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Hello, Dolly! Widescreen Edition

starring: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin
directed by: Gene Kelly

: Hello, Dolly! Widescreen Edition
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543075790
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Running Time: 146 minutes
Sales Rank: 671
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1969



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Description:
Barbara Streisand is a knockout as Dolly Levi, the woman 'who arranges things like furniture and daffodils and lives.' And Hello Dolly, is the blockbuster musical you'll want to see her in again and again. The famed plot concerns Dolly, a young widow and professional matchmaker who sets her sights, and whatever else she can muster, on conquering tight-fisted Yonkers merchant, Horace Vandergeider, beautifully played by Walter Matthau. How she does it has to be the grandest, singingest, dancingest, marchingest flag-wavingest musical there ever was.

Amazon.com:
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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Look at the old girl now
Barbra is soooo great in this movie I wish the movie would be shorter. Some of the other dances are ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Gene Kelly Directs, Barbra Streisand Stars.
"Hello, Dolly!" is one of those huge-budgeted musicals made after the incredible success of "The Sound ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Gold digging was never had such a nice tune.
This movie is about a meddlesome gold digger (barbara streisand) who plans on tricking a wealthy store ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - watchin' Dolly...
This is one of the first musicals I ever watched as a child. It was so nice to see it remastered on DVD! ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Barbara Streisand is wonderful to watch
The disk was loose inside the DVD case, but it didn't cause any scratches. The movie itself is fun, with ... Read More

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