That's Entertainment! III

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Liam D The conclusion to the trilogy. This is best one as an true celebration of MGM’s musical history from its very beginning to its golden age with great clips and narration by stars of old Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Audience Member A fine finale to the documentary trilogy... On Blu-ray. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Proof that the MGM vaults contain so many treasures that even a third instalment can't exhaust them. Particularly fascinating here are the outtakes and less well known excerpts. A frail Gene Kelly is among the hosts: it's a more fitting swansong than Xanadu. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member not as good as first 2 volumes of this but watchable Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review johnathon w Superb entry in the franchise that focuses on the cut footage & re-shot scenes that examine the MGM musical era in new ways. Some footage is a great 'what might have been', particularly the two numbers Judy Garland shot for "Annie Get Your Gun" before being recast after her mental breakdown. It also uses it to examine the darker side of Hollywood, particularly the great Lena Horne's segment, in which she discussed the racism she faced, whether having one number cut because it was considered 'indecent' to show a black girl singing in a tub or not being cast in "Show Boat" because the studio was afraid of depicting inter-racial romance (ironic, considering that is one of the main stories of the film). Also, it demonstrates the brilliance of many involved. One segment, in which Fred Astaire had "I Want to be a Dancing Man" re-shot with a different costume & setting, puts both versions side by side to show how perfectly in-sync his dancing is. Overall, the true sequel to "That's Entertainment", that gives a deeper examination of the MGM musical era while still celebrating it's greatness. Simply put, the stuff they left on the cutting room floor is better than what most other studios put out. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This film focuses on sequences that had been cut from MGM musicals, but outtakes aren't entertainment. That's presumably the reason they were taken out in the first place. A few of the actors come off as vain as they talk about their own accomplishments. I preferred it when they talked about the accomplishments of their peers as in the first two movies. For these reasons I found the film boring and annoying. Not that it didn't have some fun clips, but the first film in this series is the only one worth watching. (First and only viewing - 12/17/2014) Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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