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Agree very much with Jake's review. Took a bit to realize this film was not going to focus on the creative process of Bernstein, but rather his relationship with his wife. I was a little disappointed with that angle. However, it is a well made movie with great acting. Mulligan in paticular...

Saw it at a large theatre here in Toronto with a big crowd. My first time in a theatre since seeing it in 70mm blow up in 1989. I thought it held up very well and the audience was really into it, applauding at the end of one scene and again at the conclusion. Only the effects in the latter part...

Watched this recently and enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. Definitely worth a look.

Has to be an improvement over the pretty sorry print they show on TCM.

My old Panasonic receiver is finally giving up the ghost so I am in the market for a new one. I am trying to decide between The Marantz Cinema 60, Yamaha RX-A6A and the Denon AVR-X4800H. Most of my viewing is either on television (streaming through my cable company), the occasional blu-ray andI...

The intermission comes when the lights go out in the elevator and they strike some matches and start to yell, "Help". That's where the intermission comes as on the screen it says..."To be continued". After intermission we see them exiting the elevator.

Had the good fortune to see the 4K of this screened at the Lightbox here in Toronto yesterday - home of the Toronto International Film Festival. The screenings are always of stellar quality. They actually moved the film to one of their two largest theatres due to the crowds and showed it with an...

Watched this recently on TCM. The book scenes are laughable, but it is undoubtedly a spectacle - particularly in the earlier scenes.

A true Canadian icon. I grew up on his music.

I saw the 3D conversion on an Imax screen. It was very impressive. It really gave you a sense of how high the upper decks were from the water and what a jump down it was for people.

A big budget film for adults getting a theatrical release. I am hopeful because if many more of these fail they will disappear from theatres completely.

Enjoyed the first movie mainly for Amy Adam's performance. Watched this last night. It was pretty terrible. Can't think of any redeeming features other than the baby was cute...and that is grasping at straws.

Welcome from another Torontonian! I hope you enjoy this forum as much as I do!

Not only dubbed but Zsa Zsa does one of the worst jobs of lip synching ever seen in the movies.

I particulary loved the University and saw many films there such as STAR, SWEET CHARITY, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, APOCALYPSE NOW, a reissue of WEST SIDE STORY, THE RIGHT STUFF and many others. The Eglinton was a nice theatre but didn't have quite the same impact. Of course, for almost three years...

The story is a part of the dance was considered too suggestive by the censors and was cut out. Gene's wife posted something about this on her Facebook page. Someone posted something that actually included the original orchestration with the few seconds missing. The footage, of course, is long...

The superimposed scenes were definitely in the roadshow cut. I saw it twice here in Toronto and was a little annoyed at the time without really knowing how long the whole number really was intended to be.

In the roadshow the SWAN LAKE number was very brief, with the superimposed shots. Of course most of the criticism of the film was the downer second act so much of the number was put back in to give a bit of comedy to that section.

Reading through this thread I am actually kind of surprised some people don't find this movie funny. For me, it comes down to either this film, or the original The Producers, as the best comedy film produced by Hollywood. Some scenes IMHO are simply priceless such as Jack and Marilyn in the...

This was on television a few months ago - I think it was TCM. I remembered liking it as a kid when it frequently played on television cut up into two nights. However, the print was basically unwatchable so I gave up. I am surprised some work hasn't been done on this film yet.

Finally got a blu-ray of the movie up here in Canada and had time to watch a lot of it last night. Looks good, but for me the big difference was the sound - the orchestrations really pop. Just makes it all the sadder that the overture, entr'acte and exit music sound so flat in comparison. Still...

Agree very much with your thoughts and I LOVE musicals. No humour at all - Krupke fell flat - and the dance at the gym was the biggest disappointment of all. Not sure I could rate the choreography from the way it was shot and edited. Didn't think the Moreno character added anything and in fact...

Yes, taps were dubbed all the time. It was the only way you could record them and get a clean, consistent sound. Doesn't mean the person wasn't doing the dancing, or tapping at the time, but the sound would not be acceptable. Think of what incredible skill it takes to match your tap sounds to...

It is definitely a problem. There are some Warner Archives titles I have been waiting MONTHS for them to get back in stock.

I have ordered a few times from them and never paid customs or tax - they just show up in the mail. If you order a large amount it might be different, but I usually only order 3 at a time.

Funny, Ronald. I prefer the first half with the many diverse plots happening and for me the movie becomes less interesting when it focuses on the Cagney/Rollins plot. For me, it is the same thing with the musical show.

James Hibbard was in several 60'smusicals including this, BYE BYE BIRDIE, GYPSY,several Elvis films and HELLO DOLLY. He is still very much alive and part of a Facebook group I belong to. He lives in Vancouver, B.C. I believe he is working on a book.

Thanks for looking, Will, but once I put it in the cart it says out of stock. I get the same thing with Ziegfeld Follies, Annie Get Your Gun, Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex and In the Good Old Summertime. Some of the Warners ones have been a couple of months now.

I have been having the same problem with my cable company here in Toronto.

I'm just jealous that you all have it. Amazon.ca does not have it. DeepDiscount is out of stock. Grrrr!