DVD

Hello, Dolly! [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; written for the screen and produced by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Gene Kelly.

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996 (Added Author). Streisand, Barbra. (Added Author). Matthau, Walter. (Added Author). Crawford, Michael, 1942- (Added Author). Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (Added Author). Herman, Jerry, 1931- Hello, Dolly! (Added Author). Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 Matchmaker. (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong. (Cast).

Summary:

Dolly Levi, a New York-based matchmaker who merrily arranges things... like furniture and daffodils and lives. A widow, she has found herself in love with a "half-a-millionaire" Yonkers merchant named Horace Vandergelder. So she proceeds to weave a web of romantic complications involving him, his two clerks, a pretty milliner, and her assistant.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen edition.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment : [2003]
Copyright: ©1969.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Based on the stage play Hello, Dolly! written by Michael Stewart; based on "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Harry Stradling ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music and lyrics, Jerry Herman ; dances and musical numbers staged by Michael Kidd ; directed and choreographed by Gower Champion.
Participant or Performer Note:	Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Soundtracks: English, Spanish, French; subtitles: English, French; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, USA, 1970: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration; Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation); Best Sound. BAFTA Awards, 1970: Nominated, Best Actress (Barbra Streisand); Best Art Direction; Best Cinematography. Golden Globes, USA, 1970: Nominated, Best Director - Motion Picture (Gene Kelly); Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy; Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy (Barbra Streisand); Best Supporting Actress (Marianne McAndrew); Most Promising Newcomer - Female (Marianne McAndrew).