Fiddler on the roof / the Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; produced by Norman Jewison ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; directed by Norman Jewison.
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 bal...
| Uniform Title: | Fiddler on the roof (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Language: | English French Spanish |
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English |
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In English with subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned. |
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Santa Monica, CA :
MGM Home Entertainment,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| 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. |
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| Note: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams. 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. Disc A contains feature film in widescreen format, Disc B contains special features. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | AF3 D0009116 VideoDVD |
| Audience: |
Rated G. |
| Awards: | Winner of 3 Academy Awards including Cinematography, 1971. |
| ISBN: | 0792850998 9780792850991 |
| Credits: | Photography, Oswald Morris ; editors, Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence ; soloist, Isaac Stern ; music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. |
| System Details: | DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Cast: |
Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann. |