Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:37:50 | 6,96 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps; German AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps; Spanish AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps
Subs: Czech, Croatian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, English, French, Greek, German, Hebrew, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Won Oscar
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:37:50 | 6,96 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps; German AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps; Spanish AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps
Subs: Czech, Croatian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, English, French, Greek, German, Hebrew, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Won Oscar
Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does she discover he has six brothers - all living in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading about the Roman capture of the Sabine women, Adam develops an inspired solution to his brothers' loneliness.
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“Bless yore beautiful hide, wherever you may be..” Who, on hearing Howard Keel, burst into deep-voiced song, as he seeks out Jane Powell, can fail to feel similarly inspired? Yes, on the surface it seems quite sexist, but there’s no doubt that whatever the menfolk’s posturing, it’s the women who are running this show and that’s enough to condone a wagon load of inappropriate song lyrics, especially sing-a-long friendly ones like this.
Keel and Powell spar nicely off each other as the couple who inspire the rest of his brothers to take wives. He tries to pretend he’s just married for practical reasons, she gradually civilises him – and the rest of the family - and he has to admit she was right all along. Of course, none of this comes easily and there’s a barn dance that goes awry, a ill-advised mass-kidnapping and avalanche, exile to the mountains (for Keel) and exile from the house (for the rest of the men) to deal with before the women gradually lower their defences to allow true love to blossom.
MGM’s infectiously, rabble-rousing musical bursts with life, colour and songs – the Barn Raising is a real show-stopper thanks to Michael Kidd’s choreography, featuring male dancing at its most athletic (rather than the usual compliment of good-looking faces who could dance a little, four of the male cast were trained dancers and one a gymnast) while Sobbin’ Women is both catchy and as non-PC as any male dominated pub conversation. June Bride has a lot to answer for in terms of the wedding season and Spring, Spring, Spring manages to wheel in lots of cute barnyard animals and establish the final romantic pairings.
The CinemaScope format is also a bonus, maximising the visual appeal of an immaculately styled Hollywood frontierland.
Great songs, great set pieces and solid performances in this colourful and infectiously enjoyable musical.
In 1954, director Stanley Donen and producer Jack Cummings teamed up to make one of the most celebrated musicals of all time. The barn dance is the most famous scene – one of the most impressive, energetic, spirited, and funny dances ever put to film. In it, the seven brothers of the title compete in a game of one-upmanship with the other men of the town. The scene is featured time and again in montages of highlights from the "golden age" of movie musicals.
The central love story between the main characters (Jane Powell and Howard Keel) is what holds the film together. Their performances are sincere and heartfelt. The fundamental flaw in all too many musicals is shallow characterization, but that's not a problem here.
The film is also about Powell making civil gentlemen of Keel and his six brothers and what that does to her relationship with her new husband. The delightful conventions of musicals are all present here: in the course of a single song, the brothers all learn to dance like Gene Kelly. Yet miraculously this doesn't compromise the humanity or sincerity of the characters. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers has an endearing way of turning its fluff "musical" plot into the plight of real people striving to fulfill their basic yet treasured dreams in a world that doesn't know what to do with them.
With its characters so easy to relate to, we thus enjoy the film's excellent musical score and sense of humor all the more. Don't miss this great American classic.
Special Features:
- 'Making of' documentary (34:48)
- Theatrical Trailer (02:20)
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