The Music Man
(1962)
Rusty: National Film RegistryAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color (Paul Groesse)
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
Academy Award for Best Film Editing (William H. Ziegler)
Academy Award for Best Picture (Morton DaCosta)
Academy Award for Best Sound MixingAward details: (details at IMDb)
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The Music Man is a 1962 musical film starring Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. The film is based on the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name by Meredith Willson. The film was one of the biggest hits of the year and highly acclaimed critically. In 2005, The Music Man was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".