The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story DVD Review

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story DVD Review



Synopsis: The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story is an intimate journey through the lives of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the astoundingly prolific, Academy Award®-winning songwriting team that defined family musical entertainment for five decades with unforgettable songs like “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocous” from Mary Poppins, “I Wanna Be Like You” from The Jungle Book and the most translated song ever written "It’s a Small World (After All)" from the Disneyland attraction.  The feature-length documentary, conceived, produced and directed by two of the songwriters’ sons, take audiences behind the scenes of the Hollywood magic factory and offers a rate glimpse of a unique creative process at work.  It also explores a deep and longstanding rift that has kept the brothers personally estranged throughout much of their unparalleled professional partnership

Review: This film is one of three new Disney-themed documentaries that have just been released on DVD.   This one focuses on the song-writing duo the Sherman Brothers.  They wrote music for everything from Mary Poppins to the Jungle Book.  Their musical genius is clear from their library of achievements, but this documentary feature takes you deep inside their world and personalities for a fun look into two guys that work relatively behind the scenes.   This is a great documentary and its packed with extras.

The special features on this DVD include: Why They're "The Boys", Disney Studios in the '60s, Casting Mary Poppins, Theme Parks – A look at their theme park music songbook and how they went about composing a song for a ride, Roy Williams - A Disney Animator and also famous for being on the original Mickey Mouse Club, we learn through his artwork some of the stories of what it was like to work in the Animation Building in the 1960’s, Bob's Art:  A look at Bob Sherman’s other passion, his artwork, Celebration:  Testimonials from celebrities and Hollywood legends, Sherman Brother’s Jukebox:  A collection of Sherman Brothers songs and the stories behind them including: “Tall Paul”, “Chim Chim Cher-ee”, “Feed the Birds”, “There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow”, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, and more.

Interest Range: Disney, Documentary, Sherman Brothers

 

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