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The DVD which we have does have some bonus material which includes:-
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer
Making of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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Starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel this musical showcase of spectacular love songs and ... more
dazzling dance numbers garnered a 1954 Academy Award for Best Score (Musical) and received four additional nominations including Best Picture and Best Screenplay....
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Things are different for the Pontipee men now that big brother Adam's fetched a bride and ... more
brought her to their cabin. Indeed, the unwed brothers are so inspired they raid the town and carry off brides of their own! Like a favourite flannel shirt, every...
Things are different for the Pontipee men now that big brother Adam's fetched a bride and ... more
brought her to their cabin. Indeed, the unwed brothers are so inspired they raid the town and carry off brides of their own!Like a favorite flannel shirt, everything fits right in this rugged whoop-for-joy directed by Stanley Donen, choreographed by Michael Kidd and featuring an exhilarating Gene DePaul/Johnny Mercer score that won an Academy Award. Jane Powell and Howard Keel star, supported by a cast of buckskinned dancers and petticoated danseuses. And what Steppin'! The barn raising sequence alone... back-flipping, plank-leaping athleticism... leaves a daylong smile 'Bless Yore Beautiful Hide,' all you brides and brothers.
Production Year: 1999 - Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Donny Osmond, Joan Collins, Richard Attenborough
Advantages: good story and acting, some good songs Disadvantages: very bad backdrops!
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Trailer
Making of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
I have not had the need for the scene access and have no interest in watching the making of the film.
The running time of this film is 98 minutes which was a suitable length and the certificate is a Universal which means that it is suitable for all ages. I do agree with this rating.
This DVD is available widely for under £5 which I think is ... more
As hubby is trying to educate me in the old classic films this is the next one which I was treated (or subjected) to! I don’t think I would have bought it had I know it was Howard Keel playing the main role as I did not like his singing in Calamity Jane, but I have to say that they were better in this film!
The film is about Alan who is living on a farm in the middle of nowhere with his 6 other brothers. He is the oldest and decides that when he goes to town next to get their supplies he is going to get himself a wife. Being true to his word when he goes on the long trek to town he does find himself a wife, Millie who is the cook at the pub. Millie falls in love with Alan and agrees to marry him and they do so straight away and she sets off with him to the farm.
On the journey back Millie talks to Alan about her plans for the farm and how she would like to have children and cannot wait to look after him but as they arrive at the farm she is in for such a big shock! Alan forgot to tell Millie about his 6 brothers and she is shocked when she is introduced to them all and she thinks Alan deceived her and that he should have told her when she was making plans for them.
Millie sets to work and tries to sort out the brothers behaviour and teach them some manners as they are all now keen on going to town and getting themselves a wife. Will Millie be able to teach these 7 men manners and will she be successful in teaching them the art of courting and wooing the ladies?
This is not the sort of film I would usually choose to watch but as hubby really wanted me to see it I did sit and watch the whole thing. I have to say that I was quite surprised by it. I was instantly put off by Howard Keel taking the role of Alan as I thought his singing in a previous film was shocking but I will admit that he had improved by this film and he did a decent job. There were quite a few songs in the film and I did enjoy all of them and though that all of the actors and actress did a great job with their vocals and they did add some humour and emotion to the story. I found the songs to be suitable for the film and the parts which they were used in but for me none of them were memorable and I have not heard much of them away from the film. When I watched Calamity Jane I did know the songs as they are played on the radio a lot but these songs just did not have the same appeal as others from musicals from the same era.
The storyline was good and fun but I didn’t find it very believable. I can forgive this as the way it was put across made for good viewing. I did like how the brothers all had names which had the first letter running in alphabetical order. I think we should have done this with my 3 as hubby is always calling them the wrong name! I did feel sorry for Frank as he hated his real name of Frankincense! The chemistry between the brothers was good and I loved how they would be fighting against each other one minute but as soon as someone upset one of them then they all stuck together and battled as a team.
The role of Lillie was taken by Jane Powell and I think she did such a great job especially being surrounded by all those men, she managed to pout across a strong and determined side yet she was also able to show a caring and loving side which I found to be nice. She seemed to be a bit stronger in her character when the other girls arrived at the farm and I much preferred her taking the role of the mother.
The film was set way back in the 1890’s in America and I think that the settings and scenery for the film were all very suitable but the one problem with this film was the backdrops. They were truly awful and at one point when the brothers were giving us a song in the snow the backdrop was so clearly painted and hung behind them, it did actually make me laugh. Also the shots when they were travelling on the horse and cart through the mountains was bad and noticeably added at a later date. These bad effects can be forgiven though as the film was made in 1954 when they did not have all the technology which is widely available now.
The DVD which we have does have some bonus material which includes:-
Interactive Menus Scene Access Trailer Making of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
I have not had the need for the scene access and have no interest in watching the making of the film.
The running time of this film is 98 minutes which was a suitable length and the certificate is a Universal which means that it is suitable for all ages. I do agree with this rating.
This DVD is available widely for under £5 which I think is a good buy. I am going to recommend this film as it does have a good story and good acting but there are a lot better musicals from the same era to be seen.
Advantages: Good songs, good choreography, good storyline. Disadvantages: None.
Musicals are my favourite type of films, and have quite a few on DVD. One of my favourites (not THE favourite though!), is 'SevenBrides for SevenBrothers'. It was originally going to be called 'Sobbin Women', but changed the name. Good job really!
THE FILM
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Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel) is the eldest of 7 brothers. He wants a wife, and sets out on a journey to get one. In the village he goes into the store to get supplies and says he is looking for a wife. He is told in no uncertain terms that he won't find one in this town! He goes in the village looking for a wife. As he sings the first song 'Bless your beautiful hide', you see him looking at what he hopes to be his future wife. She's chopping wood across the road from where he's standing.
Her name is Millie (Jane Powell). They quickly arrange their wedding ...
Advantages: A good easy going family musical Disadvantages: non that I can see
runaway with them or are they?
Spring, Spring, Spring: Everyone is included in this song as we celebrate the coming of Spring and the flowers and sunshine.
~~ DVD Extras ~~
Scene Selection: Where you can skip to the scene you want, with a choice of 38 with little pictures of the scene to help you find your way.
Languages: there are 3 sound tracks and a choice of 12 subtitles in various languages.
~~ Special Features ~~
This is a documentary of the making of SevenBrides for SevenBrothers with speakers including Howard Keel, Stanley Donen, Saul Chaplin, Michael Kidd, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Ball, Jane Powell, Julie Newmar, Virginia Gibson and Ruta Lee.
This is very informative and full of trivia that goes with the movie; it lasts for approx 30 minutes.
Theatrical Trailer: this runs for approx 3 minutes and shows ...
Advantages: The music, the dance numbers, cute story, great acting, wonderful effects (for 1954) Disadvantages: Too bad most of this was filmed in a studio - Oregon is beautiful country!
Imagine, if you will, seven strapping, handsome, young men - all brothers - living high up in the mountains of Oregon with not even one woman on site since their mother died many years before. Imagine also, if you will, what that home would look like? Can you also imagine how their manners would be? And I bet you can imagine that they?re getting pretty? um? lonely, as well. This is the basis of the film ?SevenBrides for SevenBrothers? - an amazing film which will soon be celebrating its 50th birthday!
Based on the ancient story of the Rape of the Sabine Women (where a group of men capture a bunch of women but when their families come to reclaim them, the women refuse to return home). This parallel isn?t even slightly veiled for this movie, except that they never mention the words ?The Rape of the? ?. Stephen Vincent Benet ...
Musicals & Music Films - Musicals & Other Music Films
Classification
Universal
Production Year
1954
Running Time
1 hour 38 minutes
Video Category
Feature Film
Plot
Toe-tapping musical in which mountain man Adam Pontipee comes to a small town to woo himself a wife. But the object of his affections, Milly, is preoccupied with getting her seven unruly brothers married off and out of her hair.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
09/10/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
D 065065S
Barcode
7321905650651
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Sound
Stereo
DVD Description
In the Oregon Territory, mountain man Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel, acting and singing with gusto) comes to town to sell his crops and woo a woman to be his wife, succeeding with spirited Milly (Jane Powell), who is tired of feeding and waiting on so many men at the local inn. Her dreams of keeping house for just one man are shattered when she discovers that Adam shares his pigsty cabin with six brawling brothers. Milly's good cooking and stubborn nature whip the young men into shape and inspire them to seek women of their own. But after a disastrous barn raising during which the brothers snare the attention of the town girls only to be taunted into fighting with the town men, Adam suggests his brothers forget gentle methods of love and follow the actions of the Roman with the Sabine (Sobbin') women. The kidnapping of their six sweethearts spurs Milly to throw the men out of the house, but enforced proximity caused by winter and the brothers' good intentions just might help love bloom again.
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