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Features: DVD, Special Edition, Dolby Digital Stereo, Dual Layer, Documentary, Additional Footage
The Music Man, the joyful film of the 1,375-performance Broadway smash, remains an irresistible skyburst of Americana. Robert Preston recreates his Tony Award-winning Broadway triumph as con artist Harold Hill, arriving in River City, Iowa, to form a boys band, much to the disapproval...and later delight of town Librarian Marian Paroo (Academy Award winner Shirley Jones). Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford and 7-year-old Ron Howard co-star. Meredith Willson's sassy, brassy score is orchestrated to Oscar-winning effect by Ray Heindorf. Digitally mastered from restored elements, this new edition offers a revitalized picture and vibrantly remixed Dolby Digital Surround Sound.
"...great songs and good fun." Apollo Guide
"...outstanding adaptation of...one of the great American musicals." Find-A-Video
"Sheer entertainment. Hollywood's show magic at its best." New York Daily News
Editor's Note
An energetic con artist convinces the citizens of a small turn-of-the-century community to form a boy's band - which he plans to lead. This classic Hollywood musical features such hits as "76 Trombones," "Ya Got Trouble," and many more. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Adapted Score.
Plot Summary
Professor Harold Hill, a travelling salesman, makes his living by duping small towns into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' marching band. Hill sells parents on the idea by promising to teach the boys how to play, but as soon as they hand over their money, he skips out. His latest stop is River City, Iowa, where he soon has the locals up in arms over the threat to public morals posed by the neighborhood pool hall; how better to save their sons' souls than by creating a boys' band? Only one thing stands between Hill and success: the town's pretty but skeptical librarian, who threatens to expose his schemes -- if she doesn't declare her love for him first.
| Features | Widescreen Version | | Scene Access | | English Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Interactive Menus | | Theatrical Trailers | | Production Notes | | All-New "Making Of" Documentary | | Introduction By Shirley Jones | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Running Time: 175 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1962 | | Catalog ID: 16768 | | UPC: 00085391676829 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1963) |  | Ray Heindorf, Winner, Best Musical Scoring, Adaptation | | | Paul Groesse, George James Hopkins, Nominee, Best Set Decoration (Color) | | | Dorothy Jeakins, Nominee, Best Costume Design (Color) | | | William H. Ziegler, Nominee, Best Film Editing | | | George Groves, Nominee, Best Sound |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...[Featuring] Meredith Willson's great score, abundant Robert-Preston-Shirley Jones charm and zesty 2 1/2 hour pacing..." 02/26/1999 p.6EWall Street Journal
"THE MUSIC MAN is an American milestone in the history of jubilance, thanks to Willson's score and Robert Preston's majestic zest..." 07/17/2009 |
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