The Music Man (1962 film)

The Music Man
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed byMorton DaCosta
Screenplay byMarion Hargrove
Based on
The Music Man
1957 play
by
Produced byMorton DaCosta
Starring
CinematographyRobert Burks
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byMeredith Willson
Ray Heindorf
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 19, 1962 (1962-06-19)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$15 million[1]

The Music Man is a 1962 American musical film directed and produced by Morton DaCosta, based on Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which DaCosta also directed. Robert Preston reprises the title role from the stage version, starring alongside Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Ronny Howard, and Paul Ford.

Released by Warner Bros. on June 19, 1962, the film was one of the biggest hits of the year and was widely acclaimed by critics. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with composer Ray Heindorf winning Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment. The film also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Preston and Jones were both nominated in their respective acting categories. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]

  1. ^ Box Office Information for The Music Man. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "registry", loc.gov, accessed October 24, 2016