The Music Man (Blu-ray)

The story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town!

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

Rated: G
Run Time: 2 hours, 31 minutes
Video: Color
Released: February 2, 2010
Originally Released: 1962
Label: Warner Home Video
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: Featurette

Right here in River City: the making of
Meredith Wilson's the Music Man
Introduction by Shirley Jones
Theatrical trailer

Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.39
Audio:

Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
DTS HD Master Audio - English
Subtitles - French, Spanish

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Shirley Jones, Robert Preston, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Charles Lane, Ron Howard & Mary Wickes
Performer:		Pert Kelton & Timmy Everett
Directed by		Morton DaCosta
Edited by		William H. Ziegler
Written by		Marion Hargrove
Composition by		Meredith Willson
Cinematography by		Robert Burks
Art Direction by		Paul Groesse
Produced by		Morton DaCosta

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1962 - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score: Ray Heindorf

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Description by OLDIES.com:

This joyful film of the 1,375-performance Broadway smash remains an irresistible skyburst of Americana. Robert Preston recreates his Tony-winning Broadway triumph as con artist Harold Hill, arriving in River City, Iowa, to form a boys band, much to the disapproval - and later delight of town librarian Marian Paroo (Academy Award winner Shirley Jones). Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford and 7-year-old Ron Howard co-star. Meredith Willson's sassy, brassy score - featuring the unforgettable "Seventy-Six Trombones" and "Till There Was You" among other marvelous melodies - is orchestrated to brilliant Oscar-winning effect by Ray Heindorf.

Bonus material includes introduction by Shirley Jones, "Right Here in River City" vintage featurette and trailer.

Product Description:

An energetic con artist convinces the citizens of a small turn-of-the-century community to form a boy's band - which he plans to lead. This classic Hollywood musical features such hits as "76 Trombones," "Ya Got Trouble," and many more. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Adapted Score.

Plot Synopsis:

Professor Harold Hill, a travelling salesman, makes his living by duping small towns into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' marching band. Hill sells parents on the idea by promising to teach the boys how to play, but as soon as they hand over their money, he skips out. His latest stop is River City, Iowa, where he soon has the locals up in arms over the threat to public morals posed by the neighborhood pool hall; how better to save their sons' souls than by creating a boys' band' Only one thing stands between Hill and success: the town's pretty but skeptical librarian, who threatens to expose his schemes -- if she doesn't declare her love for him first.

Keywords:

Romance | Scams And Cons | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

Originally produced for the Broadway stage by Kermit Bloomgarden with Herbert Greene in association with Frank Productions, Inc. Director Morton Da Costa also directed the stage musical. Appearing in both the stage and film versions were Robert Preston, Pert Kelton, Paul Ford, and the Buffalo Bills, among others.
Ronny Howard's father, Rance, appears in the film as "Oscar Jackson."
The barbershop quartet "The Buffalo Bills" were Al Shea (who played Ewart Dunlop), Wayne Ward (Oliver Hix), Vern Reed (Jacey Squires), and Bill Spangenberg (Olin Britt).
Additional cast: Monique Vermont (as Amaryllis), Ronnie Dapo (Norbert Smith), Jesslyn Fax (Avis Grubb), Patty Lee Hilka (Gracie Shinn), Garry Potter (Dewey), J. Delos Jewkes (Harley MacCauley), Ray Kellogg (Harry Joseph), William Fawcett (Lester Lonnergan), Roy Dean (Gilbert Hawthorne), David Swain (Chet Glanville), Arthur Mills (Herbert Malthouse), Rand Barker (Duncan Shyball), Jeannine Burnier (Jessie Shyball), Shirley Claire (Amy Dakin), Natalie Core (Truthful Smith), Therese Lyon (Dolly Higgins), Penelope Martin (Lila O'Brink), Anne Loos (Stella Jackson), Peggy Wynne (Ada Nutting), Natalie Masters (Farmer's Wife), Peggy Mondo (Townswoman), Sarah Seeger (Townswoman), Adnia Rice (Townswoman), Maudie Prickett (Townswoman), and Charles Perchesky (Salesman).
Carl Combs served as Unit Publicist.
Music published by Frank Music Corp.
Filmed in Super Technirama 70 and Technicolor at the Warner Bros. Studios. Original projected aspect ratio: 2.2: 1. Featured RCA six-track magnetic stereophonic sound.
In his 1995 memoir, "My American Journey," General Colin Powell lists "The Music Man" as one of his favorite films.