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Titolo originale: The Music Man
Regia: Morton DaCosta |
Anno: 1962
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Famiglia Musica Romance
Tag: musical | midwest | trombones |
Cast: Robert Preston | Shirley Jones | Buddy Hackett | Ron Howard | Hermione Gingold | Paul Ford | Pert Kelton | Timmy Everett | Susan Luckey | Peggy Mondo | Harry Hickox | Jesslyn Fax | Mary Wickes | Monique Vermont | Charles Lane | William Fawcett | Barbara Pepper | Max Showalter | Hank Worden | Sarah Seegar | Milton Parsons | Larri Thomas | Colin Kenny | Ronnie Dapo | Al Bain | Ralph Hart | Delos Jewkes | Charles Alvin Bell | Natalie Masters | Percy Helton | Jack Gordon | Russell Custer |

Il piccolo truffatore Harold Hill arriva a River City con l'intenzione di imbrogliare la comunità, offrendosi di metter su e istruire una banda musicale per poi scappare col denaro. Le cose, però, non vanno come previsto quando si innamora di una bibliotecaria locale.

Errori

At the beginning of the film, the train leaves Brighton, Illinois, and arrives in River City, Iowa 2 [...] D
The songs, especially the vocal tracks, sound like they were obviously recorded in a studio with odd [...] D
In the opening musical number, "Rock Island", the salesmen are jiggling up and down to the rhythm of [...] D
In the opening sequence, the train is traveling from Illinois to Iowa. The background visual scroll [...] D
When talking with Marian about rumors, Hill lowers his pointing hand twice. D
In the last scene in the school room (before the parade and closing credits), there are two U.S. fla [...] D
During the "Shipoopi" number, Marcellus Washburn gives his hat to the little boy twice. D
Set in 1912, the song "Trouble" mentions both the beverage Bevo (first offered in 1916) and the maga [...] D
Marian complains regularly about the low mentality of River City citizens, yet in the three scenes i [...] D
When Harold Hill tells Mrs. Paroo about the "great cornet players ... O'Clarke, O'Mendez, and O'Klei [...] D
48-star flags are evident throughout the movie. The movie opens on July 4, 1912, which was the first [...] D
While Harold Hill visits Mrs. Paroo, Winthrop Paroo watches them from a "tree-house" above. His smal [...] D
Hill's hair goes through several color changes through the course of the movie. At the beginning it' [...] D
At the end of the Wells Fargo Wagon song, while Mayor Shinn is waiting for Marian to give him the ed [...] D
When Marian sings "Will I Ever Tell You" on the front porch, Mrs. Paroo is leaning forward in her ro [...] D
When Marian sings "Being in Love" to her mother in the kitchen, the string dispenser on the shelf be [...] D
In the number Marian the Librarian, Harold runs off-screen, but on the next scene he is seen sitting [...] D
When the boys' band plays the Minuet in G, a state flag of Iowa is shown that was not adopted until [...] D
The pink dresses worn during the Shipoopi number are not accurate for 1912 time period of dress. One [...] D
In the opening scene on the train, the camera pulls out so far that it must be past the wall on the [...] D
In the widescreen version, the power-towers and electrical wires in the Hollywood Hills behind the W [...] D
At beginning of "76 Trombones" in the gym, Preston takes off top of hat and brim and feathers pop ou [...] D
At the start of the "76 Trombones" scene outside the High School, the shadow of the nearby tree can [...] D
As Charlie Cowell is getting onto the train at the beginning of the movie, it can be seen that the t [...] D
Twice when Harold Hill first arrives in River City, mountains are seen in the background. There are [...] D
Winthrop's lisp was not realistically portrayed. A lisp is caused by a problem with the tongue that [...] D
Winthrop tells his mother and sister that Harold has taught him to sing a song with hardly any S sou [...] D
In the candy shop scene where Marian and Hill are sipping soda, Marian reaches into her purse twice. D
During the opening number, "Rock Island," Max Showalter (who has a very distinctive voice) is shown [...] D
The final parade sequence is filmed on both sunny and overcast days. D
Right before Shipoopi, Mrs. Shinn says her girls are ready to perform, but Ethel dances with Marcell [...] D
After waving to the departing salesmen on the (yellow) train he came in on, Harold turns to leave th [...] D
In the candy shop when Hill and Marian are sipping on their strawberry sodas, Hill releases his stra [...] D
When Professor Hill jumps off the Wells Fargo Wagon and runs to give the cornet to Winthrop, he hand [...] D
Mayor Shinn refers to Tommy Djilas' father as a "Nithelanian," presumably meaning Lithuanian. The na [...] D
At the end of the School Board number, the fireworks behind them (especially the last one) appear to [...] D
In the beginning, after the train stops in River City, the conductor tells Charlie Cowell that cigar [...] D
Interior scenes that feature the windows of the library front doors show frosted and etched glass de [...] D
As Hill is walking down the aisle of the railroad car to get off at River City, the train station in [...] D
Marian orders a strawberry phosphate in the Soda Shop with Proffessor Hill, which would have consist [...] D
Lights and camera equipment seen in the store windows during the "Wells Fargo Wagon" song number. D
Chairs in front of the stage move around during the July 4th celebration in the auditorium. First th [...] D
When the film opens, a train is show leaving Brighton, Illinois. The conductor announces this as the [...] D
During the lively dance at the library, Marian backs up into Prof. Hill's leg twice. D
Harold Hill's suitcase in the opening scenes is different than the one getting off and shown in the [...] D
When Marian sings "Being In Love" in the kitchen, the water pitcher on the table faces one way and l [...] D
Although there are constant references to River City's low mentality rate and literary level, the pu [...] D
After Professor Hill is exposed as a fraud, he gets into an argument with Winthrop about whether Hil [...] D
Mayor Shinn references a wrestling match between Frank Gotch and Ed Lewis ("Strangler") that famousl [...] D
When Winthrop asks Harold Hill if his proposed uniform will have "a stripe", Hill assures him that i [...] D
In the fantasy 76 Trombones parade, the music and the trombone players are not in sync. In some plac [...] D