The Music Man

TV Movie
2003
TV-G
2h 30m

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A masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results, in this contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and lively 1962 film, updated to... Read allA masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results, in this contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and lively 1962 film, updated to reflect several early-21st-century sensibilities.A masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results, in this contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and lively 1962 film, updated to reflect several early-21st-century sensibilities.

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6.2/10

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Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 10 nominations total

Trivia
This version reinstates two songs absent in the original film version and excludes one other. "My White Knight" replaces "Being in Love" and another song for the Quartet was also included.

Goofs
In a few scenes, "modern" (post-1959) 50-star American flags are visible. Official designs available between 1908 and 1912 (the time of the story) would have had 46 stars.

Quotes
Professor Harold Hill: You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.

Connections
Featured in ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003)

Soundtracks
Rock Island
Written by Meredith Willson
Performed by Patrick McKenna

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Featured review

4/10

good but not great

I liked that the story was not totally changed as some remakes have been. It was good but not great. It seemed more like a high school or community production than a professionally made movie. I think Victor Garber is a very good actor but he was miscast as Mayor Shinn. I also thought Kristen Chenowith not right for the role of Marian Paroo. What happened to her mothers Iris accent?

I am not racist however facts are facts. The movie is set in early 1900's Iowa. Black and white people did not interact the way they do in the movie. Racism was alive and well at that time. Blacks were not treated as equal with whites.

It was enjoyable but I would not go out of my way or pay money to see it again. The original was much better so I bought a copy.