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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Valentine Davies |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | December, 1955 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Umvd |
| MPAA RATING: | G (General Audience) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192263620 |
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Customer Reviews of The Benny Goodman Story
Thanks for the Music The value of this film lies not in the story but the music. The story is filled with flaws including the Carnegie Hall concert. However, there are some versions of the musical material on the soundtrack that surpasses many of the studio recorded versions available today. "One O'Clock Jump, Stompin' at the Savoy," and "Bugle Call Rag" are three that come to mind. This is where the film shines, in the musical presentation.
As one of the other reviewers stated, if you want to learn about the life of Benny Goodman, get a copy of "Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman." Next get a copy of the Carnegie Hall concert and listen. The recording is noisy, but the music is amazing. Furthermore, this event elevated Jazz from popular music to an artform. 1 star for the acting and 5 stars for the music.
Thanks for the music
The value of this film lies not in the story but the music. The story is filled with flaws including the Carnegie Hall concert. However, there are some versions of the musical material on the soundtrack that surpasses many of the studio recorded versions available today. "One O'Clock Jump, Stompin' at the Savoy," and "Bugle Call Rag" are three that come to mind. This is where the film shines, in the musical presentation.
As one of the other reviewers stated, if you want to learn about the life of Benny Goodman, get a copy of "Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman." Next get a copy of the Carnegie Hall concert and listen. The recording is noisy, but the music is amazing. Furthermore, this event elevated Jazz from popular music to an artform. 1 star for the acting and 5 stars for the music.
Not bad if you ignore the silly elements.
It seems clear that the real BG is not to be found in this movie. The factual distortions are pretty extreme, even by Hollywood biopic standards. For more on the real Benny (gifted; demanding; egocentric; alternately generous and selfish; etc.), the biography "Swing, Swing, Swing" by Ross Firestone is a very good read.
Still, if not taken too seriously (and how can you take seriously a movie in which various characters keep saying "Benny, don't be that way!"?), this movie is pretty entertaining and the music (while a pale imitation of that from his glory years) is worth listening to.