I love it, too, Greg. Sure, it's got flaws galore--chief among them the direction. At the screening I attended Friday ( and discussed further in a thread below) Peter Hunt admitted he learned how to use the camera during the screentests. Jack Warner just laughed and said so did Mike Nichols (and Orson Welles, Hunt added).
But it's one of the most faithful transfers of stage to screen of any musical ever, with the Broadway cast returning in huge numbers to presevre their portrayals.
And I wouldn't trade it for any slicked up, polished version for the world.
Laura
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