Hello, Dolly! (Movie)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Hello, Dolly! |
| Original title | Hello, Dolly! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 146 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Gene Kelly |
| script | Ernest Lehman |
| production | Ernest Lehman |
| music | Jerry Herman |
| camera | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| cut | William H. Reynolds |
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Hello, Dolly! is an American musical film directed by Gene Kelly from 1969 with Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau in the lead roles. It is based on the Broadway musical of the same name Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman in 1964.
action
The action takes place in 1890: the widowed matchmaker Dolly Levi goes to see her client, the unmarried "half-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, in Yonkers, New York. There she arranges for him, whom she would like to win for herself, a rendezvous with the hat maker Irene Molloy in New York City, to which he is about to leave. After his departure, Dolly persuades the two shop clerks Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, who are supposed to look after the business while their boss is away, and Vandergelder's niece Ermengarde and her fiancé Ambrose Kemper, to also go to New York with her, where she happens to have one Visiting the hat shop arranged by Irene Molloy. Cornelius and Barnaby immediately take a liking to Irene and her employee Minnie Fay, but have to go into hiding when Horace Vandergelder arrives.
Dolly continues her plan to snatch Horace herself into action and orders him to go to the elegant Harmonia Gardens pub for the evening, where she stayed as a regular and favorite of the staff until her husband's death. Dolly's return to her former regular restaurant is triumphant, and she persuades Horace, who wants to hide away after her performance, to have dinner with her.
Cornelius and Barnaby have also invited Irene and Minnie to Harmonia Gardens, but, like Ermengarde and Ambrose, soon discover that they cannot afford the high prices there. As they try to sneak away, they are discovered by Horace Vandergelder and confronted. Horace then leaves the bar in anger, but meets Dolly outside, who first tells him that he could stay stolen from her with his terrible curmudgeon and should spend his future from her with his cash register. She drives off in the carriage and leaves a perplexed Horace Vandergelder behind.
The next day, Dolly drives back to Horace in Yonkers, gets him to forgive his two employees and his niece, who can now be with their respective partners, and finally confesses their love to Horace. He is surprised, but not averse to the whole thing, and finally agrees to a connection.
The film ends with the wedding of Dolly Levi and Horace Vandergelder.
Reviews
For the lexicon of international film , Hello, Dolly! "[A] elaborately equipped, brilliant in the choreography , definitely from Barbra Streisand's exuberant playing temperament". Although the film was “quite a long time”, it was still “cheerful, relaxing entertainment that spreads a sparkling good mood”. The Protestant film observer (review No. 4/1970) described Hello, Dolly! as a film musical with "balanced colors [...], brilliant choreography and [...] the amazing Barbra Streisand in the lead role". Apart from the title song, however, "the music is only of moderate ingenuity".
Music track
- Call on Dolly
- Just leave everything to me
- Main Titles (Overture)
- It takes a woman
- It takes a woman (reprise)
- Put On Your Sunday Clothes
- Ribbons down my back
- Dancing
- Before the Parade Passes by
- Elegance
- Love is only love
- Hello, Dolly!
- It Only Takes A Moment
- So Long Dearie
- final
Awards
- Oscar for the best production design
- Oscar for the best sound
- Oscar for best music in a musical
- Oscar nomination for best film
- Oscar nomination for best camera
- Oscar nomination for best costume design
- Oscar nomination for best editing
- Nomination for best film - comedy / musical
- Nomination for Gene Kelly for Best Director
- Nomination for Barbra Streisand for Best Actress - Comedy / Musical
- Nomination for Marianne McAndrew for Best Supporting Actress
- Nomination for Marianne McAndrew as best young actress
- Nomination for Barbra Streisand for Best Actress
- Nomination for John DeCuir for Best Production Design
- Nomination for Harry Stradling senior for best camera
Occurrence in other artistic works
In the animated film " WALL-E " by Pixar, the main character WALL-E is so enthusiastic about the film that he hears the song Put On Your Sunday Clothes while he is working.
In his quarters he sometimes looks at parts of the film on an iPod through a magnifying glass. When he likes a song or part of the film, he records it on his internal dictation device and plays it back if necessary.
The music of the film "Hello Dolly" (especially the song Put On Your Sunday Clothes ) plays a role in the film "WALL-E" every now and then:
- The captain of the ship Axiom is finally convinced by the song Put On Your Sunday Clothes and the accompanying dance scene to return to earth.
- The robots from the repair station connect the song to WALL-E, their savior from captivity. In addition, it becomes, so to speak, the revolutionary song of the discarded robots.
- Theme music at the very beginning.
Web links
- Hello, Dolly! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hello, Dolly! at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Criticism of the New York Times
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hello, Dolly! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 22, 2017 .