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I actually bought this for a friend who has been looking for it. They loved it. Thank you for the quick delivery, great packing and great service. God Bless.....
Kadee
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So Special! A beautiful print, great sound and the Shirley Jones intro and extras makes it all the more special and fun to watch. If you love it, you'll love the DVD!
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...that this is a "Dawn of DVD" product. That is, it was one of the first films ever released on DVD. I bought this product when it first came out, so I've had it for over ten years. Back in 1999 we were just all awestruck by the fact that a movie would fit on something smaller than a brick (VHS) and might even have room for and contain a featurette. In this case your extra feature is the featurette "Right Here in River City: The Making of Meredith Willson's The Magic Man". There are also two trailers, and that is it.
Looking at the film today, this disc is a dinosaur. The colors seem runny and the hue a bit off, and the sound is rather uneven. The disc can often be had for a greatly reduced price, and the quality is probably the reason why. This film is ripe for a redo and most probably a Blu-Ray release, so I would save my money until that time, if I was you.
As far as the film itself as art, it is one of the great musical motion pictures. I can't imagine anyone but Robert Preston as fast-talking fast-thinking Professor Harold Hill, and then there's my favorite line in the film as spoken by the mayor "And now I'd like to present a spectacle - my wife." The music is wonderful and memorable, and the whole thing just captures small-town life at the beginning of the twentieth century in such a charming way. I've liked this film since I was in my 20's, back when I thought that "The Terminator" was classic cinema.
In summary, I couldn't recommend the film more highly, but as for the DVD I'd wait until Warner Home Video comes out with an upgraded product. One is long overdue.
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Excellent serice. My video arrived on time and in great condition. I was very satisfied.
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I love the Music Man. I grew up as a child watching it every 4th of July. In 2003 I saw a new version of it starring Matthew Broderick. Having not watched it for a decade or so, I was anxious to see it. But what a disappointment that was. Broderick had none of the wily charm that Robert Preston brought to the role. That prompted me to buy a copy of the 1962 original. It is hundreds of times better, and well worth the purchase if one loves the Music Man.
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