Oklahoma!

"It's Here!"

1955 2h 28m EN

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6.6

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87%

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★6.6TMDB · 197🍅87%Rotten Tomatoes●74Metacritic★7IMDB · 15,563

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Synopsis

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There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie is also torn between two men: cowboy Will and foreign peddler Ali Hakim. Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.

“It's Here!”

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Cast

Gordon MacRae
Curly McLain
Shirley Jones
Laurey Williams
Gloria Grahame
Ado Annie Carnes
Charlotte Greenwood
Aunt Eller
Eddie Albert
Ali Hakim
Rod Steiger
Jud Fry
Jay C. Flippen
Skidmore
James Whitmore
Mr. Carnes

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Fred Zinnemann
Writers: Sonya Levien, William Ludwig
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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71 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Fred Zinnemann, shot by Robert Surtees. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Rodgers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor George Boemler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones and Gloria Grahame carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's Here!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0048445 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Fred Zinnemann directs. Robert Surtees behind the camera. Richard Rodgers scores. George Boemler cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

171 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Fred Zinnemann, shot by Robert Surtees. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Richard Rodgers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor George Boemler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones and Gloria Grahame carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "It's Here!".
7IMDB entry: tt0048445 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 13 themes, including "horseback riding", "oklahoma", "ranch", "musical".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Surtees
Original score: Richard Rodgers
Editing: George Boemler
Production design: Oliver Smith
Costume design: Orry-Kelly
Makeup / hair: Ben Lane
Runtime: 148 min · 2h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,900,000
Box office: $14,200,000
Return: 241% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Oklahoma! (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes: 87% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 74/100
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 15,563 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 4 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
Academy Award for Best Sound

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CinemaSerf2022-11-14
★ 6/10
Great music, lyrics and dancing - but boy, what a truly sterile delivery. By necessity, staging has to be precise in a theatre; cinema offers little of such spacial restrictions so why is this musical choreographed to within an inch of it's life? There is virtually none of the spontaneity - especially with the rumbustious dances - that the big screen offered and what we are left with, though colourful and cheery, just lacks... something! So frequently it is as if they are still performing to that seat in the centre of the Royal Circle - complete with the casual supporting cast with their delicate short steps and stage whispers in each other's ear. Gordon MacRae looks pristine, way too pristine, and Gloria Grahame a very pale imitation of Doris Day from 2 years earlier in "Calamity Jane". Charlotte Greenwood does a cracking job as the worldly "Aunt Eller" as does Eddie Albert as the improbably named "Ali Hakim"; even Rod Steiger does genuinely carry off the role of the disgruntled "Jud Fry" but I'm afraid the whole just doesn't equal the sum of the parts - and with Rodgers & Hammerstein providing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"; "Surrey with a Fringe on Top" "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No" & the eponymous title tune; that's a real shame...

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