The Music Man

The Music Man (2003)

There's big trouble happening in River City, Iowa.

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.

Date of release
2003-02-16
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (31)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music, Family
Director
Jeff Bleckner

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Music Man

The Music Man is a 2003 American made-for-television musical film directed by Jeff Bleckner with a teleplay by Sally Robinson. It is based on the 1957 musical of the same name by Meredith Willson, which in turn was based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The film stars Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth and features David Aaron Baker, Debra Monk, Victor Garber, and Molly Shannon. It was produced by Storyline Entertainment and Touchstone Television and was originally broadcast on ABC on February 16, 2003, as the eleventh episode of the forty-seventh season of The Wonderful World of Disney.

Production

Although Variety reported that Broderick's real life wife Sarah Jessica Parker was being considered for the role of Marian, it ultimately went to Kristin Chenoweth.

The film was shot in Burlington, Millbrook, Milton, Uxbridge, and Toronto in Ontario, Canada from April to July 2002.

Clyde Alves and Cameron Adams reprised their roles as Tommy Djillas and as Zaneeta Shinn, respectively from the 2000 Broadway revival.

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