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The Boy Friend (1971)
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by MGM (Warner)
Sales Rank: 5606
Price: $19.98
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I admit I saw this the first time last week. After a slow start (about the first 20 minutes), we are led into a near-visionary world with some of the most unique musical numbers ever..Set in the 1920's, with 1920's costumes, sings, etc., you may be amazed at some of these sets,routines, and costumes!..There are probably over a dozen, including leprechauns in a world of mushrooms, swimmers identically attired in the ocean, geezers in wheelchairs being pushed in near- kaleidescopic circles by nurses, Tommy Tune's stick man tapping and humor, aeroplane dancing in the snow, and piroette and pirotte (spelling?) amidst neo-Busby Berkeley type dances..Not to mention the pure innocent youthful charm of Twiggy!! True, less close-ups of the Cecil B .Demille takeoff would make it even better, though the final ending is again pure charm and nostalgia!
Viewer Reviews
One must never compare the Stage to the Film when it comes to musicals. Sometimes they are better than the original. Sometimes worse. ALWAYS different! That's just the nature of the transition. This is one of the great film musicals of all time. It's just not Sandy Wilson's "The Boy Friend". I love the stage play as well. This is a musical film about a production of the stage musical with all kinds of backstage intrigue as well as the terrific device of seeing a number "as is", as the director would have done if only he had money, and as the film maker in attendance would make a movie of the same number. Divine!
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