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They just don't make musicals like this any more. There are some who would be grateful for that--the plot is but a flimsy excuse to string together song and dance numbers. Some of us, however, love big, splashy, overdone musical scenes, of which there are many. Glittering stage numbers showcase a commanding Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levy, a New York matchmaker who can find a mate for anyone. Anyone but herself, that is. Determined to marry wealthy Walter Matthau, she lures him out of Yonkers and sets about wooing him. Don't worry about the lack of a solid story or Gene Kelly's pedestrian direction. Watch instead for the musical numbers and the lavish costumes. Listen to Jerry Herman's score, and dance around the living room when a sequined Streisand arrives in a club as Louis Armstrong strikes up the title tune for her benefit. (Just pull the shades first.) Based on Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker, Hello, Dolly! won Academy Awards for best sound, art direction, and musical score. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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By Nicola
Format:DVD
For Years people only knew of oldies like Carol Channing as Dolly Levi and at the time she was the perfect Dolly. When Streisand was cast everyone said it was a huge mistake. Streisand was still in her 20's when she was cast as the middle aged Dolly but she proved that talent can master anything and in this you don't question her age you just accept it as fact. Her voice is in top form and she does justice to the songs, bringing her unique quality and comic timing to a role that otherwise would have been played the way it always had been. Streisand uses her youth by giving Dolly a sexy quality that was missing from the original stage show. Carol Channing could have done the film and a lot of people would have been happier with that choice at the time. However the reason people weren't happy with the films casting was simply that people don't like their favourite shows messed with and changed, but change brings new life to stories and that's exactly what it's done here. This film was one of the last old time Hollywood musical to be made and has managed to stand the test of time, unlike many of the others, the reason for this is Streisand, add to that Walter Matthau as the ever grumpy but lovable Horace and the goofy Michael Crawford who both bring their own individuality to this film. Obviously this is for Musical Fans - if you're not a fan of musicals, then it won't be for you, however if you are a fan then Streisand, like Dolly is Timeless and well worth a look!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Mw R. Moore
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All right so it's a cheesy schumtzy film. BUT on a wet miserable day, when you feel down in the dumps, put it in the DVD player, and I guarantee that within minutes you will feel better, and start singing with the best of 'em ! The costumes are so beautiful, the singing and the songs even better, I think that this is one of the better Hollywood musicals AND it has a happy ending. Worth seeing over and over again, just to watch Louis Amstrong and Barbra Striesand's superb duet. I love it, and hope you will too, go on treat yourself...buy it !
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have a good friend who despairs at my love of Barbra movies but he fell in love with this movie on it's first viewing and it isn't hard to see the charm in this feel-good musical. Barbra shines as Dolly Levi who takes it upon herself to sort out everyone's love life while bagging the well know half-a-millionaire horace Vandergelder, played fantastically by Walter Matthau. This film is truly feel good, nothing bad happens at all though it teeters on the brink. The first time I saw it I was waiting for Dolly's tales of how well known she is to fall apart and yet they never do. When she appears in that gorgeous dress as the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant and launches into the title song the tears spring to my eyes. That is one thing that makes this film so good, even though it is a gentle, happy affair it is still moving even though no great tragedies occur. Part of this is due to the wonderful cast and the direction of THE Gene Kelly. The score contains many wonderful songs, Helly Dolly, It takes a woman and my personal favourite Goodbye. This is truly a film that you can let kids watch, it has the innocence of a bygone age of musical when good things can happen to good people.
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Hello Dolly, Hello brilliant Blu-ray disc.
Whether or not people like the movie Hello, Dolly will depend mainly on their response to Barbra Streisand, an entertainer whom people tend either to love or to loathe. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Robin
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A nice recording ...but....
I was very pleased with the recording, but a little upset that it was not in 16:9 format but in Cinemascope letterbox format.
I got over this by using Zoom No 2 on my tv. Read more
I got over this by using Zoom No 2 on my tv. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Westcountryman
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Hello Dolly DVD
Arrived today in good condition and I am really looking forward to watching it. I will probably watch it several times
Published 9 days ago by Mrs Joyce Haley
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
have watched these films regularly for a number of years on VHS wanted to update to dvd for future viewing
Published 10 days ago by Mr Ian S Rapstone
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satisfied customer
I like the DVD but as I have said on the other comments it is the sub titles I don't like as it distracts from the film.
Published 21 days ago by Mrs Ivy Harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous 'Hello Dolly'
This is my favourite musical and I can watch it over and over again and never get fed up with it. Barbra Streisand at her best!!
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
Published 25 days ago by Marianne
5.0 out of 5 stars
Favourite Musical
Always has and always will be one of my favourite musicals all the cast could not be better, say no more.
Published 26 days ago by Larry Stuart
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must for any musical lover
A classic. My girls loved it and recognised some of the songs from 'WALL.E'. Been singing ever since! A perfect afternoon in.
Published 1 month ago by Helen
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Old but Gold!
A wonderful transfer of a classic film. Watch it to remind yourself of how musicals should be made. Pure magic.
Published 1 month ago by P A MORTON
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's about time!
After a very poor release to DVD - Hello Dolly has finally been remastered with excellent picture quality and sound as it makes it debut to Blu-ray. Read more
Published 1 month ago by David E Mitchell
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