Hello, Dolly!

"Come anytime for the time of your life!"

1969 2h 28m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 408

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

“Come anytime for the time of your life!”

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Cast

Barbra Streisand
Dolly Levi
Walter Matthau
Horace Vandergelder
Michael Crawford
Cornelius Hackl
Marianne McAndrew
Irene Molloy
Danny Lockin
Barnaby Tucker
E.J. Peaker
Minnie Fay
Joyce Ames
Ermengarde
Tommy Tune
Ambrose Kemper

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gene Kelly
Writers: Ernest Lehman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gene Kelly, shot by Harry Stradling Sr.. 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 Lennie Hayton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

ERA

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

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5 / 7

CAST

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Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau and Michael Crawford carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Come anytime for the time of your life!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0064418 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Gene Kelly directs. Harry Stradling Sr. behind the camera. Lennie Hayton scores. William Reynolds cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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157 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Gene Kelly, shot by Harry Stradling Sr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Lennie Hayton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor William Reynolds shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau and Michael Crawford carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Come anytime for the time of your life!".
7IMDB entry: tt0064418 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Original score: Lennie Hayton
Editing: William Reynolds
Production design: John DeCuir
Costume design: Irene Sharaff
Makeup / hair: Edwin Butterworth
Runtime: 148 min · 2h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $24,000,000
Box office: $33,208,099
Return: 138% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Awards

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

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CinemaSerf2022-12-25
★ 7/10
Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau make for quite a formidable team in this entertaining comedy drama about a marriage broker ("Dolly") who is engaged to find a bride for the wealthy "Horace". He is a bit cantankerous so she has her work cut out for her, but undeterred - she travels to Yonkers where she embroils his two clerks "Cornelius" (Michael Crawford) and "Barnaby" (Danny Lockin) in more affairs of the heart with "Minnie" (E.J. Peaker) and "Irene" (Marianne McAndrew) before a denouement that we all expected, but is nonetheless fun to watch. This film really all belongs to a star very much at the top of her game delivering some pithy lines whilst attired in crippling corsets and dancing in some uncomfortable looking lace-up boots. Directed by Gene Kelly so you would expect the ensemble dance numbers to be top drawer, and the they are - synchronised to within an inch of their lives, but always looking natural and flowing enthusiastically. Jerry Herman certainly does the business with the lyrics - "Put on Your Sunday Clothes"; "It Takes a Woman" and the Louis Armstrong assisted title song all make this a quickly paced and enjoyable romp through all things mischievous, Jewish and one that is at times almost bawdy. Matthau is a revelation - he really enters into the spirit of things and Michael Crawford (though never my favourite singer) demonstrates a nimble fleetness-of-foot that adds a charm to the proceedings too. I couldn't quite believe that 2½ hours flew by so quickly and if you are a fan of top-end musical theatre then you are in for a real treat.

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