State Fair is a fun little musical romp from the 1960s with many of that era’s idyllic romance and music. I’m not terribly familiar with the source material or other versions, but this one is entertaining.
State Fair
— The Limited Edition Series —
(1962)
Genre(s): Musical, Romance
Twilight Time | NR – 119 min. – $29.95 | July 18, 2017
Date Published: 07/21/2017 | Author: The Movieman
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ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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| This 1962 remake of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1945 movie musical, State Fair, stars Pat Boone and Pamela Tiffin as a pair of innocent Texas country mice who find complicated romance with, respectively, Ann-Margret and Bobby Darin at the titular big event. Alice Faye and Tom Ewell are their concerned parents. The Academy Award®-winning classic, “It Might As Well Be Spring,” and “It’s a Grand Night for Singing” are joined by five new songs with music and lyrics by Rodgers written for this remake. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 2.75/5 |
| This release comes with an 8-page essay booklet.
There’s some decent features here including an Audio Commentary with Actor Pat Boone as he recollects about his work on the movie; From Page to Screen to Stage (29:51; SD) looking at adapting the musical for the movie and on stage; the Stage Fair TV Pilot (50:04; HD) which, obviously, didn’t get picked up to series; and tto Original Theatrical Trailers. |
VIDEO – 4.5/5, AUDIO – 3.75/5
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| Twilight Time releases State Fair onto Blu-ray and is presented in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and given a 1080p high-definition transfer. This was actually a fantastic looking transfer, not something always a given for a TT release; colors are incredibly bright and detail is sharp and nicely defined throughout. There were a couple minor specs but for the most part it is fairly clean transfer.
The disc comes with 4.0 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks, both of which are serviceable enough however nothing noteworthy. The former obviously has a tad more depth between sound effects (like the racing scene) and music, but both provide crisp and clear dialogue levels. |
OVERALL – 3.0/5 |
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Overall, State Fair is a fun little musical romp from the 1960s with many of that era’s idyllic romance and music. I’m not terribly familiar with the source material or other versions, but this one is entertaining. Twilight Time’s Blu-ray includes good video/audio transfers and a better than usual bonus materials, highlighted by the TV pilot. |
Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.