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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
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (56 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9872
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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| Customer Reviews:
 totally blown away July 27, 2003
i have been i big fan of matthew broderick ever since the 80's which is kinda funny b/c i was only child back then, and of kristin chenoweth since the late 90's. i wonder about one thing. how can kristin chenoweth have such a powerful voice in that tiny body? i think that she is totally amazing and would like to meet her one day.
Don't have that Iowa stubbornness! May 15, 2003
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
You don't have to be so mean to Matthew Broderick. Let's see you go up and sing all of the songs perfectly. Kristin Chenoweth was a godess at what she did, singing with perfect pitch and balance. The film was excellent, and "Ye gods" is a GREAT response to practically anything. The scence where "76 Trombones" what being played, the music was great and their acting was really cool. Hope this helped you out...
 Pretty good April 25, 2003
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Anyone setting out to do a remake of The Music Man has a difficult task ahead of them- it's pretty hard to top Robert Preston's stunning performance in the original Broadway and movie versions. That being said, Broderick does an admirable job.One difficulty is that Broderick doesn't immediately have that loveable rogue quality that Preston has; he comes across more like an amoral sociopath than a trickster. It takes a while to warm up to his version of the character. Both he and Chenoweth are playing characters significantly younger than usually portrayed in The Music Man. As written, Harold and Marian are middled aged people, pretty much settled into a life that's acceptible but not terribly joyful. The crux of the story is how each discovers, through the other, something about themselves. Harold discovers his humanity and desire for a normal life, and Marian discovers that she still needs romance. This never quite comes across in the Broderick-Cheoweth production. Both Broderick's Hill and Chenoweth's Marian are far too young to have any sort of past life or regrets. The poignient realizations that both come to just aren't there; it's more of a quick decision without much motivgation. He suddenly decides to stay, and she suddenly decides to help him. Chenoweth's singing is of course outstanding, and the CD is worth listening to for her performances alone. Broderick's are by comparison somewhat emotionless, and not helped by the production. The finale lacks the big sound of the original production as well, and it goes out on a rather low key note. In retrospect it was nice to see a solid attempt at a remake or a classic, and particularly nice to see it done on television, particularly in a season full of terrible reality shows and worse. But I do wish they'd done it with a little more passion and perhaps a little older cast.
Kristen is AWESOME! March 30, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well I am from Oklahoma and have met Kristen quite a few times and man is she good. I thought The Music Man was one of the better remakes. Although Mathew Broderick's (Harold Hill) performances wasn't as good as I excepted but it was still worth watching but, as for Kristen Chenoweth's (Marion Paroo) performance she was outstandng, her voice is remarkable and she is an excellent actress! I love to listen o the songs " My White Knight" and " Till There Was You" but I do ask why they lowered it? I know Kristen and she could have hit the notes in the original key but it sounds just fine the way it is. The rest of the cast is perfect! I would definately recomend this CD to all of you except I do wish it had the dance music in it but I would get the CD to her Kristen's voice, it is heavenly and I am proud she is an Oklahoman but I would recomnd this CD and to watch he movie.
Kristin Chenoweth is a godess March 22, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie was really good...some of the casting could have been better but nevertheless the dancing was amazing...but the best part of the whole entire show was kristen chenoweth's singing (tony winner)...she sings like a godess...she added new twists to the songs that no other marian has done before...even though alot of the dancing music was cut from this CD, hearing kristin sing is worth it. She is AMAZING, and Matthew Broderick (tony winner)was good too...i also really like the way disney modernized alot of the music (ie. Iowa Stubborn, Trouble, 76, etc.) The quartet was really good too...the shipoopi is a bit disapointing, but than again the shipoopi is best seen live and NO cast recordings have the whole song (including dance music).
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