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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305836650
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305836655
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 02, 2000
Running Time: 60 minutes
Sales Rank: 99953
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 1967
Editorial Review:
Description:
From the very first steps of Nancy's legendary boots, this groundbreaking television special takes you on a journey through '60s pop culture. Music videos a decade before there were music videos, acclaimed choreography by David Winters, Emmy Award-winning direction by Jack Haley Jr., Nancy and Lee Hazlewood together and Frank, Dean and Sammy in their prime. A classic hour to enjoy over and over again. With trend-setting fashions, hit songs and scenic California locations, it's a trip back to a hip time with one of the coolest women in rock and roll.
Amazon.com:
Network television was already wrestling with a generation gap and the rowdy cultural upheaval posed by rock when NBC aired this 1967 special for Nancy Sinatra, with younger viewers increasingly tuning out the typical videotaped studio productions that typified TV specials. To sidestep those conventions (and, one suspects, to showcase the star's modest performing gifts to best advantage), director Jack Haley Jr. shot Movin' with Nancy on film in and around Los Angeles, yielding sequences that anticipate the visual experiments that would characterize music videos more than a decade later.
The results are intriguing: for Sinatra's fans, the chance to see her in all her leggy, miniskirted glory will be irresistible, but amateur pop sociologists will be at least as fascinated by the period details and some unwittingly bizarre undercurrents. For the putative teen viewers of the day, there's the psychedelic montage of 'Some Velvet Morning,' one of several duets with Sinatra's frequent partner at that time, Lee Hazlewood (a country-tinged, B-team Sonny to her blonde variation on Cher), interweaving the two singers on horseback and making much out of bewildering references to Phaedra. For the grownups, there are segments teaming her with Dean Martin (awkwardly addressed as her 'god-uncle') and Sammy Davis Jr., as well as a reverential sequence in which she caresses oversized posters of her famous father (including a still from his then-current crime feature, Tony Rome, depicting him with a menacing pistol) that raises all sorts of knotty psychiatric issues.
The mix of Rat Pack glitz, flower power, and mainstream pop gets an added kick with Day-Glo fashions cut to Carnaby Street lines, vintage commercials for Royal Crown Cola ('It's a mad, mad, mad, mad cola!'), and pop covers that likewise lock in a sense of temporal dislocation as Nancy gamely tackles 'Up, Up and Away' (in a hot air balloon, of course) and 'Who Will Buy?' from Oliver!, here goosed with go-go powered dancing. --Sam Sutherland
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Rocking good!
I remember watching this on a Monday night on NBC as part of their December to remember promotion. Even in black & white, this was a gas. In color, it's magnificent. Gotta Get Out of this Town & What'd I Say really Nancy at her best. The Royal Crown Commercials must truly be seen to be believed (and I actually do remember Robbie Porter, the Australian Crooner).
The clothes are so '60's, almost Barbielike..
And I still have no idea what Some Velvet Morning is supposed ... Read More
Rating: - Polished
I wasn't expecting this DVD to be much of anything, but I was pleasantly surprised. It is an important time capsule, and we are reminded of the fashion trends, autos, music, and commercials of the '60s, exquisitely preserved on film.
Nancy's music and singing are exceptional, although some of her presentations are characteristically stiff, somewhat formal. There are some wonderful duets with Lee Hazlewood, and the chemistry between the two shines.
Her father's contribution to this ... Read More
Rating:  - Baby boomer memories
In the days before cable and home video, a network "special" was usually special only in contrast to the weekly series it pre-empted. The format rarely varied. The star (Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Perry Como, et al) stepped into the spotlight, sang a song or told a few jokes, then performed in a sketch featuring one of the guest stars. If the guest was a musical performer, he or she would have a solo before joining the host in a duet. A few more sketches and musical numbers followed, then came the grand finale ... Read More
Rating: - An Entertaining Blast From the Past
Those of a certain age generally like things which bring back pleasant memories of youth, and I am among them. Though Movin' With Nancy was aimed at young people somewhat older than I was at the time of its release, I watched with amusement as the cheesy reality of 60s TV springs to life here.
Industry reviews say that this CD was meant to expand Nancy Sinatra's fanbase beyond the square MOR crowd by reaching out on several songs to counter-culture youth. If the order of the performances on the actual TV ... Read More
Rating: - Our whole family LOVES this groovy video!
A trip down memory lane, for those of us who grew up in the 60's. Lots of fun even for those who weren't even around in the 60's: Upbeat songs, great costumes, dancing and choreography. We love seeing those groovy 60's fashions and their bright colors, too. Also--the bonus RC Cola commercials throughout are a fun nostalgic trip (they just don't make commercials like thye used to!)
Our entire family loves watching and singing along with this video and has done so many, many times!!
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