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A Parisian Delight

Advantages: A musical, Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron
Disadvantages: A frenzied Jazz scene

~~ An American In Paris ~~ Many of you that read my reviews will know I really enjoy musicals. An American In Paris may not be one of my favourites, but it is one that I really enjoy and is in my collection, which is still growing. I have over 40 now in my collection and trying to find some of the less popular one’s on DVD is becoming a small challenge to me, so if anyone gets a copy of Lili, starring Lesley Caron I would love to hear from you: ...
...the voice of Jerry Mulligan an ex GI that stayed on in Paris at the end of World War II; hoping that living in Paris would make him a better artist; we find him on the top floor, the camera moves on and takes us down the building with the voice over changing from Jerry to Adam, as we come to meet up with the talents of Pianist Adam Cook, who is another American dreaming of reaching his goals composing music. It is during this introduction that we ...

arnoldhenryrufus 18.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of An American In Paris (DVD)

An absolute classic!!

Advantages: Great songs, great acting, a real 'feel good' movie
Disadvantages: Lack of additional material on the DVD

...Vincent Minnelli. The story An American in Paris is a film about a G.I., Gerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) who stayed in Paris to paint after the war. Despite not being filmed on location, the film starts out with views of the famour sights of Paris, with Kelly introducing himself and his love of Paris: "Brother if you can't paint in Paris, you might as well give up and marry the boss's daughter!" He is struggling financially and selling his art on ...
...drink with her, he has an episode of love at first sight with another girl (played by Leslie Carron). I don't want to give the ending away, but the film comes to a delightful conclusion after an excellent dance sequence based on famous French paintings. The acting Gene Kelly is his usual cheery, athletic dancing self. His co-star Oscar Levante is a great supporting actor and gives a good balance to Kelly's singing and dancing with his excellent ...

chrissie-anne 31.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of An American In Paris (DVD)

Funny Go Heartwarming

Advantages: Good old-fashioned escapist romantic comedy
Disadvantages: Not really 'classic' material but still very enjoyable

...dating Bruno! Confused? Bruno certainly was! I found this movie an absorbing way to spend an hour and a half. David Niven is completely endearing in his role and Vera-Ellen also very likeable, and you do very much want them to have a happy ending! ...

thereddragon 10.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Happy Go Lovely (DVD)

Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream

Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film .
Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome

In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ...

pepsi27 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

kingfisher111 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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