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Release Date: 06 June, 2000 Retail Price: $19.97 OUR Price: $13.99 You SAVE: $5.98! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Reviews
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This 1954 musical release is just too good/too fun to pass up. Adam (Howard Keel - oh my god, what a voice) needs a wife and zeros in on Milly (Jane Powell) to drag back to his Oregon Territory farm and six unruly brothers. The tiny beauty has a backbone and rises to the challenge. Milly makes believers out of them. The brothers decide they want wives of their own and kidnap more cuties from town. Whoops, they forgot to drag the preacher along too and the pass gets snowed-in for winter.
The songs are lovely, the story charming, but it's the dance choreography that brings me back again and again. There are two numbers in particular which showcase the brothers' dance skills, and they are outstanding. Julie Newmar of Catwoman fame is one of the kidnapped cuties. They stick her in the back or whisk her out completely for the more involved dance routines, but who cares, it's Julie Newmar!
A Great Hollywood Musical
A huge backwoodsman comes into town one day, looking at all the unmarried women in town. The next thing you know he has found a woman who wants to marry him, they get hitched and they head for his home in the mountain. The man is Adam Pontipee, played by Howard Keel. The woman is Milly Pontipee, played by beautiful Jane Powell. Of course Adam's search for a bride is accompanied by a song and glares from many of the townspeople.
When Milly returns to Adam's cozy little cabin in the woods she discovers that Adam has six younger brothers, and Adam seems to expect Milly to be a combination wife and mother to all of them. Milly quickly puts everyone straight as she turns the heathen brothers into a semblance of respectability.
The six brothers begin to think that they should get wives for themselves. Their manly juices flow when they visit town and instantly fall into love. Unfortunately, the local town lads have other ideas about their women, and having them head up into the mountains are not part of those ideas.
After Milly reads the seven brothers a story about the Sabine women, the brothers convince themselves that they need to bring the women into the mountains. The brothers head off to town and manage to round up six women with whom they have fallen in love. However, the girls do not take kindly to being kidnapped and put up a huge fuss. The chase is on as the boys head back to their mountain home with the townsmen hot on their heels. Fortunately, the women aid in halting the pursuit, but now they are stuck in the mountains until spring.
Though the kidnapping is even more politically incorrect now than it was then, the story works because Milly keeps the lads in line and because the boys are very innocent. A viewer has to wonder how this movie will turn out (if you have not seen it before), because the boys have not thought through what will happen when the snow thaws in the spring.
This musical is from the era when musicals were popular and successful. This particular musical is one of the best of the era with a fast-paced and humorous story and great choreography. I also recommend getting the 2.55:1 aspect ratio over full screen or the 1.77:1 aspect ratio. Of course, you need a larger television for the bigger aspect ratio. However, with full screen, which requires pan and scan, you lose so much of the picture that much of the story is lost.
There are several versions of this movie available. There is a two disk version that has both the 2.55:1 and 1.77:1 aspect ratios. That version also has a number of extras that some fans may find interesting. There is also a single disk version that has the 2.55:1 aspect ratio on it. Whichever version you get, this musical is an excellent addition to any home library, particularly if the library includes musicals or Hollywood classics. Enjoy!
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