Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) On DVD
Actor: Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, James Fox, Beatrice Lillie
Director: George Roy Hill
Genre: Musicals
Year: 1967
Studio: Universal Home Video
Length: 152
Released: June 3, 2003
Rating: General Audiences (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Julie Andrews is at her peak of adorability in this enjoyable (and surprisingly sarcastic) spoof of the 1920s. It has every trick: occasional silent-movie intertitles, flapper lingo ("Oh, banana oil"), and a laughable plot about women being sold into white slavery by the scheming manageress (splendid Beatrice Lillie) of a Hotel for Ladies, aided by a cabal of wicked Chinese. (The stereotypes are bearable only if you remember this is a spoof of silent movie melodrama.) Even with able support from Mary Tyler Moore and James Fox, this is Julie's show; she plays to the camera with the collusion of director George Roy Hill, who's clearly smitten with her silly streak. The movie has an annoying tendency to spend time on musical numbers--a Jewish wedding, a vaudeville act--that don't serve the plot. A future Broadway musical would create a new score, except for the delightfully catchy title tune.
Special Features:
Actor: Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, James Fox, Beatrice Lillie
Director: George Roy Hill
Genre: Musicals
Year: 1967
Studio: Universal Home Video
Length: 152
Released: June 3, 2003
Rating: General Audiences (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Julie Andrews is at her peak of adorability in this enjoyable (and surprisingly sarcastic) spoof of the 1920s. It has every trick: occasional silent-movie intertitles, flapper lingo ("Oh, banana oil"), and a laughable plot about women being sold into white slavery by the scheming manageress (splendid Beatrice Lillie) of a Hotel for Ladies, aided by a cabal of wicked Chinese. (The stereotypes are bearable only if you remember this is a spoof of silent movie melodrama.) Even with able support from Mary Tyler Moore and James Fox, this is Julie's show; she plays to the camera with the collusion of director George Roy Hill, who's clearly smitten with her silly streak. The movie has an annoying tendency to spend time on musical numbers--a Jewish wedding, a vaudeville act--that don't serve the plot. A future Broadway musical would create a new score, except for the delightfully catchy title tune.
Special Features:
| Product Name | Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) On DVD |
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| This item is returnable | No |
