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Genres:
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Adventure /
Comedy /
Drama /
Family /
Musical /
Romance /
Western
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Release:
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Director:
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Stanley Donen
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Actors:
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Howard Keel,
Ruta Lee,
Jane Powell,
Julie Newmar,
Virginia Gibson,
Tommy Rall,
Jacques d'Amboise,
Jeff Richards,
Marc Platt,
Matt Mattox,
Nancy Kilgas,
Betty Carr,
Norma Doggett,
Russ Tamblyn,
Ian Wolfe
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Duration:
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102 min.
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Rating:
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(7.2/10)105.5
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Plot Summary:
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In the Oregon Territory, mountain man Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel, acting and singing with gusto) comes to village to transfer his crops and woo a bit of fluff to be his trouble, succeeding with spirited Milly (Jane Powell), who is tired of feeding and waiting on so profuse men at the native inn. Her dreams of keeping race for just one man are shattered when she discovers that Adam shares his pigsty cabin with six brawling brothers. Milly's approving cooking and stubborn nature skedaddle the young men into sculpture and inspirit them to seek women of their own. But after a disastrous barn raisi... ng during which the brothers capture the attention of the town girls at best to be taunted into fighting with the town men, Adam suggests his brothers forget gentle methods of love and occupy oneself with the actions of the Roman with the Sabine (Sobbin') women. The kidnapping of their six sweethearts spurs Milly to take advantage of the men gone away from of the house, but enforced proximity caused by winter and the brothers' good intentions just might help love bloom again.
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Left to his own devices, Donen has directed movies that are bad, indifferent and good. Co-directing with Gene Kelly or George Abbott, or, in this case, magnificently assisted by choreographer Michael Kidd, he has made superb musicals.
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers had a fraught pre-production and was actually shot in CinemaScope (the version we see, even on TV) and a more conventional ratio, which made the shooting doubly difficult.
Somehow it transcends such problems and exudes the wonderful spontaneity that the director brought to his best work. The songs are not classic and the cast is exuberant rather than charismatic, but Kidd's energetic choreography triumphs.
Still as good as ever.
A five star belter from the day it was released. Still as fresh and entertaining as it was 40 years ago. Many have tried, but none succeded, in filming a better dance sequence. The shere exuberance and athleticism is unsurpassed. And the studio didn't think it would be a hit!!
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