Almost charming.
It is nice to see a musical set in the Wild West era. The main thing that holds me back from considering this a worthy film is the message given to the one fellow to commit suicide. The reasoning being that he will be remembered then. It is all done very lightheartedly, but still that seems to be a rather peculiar message. And one that keeps this from being a family film, I do believe. Some of the other songs are rather enjoyable, however.

I LOVE this movie!
This has to be the best Rodgers and Hammerstein musical after "The Sound of Music"! I love the opening scene where Gordon MacRae comes riding in on his horse in the middle of the huge corn field singing "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'..." It has some fabulous songs! I think that is my favorite part! The main point is these two men, Curly (Gordon MacRae), the handsome cowboy, and Judd, the hired hand both love Laurey Williams (Shirley Jones). Both of them ask her to the dance, but she chooses Judd just to make Curly jealous. But she soon realizes she loves Curly!

The other reviews I was reading said how horrible this 50th. Anniversary DVD was, but my sister and I bought this for my Mom for her birthday and it played fine in the DVD player and on our laptop.

Great musical and film, transitional edition
Arguably the most historically important musical in Broadway history ("Show Boat" would be its only rival), "Oklahoma" inarguably has the most arresting if not dazzling opening. We're placed smack dab in the middle of the ripe corn fields of Oklahoma and swept into the freshest, most colorful and vibrant summer morning ever captured on film--accompanied by the inviting "O" vowel that first lures us with "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" and will eventually seal the deal with "OOOOOOklahoma!" And before we've recovered from this bracing beginning, we're as captivated as Shirley Jones is by Gordon McCrae's musical-visual picture of a "Surrey With the Fringe on Top." No film let alone musical has a more spectacular beginning, and though it's impossible to sustain this level of exhilaration (for one thing, Rodgers and Hammerstein's second acts always tend to be anticlimactic), the total experience is still the most "cinematic" of all the R&H screen adaptations ("Sound of Music" is its closest competitor cinematically, though not even close musically).

The producers of this edition do a disservice to the film by the inclusion of the Todd-A-O disc which, in its unrestored state, would best be represented by a footnote in the accompanying notes. Moreover, the problem of sizing a 4:3 letterbox film to a 16:9 screen will best be dealt with when a hi-def version is available. Until then, best hang on to your old copy.

Wonderful movie with music
We are trying to replace things we lost during Katrina. We lost the movie and the album. This helps restore some of the lost items. It is also a classic movie and we love it.

A centennial celebration!
Oklahoma is celebrating it's 100th birthday and what better way to salute our great state than by showing "Oklahoma!" ! Using the 50th anniversary CD was just perfect. The sound and color were fantastic. Couldn't have asked for better!! The additional CD had extra "goodies" on it. We gave the CD collection away as a door prize so I know whoever won it has a treasure!