Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)

Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Norman Jewison

Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Actor: Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Norma Crane, Paul Mann, Topol
Director: Norman Jewison
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Hebrew (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 181 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-23
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

Movie Reviews of Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)

Movie Review: Antisemitism in Russia before the first world war
Summary: 4 Stars

On the surface this is a musical play about marriage for love
of the milkman's daughters:
1) a poor taylor
2) an intellectual revolutionary
3) a goyim
In the end it seems to be a story about Eastern orthodox Christian
Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire.
Saved from the later Stalinist purges,
we see them leaving for America.
That the Jews were just as prejudiced against the Russians living around them,
really doesn't justify the illegal displacement of millions of Russian Jews, does it?
Persecution of the Jews has being going on since before Moses.

Summary of Fiddler on the Roof (2-Disc Collector's Edition)

"An outstanding accomplishment in every category" (Boxoffice), this lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the century czarist Russia. Nominated* for eight Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture and Best Director, and featuring such classic songs as "If I Were A Rich Man," "Matchmaker" and "Sunrise, Sunset," Fiddler on the Roof is a universal story of hope, love and acceptancea "stunning, joyful and jubilant" (New York Daily News) musical masterpiece. *1971: Actor (Topol), Supporting Actor (Leonard Frey), Cinematography (winner), Art Direction/SetDecoration, Sound (winner), Music (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) (winner)
This rousing musical, based on the stories of Shalom Aleichem, takes place in pre-revolutionary Russia and centers on the life of Tevye (Topol), a milkman who is trying to keep his family's traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters. Yet, times are changing and the daughters want to make their own matches, breaking free of many of the constricting customs required of them by Judaism. In the background of these events, Russia is on the brink of revolution and Jews are feeling increasingly unwelcome in their villages. Tevye--who expresses his desire for sameness in the opening number, "Tradition"--is trying to keep everyone, and everything, together. The movie is strongly allegorical--Tevye represents the common man--but it does it dexterously, and the resulting film is a stunning work of art. The music is excellent (it won Oscars for the scoring and the sound), with plenty of familiar songs such as "Sunrise, Sunset" and "If I Were a Rich Man," which you'll be humming long after the movie is over. Isaac Stern's violin--he provides the music for the fiddler on the roof--is hauntingly beautiful. And despite the serious subject matter, the film is quite comedic in parts; it also well deserves the Oscar it won for cinematography. --Jenny Brown

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