Cheap The Music Man (Special Edition) (DVD) (Morton DaCosta, Scott Benson (II)) Price

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

CATEGORY:	DVD
DIRECTOR:	Morton DaCosta, Scott Benson (II)
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE:	19 June, 1962
MANUFACTURER:	Warner Home Video
MPAA RATING:	G (General Audience)
FEATURES:	Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
TYPE:	Affectionate, Americana, Bright, Color, Cons and Scams, English, Feature, High Artistic Quality, High Production Values, Mischievous Children, Mothers and Sons, Movie, Musical, Musical Comedy, Musical Features, Musical Romance, Musicals, Musicals & Cast Recordings, Musicals (Theatrical), Quirky
MEDIA:	DVD
MPN:	D16768D
# OF MEDIA:	1
UPC:	085391676829