Post by EbonyPatriot on Sept 30, 2005 21:42:13 GMT -5
"-I don't think the piano is my instrument.
-What other instruments are there, pray tell? Scratchy violins, screechy piccolos, nauseating trumpets, et cetera, et cetera?"~ Bart and Dr. Terwilliker.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T was an excellent musical film that was released in 1953. If I may be lazy and copy-and-paste DVDVerdict's plot summary XD:
It stands out as the only live-action that Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss, for all of you non-Seuss-maniacs) worked on; he designed the set, co-wrote the script (I *think*), and wrote all the lyrics.
Every plot twist I expected KA-BOING off it went in the opposite direction. It's pretty funny- heck, even if the rest of the movie wasn't as good as it is, it would be worht watching for the backgrounds.
Anywho, I know Kadzait has seen it (indeed, it was Kadzait's summary of the film convinced me to view it in the first place); but has anyone else seen this film?
Live long and prosper.
-EbonyPatriot
-What other instruments are there, pray tell? Scratchy violins, screechy piccolos, nauseating trumpets, et cetera, et cetera?"~ Bart and Dr. Terwilliker.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T was an excellent musical film that was released in 1953. If I may be lazy and copy-and-paste DVDVerdict's plot summary XD:
"Bart Collins (Tommy Rettig—"Lassie") is forced by his mother (Mary Healy) to take piano lessons from the imperious Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conreid). Bart hates his piano lessons, and would rather spend time talking with Mr. Zabladowski (Peter Lind Hayes) the plumber. Zabladowski thinks that Dr. Terwilliker is a "racketeer." Anyone who has ever taken piano lessons that they really didn't want will instantly identify with Bart.
While sitting stubbornly at the piano, young Bart falls asleep and has a bizarre dream where he is transported to the Happy Fingers Academy, the only piano academy in the world with a dungeon and an electrified barbed-wire fence. There he is forced to serve Dr. T, practicing his piano in preparation for a mass (forced) concert of 500 boys all playing together on the largest piano ever built. The people from Bart's real life are there as well—his mother is second-in-command of the Happy Fingers Academy, and Mr. Zabladowski is there too, installing sinks for all 500 boys to keep their fingers washed. With Zabladowski's help Bart must escape, foil Dr. T's plan, save his mother from the evil doctor's clutches, and disrupt the concert."
While sitting stubbornly at the piano, young Bart falls asleep and has a bizarre dream where he is transported to the Happy Fingers Academy, the only piano academy in the world with a dungeon and an electrified barbed-wire fence. There he is forced to serve Dr. T, practicing his piano in preparation for a mass (forced) concert of 500 boys all playing together on the largest piano ever built. The people from Bart's real life are there as well—his mother is second-in-command of the Happy Fingers Academy, and Mr. Zabladowski is there too, installing sinks for all 500 boys to keep their fingers washed. With Zabladowski's help Bart must escape, foil Dr. T's plan, save his mother from the evil doctor's clutches, and disrupt the concert."
It stands out as the only live-action that Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss, for all of you non-Seuss-maniacs) worked on; he designed the set, co-wrote the script (I *think*), and wrote all the lyrics.
Every plot twist I expected KA-BOING off it went in the opposite direction. It's pretty funny- heck, even if the rest of the movie wasn't as good as it is, it would be worht watching for the backgrounds.
Anywho, I know Kadzait has seen it (indeed, it was Kadzait's summary of the film convinced me to view it in the first place); but has anyone else seen this film?
Live long and prosper.
-EbonyPatriot