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The Boy Friend (1971)
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301968010
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6301968018
Label: MGM (Warner)
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Studio: MGM (Warner)
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Rating:  - One of the BEST!
One must never compare the Stage to the Film when it comes to musicals. Sometimes they are better than the original. Sometimes worse. ALWAYS different! That's just the nature of the transition. This is one of the great film musicals of all time. It's just not Sandy Wilson's "The Boy Friend". I love the stage play as well. This is a musical film about a production of the stage musical with all kinds of backstage intrigue as well as the terrific device of seeing a number "as is", as the director would ... Read More
Rating: - WAY Under-rated!!..Among the BEST Musicals Ever!
I admit I saw this the first time last week. After a slow start (about the first 20 minutes), we are led into a near-visionary world with some of the most unique musical numbers ever..Set in the 1920's, with 1920's costumes, sings, etc., you may be amazed at some of these sets,routines, and costumes!..There are probably over a dozen, including leprechauns in a world of mushrooms, swimmers identically attired in the ocean, geezers in wheelchairs being pushed in near- kaleidescopic circles by nurses, Tommy ... Read More
Rating: - The Greatest
In our house, this is one of the all-time favourite movies. *Everyone* is perfectly cast, the style constantly changes (on-stage, off-stage, fantasy projections of how numbers could be staged...) and it manages to be convincing as a small-time theatre production while at the same time being colourful and imaginative. Covent Garden could learn a thing or two about staging from this movie. This is Ken Russell's greatest movie. We want a DVD!
Rating: - TAGLINE SAYS IT ALL
"A Glittering Super Colossal Heart Warming Toe-Tapping Continuously Delightful Musical Extravaganza"
Rating:  - Fluffy, silly, ridiculous, and I love it!
I have one copy of this tape and I guess I'd better get a backup -- doesn't look like it's coming out on DVD anytime soon and I'm gonna wear the poor thing out! It is a perfect portrayal of a bunch of wannabes who definitely will never-be... OK, except Tommy Tune who's probably just too good to perform as barely adequate. Christopher Gable likewise performs like a pro. (Is that perhaps a failing in this particular flick, which is all about a bunch of folks who aren't really that great?) Twiggy is perfectly ... Read More
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