The Music Man
The Music Man is a musical play written by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey; it premiered on Broadway in 1957. It tells the story of a con man whose plan to take money from a small Iowa town is thwarted when he falls in love.
The play has been adapted for film twice; first in 1962, starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford and Ron Howard. This version was adapted by Marion Hargrove and directed by Morton DaCosta.
It won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and was nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Costume Design, Color, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Sound.
The Music Man was adapted for the screen again in 2003, in a television movie starring Matthew Broderick, Kristin Chenoweth, and Victor Garber, directed by Jeff Bleckner.
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