The 5000 fingers of Dr. T.

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Movie
German title The 5000 fingers of Dr. T.
Original title The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1953
length 89 minutes
Rod
Director Roy Rowland
script Allan Scott ,
Theodor S. Geisel
production Stanley Kramer
music Friedrich Hollaender
camera Franz Planner
cut Al Clark
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The 5000 fingers of Dr. T. is an American comedy film by director Roy Rowland from 1953 based on the story of the same name by Theodor S. Geisel , who wrote both the story and the screenplay under his stage name Dr. Seuss wrote. The German premiere was on August 11, 1986 on German television.

action

The young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The worst thing in his life is the hated piano lessons he took with the authoritarian Dr. Terwilliker takes. Bart believes his mother is under the evil influence of Terwilliker. A visit to a plumber friend, Mr. Zabladowski, doesn't help Bart either. During a lesson, Bart dozes off and slides into a musical dream world.

In his dream he is in captivity at the Terwilliker Institute. Dr. Terwilliker is a crazy dictator who has imprisoned all musicians who cannot play the piano. The doctor constructed a huge piano. Bart and 499 other prisoners are supposed to play on it. Bart's mother turns out to be Terwilliker's hypnotized assistant and fiancée. In order to save himself and his mother, Bart has to bypass the institute guards. The guards include a singing elevator operator and a pair of roller-skating Siamese twins who have grown together by the beard.

Mr. Zabladowski has been given the job of inspecting all the wash basins in the institute. Bart asks him for help, which Mr. Zabladowski only gives him after much deliberation. You build a sound-absorbing device and thus sabotage the first appearance of the giant piano. The other prisoners begin to riot, the sound absorber explodes and Bart wakes up.

The real Mr. Zabladowski invites Bart's mother for a ride into town in his jeep. Bart leaves class.

Reviews

"A surreal film in which delicious images and fantastic equipment combine to create a visually imaginative, grotesquely comical and parodic musical full of subtle irony."

- Lexicon of international film

"Musically unimportant [...] sometimes even original, also sentimental and thus consumer-friendly."

- film watchers

"A very unusual offer [...] which, however, will have a very difficult time in the long run."

- Variety

background

  • Mary Healy and Peter Lind Hayes were married in real life.
  • The film was not a financial success. With a budget of $ 1.6 million, he only grossed $ 250,000 in the United States.
  • George Chakiris , who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1962, can be seen here in a small role as a dancer.
  • Co-composer Nelson Riddle , who is not named in the credits, won an Oscar for Best Score in 1975. His colleague Heinz Roemfeld, who was also not mentioned, came to the set with an Oscar award. He won his statue in 1943.
  • Clem Beauchamp, the film's production manager, won an Oscar in 1936 in the then existing Best Assistant Director category .
  • Jean Louis , who was honored with an Oscar in 1957, was responsible for the costumes .
  • Sound engineer Harry W. Gerstad also came to the film with an Oscar award. In 1950 and 1953 he was awarded.
  • The two-time Oscar winner Morris Stoloff acted as musical director . In 1945 and 1947 he received the Oscar, another was added in 1961.

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Lexicon of International Films 2000/2001 (CD-ROM)
  2. ↑ http://imdb.com/title/tt0045464/business