Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Regisseur:

Gene Kelly

Drehbuchautoren:

Ernest Lehman (writer)
Michael Stewart (stage musical)

Premierendatum:

16. Dezember 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Romanze | Komödie | Musical | Familienfilm

Plot:

A matchmaker named Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Musical | Broadway Musical | 1890s | Hat | Wealthy

Filmpreise:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 13 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Does NOT need to be remade!

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Besetzung

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 Vandergelder
Tommy Tune	...	Ambrose Kemper
Judy Knaiz	...	Gussie Granger / Ernestina Simple
David Hurst	...	Rudolph Reisenweber
Fritz Feld	...	Fritz, German waiter
Richard Collier	...	Joe, Vandergelder's barber
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Policeman in Park
Louis Armstrong	...	Louis, Orchestra Leader
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Richard Monahan	...	Dancer

Länge:

146 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Norway:7 | New Zealand:G | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G

Drehorte:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Chenault Productions Inc.

Dies und das:

The film grew out of a massive attempt by Twentieth Century-Fox to duplicate its earlier, unprecedented success with The Sound of Music (1965) by producing three expensive, large-scale musicals over a period of three years, Doctor Dolittle (1967) and Star! (1968) being the others. Unfortunately, film attendance as a whole was down and all three films' box-office performance reflected this. All were released amid massive pre-release publicity and all lost equally massive amounts of money for the studio (though "Dolly" was in the box office top 5 for the year of its release). The result was that several top studio executives lost their jobs, and the studio itself went into such dire financial straits that it only produced one picture for the entire calendar year of 1970. In truth, Fox would never recoup its losses until a highly successful theatrical reissue of "The Sound of Music" in early 1973.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: In the dance sequence "Elegance", Irene Molloy puts a top hat over the feather already on her head. In subsequent shots, the amount of exposed feather changes between shots.

Dialogzitate:

Ambrose Kemper: This doesn't concern her!
Dolly Levi: Mr. Kemper, everything concerns Dolly Levi!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Life with Mikey (1993)

Soundtrack:

It Only Takes a Moment

Does NOT need to be remade!

I cannot imagine anyone seeing this film in the present without any preconceived notions finding it anything but a delight. Sure, those "in the know" are aware that Carol Channing could have and should have played the role, but that was 38 years ago. Looking at the film at face value, it is clear Gene Kelly knew how to play to Barbra Streisand's strengths, and you can completely forget how young she is.

Aside from the leads, you can see that even the extras are at the top of their game. I defy anyone to find a single person in the stellar "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" number that isn't giving 110%. I kept looking cracks in the shiny armor of this film and could find none (other than the hokeyness of the local yokel voice Michael Crawford uses for his character).

This film definitely deserved its Best Picture Oscar nomination, and hopefully the upcoming 40th anniversary will be publicized so that it can be introduced to a new generation who will be able to watch it without knowing of all the behind-the-scenes casting and shooting baggage.