's next scene, wondering who she'll be. The film looks like Gene Kelly directed it in three days with many technical flaws in the continuity of blocking scenes and dialogue. Just watch Barbra. Forget that she's the best female singer of the 20th century (no pun intended). Think of her as a young, sexy actress who has such energy, fearless ambition to get her movie career going. Of course, the sets are incredible and her duet with Louis Armstrong (his last film performance) is classic, albeit about two minutes long. Watch Barbra whisper under her breath while filming the dance numbers in The Harmonia Gardens with seasoned dancers. She looks like she's saying, "What the hell am I doing here?" Actually, she's making pure movie magic happen, almost impromptu. Movie: three stars, Barbra: Five plus stars. Nice to see Michael (Phantom of the Opera) Crawford pretend he can't dance. Barbra doesn't talk about this movie, but being the most costly musical in history up to that time, 20th Century Fox got their money's worth a million times over by convincing the apprehensive Barbra Streisand to star. Sorry Carol Channing, but Barbra was the best choice.
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Summary: Wonderful Adaptation
Review: Gene Kelly brings a brilliant and beautiful adaptation to the screen. Barbra Steinstand, although a different Dolly than Carol Channing holds her own as the clever, comedic foil to Walter Mattheau. Along with a young Michael Crawford and a charming Tommy Tune this brilliantly choreographed and costumed show is well worth buying.
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Summary: HELL DOLLY,SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELLO BETTY GRABLE
Review: This was 1969, Fox had bought "Hello Dolly!", who should star?
Carol Channing was to little known to the world, first choice was Betty Grable who had played it on Broadway and Las Vegas and on the national tour,Betty had sung "Hello Dolly" on the Carol Burnett show with those still million dollar legs!, but know some board members on the Fox big wig list thought Grable not a big movie draw as the 1970,s dawned, so we have Streisand fabulous voice, Harpo Marx acting, oh well, listen to the music and imagine Betty Grable in the part.
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Summary: Where's the musical I love so much?
Review: Unfortunately this movie is not Hello, Dolly! It is a movie with the title Hello, Dolly! and mostly the same score by Jerry Herman, but it is not the musical it is supposed to be based on. I love Barbra, but everyone should know their own limitations, and she is just not right at all for Dolly Levi. Why didn't someone call Carol Channing? The movie is a bad rendition of a wonderful musical, with a lot of soul and feeling. It is lost in this movie version. If you want to see or hear a good version of Hello, Dolly, buy the cd of the original 1964 Broadway cast or 1994 Broadway revival, because this is just not worth it.
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Summary: Great Fun
Review: Barbara Streisand and Walter Mathau are perfect for this movie. The acting, sets, and music are great. The supporting cast and direction are exceptional too. There are a handful of musicals I truly love and this is in the top three. Most Streisand movies are enjoyable, but I think this was her best. She makes the perfect matchmaker in this musical comedy that is fun to watch over and over again. This story was made into movies at least three times but I enjoy this version the most. It has been said the two stars didn't like each other, in my opinion they do a fine job of acting, since that didn't come across to me. In fact it may have proved beneficial. Since this is after all a period piece I saw Mathau's reluctance and badgery as something that may have been quite common in men at that time when it came to marriage. If my grandfathers are any indication, I would say women had to have a great deal of patience and perserverence to endure what they did during this period in history. The matchmaker Miss Levy (Barbra Streisand) certainly shows those traits. She not only refuses to be beaten when it comes to matching up others, she will do a knock down drag out with Mathau if that is what it takes to convince him she is the right woman for him. It reminded me of some of the great John Wayne films with Maureen O'Hara. I am ordering the DVD right now!
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Summary: Spectacular!!!!!!!!!!
Review: My husband and I watch this movie over and over. We both do a re-enactment of the Old West the 1860's to the 1890's era, and I make all of my costumes and hats. He plays Wyatt Earp and I play Josie. We so much appreciate the quality of work and hours that went into this production. We would really like to have it in DVD.Is there any possibility that it will be coming out in DVD? There is nothing about this movie that we don't like. Superb! Fantastic! Please bring it back to the stores for sale again. We are afraid that our copy is going to wear out. If only they made movies like that one, now! Thank you so much for the wonderful production! Sincerely yours, Geri Carnahan-----
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