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Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543381471
Feature: Gordon MacRae is Billy Bigelow, a smooth-talking carny barker who falls in love with a millworker (Shirley Jones) on the colorful coast of Maine. Filmed on location, with a beautiful seaside setting as a backdrop and a thrilling score for accompaniment, their romance unfolds. But right before the birth of his daughter, Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in heaven, years later, he retu
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 35
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1SpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
MPN: 2238147
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 07, 2006
Running Time: 128 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: February 16, 1956
Features:- Gordon MacRae is Billy Bigelow, a smooth-talking carny barker who falls in love with a millworker (Shirley Jones) on the colorful coast of Maine. Filmed on location, with a beautiful seaside setting as a backdrop and a thrilling score for accompaniment, their romance unfolds. But right before the birth of his daughter, Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in heaven, years later, he retu
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Gordon MacRae is Billy Bigelow a smooth-talking carny barker who falls in love with a millworker (Shirley Jones) on the colorful coast of Maine. Filmed on location with a beautiful seaside setting as a backdrop and a thrilling score for accompaniment their romance unfolds. But right before the birth of his daughter Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in heaven years later he returns to earth for one day to attend his daughter's high school graduation and teach her one very important lesson.Episodes-Bonus Features:Disc 1:Widescreen FeatureCommentary by Shirley Jones & Nick RedmondIsolated ScoreSing-A-Long SubtitlesDisc 2:LILIOM (1934 Feature) P/STurns On The CarouselVintage Stage Excerpt"You're A Queer One Julie Jordan" & "If I Loved You" Performed by Jan Clayton & John RaittAdditional Songs"You're A Queer One Julie Jordan" performed by Barbara Ruick & Shirley Jones"Blow High BlowLow" performed by Cameron Michael & ChorusMovietone News: "Carousel Opens at NY and Hollywood in Cinemascope 55"Theatrical TrailerStill GalleriesSystem Requirements:Running Time 128 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: PG UPC: 024543381471 Manufacturer No: 2238147
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Like its immediate predecessor, Oklahoma!, this 1956 screen musical boasted then state-of-the-art widescreen cinematography, stereophonic sound, a starring romantic duo with onscreen chemistry, and the Rodgers & Hammerstein imprimatur. Adding to its promise was a source (the venerable Ferenc Molnar play Liliom) that had already been filmed three times. Yet unlike the original Broadway production, and despite evident craft, Carousel proved a box-office disappointment. Why? Hindsight argues that '50s moviegoers may have been unprepared for its tragic narrative, the sometimes unsympathetic protagonist, and a spiritual subtext addressing life after death.
Whatever the obstacle, Carousel may well be a revelation to first-time viewers. The score is among the composers' most affecting, from the glorious instrumental "Carousel Waltz" to a succession of exquisite love songs ("If I Loved You"), a heart-rending secular hymn ("You'll Never Walk Alone"), and the expectant father's poignant reverie, "Soliloquy." Top-lined stars Shirley Jones (as factory worker Julie Jordan) and Gordon MacRae (as Billy Bigelow, the carnival barker who woos and weds her) achieve greater dramatic urgency here than in the more successful Oklahoma!, with MacRae in particular attaining a personal best as the conflicted Billy, whose anxiety and wounded pride after losing his job are crucial to the plot. It's Billy's impatience to support his new family that drives him to an ill-fated decision that transforms the fable into a ghost story. Adding to the luster are the coastal Maine locations where 20th Century Fox filmed principal photography. --Sam Sutherland
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All special features included in this product come through just fine excepting the "sing-a-long". There is some sound distortion when words are flashed on bottome of screen. Otherwise, I am very pleased with video and audio of this product.
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Glad to have the DVD of "Carousel". Wanted to compare my husband's portrayal of Billy Bigelow back in 1981 to that of Gordon MacRae in this classic musical, and came away pleased.
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Allegedly innovative for it's time, 'Carousel' has tragic elements and an overture to herald the musical*. For those who insist on old-fashioned entertainment it is sure to please. However, a tritely written script doesn't help the proceedings no matter how much it may dwell upon love. Rodgers and Hammerstein's songs and score greatly improve the journey after a consequentially slow start. The results are mixed, but the best songs, particularly "June Is Bustin' out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" give some badly needed zest even though the screenplay repeats itself or ineffectively borrows from elements of 'Our Town' and 'It's a Wonderful Life'. A comparison to Oscar and Hammerstein's best musicals, including 'Oklahoma' and 'The Sound of Music' will reveal this musical to be an inconsistent carnival ride to be sure.
(*Based on information from Wikepedia.)
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As always, doing business was quick and easy. Item as described and speedy delivery.
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Rogers and Hammerstein write from the heart. The story doesnt have a happy ending. He died and revisits his widow. But, life doesnt always end happy.
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