Fiddler on the roof /

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 precariousl...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Fiddler on the roof (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Bock, Jerry (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Mirisch Company, MGM Home Entertainment Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc, National Film Board of Canada
Other Authors:	Jewison, Norman, 1926- (Director), Stein, Joseph (Screenwriter), Topol, 1935- (Actor), Crane, Norma, 1931-1973 (Actor), Frey, Leonard, 1938-1988 (Actor), Picon, Molly (Actor), Mann, Paul, 1915-1985 (Actor), Morris, Oswald, 1915-2014 (Cinematographer), Gibbs, Antony, 1925-2016, Lawrence, Robert (Film editor), Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001 (Performer), Harnick, Sheldon (Lyricist), Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916, Williams, John, 1932- (Conductor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Edition:	2-disc collector's ed.
Subjects:	Ṭeṿye (Fictitious character : Sholem Aleichem) > Drama. Jews > Ukraine > Social life and customs > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Musical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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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.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. Based on the stage play by Joseph Stein, adapted from the stories of Sholem Aleichem. Special features, disc 1: Audio commentary by director/producer Norman Jewison and actor Topol. disc 2: Featurettes: John Williams: creating a musical tradition; Tevye's daughters; Set in reality production design; Songs of Fiddler on the roof; Historical background: read by Norman Jewison with photographs by Ann Weiss; Norman Jewison, filmmaker / National Film Board of Canada ; director, Douglas Jackson (1971; 49 min.); Norman Jewison looks back; Tevye's dream in full color; The stories of Sholom Aleichem, read by Norman Jewison. Deleted song, "Any day now"; Production design and storyboards; still gallery, trailers & tv spots. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Audience:	MPAA rating: G.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editors, Antony Gibbs, Robert Lawrence ; original choreography by Jerome Robbins ; adapted by Tom Abbott ; soloist, Isaac Stern ; music, Jerry Bock ; lyrics, Sheldon Harnick ; music adapted and conducted by John Williams.