- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Import, PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: Norwegian
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: Quantum Leap
- DVD Release Date: 19 Nov 2007
- Run Time: 60 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000RUGVSS
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 74,885 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Network television was already wrestling with a generation gap and the rowdy cultural upheaval posed by rock when American network NBC aired this 1967 special for Nancy Sinatra, with younger viewers increasingly tuning out the typical videotaped studio productions that typified TV specials. To sidestep those conventions (and, one suspects, to showcase the star's modest performing gifts to best advantage), director Jack Haley Jr. shot Movin' with Nancy on film in and around Los Angeles, yielding sequences that anticipate the visual experiments that would characterise music videos more than a decade later.
The results are intriguing: for Sinatra's fans, the chance to see her in all her leggy, mini-skirted glory will be irresistible, but amateur pop sociologists will be at least as fascinated by the period details and some unwittingly bizarre undercurrents. For the putative teen viewers of the day, there's the psychedelic montage of "Some Velvet Morning", one of several duets with Sinatra's frequent partner at that time, Lee Hazlewood (a country-tinged, B-team Sonny to her blonde variation on Cher), interweaving the two singers on horseback and making much out of bewildering references to Euripides' Phaedra. For the grown-ups, there are segments teaming her with Dean Martin (awkwardly addressed as her "god-uncle") and Sammy Davis Jr., as well as a reverential sequence in which she caresses oversized posters of her famous father (including a still from his then-current crime feature, Tony Rome, depicting him with a menacing pistol) that raises all sorts of knotty psychiatric issues.
The mix of Rat Pack glitz, flower power, and mainstream pop gets an added kick with Day-Glo fashions cut to Carnaby Street lines, vintage commercials for Royal Crown Cola ("It's a mad, mad, mad, mad cola!"), and pop covers that likewise lock in a sense of temporal dislocation as Nancy gamely tackles "Up, Up and Away" (in a hot air balloon, of course) and "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver!, here goosed with go-go powered dancing. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com
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Norway released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Billed as the 'full-hour musical spectacular that won Nancy Sinatra the coveted Hollywood Star of Tomorrow award,' this 1967 NBC-TV special, sponsored by Royal Crown Cola, is hosted by Nancy and features Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lee Hazlewood and Frank Sinatra (billed as 'A Very Close Relative'). Brother Frank, Jr. makes a cameo appearance (and doesn't sing a note). Conspicuously absent from the program is Nancy's biggest hit: 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin''. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, ...Movin' with Nancy
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Movin with Nancy is for me a true delight. A happy mix of 60's fun and energy enhanced by great guest appearances from the phenomenal Lee Hazlewood, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis jr. (very funny). The quality of this product gives it that made yesterday look, with superb locations and production values which bring a bright fresh look to the material. Nancy looks marvellous and gives a great performance in all of her many songs and duets. Her fans will treasure this recording and will not be dissapointed. Like me you will only be left wanting more.......
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Movin' With Nancy was a US TV Special that was first broadcast on the NBC network in December 1967 and featured Nancy Sinatra at the height of her commercial success and sixties fashionability. It was unusual in that it dispensed with the studio format almost completely, taking the singer outdoors where she features in a series of musical vignettes, accompanied in part by her guests, including Rat-Packers Dean Martin, Sammy Davies Jr. and old 'Daddy' Frank himself. Her producer and songwriter Lee Hazlewood also turns up to enjoyable effect. The whole hour-long production is colourful, endearing and still very watchable.
One song follows another as Nancy moves around, travelling in a hot-air balloon and in her very own customised 57 Ford T-Bird, changing outfits and styles - from 'go-go boot' vamp to 'haute couture' classy - and meeting those who cross her path to share a song or two. The songs themselves are a mixed bunch but highlights are undoubtedly Sugar Town, sung by a mini-skirted Nancy in the backwoods, and the fabulous Nancy and Lee classic, Some Velvet Morning. Even 'Daddy' (such is the way he's billed) pitches in with a couple of his own before joining his daughter for a rendition of their duet, Somethin' Stupid, a huge international hit that year.
All in all, this 60-minute special is an absolute treat for Nancy fans and/or those who love their uncomplicated sixties glitz. The lady is sweet and lovely throughout, and though her image has been much copied and parodied since, there was no sixties icon quite like Nancy Sinatra and here she is at her absolute best. Thoroughly recommended.
*The above 2007 DVD release lacks the commentaries that featured on previous editions, but it does contain the complete special as well as the Royal Cola commercial in which Nancy featured at the time. The transferred print is also a little grainy in places, though this is not a significant problem and doesn't mar the viewing experience.
One song follows another as Nancy moves around, travelling in a hot-air balloon and in her very own customised 57 Ford T-Bird, changing outfits and styles - from 'go-go boot' vamp to 'haute couture' classy - and meeting those who cross her path to share a song or two. The songs themselves are a mixed bunch but highlights are undoubtedly Sugar Town, sung by a mini-skirted Nancy in the backwoods, and the fabulous Nancy and Lee classic, Some Velvet Morning. Even 'Daddy' (such is the way he's billed) pitches in with a couple of his own before joining his daughter for a rendition of their duet, Somethin' Stupid, a huge international hit that year.
All in all, this 60-minute special is an absolute treat for Nancy fans and/or those who love their uncomplicated sixties glitz. The lady is sweet and lovely throughout, and though her image has been much copied and parodied since, there was no sixties icon quite like Nancy Sinatra and here she is at her absolute best. Thoroughly recommended.
*The above 2007 DVD release lacks the commentaries that featured on previous editions, but it does contain the complete special as well as the Royal Cola commercial in which Nancy featured at the time. The transferred print is also a little grainy in places, though this is not a significant problem and doesn't mar the viewing experience.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A pure 60's pop experience!
19 Jun 2000
Format:DVD
Nancy Sinatra=attitude, and this wonderful DVD bubbles over with it. From the very beginning NBC Color Peacock through the final "This has been an NBC Presentation," "Movin' With Nancy" takes the viewer back in time to a modder, madder time.
The cinematography sparkles throughout, in a fantastic transfer that gives the illusion that the footage was shot a few days ago, not a few decades ago. The songs--from the opening "Gotta Get Out of This Town" through such Nancy hits as "Sugar Town" and "Friday's Child", and covers like "Up Up and Away" and "What I Say"-- all sound wonderful. Oh, and the clothes...! Mod to the max!
The guest appearances (Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and "Daddy," in particular) highlight Nancy's family connections, and in a way bring back the past, especially if you, as I do, remember seeing "The Dean Martin Show" etc. back in the day.
What I like even better than the special itself are the Royal Crown Cola commercials. Nancy notes in the accompanying booklet that the commercials were shot especially for the special, and were held to the same production values and style as the special themselves. Nancy does two different ones, both of which play up her tough kitten image and entwines it with the soft drink. Dino, Desi, and Billy make an appearance in one, as well-- filmed at the Hollywood Bowl, looking very much like it belongs in, say, "Help!" The other one, by some Australian guy who I had never heard of before, brings the style of late 1960's VOGUE magazine to the small screen in a trippy, model-filled sequence.
And Art Linkletter introduces the story of the cola nut. Enough said.
The disc also includes home movies taken on various filming locations, with commentary by Nancy and Jack Haley Jr. (the director). Nancy and Jack have audio commentary on the special itself, too, but I haven't gotten to the commentary yet because the main presentation distracts me so.
If you have any interest in the mod/pop 1960's, whether it be television, music, or fashion, you MUST buy this DVD!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Classy pre-MTV special bound for cult status
6 May 2000
After much begging and pleading by her fans, Nancy Sinatra has finally released her 1967 Emmy-winning special "Movin' with Nancy" on video and DVD. Containing an amazing soundtrack, first-rate guests, and classic '60s fashions, this campy, classy special has the potential - now that it is being exposed to a new generation of Nancy fans - to maintain cult status.
From the very first glimpse of those legendary boots stepping out the front door, to the recording studio where we witness daddy Frank crooning a tune as only he can, to an abandoned amusement park that comes alive by Nancy's presence, "Movin'" is a fantastic, exciting hour of entertainment.
Made in the days before MTV, and the expensive, high-tech music video, (when shows like "Ed Sullivan" were the only ways to hear your favorite artists sing their hit songs) this fast-paced show contains some of the '60s guiltiest of pleasures in terms of music. Nancy's vocals are tops and her performance commendable (she was nominated for a Golden Globe) as she sings and swings through such classics as "Sugar Town," "Up, Up and Away," "Some Velvet Morning," "Jackson" (both with Lee Hazlewood), "What'd I Say" (with Sammy Davis, Jr.) and "Things" (with Dean Martin).
As a bonus, this digitally-remastered classic features two RC Cola commercials with our lady singing the jingle ("it's a mad, mad, mad, mad cola"), and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the making of "Movin'" with voice-overs by Nancy and director Jack Haley, Jr. (who won an Emmy for this).
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Re-Enter The 1960s With The Lovely Nancy Sinatra!
8 Dec 2001
Format:DVD
I purely enjoyed this 1-hour Nancy Sinatra special from 1967. Lots of great songs, including one by guest Frank Sinatra!
The behind-the-scenes "home movies" segment at the end of the program was nice also (with 2000 voice-over narration by Nancy and the special's director).
I also enjoyed seeing the Art Linkletter introductory piece at the start of the program -- plus all the original RC-Cola commercials (including one done by Nancy herself)! Very elaborately-done commercial spots.
Best song and best video for that song, in my opinion, goes to Nancy and Lee Hazlewood's duet "Jackson", which ends with a short clip with Nancy's brother, Frank Jr.
This is a "must-see" for fans of Nancy or Frank or if you simply want to immerse yourself in the 1960s again!
The behind-the-scenes "home movies" segment at the end of the program was nice also (with 2000 voice-over narration by Nancy and the special's director).
I also enjoyed seeing the Art Linkletter introductory piece at the start of the program -- plus all the original RC-Cola commercials (including one done by Nancy herself)! Very elaborately-done commercial spots.
Best song and best video for that song, in my opinion, goes to Nancy and Lee Hazlewood's duet "Jackson", which ends with a short clip with Nancy's brother, Frank Jr.
This is a "must-see" for fans of Nancy or Frank or if you simply want to immerse yourself in the 1960s again!
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