Fiddler on the roof
(2011, original release: 1971)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/MUSICAL/FIDDLER

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/MUSICAL/FIDDLER Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Beverly Hills, CA : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011]
©2011
EDITION
40th anniversary [edition]
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9786311298961 M123894, 027616085375
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from container

"Tevye (Topol) is a poor milkman in czarist Russia, where he provides for three unmarried daughters and a sharp-tongued wife. Faced with mounting financial strain and growing anti-Semitism, Tevye strives to maintain balance despite the precarious nature of his situation." -- Back of container

Based on the stage play Fiddler on the roof, adapted from Sholom Aleichem stories by special arrangement with Arnold Perl. Stageplay by Joseph Stein

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971

Special feature: commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol

Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editors, Antony Gibbs and Robert Lawrence ; music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams ; original choreography by Jerome Robbins, adapted for the screen by Tom Abbott ; production designer, Robert Boyle ; art director, Michael Stringer ; set decorator, Peter Lamont ; costumes designed by Elizabeth Haffenden and Joan Bridge ; associate producer, Patrick Palmer

Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Michael Glaser, Raymond Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Shimen Ruskin, Zvee Scooler, Louis Zorich, Alfie Scopp, Howard Goorney, Barry Dennen, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ruth Madoc, Patience Collier, Tutte Lemkow ; soloist, Isaac Stern

Rating: G; Canadian Home Video rating: G

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 surround, mono

In English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English

Academy award winner (1971): Cinematography, sound, music-adaptation score

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