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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569675346
Feature: In this Vincente Minnelli-directed backstager, Fred Astaire dazzles in numbers set in a train station (By Myself), a penny arcade (A Shine on Your Shoes), a backlot Central Park (Dancing in the Dark) and a smokey cafe (Girl Hunt), the latter two with the incomparable Cyd Charisse. And when he, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan play infants who "hate each other very much!" in the merry Trip
Format: Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 67534
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 15, 2005
Running Time: 111 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 07, 1953
Features:- In this Vincente Minnelli-directed backstager, Fred Astaire dazzles in numbers set in a train station (By Myself), a penny arcade (A Shine on Your Shoes), a backlot Central Park (Dancing in the Dark) and a smokey cafe (Girl Hunt), the latter two with the incomparable Cyd Charisse. And when he, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan play infants who "hate each other very much!" in the merry Trip
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A MUSICAL DELIGHT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF A FADED HOLLYWOOD STAR WHO TURNS TO BROADWAY.
Amazon.com:
The Band Wagon (1953) marked the culmination of a series of near-autobiographical pictures Fred Astaire made for MGM following his return from premature retirement in the late '40s. Astaire plays Tony Hunter, a fading film star (his big hit: Flying Down to Panama) who decides to return to his former glory, the Broadway stage. (In 1931, Astaire had starred on Broadway with sister Adele in The Band Wagon, a revue that lent some of its songs to this film.) His playwright-songwriter friends (Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant) hook him up with Broadway's hottest director, Jeffrey Cordova (a nicely hammy Jack Buchanan), who proves that the "new" theater traditions can be an awkward fit with the old. Hunter also finds himself at odds with his prima ballerina leading lady (Cyd Charisse), one of his chief worries being that she seems a little tall. Along the way, producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli, choreographer Michael Kidd, and songwriters Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz treat us to some quintessential MGM numbers: Astaire's solo ode "By Myself," the flashy arcade romp "A Shine on Your Shoes," Astaire and Charisse's romantic duet "Dancing in the Dark," the faux-German drinking song "I Love Louisa," the manic trio "Triplets" (with Astaire, Fabray, and Buchanan in matching baby outfits), the Mickey Spillane-esque "Girl Hunt Ballet," and the classic show-biz anthem "That's Entertainment." Even if its ending and obligatory romance fall a little flat, The Band Wagon is one of the classic backstage musicals, a grandiose MGM spectacle that also manages to poke some fun at how grandiose MGM pictures had become. --David Horiuchi
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Rating:  -
First, the good points: Fred Astaire is ... Fred Astaire, and Cyd Charisse is an all-time great Hollywood dancer. Some numbers, such "The Girl Hunt" and especially "Dancing in the Dark" are simply great.
But the story doesn't even vaguely hold together. Almost none of the songs in the "show-within-a-show" have anything to do with either show, or advance the plot in any way. Jack Buchanan is fun in spots, but has an odd grimace when he dances. Oscar Levant just isn't that funny, and ... Read More
Rating:  -
Product was not available and I was promptly notified so that I could make other plans for purchase.
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Have always loved this movie - Fred Astair, Cyd Charisse - what's not to love.
Rating:  -
The film itself is good and there is no more to add about it. The special thing about the 2-DVD edition is the 'Two-Faced Woman' number (on Disc 2) danced by Cyd Charisse & the chorus. This excellent number-- at about 5 minutes, it is long for a movie-musical dance-- was cut from the release. Talk about hard work going to waste. Thankfully someone decided to include it here, although the materials still haven't been restored as the film itself has. Part of it was shown in THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT; the ... Read More
Rating: -
Perhaps one of the rarer teens of our generation, I discovered good, old MGM musicals when my father became sick and had to watch movies at home. As we became closer, it seemed that both of us had a healthy interest in musicals. After we watched the "That's Entertainment" series, we rushed to buy "An American in Paris," "Take me out to the Ball Game," "Singin' in the Rain," and "The Band Wagon." We would soon get a collection that rivaled any DVD store's.
Cyd Charisse had always ... Read More
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