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The music man [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 16768 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c1999.Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (151 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0790738155
  • 9780790738154
Other title:
  • Title on container: Meredith Willson's The music man
Uniform titles:
  • Music man (Motion picture : 1962)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.433 22
LOC classification:
  • M1503.W642 M47 1999
Contents:
Color feature film (151 min.) -- Documentary (30 min.).
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, William Ziegler ; orchestrations by Ray Heindorf, Frank Comstock, Gus Levene ; music supervised and conducted by Ray Heindorf ; choreographer, Onna White.
Awards:
  • Winner (tie), Best Film - Musical Comedy, 1962 Golden Globes ; Winner, Best Music Adaptation or Treatment (Ray Heindorf), 1962 Academy Awards.
Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Ronny Howard.Summary: Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately and romantically backfires.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD MUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000243553

Based on Meredith Willson's play The Music Man with his music and lyrics, book written in collaboration with Franklin Lacey.

Special features: All-new documentary Right here in River City: the making of Meredith Willson's 'The music man' (30 min.), introduction by Shirley Jones, production notes.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961; released in 1962.

Color feature film (151 min.) -- Documentary (30 min.).

Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, William Ziegler ; orchestrations by Ray Heindorf, Frank Comstock, Gus Levene ; music supervised and conducted by Ray Heindorf ; choreographer, Onna White.

Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Ronny Howard.

Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately and romantically backfires.

MPAA Rating: G.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1 ; Dolby surround 5.1 stereo; widescreen version, enhanced for 16x9 TVs ; dual-layer disc.

In English with optional English or French subtitles ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.

Winner (tie), Best Film - Musical Comedy, 1962 Golden Globes ; Winner, Best Music Adaptation or Treatment (Ray Heindorf), 1962 Academy Awards.

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