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The Music Man (2003)

The Music Man poster
Directed by
Jeff Bleckner
Genre
musical film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
G
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A con man poses as a band leader in a small Iowa town to sell instruments and uniforms to the locals. He plans to skip town with the money but finds himself falling for the town's librarian and connecting with the community.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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