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I'm suprised you're the 1st to post here.

Watch it, its a fantastic film. Julie Andrews is wonderful in it!
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~~I LOVE TULAM~~

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I would (and i have) buy this for Le Jazz Hot alone, i am absolutley in love with this song, i have even appeared in Drag on stage performing it lol (have i just shared too much now???? lol)

A wonderful, wonderful film. I just got it on DVD (It's VERY hard to find 'round here) and completely fell in love with it.

I've never been Julie Andrews fan. Don't get me wrong; she's a superb actress and a brilliant singer. She's very pretty, very classy and in all ways unique. It's just that I was never wont to go 'Julie Andrews! swoon and run out and buy everything of hers.
This movie pretty much changed my mind though. Unlike 'Mary Poppins' and 'Sound of Music' (gag) this is not a Julie Andrews vehicle. She is of course the star and it wouldn't be what it is without her, nevertheless she is a contributor to the film, one of many, it's not strictly her film. I'd like to gush over some of the stars, if I may. :)

In praise of Julie Andrews
Just because I say I'm not a true fan doesn't mean I'm not utterly in awe of this woman. First; she's easily the most talented stage performer to hit the screen in the past fifty years. I mean, she was performing IIRC actively from the age of 4. Her voice is lovely; her singing skills prodigious, with a huge range and power. In looks; while I wouldn't rate her as particularly gorgeous she is still quite beautiful and even today in her 60's retains a great deal of her looks. (See pictures of her and Blake Edwards together. She looks stunning; he looks like death and they're pretty close in age. heh heh) In this movie; we see why she's so great as well; for she really gets to enjoy herself performing. That's why Le Jazz Hot is such a great song - look at the way her eyes light right up as she starts singing; she's having a ball. Just before that fantastic glissando at the end of the song, look at the expression on her face, you can practically see her thinking 'OK, here we go!!!' Also this film came at just the right time, I think, she's somewhere in her early 40's, right at her prime. Phenomenal acting too - while we simply can't see her as a man (she's just too feminine for that) we're not supposed to - the audience is in on her secret. She pulls it off very well, I thought.
Above all; whatever she is doing Julie is pure class. She has that regal British bearing and poise few - if any - actresses have nowadays; that part at the end where she enters as a woman in the black gown is memorable - she looks like a queen entering her court. A wonderful actress.

In praise of Robert Preston
This guy I am a fan of; I love everything he does. Preston is terrific - superb acting, great talent, a great look. People always say he gets the great lines, that's not true. He makes the lines great. (Norma: "I just love Frenchmen!" Toddy: "Ahhh, so do I!") Look at that line - nothing really. Now hear him say it, and it's hilarious. Damn, what a voice too. There really is to my mind nothing better than a great actor who refuses to take himself seriously. Skill is one thing; but when an actor stops being 'the star' and just has fun; that's when real magic happens - Preston had loads of fun no matter what he was doing. From the commentary; I learned that his last lampoon of Shady Lady was done in a singe take - and with very little rehearsal. Blake Edwards just put the camera on him and let him go. His laughter after the song and his comments are entirely natuiral; nothing was in the script, we're seeing Robert Preston as he was; not as his character was. A fitting tribute and memorial I think.

In praise of Lesley-Anee Warren
Oh boy. Quick - what's the first thing you think about when you think about this film? For a large number; I'm willing to bet it's "Twendy twavellers tend to twalk...." Warren absolutely stole this show. She's every bit as skilled and almost as classy as Julie Andrews. Perhaps not as much raw talent and vocal ability; but still a helluva lot. Unlike Julie; she's also drop-dead gorgeous with a body hot enough to melt lead. She can also do the one thing Julie can't: act like a floozy. That is I think the one thing that Julie cannot do; act below her station, she's just too classy to pull it off. Hell, look at SOB - Ok, in the film she gets high in order to work up the guts to go topless but even in that scene she's got class - she simply can't lower herself enough to play a Norma character. Lesley-Anne can. Gawd was she funny in this film - loud, grating, irritating, dumb, cheesy, campy and still utterly endearing and loveable. That moment when she's trying - totally unsuccessfully - to convince King that it's OK to be 'impudent' is simply one of the funniest monologues ever filmed. Her scene with Robert Preston ("You're weally a kwee-ah?") is equally great. It's practically impossible to not fall in love with her; she's utterly delightful.

In short (too late); this movie had everything. Incredible performances, incredible writing. Wonderful sets, lighting and of course Henry Mancini. There was simply no way to make it better than it was and thanks to the DVD it has and will lose none of its style and flash over time. In a world nowadays where 'comedy' is things like Jack Black and South Park; this is a classy, thoughtful, heartwarming masterpiece.

Cheers!

All I can say is I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Everything about it... Every moment... Every minute. It's just the best!