The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection [Remastered] (The Sound of Music / The King and I / Oklahoma! / South Pacific / State Fair / Carousel) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543382294
Feature: Among the most successful musical teams of the 20th century, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein Jr. created some of America's most beloved stage and screen musicals. Several of their best-known works are part of this new six-title anthology from 20th Century Fox. Updating an earlier box, this wonderful 12-disc collection includes the 2005-06 remastered DVDs of the Fox R&H
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 150
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: D2238229D
Number Of Items: 12
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: November 07, 2006
Running Time: 956 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1958
Features:- Among the most successful musical teams of the 20th century, composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein Jr. created some of America's most beloved stage and screen musicals. Several of their best-known works are part of this new six-title anthology from 20th Century Fox. Updating an earlier box, this wonderful 12-disc collection includes the 2005-06 remastered DVDs of the Fox R&H
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Among the most successful musical teams of the 20th century composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein Jr. created some of America's most beloved stage and screen musicals. Several of their best-known works are part of this new six-title anthology from 20th Century Fox. Updating an earlier box this wonderful 12-disc collection includes the 2005-06 remastered DVDs of the Fox R&H canon most of which are Anniversary Editions and each of which includes a bonus disc. Multiple Academy Award-winner The Sound of Music (1965) is the most recent of the productions included here and it bookends the set's two-decade span with State Fair ('45). The remaining four films represent the mother lode of Broadway-to-screen adaptations including: Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in the Technicolor landmark Oklahoma! ('55) and its follow-up Carousel ('56); the lavish costume drama The King and I ('56) featuring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr (singing with Marni Nixon's voice of course); and the ambitious wartime extravaganza South Pacific ('58).Episodes-Bonus Features: Disc 1: Carousel Special EditionDisc 2: Carousel Special Edition-Bonus DiscDisc 3: King and I Special EditionDisc 4: King and I Special Edition-Bonus DiscDisc 5: South Pacific Special EditionDisc 6: South Pacific Special Edition-Bonus DiscDisc 7: Sound of Music Special EditionDisc 8: Sound of Music Special Edition-Bonus DiscDisc 9: State Fair Special EditionDisc 10: State Fair Special Edition-Bonus DiscDisc 11: Oklahoma Special EditionDisc 12: Oklahoma Special Edition-Bonus DiscFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: NR UPC: 024543382294 Manufacturer No: 2238229
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The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection contains film versions of the five major works by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who helped define the American musical landscape and rewrite the direction of musical theater. After enjoying extremely successful careers working with others, Rodgers and Hammerstein first teamed up in 1943 for the prairie tale Oklahoma!, with songs including "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "People Will Say We're in Love." The subsequent 1955 film starred Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, who teamed up again for 1956's Carousel. While that film's dark nature made it less popular than its predecessor, the score ("If I Loved You," "You'll Never Walk Alone") was Rodgers's favorite. The King and I (also 1956) featured stage star Yul Brynner as the King of Siam and Deborah Kerr as schoolteacher Anna Leonowens, who must learn Asian customs even as she tries to instill some of her Western ones. The somewhat bloated version of South Pacific (1958) follows two couples during World War II and features standards such as "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" and "Some Enchanted Evening" from stars Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi. The last film, The Sound of Music (1965), proved to be the most popular, with Julie Andrews winning the hearts of seven children and their father with her blissful songs. And if the perhaps saccharine music and plot may test the patience of some, there's no doubt that songs such as "My Favorite Things" and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" have charmed audiences around the world for decades. Accompanying the Big 5 in this set is the relatively minor State Fair from 1945 (though it does have "It Might as Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing"). Some may expect and prefer other entries in the R&H canon such as Flower Drum Song or the television production Cinderella, but those were produced by different studios.
This 12-disc set from 2006 includes the two-disc special editions of each film, remastered and anamorphically enhanced for widescreen TVs (except State Fair, which was shot in traditional 1.33:1 aspect ratio). Bonus features include the Todd-AO version of Oklahoma! (which should look better than the CinemaScope version but doesn't); 40th-anniversary bonus material for The Sound of Music, including a commentary track by Julie Andrews; Lilliom, the 1934 film based on the same story as Carousel; and the 1962 version of State Fair starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margaret. --David Horiuchi
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I found the product excellent. The quality of sound and picture were quite remarkable, especially considering the age of the movies. The inclusion of the original 1934 Lilliom, the basis of Carousel, was a real treat.
Minor quibbles:
1. The junk before the required musical starts is irritating, e.g. several copyright warnings on every disk plus a repetitive promo for Sound of Music, which is in the set anyway.
2. The gossipy commentaries are excellent, most ... Read More
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I was lucky enough to get this on sale from Amazon for $55.
The picture quality of these films very high for a standard DVD and when upscaled to 1920 x 1080 via HDMI, seeing "the King and I" alone that way was worth the purchase. If you have any interest at all in these films I would recommend you buy this beautiful boxed set. You won't regret it. Even more, most of these films will be a long time making it to Blu-Ray, if that even happens at all because of the prep expense and with the economy, ... Read More
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It is nice to watch with the Family! Although my Austrian Wife falls a sleep when I watch it!
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This is a great buy. The DVDs have all the filmographies and commentaries you could want. When we first got this my brothers refused to watch any of them. Now I've conditioned them so that they will sit through "The Sound of Music" and "The King and I". Now if I could just get them to stop saying et cetera!
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Six of the best all time musicals. It is nice to have a piece of the past in this collection with some of the best music of all time. I am not a real big musical fan but these are watchable. The collection also has a lot of extra features that I really like. This is something that you want to keep for a long time.
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