The Music Man (Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 9780790738154
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790738155
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD16768D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Running Time: 181 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1962
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Editorial Review:Product Description:THIS FLAWLESS, FEEL-GOOD MUSICAL FEATURES A CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD SCORE, INCLUDING TILL THERE WAS YOU, 75 TROMBONES, AND TROUBLE.
Amazon.com:The Music Man was one of the last great movie musicals from any studio, and it proved to be that rarest of events: a Broadway show that was measurably improved by its transition to the screen. Robert Preston made his musical debut--both live and on film--as "Professor" Harold Hill, the upbeat charlatan who promises to teach a small-town boys band by the "think system." But it's the part Preston was born to play and the one for which he will always be best remembered. Composer Meredith Willson based
The Music Man on his own small-town Midwestern boyhood, circa 1912, a quasi-mythical place where the old-maid librarian looks and sings like Shirley Jones. The boy himself is an adorable Ron Howard, lisp-singing "Gary, Indiana." Willson's entire score, featuring a combination of what are now standards, such as "Goodnight My Someone" and "Till There Was You" and show-specific numbers ("Trouble," "76 Trombones"), is never less than infectious. This dazzling special edition is also as bright and sunny as any 4th of July in Iowa could ever hope to be.
--Robert Windeler
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In a timer of worries and woes, keep this DVD handy, play it, sing along, and your troubles, yes, I mean lots ands lots of troubles, will fade away!
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I am old enough, alas, to remember the original movie and young enough at heart to appreciate blue-ray technology, so actually I enjoyed this movie very much. It is a set piece, a very restricted musical, but it is still fun. I don't think there is another movie quite like it. The costuming and sets look really good on our large screen TV. The musical itself is a glimpse of a past farther back--the 1900s--than the glimpse of the past--1962--served up with 2010 technology. Cool.
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...They really get it right. Such is the case with the filmed version of "The Music Man". This film is simply irresistable! The music, the performances -all first rate and perfect casting throughout, the gorgeous color cinematography, the costumes, the production design. I could go on and on. If you've never seen this film or only seen it in pan and scan television broadcasts, you owe it to yourself to see this gem! Everyone agrees that Robert Preston was born to play this part. LIke Rex Harrison in "My Fair Lady", it is difficult to imagine anyone else in the role. Shirley Jones is absolutely stunning! She has never looked lovelier before or since. Her voice is a miracle. I place her voice in the top five greatest female voices of all time. Wonderful film!
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Bought the music and video as my granddaughter is appearing in her school play of the Music Man. Need the music for practice purposes. Video gave idea as to character acting. the delivery timing was fast and efficient. Thank you for such good service.
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The previous DVD releases of The Music Man were basically OK in terms of sound, color, brightness, and contrast. But MY! Did they ever mess up the picture with edge enhancement! I don't mean just a little ghost line to the right, but also to the left. At times, the "enhancement" made it difficult to make out facial details on a large-screen TV. My guess is that it was transferred using a 19" monitor from a distance of a couple of feet, where the enhancement wouldn't be as noticeable.
Fortunately all this video gunk is corrected in teh Blu-Ray addition. The colors are bright, the sound noticeable better, and the movie just comes more alive in blu-ray.
But - there always seems to be a flip side. In this case it's noticeable in the opening train scene, where blue edges to people and slightly off masking at the windows clearly shows that it was shot against a blue screen. But, what you see is what people saw in the theaters when it was released. If the artifacts didn't bother moviegoers at the time, they shouldn't really bother us in the present. Little glitches like this are just part of the technology available at the time, and shouldn't be used to rate the movie...
...and I'm really not, just pointing out that seeing more can mean seeing more of the bad, as well as more than the good.
Aside from little things like this which caught my eye - and don't really bother me - I hope you'll consider picking up the best release of an old favorite. Improved sound, improved picture - what more could you want. I doubt it'll look better unless George Lucas gets involved in cleaning up the blue-screen artifacts. And who knows what he'd feel like adding!
Fun. A couple of hours well spent. And for me, a new appreciation of Hermione Gingold as Ms. Eulalie Shinn. Her looks and voice in "Pick a little" really steal the show, as she does in other scenes she's in.
It's hard not to enjoy such a high-spirited musical as this, end even harder not to like it in Blu-Ray. A real gem.
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.
