The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)

The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Vincente Minnelli

The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Actor: Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Harry Jackson
Editor: Albert Akst
Producer: Arthur Freed
Producer: Roger Edens
Writer: Adolph Green
Writer: Alan Jay Lerner
Writer: Betty Comden
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Summary: 5 Stars

Have always loved this movie - Fred Astair, Cyd Charisse - what's not to love.

Summary of The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/15/2008
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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