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Hello, Dolly!
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Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American romantic comedy musical film directed by Gene Kelly. The screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman and Johann Nestroy, based on the work Hello, Dolly!. The cast includes Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, and J. Pat O'Malley. The film was produced by Ernest Lehman and distributed by 20th Century Studios. It was shot in English and set in New York City, New York.
The movie received several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Costume Design. It won awards for Best Production Design and Best Sound. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 7.1 from 18,572 votes, a Metascore of 51, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 43%. The film was rated G.
Production details list a budget of $24,000,000 and revenue of $33,208,099. The runtime is listed as 146 minutes in some sources and 148 minutes in others. The soundtrack album was released in 1969. The film has been referenced by 267 other encyclopedia articles.
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Film · TMDB
7.0Dolly 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.
Cast
- Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi
- Walter Matthau as Horace Vandergelder
- Michael Crawford as Cornelius Hackl
- Marianne McAndrew as Irene Molloy
- Danny Lockin as Barnaby Tucker
- E.J. Peaker as Minnie Fay
Themes
- based on play or musical
- merchant
- yonkers, new york
- borzoi
- millinery
- drygoods store
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
18,075 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
43%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Musical
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Won 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gene Kelly
- Screenplay by
- Ernest Lehman
- Based on
- Hello, Dolly! , by Michael Stewart , The Matchmaker , by Thornton Wilder
- Produced by
- Ernest Lehman
- Starring
- Barbra Streisand Walter Matthau Michael Crawford Louis Armstrong
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling
- Edited by
- William Reynolds
- Music by
- Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) , Score adaptation: , Lennie Hayton , Lionel Newman
- Production company
- Chenault Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century-Fox
- Release date
- December 16, 1969 ( 1969-12-16 ) (New York City )
- Running time
- 148 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $26 million (US and Canada rentals )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Hello, Dolly!
- Director
- Gene Kelly
- Screenwriter
- Johann Nestroy
- Cast member
- Danny Lockin
- Composer
- Jerry Herman
- Producer
- Ernest Lehman
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- New York
- Duration
- 146
- FilmAffinity ID
- 381570
- Image
- Hello, Dolly!.jpg
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- publication date
- 1969-12-16
- Commons category
- Hello, Dolly! (film)
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- film editor
- William H. Reynolds
- title
- Hello, Dolly!
- production designer
- John DeCuir, Sr.
- distributed by
- 20th Century Studios
- choreographer
- Michael Kidd
- capital cost
- 25000000
- costume designer
- Irene Sharaff
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 43%
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American musical romantic comedy film based on the 1964 Broadway musical by Michael Stewart, which was based on Thornton Wilder's 1954 Broadway play The Matchmaker. Directed by Gene Kelly and written and produced by Ernest Lehman, the film stars Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, and Louis Armstrong (whose recording of the title tune had been a number-one hit in May 1964), with Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin, E. J. Peaker Tommy Tune, and Fritz Feld.
The film follows the story of Dolly Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hello, Dolly!” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.