Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
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Actor: Charlotte Greenwood, Gene Nelson, Gloria Grahame, Gordon MacRae, Shirley JonesDirector: Fred Zinnemann
Brand: GRAHAME,GLORIA
Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Producer: Oscar Hammerstein II
Writer: Oscar Hammerstein II
Producer: Richard Rodgers
Writer: Lynn Riggs
Writer: Sonya Levien
Writer: William Ludwig
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.55:1
Running Time: 145 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary Edition)
Movie Review: GREAT MUSICAL
Summary: 5 Stars
1955 OKLAHOMA directed by Fred Zinnemann. The man who directed Julia, From Here to Eternity, High Noon, Act of Violence, and The Men does a great job with this movie. This is an entertaining film about country life during turn of the century Oklahoma and about jealousy and two men wanting the same girl. Yes, it has fun elements and great songs and great Agnes De Mille choreography, but, the dramatic sequences are just that. Very dramatic and even disturbing. Casting Rod Steiger as Judd, was brilliant. He is outstanding in this film and plays the villain to a "T". When he is on screen, the tension is palpable.
Gordon MacRae with that beautiful big voice and charismatic boyish charm was born to play Curly. Shirley Jones as the young, sweet and innocent, Laurey, is very good and believable in her first film role.
The film noir babe, Gloria Grahame, is adorable as Ado Annie, the very naiive and somewhat dimwit, young country girl. Gene Nelson, one of the finest dancers to grace the screen, is her boyfriend, also naiive and very cute!! James Whitmore plays Annie's Father (with a shotgun) and Jay C. Flippen as well as Eddie Albert as the traveling peddler are inspired casting. And Charlotte Greenwood, always entertaining, plays the wise old Aunt.
The remastered cinemascope print is gorgeous and there are two commentaries. One of the commentaries is with Shirley Jones.
There are English subtitles and even the songs have subtitles, too.
Summary of Oklahoma! (50th Anniversary Edition)
Set in the Oklahoma Territory in the early 1900's, this joyous celebration of frontier life is a story of tender romance and dangerous passion. Gordon MacRae is Curly, a sunny, good-natured ranch hand, and Shirley Jones is Laurey Williams, the farmer's daughter he loves. Rod Steiger is he menacing Jud, who tries to comes between them. The first Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration, this Academy Award winner for Best Score features the classic songs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" and "People Will Say We're In Love."The hit Broadway musical from the 1940s gets a lavish if not always exciting workout in this 1955 film version directed by old lion Fred Zinnemann (High Noon). Gordon MacRae brings his sterling voice to the role of cowboy Curly, and Shirley Jones plays Laurie, the object of his affection. The Rodgers and Hammerstein score includes "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," and "People Will Say We're in Love," and Agnes DeMille provides the buoyant choreography. Among the supporting cast, Gloria Grahame is memorable as Ado Annie, the "girl who cain't say no," and Rod Steiger overdoes it as the villainous Jud. --Tom Keogh
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