After seeing the photos / clips supplied here, I realized I had forgotten about that second actor from 'West Side Story' also in this film. That actor had the 'Sergeant Krupke' song, (mostly). Also I was a little surprised during the opening credits to see the name of BURNETT GUFFEY come up as The Director of Cinematography. I never would have associated him with a musical before, despite his marvelous talents. He'd photographed, (and won Oscars for), 'From Here to Eternity' as well as 'Bonnie and Clyde'.
So, is anyone else here getting the TT Blu-ray, or is their $29.95 price too much? I'd rather pay less myself, especially since they also charge nearly $5 for postage, but I really want to finally watch this in anamorphic HD.
Always enjoy the interlude filmed on the crowded street and sidewalk with Ponty jaunting to work to an instrumental Company Way. The New Yorkers are pretty funny going about their way, looking startled, and pausing to veer at him and the camera.
Morse is to Finch what Harrison is to Higgins what Preston is to Hill.
Always enjoy the interlude filmed on the crowded street and sidewalk with Ponty jaunting to work to an instrumental Company Way. The New Yorkers are pretty funny going about their way, looking startled, and pausing to veer at him and the camera.
Morse is to Finch what Harrison is to Higgins what Preston is to Hill.
It's a brief view but a wonderful time capsule -- much like other movies from the era such as THE ODD COUPLE -- of a Manhattan long gone. Yeah, the city now is much better than it was in the seventies and eighties, but it's so much more crowded. You look at the city in things now like HBO's GIRLS or even CBS' BLUEBLOODS, and I really wouldn't want to live there -- especially now when it's cold!
I'm not planning to pick this up because I'd be satisfied with a digital rental or purchase on Amazon, but that's just me. It's the rare movie indeed that I will spend that much on.
I adore this show and movie, and had the good fortune of being an usher captain at a regional theater production of the show in 1981, where I fell in love with it even more and got to know it almost by heart.
Does everyone know that the musical is actually based on a mock self-help book by Sheldon Mead published in 1952? The full title: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard's Guide to Fame and Fortune. And it's still in print (paperback and e-book even) as a tie-in to the Broadway revival.
Well, I don't know. This thread is making me question my TT blu ray abstemiousness - I may just pick this up after all.
I did HOW TO SUCCEED in Miami with Saundra Santiago many moons ago. I played Mr. Bratt. At one point, Saundra and another actress were on stage saying "Isn't Mr. Bratt supposed to be here?" Yes, he was. That was the last time I was late for ANYTHING in my life!!
What I discovered was that this film was actually 'MAD MEN: THE MUSICAL'. Even the fact that Robert Morse from this film was indeed in MAD MEN.
I watched the first few episodes of MM when it premiered and that was it. Fast forward and for a little while on youtube there was a clip of Morse's finale. I thought it was terrific. Commenters were ecstatic saying they had been waiting seven years for him to break out like that. LOL I don't blame 'em. Kudos to the producers. It was just like the time Dr. Craig went back to Philadelphia in St. Elsewhere and sang that it was hot as hell. And his wife reminded him of his college nickname, "the agitator." Somehow you knew from the beginning they'd work in that shtick for William Daniels.
Always enjoy the interlude filmed on the crowded street and sidewalk with Ponty jaunting to work to an instrumental Company Way. The New Yorkers are pretty funny going about their way, looking startled, and pausing to peer at him and the camera.
Julie Kirgo mentions this in the booklet with the Blu-ray. It was shot with hidden cameras with an earpiece to help Morse dance to his own tune. She says most people on the street took little notice of him, New Yorkers being used to odd things like that.
Anyway, I just got the Blu-ray a few minutes ago. Can't look at any of right this minute but I'll be back with a report on transfer quality later.
That's it, for the last two days I can't get Company Way and Brotherhood out of my ear. Oh, man! Nobody could put dialogue or conversation or whatever to music like Frank Loesser.
Well, I'm watching the Blu-ray right now and the transfer is great, the pastel colors really pop and the soundtrack is 5.1 DTS Master Audio. It looks and sounds as good as it did -- I imagine -- as when it opened at around this same time of year exactly fifty years ago at Radio City Music Hall.
There's a remarkably high level of visual symmetry in that number. What I mean is there seems to be a constant reference to the last supper painting by Leonardo, where Christ is asking them all to sacrifice just a small piece of themselves in remembrance of him - the Brotherhood Of Man.
There's a remarkably high level of visual symmetry in that number. What I mean is there seems to be a constant reference to the last supper painting by Leonardo, where Christ is asking them all to sacrifice just a small piece of themselves in remembrance of him - the Brotherhood Of Man.
Yeah, I'm sure Bob Fosse and others were thinking just that.
