Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun

Advantages: Family Golden Oldie
Disadvantages: not for everyones taste

...buck and pursuades Annie to enter,where she gives Butler a lesson in shooting skills. Buffalo Bill pursueds Annie to join the show, but this then leaves her in direct conflict with Butler, who she becomes smitten on, the two become so hell bent on beating each other, they miss out on what really matters the fact that they have fallen in love.They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, and after Butler leaves for a rival company and Annie goes on a European tour, this soon becomes obvious to the pair. Can Annie get her man as well as her gun? you bet ya'. I really thought my teenagers wouldn't be interested in this film, but i was happily wrong, they loved it. The film was based on a play produced by Irvine Berlin, and contains as well as others two great sing along songs, "Anything You Can Do," "Doin' What Comes Naturally... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant songs
Disadvantages: NONE

...A musical for me should have a strong story and songs that have you singing along for days. It should also have a cast of strong performances and characters that you love from the start. For me therefore Annie Get Your Gun is the perfect musical as it certainly ticks all of these boxes as well as many, many more. Annie get your gun was released in 1950 and stars Betty Hutton and Howard Keel in a sharp shooting adventure based on the fantastic Broadway performance. Annie Get Your Gun is in short a boy-meets-girl story but the musical score and acting performances as well as the extremely well written script make it so much more than this. Annie Oakley (Betty Hutton) has spent her life "Doin' what comes naturally" that invariably means being your average country girl with a gun slung over her arm and a trail of brothers and sisters... Read review

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Advantages: Make you feel warm inside
Disadvantages: You realise you know all the show tunes

...I always class this type of movie as the "Sickie". The kind of film yourmum puts on and makes you watch, while your laid up ill on the seatee. But in truth, through all the complaints of, "Do I really have to watch this, It's rubbish!". You know you enjoy it and it makes you feel warm inside. It's not long before your singing along to the show tunes. Based on the true story of Annie Oakley, Frank Butler, Colonel Buffaol Bill and Chief Sitting Bull. Annie Get Your Gun, boasts a fantastic Oscar winning score, featuring songs you probably didn't even know were in this film. "Colonel Buffalo Bill" "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "My Defences Are Down" "I'm An Indian Too" "I Got The Sun In The Morning" "Anything You Can Do" Annie Get... Read review

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