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Fiddler on the Roof
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: Video On Demand
Release Date: October 01, 2008
Running Time: 182 minutes
Studio: MGM
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Rating: - A must have for the wide screen TV
If you own only one classic musical film get this one first. It is a wonderful integration of music into a story. A brilliant translation to the wide screen. And Topol is outstanding in his somewhat underplayed (relatively speaking) performance which allows the rest of the cast their moments of glory. It may not represent the poverty of the Russian shtetl, but it is a warm,ingratiating story of how one man came to accept the modern world. And a little bit of ancestral cultural feeling. And shows ... Read More
Rating: - Good reproduction of a film that was originally a play!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film with my granddaughter. Her Performance group in middle school are going to present their version of this play and she wanted to see the dvd in order to understand and be able to relate to the story. I had not seen the Broadway performance of the long running version, but I loved the music and knew what the story was about. This dvd was excellent and gave me a certain warmness towards the culture that existed in the period of the story. It gave a good message ... Read More
Rating: - One and Only
After having played for many years on Broadway it hit the movie screen. Great story of a Jewish peasant in Czarist Russian around 1917. Superb music,beautiful scenes and great acting.Highly recommend it.
Rating: - Excellent Musical! A Classic To Last the Ages!
This has got to be among the top 5 musicals ever adapted for the big screen. You could argue that this the screen version is even better than the original stage version too. Many musicals have great difficulty in balancing the music and dance with the storyline as they are either too heavy on the one side over the other but here you get excellent music and choreography and an equally excellent storyline.
Set at the turn of the 20th century in Russia, the film tells the story of a small ... Read More
Rating: - Movie
What a great movie. It has been many years since I've seen it. Now I keep humming the songs. "If I was a rich man" :)
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