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| Hello, Dolly! Widescreen Edition | 
 enlarge | Actors: Joyce Ames, Louis Armstrong, Richard Collier, Michael Crawford, Fritz Feld
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  140 reviews
Sales Rank: 1097
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 148
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D2007579D
UPC: 024543075790
EAN: 0024543075790
ASIN: B00005JL1P
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
Release Date: August 19, 2003
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Condition: Brand new, factory sealed. Fast shipping!
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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
Description
Barbara Streisand is a knockout as Dolly Levi, the woman "who arranges things like furniture and daffodils and lives." And Hello Dolly, is the blockbuster musical you'll want to see her in again and again. The famed plot concerns Dolly, a young widow and professional matchmaker who sets her sights, and whatever else she can muster, on conquering tight-fisted Yonkers merchant, Horace Vandergeider, beautifully played by Walter Matthau. How she does it has to be the grandest, singingest, dancingest, marchingest flag-wavingest musical there ever was.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 135 more reviews...
 watchin' Dolly... September 25, 2008
This is one of the first musicals I ever watched as a child. It was so nice to see it remastered on DVD! Now I can watch it with my family for many years to come!
 Barbara Streisand is wonderful to watch September 9, 2008
The disk was loose inside the DVD case, but it didn't cause any scratches. The movie itself is fun, with catchy songs and much fanfare. I esp. enjoyed Barbara Streisand's scenes. Wonderful and colorful character. Other parts of the movie drag a bit, but overall, an entertaining way to pass an evening.
Hello Dolly August 29, 2008
I was very satified with this dvd and with the delivery of the product. I will most likely consider another purchase from this seller.
DOLLY AND WALL-E ! August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie has always been one of my personal favorites, despite all the negative response at the time of its original release, and what wonderful vindication, to discover that its charm lasted 700 years, to be the companion and inspiration of our beloved Wall-E! One often sees lists of best this and best that, and topping any list of Most Poignant Moments On Film must surely be the scene from Wall-E, where he watches his battered, treasured tape of Hello Dolly, and clasps his hands together - pure movie magic! I see that Hello Dolly is very high on Amazon's list of bestsellers - thank you, Wall-E for inspiring a new appreciation of Dolly, and when you win the Oscar at the next awards, Dolly will join in your celebration!
Promise You'll Never Go Away, Dolly! July 23, 2008
Hello, Dolly! was the first Barbra Streisand movie I ever saw. I was only 14 years old, and I was completely captivated and under the spell of the movie's magic. I had occasionally heard Barbra sing on television specials, but Dolly was the first time I'd seen her on the big screen. For some reason I missed seeing Funny Girl when it was first released.
The absolute best parts of the movie to me are Barbra's singing and the incredible score. Being a musician, I can fully appreciate the music. Every song is a masterpiece, and oh, so singable. To this day I still hum tunes from the show, and they never grow old.
While watching the movie again recently, I fell in love with the music all over again, but this time I really paid attention to the dancing. Wow! I forgot how fabulous the dance numbers are. And of course there are the costumes and sets. I just love every aspect of this movie, and since I have worn out my VHS version, I'm ordering the DVD. I can't wait to see it in widescreen, the way I remember it in the theater.
Barbra's voice is top-notch throughout the film, and it was from watching Hello, Dolly! that I first became a Barbra Streisand fan. I love anything she does musically. Her voice is her gift to the world, and we are so fortunate be the recipients of her rare and precious talent. I wish there were more singers like her.
I highly recommend Hello, Dolly! to anyone who wants to just sit and be entertained. You will be, I assure you.
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