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Hello Dolly [1969]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
They just don't make musicals like this any more. There are some who would be grateful for that--the plot is but a flimsy excuse to string together song and dance numbers. Some of us, however, love big, splashy, overdone musical scenes, of which there are many. Glittering stage numbers showcase a commanding Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levy, a New York matchmaker who can find a mate for anyone. Anyone but herself, that is. Determined to marry wealthy Walter Matthau, she lures him out of Yonkers and sets about wooing him. Don't worry about the lack of a solid story or Gene Kelly's pedestrian direction. Watch instead for the musical numbers and the lavish costumes. Listen to Jerry Herman's score, and dance around the living room when a sequined Streisand arrives in a club as Louis Armstrong strikes up the title tune for her benefit. (Just pull the shades first.) Based on Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker, Hello, Dolly! won Academy Awards for best sound, art direction, and musical score. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Piece of my childhood
Review date: 2008-02-14 Rating: 8 out of 10
I grew up watching this movie on VHS and know all the songs, I love the kooky edge Michael Crawford brings to his role, I find his high pitched feminine voice strangely uplifting, and Streisland as always is vocal perfection. Escapism set to music.
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Reviews
!Yllod Olleh
Review date: 2006-03-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
Probably the best film to be called Hello Dolly.
Reasonably really amazzing.
Product Details/Specifications
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036020787
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-04-18
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 139 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1969
Language: English (Original Language)