Folksy and sentimental.
Oklahoma! (1955)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:20
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 26 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: A big, lush screen version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein hit Broadway musical. Originally presented in Todd-AO widescreen, this rousing tale of a farm girl who falls in love with a cowboy and then... A big, lush screen version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein hit Broadway musical. Originally presented in Todd-AO widescreen, this rousing tale of a farm girl who falls in love with a cowboy and then must fend off the advances of a villainous suitor is packed with some the most beloved tunes in American theater -- "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'!," "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," and, of course, the title song "Oklahoma." [More]
Starring: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gloria Grahame, Rod Steiger
Starring: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gloria Grahame, Rod Steiger, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood, Eddie Albert, James Whitmore
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Screenwriter: Sonya Levien, William Ludwig
Producer: Arthur Hornblow
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Reviews for Oklahoma!
The wide screen used for the Todd-AO process adds production scope and visual grandeur, capturing a vista of blue sky and green prairie that can be breathtaking.
It's a watchable, if hardly terrific, rendering of an innovative Broadway landmark.
The film heaves and sputters from one indifferently rendered number to the next.
My favourite is the odd cast singing ‘The Farmer and the Cowman should be friends’, a sentiment I have long believed in.
The film is so richly layered that multiple viewings become compulsive -- you think it's all there in front of you, but every time you revisit it, you notice something more, and finish with a desire to go back again.
...Zinnemann manages to keep the pace moving in the right direction, and any small concerns one may have diminish quickly in light of the rest of the movie's delights.
if classic Broadway is your thing, you’ll enjoy this movie more than the other Rodgers and Hammerstein classics that made it to the screen in the same era
Changed the face of the musical After The Sound of Music, it's the best-loved Rogers & Hammerstein film adaptation, deservedly so.
Whatever your interest in the sexual politics of the 1950s musical, this is a good-looking, sweet-sounding piece that'll surely have you hot under the collar.
A full-bodied Oklahoma! has been brought forth in this film to match in vitality, eloquence and melody any musical this reviewer has ever seen.
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