Finian's Rainbow (1968) On DVD
Actor: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Jr. Al Freeman
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Musicals
Year: 1968
Studio: Warner Brothers
Length: 145
Released: March 15, 2005
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English, Spanish, French
Subtitles : English, Spanish, French
DESCRIPTION:
A funny thing happened to Finian's Rainbow in between its debut as a Broadway musical in 1947 and its appearance as a film in 1968. After 21 years, its theme of racial tension in the American South was no longer cutting edge, and the fact that its heroes are a group of sharecroppers called the Rainbow Valley Tobacco Cooperative dates it even further. Add a number of subplots and the heavy hand of a 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola directing his first and only musical, and the two-and-a-half-hour running time feels bloated. Hermes Pan (best known for the classic Astaire-Rogers movies) is credited with choreographing the overbusy musical numbers, but he was reportedly overruled by Coppola at every turn. Still, there is a lot to enjoy in this movie, most notably Fred Astaire in his last lead role in a musical. Fred plays Finian McLonergan, an Irishman who has traveled to America in hopes of planting a pilfered pot of gold near Fort Knox and watching it grow. Even at 69, Fred shows he is still capable of a sprightly step and warbling "Look to the Rainbow." Another plus is the casting of '60s pop icon Petula Clark as his daughter, as she sings with an unaffected loveliness. Finally, the score by Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg includes two of the best Broadway songs ever written--"Old Devil Moon" and "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?"--as well as the comic ditty "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love."
Special Features:
- New introduction and commentary by Francis Ford Coppoloa
- Featurette: The World Premiere of Finian's Rainbow
- Theatrical trailer
Actor: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Jr. Al Freeman
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: Musicals
Year: 1968
Studio: Warner Brothers
Length: 145
Released: March 15, 2005
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English, Spanish, French
Subtitles : English, Spanish, French
DESCRIPTION:
A funny thing happened to Finian's Rainbow in between its debut as a Broadway musical in 1947 and its appearance as a film in 1968. After 21 years, its theme of racial tension in the American South was no longer cutting edge, and the fact that its heroes are a group of sharecroppers called the Rainbow Valley Tobacco Cooperative dates it even further. Add a number of subplots and the heavy hand of a 29-year-old Francis Ford Coppola directing his first and only musical, and the two-and-a-half-hour running time feels bloated. Hermes Pan (best known for the classic Astaire-Rogers movies) is credited with choreographing the overbusy musical numbers, but he was reportedly overruled by Coppola at every turn. Still, there is a lot to enjoy in this movie, most notably Fred Astaire in his last lead role in a musical. Fred plays Finian McLonergan, an Irishman who has traveled to America in hopes of planting a pilfered pot of gold near Fort Knox and watching it grow. Even at 69, Fred shows he is still capable of a sprightly step and warbling "Look to the Rainbow." Another plus is the casting of '60s pop icon Petula Clark as his daughter, as she sings with an unaffected loveliness. Finally, the score by Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg includes two of the best Broadway songs ever written--"Old Devil Moon" and "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?"--as well as the comic ditty "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love."
Special Features:
- New introduction and commentary by Francis Ford Coppoloa
- Featurette: The World Premiere of Finian's Rainbow
- Theatrical trailer
| Product Name | Finian's Rainbow (1968) On DVD |
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| This item is returnable | No |
