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Our Town
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Our Town is a 1940 American drama, fantasy, and romance film directed by Sam Wood. The screenplay was written by Thornton Wilder and Frank Craven, based on a play. The cast includes William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, and Beulah Bondi. Aaron Copland composed the score, with Bert Glennon serving as director of photography and William Cameron Menzies as production designer. Sol Lesser produced the film, which was distributed by United Artists and Netflix.
The black-and-white movie has a runtime of 90 minutes and is set in New Hampshire. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Score, and Best Sound. The film received the National Board of Review award for Top Ten Films. Review scores include 7/10 and 86%. It is available on video on demand through providers such as Amazon Prime Video and fuboTV.
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Film · TMDB
5.9Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Cast
- William Holden as Georges Gibbs
- Martha Scott as Emily Webb
- Fay Bainter as Mrs Gibbs
- Beulah Bondi as Mrs Webb
- Thomas Mitchell as Doc Gibbs
- Guy Kibbee as Mr. Webb
Themes
- small town
- new hampshire
- based on play or musical
- teenage girl
- dream like experience
- 1900s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sam Wood
- Cast member
- Frank Craven
- Composer
- Aaron Copland
- Producer
- Sol Lesser
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Bert Glennon
- Narrative location
- New Hampshire
- Filming location
- New Hampshire
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 273091
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- William Holden-Martha Scott in Our Town.jpg
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- Commons category
- Our Town (1940 film)
- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- title
- Our Town
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- William Cameron Menzies
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 86%
- copyright status
- public domain
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