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SPELLBOUND exposed the ambition at the national spelling bee, WORDPLAY revealed the struggles at crossword-puzzle championships, and now AMERICAN HARMONY chronicles the rivalries in the cutthroat world of...barbershop singing. At the International Championships of Barbershop Singing, 50 groups vie for the title, but only one quartet can sing its way to the top. Will it be OC Times, a handsome foursome? Or will the supergroup Max Q reign? Poised to spoil either team's chances are the green but
Feb 14, 2009 Wide
Sep 5, 2011
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if you can get past the cutesy mugging and preening onstage, you may find the true creative talent refreshing.
American Harmony is a successful greatest hits compilation of top-level performances of recent years; but that makes you want it to be so much more.
American Harmony is the Pumping Iron of barbershop quartet singing.
The documentary gives too brief an introduction to the basics of barbershop and doesn't tell us how most of the singers got hooked. It does capture the intensity and the personalities of the competition -- and it makes us care who wins.
I love this sort of documentary. When I read a review comparing it to "King Of Kong" I had to see it. From the beginning, I was swept up in a world completely unfamiliar to me. I found my favorites and rooted for them, enjoyed the background stories on competitors and watching the big competitions. At one point, I
February 19, 2011
OK, confession time: I sing in a chorus (not in a quartet presently), so I love barbershop harmony. Aengus James and his cameras cleverly caught the spirit of this American art form on this DVD documentary. Particularly enjoyed the overall high quality for this "budget" movie. Reproducing an a cappella performance
June 27, 2010
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