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Musical
FLOWER DRUM SONG
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About the DVD
Director: Henry KosterFormat: PAL
Language: ENGLISH
Region: 4
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Number of Discs: 1
Rating: G
DVD Release Date: 01/03/2008
Run Time: 131MIN
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Special features
- A Classic Evolved: From Print to Stage to Screen – fascinating featurette on the evolution of the musical, including interviews with star Nancy Kwan and writer C.Y Lee
- Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song - Learn how the film was one of Hollywood's first to cast Asian actors as strong Chinese characters who achieve success and happiness.
Synopsis
The charm, grace and novelty of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1958 Broadway hit has been wonderfully translated to the screen in this unforgettable 1961 romantic musical. A four-way love story set in San Francisco's Chinatown, the film’s cast of rivals and lovers include Nancy Kwan (Noble House), a gold-digging, husband-hungry nightclub dancer; Jack Soo, a well-meaning nightclub owner; James Shigeta (Die Hard), handsome, rich and the most eligible bachelor in Chinatown; and Miyoshi Umeki (Sayonara), a meek mail-order bride and stowaway who has made the long trip from China for an arranged wedding with Soo. With rousing orchestrations and charming song-and-dance interludes, this heart-warming fable from the golden age of Hollywood musicals deservedly won five Oscar nominations, including Best Music.
