The Music Man (2003 film)
| The Music Man | |
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| Genre | Musical romance |
| Written by | Sally Robinson Based on The Music Man by Meredith Willson Franklin Lacey |
| Directed by | Jeff Bleckner |
| Starring |
Matthew Broderick Kristin Chenoweth Debra Monk |
| Composer(s) |
Danny Troob Songs: Meredith Willson |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | John M. Eckert |
| Editor(s) | James Chressanthis |
| Running time | 150 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 16, 2003 |
The Music Man is a 2003 American television film directed by Jeff Bleckner and starring Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth.
The television production, which was broadcast by ABC on the February 16, 2003, edition of The Wonderful World of Disney, is based on the book of the 1957 stage musical by Meredith Willson, which was based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The musical was adapted for television by Sally Robinson.
It was filmed entirely in Ontario, Canada.
The three-hour presentation was watched by 13.1 million viewers, with a 3.8 rating/9 share in adults aged 18–49. It finished second in the first two hours and fourth in the final hour.
Professor Harold Hill (Matthew Broderick), a confidence artist who makes a living by selling instruments and uniforms to aspiring musicians he fails to teach once they are delivered, sets his sights on the naive citizens of River City, Iowa, as his latest targets. Hill is sitting on a train in the first scene, playing cards while listening to the passengers on the train talk about him and his cons (Rock Island). Before getting off at River City, an anvil salesman named Charlie realizes who Hill is, but fails to catch him when he gets off the train. Charlie yells out the window of the train "I won't forget your face, Hill!" before the train travels on, while Hill is stepping onto the fresh soil of Iowa.
Harold Hill walks up to two men of the city on a ladder, asking where and if there was a hotel anywhere ("Iowa Stubborn"). Hill moves on to find the hotel, and meets up with his former sidekick Marcellus Washburn, who now is living in the rural town and manages the hotel himself. Hill tells Marcellus of his new pitch, being a music professor. Marcellus warns Hill that he won't be able to sell the stubborn Iowans any instruments, partly because of the town's current music teacher, Marian, who also happens to be the librarian (Kristin Chenoweth). Harold tells Marcellus that he plans to get Marian off-balanced and then tell the town how he was going to save them from terrible trouble. Marcellus tells Hill the town is in no trouble, and Harold replies that he will "just have to make some." He convinces the residents their only hope of saving their sons from the corruption of the local pool hall is to allow him to create a marching band and help them develop their musical talents ("Ya Got Trouble").
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