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Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 Broadway musical was considered revolutionary for a multitude of reasons, not least of which were the play's intricate integration of song and storyline, and the simplicity and austerity of its production design. The 1955 film version of Oklahoma! retains the songs (except for Lonely Room and It's a Scandal!, which are usually cut from most stage presentations anyway) and the story, but the simplicity is sacrificed to the spectacle of Technicolor, Todd-AO, and
G, 2 hr. 25 min.
Oct 11, 1955 Wide
Apr 27, 1999
Samuel Goldwyn Company
All Critics (22) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (1) | DVD (16)
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.
The film heaves and sputters from one indifferently rendered number to the next.
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.
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.
The wrong director, Fred Zinnemann, who doesn't have any sense for the genre, was assigned to this musical, but the tunes are glorious.
Folksy and sentimental.
It's a watchable, if hardly terrific, rendering of an innovative Broadway landmark.
50 years on there's still an infectious charm about Oklahoma!
Pretty fun in spite of itself.
A solid Hollywood landmark.
A brilliant musical that still looks fresh today.
Efficient but not exciting.
My favourite is the odd cast singing 'The Farmer and the Cowman should be friends', a sentiment I have long believed in.
The wide open spaces of the American West were never more wide or more open than in this 1955 movie adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
...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
The classic western musical. First of all I don't like westerns and second I'm not a big fan of musicals (I only like certain ones). So, I didn't enjoy this movie. It's not a bad movie, I think it's good that they mixed the genres (it's also a romantic comedy), I just didn't care for it.
September 5, 2010Super Reviewer
yes i admit i love this movie. shot on location... in arizona!
November 2, 2007
Super Reviewer
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