DVD

Fiddler on the roof [videorecording] / The Mirisch Production Company presents a Norman Jewison film ; screenplay by Joseph Stein ; produced and directed by Norman Jewison.

Topol, 1935- (Added Author). Crane, Norma, 1931-1973 (Added Author). Frey, Leonard, 1938-1988 (Added Author). Picon, Molly. (Added Author). Mann, Paul, 1915-1985 (Added Author). Jewison, Norman, 1926- (Added Author). Morris, Oswald, 1915- (Added Author). Gibbs, Antony, 1925- (Added Author). Lawrence, Robert. (Added Author). Bock, Jerry. (Added Author). Harnick, Sheldon. (Added Author). Robbins, Jerome. (Added Author). Stern, Isaac, 1920- (Added Author). Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the roof. (Added Author). Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 (Added Author). Mirisch Company. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). MGM Home Entertainment Inc. (Added Author). Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0792850998 :
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (179 min.; double-sided) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2001, c1971.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Side A: feature film; side B: special features. Special features: "Norman Jewison, filmmaker" documentary; audio commentary by Norman Jewison and Topol; previously deleted song "Any day now"; "Tevye's dream" in full color; stories of Sholom Aleichem and historical background read by Norman Jewison, and storyboard to film comparison.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photography, Oswald Morris ; editors, Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence ; soloist, Isaac Stern ; music by Jerry Bock ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; original choreography, Jerome Robbins.
Participant or Performer Note:	Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann.
Target Audience Note:	Rated G.
System Details Note:	DVD ; widescreen ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Language Note:	In English with subtitles in English, French and Spanish. Closed-captioned; English, French, and Spanish subtitles.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, 1971: Best cinematography, best adapted music/song, best sound.