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| Disney Presents The Music Man (2003 TV Film) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Meredith Willson, Matthew Broderick, Victor Garber, Kristin Chenoweth
Label: Buena Vista
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (54 reviews)
Sales Rank: 55268
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 050086007776
EAN: 0050086007776
ASIN: B000088E62
Release Date: February 11, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Rock Island | | • | Iowa Stubborn | | • | Ya Got Trouble | | • | Piano Lesson | | • | Goodnight, My Someone | | • | Ya Got Trouble (Reprise) - Seventy Six Trombones | | • | Sincere | | • | The Sadder But Wiser Girl | | • | Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little - Goodnight Ladies | | • | Marian The Librarian | | • | Gary, Indiana | | • | My White Knight | | • | The Wells Fargo Wagon | | • | It's You | | • | Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little (Reprise) | | • | Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You | | • | Gary, Indiana (Reprise) | | • | Shipoopi | | • | Till There Was You | | • | Seventy Six Trombones (Reprise) - Goodnight, My Someone (Reprise) | | • | Seventy Six Trombones (Finale) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Fresh from his Broadway triumph as accountant-turned-con-man Leo Bloom in Mel Brooks's The Producers, Matthew Broderick next tackled another of the American musical theater's most lovable rogues, The Music Man's Professor Harold Hill. As shepherded by the producers of the multi-Oscar-nominated Chicago, this energetic TV adaptation of Meredith Willson's evergreen plays up its still-potent metaphors of middle-American hope and redemption via sparkling new arrangements, yet wisely grounds its credibility in the subtle dramatic shadings of stars Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth. Vocally, Broderick may lack the bigger-than-life bravado of the original's Robert Preston, but it's precisely that scaled-down sincerity that carries his Hill throughout. Even familiar set pieces like "Seventy Six Trombones," "Ya Got Trouble," "Gary, Indiana," and the show's enduring ballad, "Till There Was You," seem informed from within, rather than splashed with garish production overkill. It's a brisk, smart adaptation of a true American theater icon. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 A Sadder But Wiser Girl.... September 17, 2007
It is hard to follow the pure perfection of the Preston/Jones film but I watched with hopeful heart. I wanted to like this but could not. Gave the one star for Kristin Chenowith, who is always engaging, but Matthew Broderick is an embarrassment. Horribly miscast, and despite have the age in years, he still seems too young for the part. Do NOT make this your introduction to this gem of a musical. Get the earlier version and then watch this at your own risk.
 Matthew Broderick is miscast April 23, 2007
Matthew Broderick was about as charismatic as a stone in this version of the "Music Man". He most definitely was not charming or spellbinding as Professor Harold Hill's character should have been. Kristin Chenoweth was very nasily and often annoying, sounding like she had a clothes pin covering her nose as she spoke, but her singing voice was pretty good and I've seen her in other roles where she shows her talented acting abilities. The rest of the cast was very good, though. Matthew Broderick, is better playing a Harvey Milquetoast character! One could never liken him to a "Pied Piper".
 great soundtrack January 10, 2007
I am a big Matthew Brodrick fan and I really enjoyed this sountrack!!!
How could one not love this? December 8, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first checked out the 2003 TV version of The Music Man DVD at the public library. I fell in love with it with all my heart. I checked it out often. Finally, I purchased it. After reading reviews that the Robert & Shirley 1962 version was so much better, I thought I might go ahead and see it, having never done so before. What are you all talking about? Robert looks like a creepy old man (I was shocked to learn that he was only 42). And, Shirley tanks those songs with that really bad voice. How could anyone perfer it? The Matthew and Kristen version is just light hearted, fun entertainment. How good does something have to be anyway. Get over yourselves and lighten up. If you have any fears about spending money on it, go see if it is at your library. Check it out. I betcha you'll love it. I really love the barbershop quartet stuff. Really great. And, they seem to be having such a good time.
 disappointing October 21, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of both Broderick and Chenoweth, but the movie and the soundtrack do not work for me because Matthew is the wrong person to play Harold Hill. He just does not come across as the loveable rogue. I also agree with the reviewer who commented that there was not enough emotion. With regard to this album, the music is "rushed" -- if you listen, it appears the movie or music director is forcing the pace, perhaps because of the time constraints of television.
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