The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection [Remastered] (The Sound of Music / The King and I / Oklahoma! / South Pacific / State Fair / Carousel)

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection [Remastered] (The Sound of Music / The King and I / Oklahoma! / South Pacific / State Fair / Carousel)
by Fred Zinnemann, Henry King, Joshua Logan, Jos? Ferrer, Robert Wise

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Actor: Bobby Darin, Gloria Grahame, Gordon MacRae, Pat Boone, Yul Brynner
Director: Fred Zinnemann, Henry King, Jos? Ferrer, Joshua Logan, Robert Wise
Brand: ANDREWS,JULIE
Writer: Benjamin Glazer
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 956 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Movie Reviews of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection [Remastered] (The Sound of Music / The King and I / Oklahoma! / South Pacific / State Fair / Carousel)

Movie Review: Minor quibles.
Summary: 5 Stars

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 informative and amusing, but the sound track behind them is almost inaudible at times. This wouldn't matter so much except when a particular bit of soundtrack is being referenced and one can't hear what they are talking about. Of course one can listen out for it when playing the movie through later, but it irritating nevertheless.

But, overall, it is a great addition to my collection of opera's and musicals.

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Summary of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection [Remastered] (The Sound of Music / The King and I / Oklahoma! / South Pacific / State Fair / Carousel)

Disc 1: Carousel Special Edition Disc 2: Carousel Special Edition-Bonus Disc Disc 3: King and I Special Edition Disc 4: King and I Special Edition-Bonus Disc Disc 5: South Pacific Special Edition Disc 6: South Pacific Special Edition-Bonus Disc Disc 7: Sound of Music Special Edition Disc 8: Sound of Music Special Edition-Bonus Disc Disc 9: State Fair Special Edition Disc 10: State Fair Special Edition-Bonus Disc Disc 11: Oklahoma Special Edition Disc 12: Oklahoma Special Edition-Bonus Disc

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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