The Music Man Streaming
March 14th, 2010 by johnpaul4688996![]() |
The Music Man Streaming.
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Looking for the musical that beat WEST SIDE Record for the Tony Award? You’ve found it here, in Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN — and its appearance on DVD, in widescreen format and with all the bells and whistles, is long overdue.
Pop the disc in, and you’ll immediately be taken to the “Factual Here In River City” documentary (you’ll have to press the MENU button on your DVD controls to obtain to the main menu so you can actually understanding the movie — why the disc goes immediately to the documentary is rather curious) . Hosted by Shirley Jones, who collected looks vast, the expedient, too-short documentary is crammed with lots of friendly stories and bits of trivia, in the words of several of Those Who Were There. You’ll gather out, for instance, which segments were actually filmed first, how amazed Susan Luckey was at Robert Preston’s ability to lip-synch “Peril” during filming, and why Shirley Jones wore so many frills and flowers on her dress in the scene at the footbridge.
As for the film itself — the print is glorious, and as someone who had only experienced the film in pan-and-scan format, it is a delight to finally peek entire dance sequences without the cropping. And you’ll finally be able to seek all four members of The Buffalo Bills barber shop quartet (the abominable fellow singing bass could never be seen in TV-formatted versions) .
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There are other, smaller moments that have always cried our for the letterbox format, and if you view both versions closely, you’ll contemplate the steady advantages in seeing the entire scene as it was shot. For example, one particularly disorienting scene in pan-and-scan format is the “Hold A Tiny, Talk A Little/Goodnight, Ladies” sequence, when Professor Hill is speaking with Mrs. Shinn and the town ladies about Stale Miser Madison, and dismebodied voices drift in from off camera. At one point, Mrs. Shinn says, “Miser,” and an off-camera assert says, “Madison,” causing Mrs. Shinn to grimace. In pan-and-scan, it looks like a mistake; in widescreen format, the speaker is finally visible to Mrs. Shinn’s accurate, bringing the scene together in a logical fashion. Sounds like a trivial moment, I know, but that scene in pan-and-scan has grated me for years!
The DVD also contains a theatrical trailer, but it’s not the trailer for the new 1962 release, but for the re-release a number of years later. It’s unexcited an racy curiosity, featuring a reworked version of the “76 Trombones” sequence with Preston signing current lyrics about the film.
If there’s any shortcoming in the disc, it lies in the sound quality. You’ll have to crank the volume up a bit to hear everything properly, but beware — the moment you hit the MENU button, you’ll be blasted by and ear-splitting version of “76 Trombones” on the menu veil. Ouch. Hit Soundless moral before you touch MENU. You’ll thank me later.
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It’s a obsolete out cliche, but they really DON’T acquire musicals like this any more. And if your only experience with THE MUSIC MAN has been with the pan-and-scan format, do yourself a favor and retract up either the DVD or the letterboxed VHS format. You really WILL realize what you’ve been missing.
I adore this movie. As humorous as it is — a goofy position, absurd over-the-top characters, the wacky “contemplate system” — it is fair a whole lot of fun. Robert Preston sparkles as the fly-by-night con artist/salesman who honest happens this time to pick up his foot caught in the door, and who better to accept that foot than Shirley Jones, who is as sparkling and talented a leading lady as has ever graced a grand cover musical. Ron Howard is as amusing as a kid can be in the movies, and the music will finish with you long after the movie is over.
The film also has a tremendous cast of supporting character actors and comedians, not to mention the fantastic Buffalo Bills. I treasure the anvil salesman character (THAT’S a big line of merchandise for a traveling salesman!), and my well-liked song has to be the pool hall song, “There’s concern in River City.” The movie, silly as it is, also has its touching moments, especially when Professor Harold Hill, standing on the footbridge, confronts the gap between his dreams and his life for the first time, and really realizes he is in savor with the glorious librarian. For pure fun and entertainment, it’s hard to accumulate a better movie than this spellbinding but affectionate kidding of the Hawkeye Situation, and hard to pick up a more fun couple than the moving Robert Preston and the pretty Shirley Jones.
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