The Band Wagon (1953)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Escritores:

Betty Comden (story) and
Adolph Green (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 agosto 1953 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Familia | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

Get Aboard!

Plot:

A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.

Plot Keywords:

Top Hat | Movie Star | Director | Choreographer | Dancer

Premios:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Fred and Cyd dance in the dark - perfection!

Reparto

Fred Astaire	...	Tony Hunter
Cyd Charisse	...	Gabrielle Gerard
Oscar Levant	...	Lester Marton
Nanette Fabray	...	Lily Marton
Jack Buchanan	...	Jeffrey Cordova
James Mitchell	...	Paul Byrd
Robert Gist	...	Hal

También conocida como:

I Love Louisa (USA) (working title)
Brindis al amor (Argentina) (Mexico) (cable TV title) [es]
La rueda de la fortuna (Venezuela) [es]
Melodías de Broadway (Spain) [es]

Duración:

111 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono )Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Argentina:Atp | West Germany:12 | Canada:G (video rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16342)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

Many of the props, sets, and costumes for the huge production number that goes wrong in rehearsal in Boston are from Lovely to Look at (1952), Ziegfeld Follies (1946) and An American in Paris (1951).

Errores:

Continuidad: After the Oedipus number, Cordova buttons his jacket crookedly. In the next scene it is correctly buttoned.

Citas:

Lester Marton: Joe - if my wife asks where I am, tell her that I've gone to Tahiti. To paint.

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofs An American in Paris (1951)

Banda de Sonido:

The Girl Hunt

Fred and Cyd dance in the dark - perfection!

Perhaps the finest hour of Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse together (although Silk Stockings comes a close second); the 'Dancing in the Dark' sequence says it all about both this film, and the two impeccably classy stars.

There are, of course, other highlights - Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray's acidic writers; Jack Buchanan's overblown producer; Fred's dance with the shoeshine boy, Le Roy Daniels; anything featuring Cyd Charisse - and those wonderful musical numbers, ranging from the anthem 'That's Entertainment' to the hilarious 'Triplets'.

'The Band Wagon' sends up the old film staple plot "putting on a show" and does it brilliantly, thanks to the crackling Comden/Green script. One of MGM's best musical efforts, hugely enjoyable.