Fiddler on the Roof
Mirisch Production Company presents ; a Norman Jewison film ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; produced and directed by Norman Jewison.
, United States
- Beverly Hills, California Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. 2006
- 2 videodiscs (181 min.) sound, color 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem. Special features, disc 1: Audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol. disc 2: Featurettes: John Williams: creating a musical tradition; Tevye's daughters; Set in reality production design; Songs of Fiddler on the roof; Historical background: read by Norman Jewison with photographs by Ann Weiss; Norman Jewison, filmmaker / National Film Board of Canada ; director, Douglas Jackson (1971; 49 min.); Norman Jewison looks back; Tevye's dream in full color; The stories of Sholom Aleichem, read by Norman Jewison. Deleted song, "Any day now"; Production design and storyboards; still gallery, trailers & tv spots.
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof.
MPAA rating: G.
English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
027616063281
106328 MGM Home Entertainment
(AMICUS)000033414116 20084000155
Jews
Family life
Musical
Man-woman relationships
Russia
PN1997 / .F53 2006
Fid 35
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem. Special features, disc 1: Audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol. disc 2: Featurettes: John Williams: creating a musical tradition; Tevye's daughters; Set in reality production design; Songs of Fiddler on the roof; Historical background: read by Norman Jewison with photographs by Ann Weiss; Norman Jewison, filmmaker / National Film Board of Canada ; director, Douglas Jackson (1971; 49 min.); Norman Jewison looks back; Tevye's dream in full color; The stories of Sholom Aleichem, read by Norman Jewison. Deleted song, "Any day now"; Production design and storyboards; still gallery, trailers & tv spots.
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof.
MPAA rating: G.
English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
027616063281
106328 MGM Home Entertainment
(AMICUS)000033414116 20084000155
Jews
Family life
Musical
Man-woman relationships
Russia
PN1997 / .F53 2006
Fid 35