The Music Man (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writers (WGA):

Meredith Willson (story) and
Franklin Lacey (story) ...

Release Date:

16 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance | Drama

Plot:

Contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and 1962 film, updated to reflect a few early...

Plot Keywords:

Con Artist | Broadway Musical | Small Town | Singer | Based On Musical

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Matthew Broderick	...	Professor Harold Hill
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Marian Paroo
Victor Garber	...	Mayor Shinn
Debra Monk	...	Mrs. Paroo
Molly Shannon	...	Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
David Aaron Baker	...	Marcellus Washburn
Cameron Monaghan	...	Winthrop Paroo
Clyde Alves	...	Tommy Djilas
Cameron Adams	...	Zaneeta Shinn
Linda Kash	...	Alma
Patrick McKenna	...	Charlie Cowell
Megan Moniz	...	Amaryllis
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Constable Locke
Jenni Burke	...	Mrs. Squires
Marty Beecroft	...	Ewart Dunlop

Runtime:

150 min | USA:180 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Millbrook, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Storyline Entertainment

Trivia:

The original Broadway production of "The Music Man" opened at the Majestic Theater on December 19, 1957, ran for 1375 performances and won the 1958 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Marion is walking down the street singing "My White Knight" her purse moves from one hip to the other then back again.

Quotes:

Professor Harold Hill: [sees marian for the first time] Excuse me miss, did you drop your...
Marian Paroo: NO!
Professor Harold Hill: Well havn't I seen you before at the...
Marian Paroo: NO!
Professor Harold Hill: Well, i'll only be in town for a short while and...
Marian Paroo: GOOD!

Movie Connections:

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Having grown up loving the story of Harold Hill and Miss Marion, I was expecting to somewhat unfavorably compare the new Disney version of The Music Man to the absolutely perfect one starring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. What I didn't expect was Disney turning the quiet librarian as played by Shirley Jones into the hip-swivelling town slut as played by Kristin Chenoweth! And Victor Garber as Mayor Shinn?? PUHLEEZE!! Paul Ford played the bumbling Mayor to perfection..Victor Garber just plays him as mean! I started taping this, as I love Matthew Broderick and have since I first saw him in Brighton Beach Memoirs, but I have to tell you that 10 minutes into the show I turned off the VCR! This is just another one of Michael "The Kiss of Death" Eisner's forays into the ruination of classic American theater.

I guess Michael Eisner doesn't care what he messes with as long as he can pretend that he is Walt Disney on Sunday nights. Why can't he just do what he is supposed to do as Walt's inheritor instead of rewriting classic musicals????

First Rogers & Hammersteins Cinderella, now The Music Man...what's next...The Sound Of Music with Maria being played by a cross-dresser from Taipei?? Enough already Eisner...why don't you just get yourself frozen like Walt and give someone else a chance??