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Summary: One of the great all American classics
Review: The movie version of The Music Man is quite a gem. It stars the flawless performance of Robert Preston as Harold Hill and features the beautiful singing and intelligent acting of Shirley Jones. One of the reasons that this movie is quite a favorite of mine is because it is so faithful to the script. Many of the movie versions of the Broadway musical classics have paled or have suffered in translation to the screen. The movie version of The Music Man is quite close to the original and contains a gem of a song called "Being in Love", which replaced the stage version's "My White Knight" (both songs are first rate). The soundtrack is also nicely done, even though "It's You" (sung by the Buffalo Bills) seems to be missing. The Music Man is a must for any movie musical collection.
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Summary: 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 thumbs up!
Review: As a teacher of elementary age children, and focusing on performing arts in the afternoons, I must say that "The Music Man" is the quintessential musical to use in introducing musical theater to young people. The DVD version provides good sound, a very clear picture, great color, and a wonderful overall movie-watching experience.
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Summary: YA GOT TROUBLE IF YA HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE!
Review: This is a great movie, and the best song in it is Marian the Librarian. Robert Preston plays an unbelievably great role, costarring Shirley Jones. Ronny Howard was great, and was incredible in The Wells Fargo Wagon. Ammarilis was miscast, and slightly annoying, but other than that this is the greatest musical ever made, besides the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Summary: Not Good on DVD
Review: I love the movie, always have. On a 50-inch, digital tv, the DVD version is horrible. The picture looks so squeezed together that it loses it big screen vibrancy. I will buy it on tape even though I usually prefer DVD. My first DVD failure.
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Summary: I never saw musicals before Till There Was You
Review: I first saw The Music Man at the Radio City Music Hall. It was then and it still is now one of the greatest adaptations of a stage play ever. From the clever casting to the wonderful music, It is a slice of America we will never see the likes of again. How anyone can not like it. It's so simple and innocent, good clean family fun.Be sure to buy the widescreen version. I made the mistake of buying the regular format it was awful, the quartet became a trio, actors appear to be talking to themselves. The widescreen version brings you The Music Man the way it was intended.Buy it and enjoy this American Masterpiece,What I consider the last original musical ever made.
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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE!
Review: I first saw The Music Man when a local theater put on the production. I was 7 when I saw it and I fell in love. I'm now 14 and can hardly remember anything that happened when I was 7 except seeing this play. Well the movie is SO much better than the production I saw. I know most of the words by heart. Especially the songs! A great movie for ALL ages.
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Summary: Music Man is for Everyone
Review: Not that it will surprise anyone, but this is my favorite musical. I first saw it in high school, just before my school put on the show - I played Mrs. Paroo. I have since played the Mayor's Wife, Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn twice. But the joy for me is to watch Robert Preston. What a thrill that Hollywood recognized (after every other actor they offered it to turned it down in favor of Preston) that the stars on Broadway really do know how to act. I wish that there was a version with the Broadway cast, but that's another story. I have worn out one video and bought the wide-screen version. LOVE IT!
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Summary: Wonderful Movie!
Review: Great movie! Robert Preston is absolutely awesome. I love his "Ya got Trouble" number. One question though--when he asks Tommy to build a music holder for a marching piccolo player...he holds his invisible "piccolo" up on the wrong side of his mouth! I'm a flute player, so I noticed this immediately. Just wondering if anyone else noticed and why someone didn't catch it.
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Summary: Robert Preston is STILL the Music Man!
Review: The DVD version of The Music Man brings back all of the music, joy and energy that I first enjoyed when this film was released in theaters a few decades ago. Having seen the film in recent years in the "formatted to fit your TV" version, it was delightful to view the DVD in such vibrant color, widescreen and robust stereo sound.This may have been one of the last of the great movie musicals - it's refreshing to still be able to enjoy a film from a more innocent time. The soundtrack still provides some of the best melodies and lyrics from Broadway and film: Till There Was You, 76 Trombones, Goodnight My Someone, and of course the opening monologue "Ya Got Trouble" right here in River City. For those who don't know, one of the younger actors in the film is a pint-sized Ronny Howard, who has gone on to make his mark in the film industry as a director. A nice bonus with the DVD is the 30 minute documentary on the making of the film. Anecdotes and insights were offered by Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Susan Luckey, and choreographer Onna White. It's hard to imagine Frank Sinatra was the first choice for the role of Harold Hill - Robert Preston IS the Music Man! The only problem with the DVD is that when switching between the Play mode of the movie and the Menu, the sound level of the music that is on the Menu track blares out much louder than the sound of the movie. Have that remote control handy to reduce the volume quickly!
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Summary: Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Review: I think that the music man is one of the best movies I have ever seen. There is great acting, great music, great lyrics, and great everything!For the past couple of days I have had "76 trombones" stuck in my head. I enjoy music a lot. If you like good music WATCH THE MUSIC MAN!
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