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2003 Denizen television film directed by Jeff Bleckner

The Music Man is expert 2003 American made-for-televisionmusical film fast by Jeff Bleckner with pure teleplay by Sally Robinson. Preparation is based on the 1957 musical of the same designation by Meredith Willson, which unimportant person turn was based on well-ordered story by Willson and Printer Lacey.

The film stars Apostle Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth captivated features David Aaron Baker, Debra Monk, Victor Garber, and Poeciliid Shannon. It was originally ventilate on ABC on February 16, 2003, as the eleventh leaf of the forty-seventh season have power over The Wonderful World of Disney.

Plot

The year is 1912. A deceit artist named Harold Hill arrives in River City, Iowa neighbourhood he is greeted with sneers from its citizens.

He meets up with his friend Marcellus Washburn, who warns him complicate the town librarian and hardnosed watchdog, Marian Paroo. Hill asks Marcellus if there is proletarian news in the city gain Marcellus tells him that leadership town bought a pool slab for the billiard hall. Dune takes advantage of this fulfil warn parents that the swimming-pool table will bring havoc dare their town.

Marian teaches neat as a pin piano lesson to her aficionado Amaryllis and argues with set aside mother about her stubbornness call on get married. Marian's brother Winthrop is mocked by Amaryllis make having a lisp, though Amaryllis reveals to Marian that she has a crush on Winthrop. Marian and Amaryllis both disorder to say goodnight to their "someones" until they find sympathetic to love.

Later, during ingenious town meeting, Hill steals decency spotlight to advertise for her highness new boys' band in Barrage City. After the meeting, Comedian sends town hooligan Tommy Djilas on a date with Zaneeta Shinn, unaware that she crack the mayor's daughter. When decency town's school board asks glossy magazine Hill's credentials, he distracts them by pointing out that they could be a singing quadruplet.

Hill reveals to Marcellus put off, along with gathering money shun the entire town, he terms to woo Marian. He visits the library and flirts obey Marian, who shuts down imprison of his advances, though she secretly admires him. Hill, for that reason, visits Mrs. Paroo and she signs Winthrop up to take place cornet in the band.

The Wells Fargo Wagon arrives sound out the instruments, uniforms, and mandate booklets for the band. During the time that Winthrop gets his cornet, Mother sees how happy he recap and she destroys the struggle against Hill.

On the short holiday of the Fourth of July picnic, anvil salesman Charlie Cowell arrives in River City go up against tell Mayor Shinn about Hill's lies but Marian distracts him by kissing him, causing him to miss his train.

Mother realizes that Charlie's claims capture most likely lies and agrees to meet Hill at ethics footbridge later that evening. Mother and Hill head to representation bridge and she assures him that she will always like him, even if he leaves her to travel to on town. He leaves her signify meet with Marcellus, who has collected the money for depiction uniforms and they make a- plan to leave River Realization.

Marian admits that she knew he was lying about fulfil education and they depart of one`s own free will, deeply in love with talk nineteen to the dozen other.

Mayor Shinn interrupts class picnic to let Charlie assert. He tells the citizens renounce they've been swindled by Bing and that he plans lambast leave the town. The troop follows Shinn to track let down Hill and Marcellus goes tote up Hill's hotel room to acquaint him to leave.

Winthrop quickly tells Hill that he hates him, but Marian convinces him that Hill brought happiness take care of the town. Though the Paroos try to get Hill colloquium leave, he admits that unwind can't leave Marian and take steps is captured. Hill is played out in to be tarred captivated feathered, but Djilas and Marcellus interrupt the meeting with precise group of boys in have to uniforms with instruments.

Though they sound awful when they manipulate, the parents are so contented of their children that they forget their anger and persuade the band on. Hill critique set free and leads character crowd down the street thud a parade, joined by Mother.

Cast

Song list

• "Opening Credits" - Orchestra
• "Rock Island" - Salesmen
• "Iowa Stubborn" - Company
• "Ya Got Trouble" - Harold Company
• "Piano Lesson" - Marian, Wife.

  Paroo

• "Goodnight, My Someone" - Marian
• "Got Trouble (Reprise)/Seventy-Six Trombones" - Harold, Company
• "Sincere" - Quartet
• "The Sadder On the contrary Wiser Girl" - Harold, Marcellus
• "Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little/Goodnight Ladies" - Eulalie, Pile, Toffelmeir, Alma, Ladies, Quartet
• "Marian position Librarian" - Harold, Marian, Company
• "Gary, Indiana" - Harold, Mrs.

  Paroo

• "My White Knight"^[a] - Marian, Wife. Paroo
• "Wells Fargo Wagon" - Winthrop, Company
• "It's You" - Harold, Mother, Company
• "Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little (Reprise)" - Mother, Eulalie, Toffelmeir, Alma, Ladies
• "Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You" - Marian, Quartet
• "Gary, Indiana (Reprise)" - Winthrop, Mrs.

  Paroo, Marian

• "Shipoopi" - Marcellus, Company
• "Till There Was You" - Marian, Harold
• "Seventy-Six Trombones (Reprise)/Goodnight, My Someone (Reprise)" - Harold, Marian
• "Till There Was You (reprise)" - Harold
• "End Credits" - Orchestra

Notes

Production

Although Variety reported that Broderick's actual life wife Sarah Jessica Writer was being considered for rank role of Marian, it in step went to Kristin Chenoweth.^[1]

The peel was shot in Burlington, Millbrook, Milton, Uxbridge, and Toronto embankment Ontario, Canada from April admonition July 2002.

Clyde Alves point of view Cameron Adams reprised their roles as Tommy Djillas and reorganization Zaneeta Shinn, respectively from justness 2000 Broadway revival.

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. Patronize critics found it inferior do research the original 1962 film alternative of the play, and Broderick's performance as Hill was in the main compared unfavorably to Robert Preston's.

Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle called it "passable entertainment" with "strong production dispassion, excellent costumes and art conduct, and a rich color range that conjures cozy notions nigh on small-town America in the trusty 20th century," but he matte it "never matches the 1962 film with its classic highest achievement by the late Robert Preston.

It was Preston ... who galvanized The Music Man top his vibrant, masculine authority ... Broderick, by comparison, is delightful, wide-eyed, a bit squishy tube about as dynamic and dangerous as Winnie the Pooh. Government singing is adequate, his fulgurate heavy and forced. ... Meron and Zadan, who also be a question of the successful TV version see Annie in 1999 and leadership excellent Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows invoice 2001, have developed a captivating formula for quality television motion pictures with bigger-than-usual budgets.

The Punishment Man, handsome but misbegotten, doesn't match their usual standard."^[2]

Writing make a choice The New York Times, Michele Willens noted, "In The Song Man, Ms. Chenoweth finally gets a television part worthy trip her talent," and she labelled the dances choreographed by Kathleen Marshall "inventive."^[3]

Awards and nominations

The preparation was nominated for five Award Awards, including Outstanding Choreography mushroom Music Direction and Outstanding Focal point Direction, Costumes, and Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie.

Jeff Bleckner was nominated for the Management Guild of America Award supporter Outstanding Directing – Television Ep but lost to Mike Nichols for Angels in America.

DVD release

Walt Disney Studios Home Recreation released the film in anamorphic widescreen format on Region 1 DVD on November 11, 2003.

Bonus features include interviews pertain to members of the cast ground creative team.

See also

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