When Disney’s Mary Poppins and Fox’s The Sound of Music ended up becoming the top-grossing films of their respective years in the mid-1960s, Hollywood studio moguls decided that big budgeted musical films produced for family audiences were a sure-fire way to box-office gold. Unfortunately for them, the succession of movie musicals produced in the period of the late 1960s occurred at a time when musical tastes especially among younger viewers were markedly veering away from a traditional Broadway sound. Hello, Dolly!, released in 1969, was one of the last of the mega-budgeted lush musicals produced during this period. With a popular new star and a well-known stage property, it did good business (unlike Fox’s previous musical entertainments Doctor Dolittle and Star! which were both box-office disappointments), but receipts weren’t enough to push the movie into profitability during its initial release. The era of the roadshow musical was coming to an end.
Studio: Fox
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 1.0 DD (Mono), Other
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Rating: G
Run Time: 2 Hr. 28 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray
keep caseDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
Release Date: 04/02/2013
MSRP: $24.99
The Production Rating: 4/5
Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 4/5
Special Features Rating: 2.5/5
Overall Rating: 4/5
Reviewed By: Matt Hough
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