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Original soundtrack

posted 17 years ago by Falkenberg2006
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I fell in love with this film when we were doing The Boy Friend in Junior High School. I saw it when it opened. I wonder why no one hasn't issued a cd version of the original soundtrack.

The film does get bogged down in the second half and I generally leave the room whenever Carol Channing comes on as she has always rubbed me the wrong way...

And I had already a horrible crush on Mary Tyler Moore...:)

The movie got awards but lost money at the box office as I recall. One of Ross Hunter's few flops..

George Senda
Martinez, Ca.

[–] f111151 17 years ago

The Soundtrack is available on CD.

[–] milliedil 16 years ago

Upon its release in 1967, it earned $35 million in the US alone which, adjusted for inflation, means over $220 million today. That's huge.

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[–] theoctobercountry 12 years ago

I don't know where these stories about "Millie" being a dud got started, because it was generally considered a success. With a budget of $6 million yielding a worldwide gross of $40 million, it most definitely showed a healthy profit. And it was a fairly popular picture as well, coming in at number 10 on the most profitable pictures list for 1967.

[–] nycruise-1 12 years ago

"Flop"

I don't think "Millie" was a flop.

BUT - I think Hunter's next movie - "Rosie" - a "madcap" movie about an eccentric rich lady played by Roz Russell was a FLOP.

That might be what you're thinking of.

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[–] sfulk 12 years ago

When it was just shown on TCM, Robert Osborne said it was Universal's biggest hit up unitl Airport in 1970, three years later. I remember it was a huge it. Theaters packed. Saw it about three times during its release.