Title:
Fiddler on the roof / The Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; produced and directed by Norman Jewison.
ISBN:
9780792850991
Uniform Title:
Fiddler on the roof (Motion picture)
Edition:
Second disc collector's edition.
Publication Information:
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
©2001, ©1971
Physical Description:
1 or 2 videodiscs (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: "Norman Jewison, filmmaker" documentary, audio commentary by Norman Jewison and Topol, never-before-available deleted song "Any day now", "Tevye's dream" in full color, stories of Sholom Aleichem and historical background read by Norman Jewison, and storyboard to film comparison.
Language options, special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
DVD ; widescreen ; Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack ; Region 1.
Summary:
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof.
Language Note:
Language tracks in English, French, and Spanish; optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
Audience:
Rated G.
Performer:
Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann.
Production Credits:
Photography, Oswald Morris ; editors, Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence ; soloist, Isaac Stern ; music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
OCLC Number:
ocm48094407
Availability:
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