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Release Date:
9 January 1956 (Brazil)
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Now a motion picture as big as all outdoors! (first run Todd-AO version) more
Plot:
A couple of young cowboys win the hearts of their sweethearts in the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the century...
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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3 nominations
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Library of Congress Selects 25 More Films
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 27 December 2007)
Eddie Albert Dies at 99
(From IMDb News. 28 May 2005)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 27 December 2007)
Eddie Albert Dies at 99
(From IMDb News. 28 May 2005)
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After over 60 years, Oklahoma! is OK
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gordon MacRae | ... | Curly McLain |
 | Gloria Grahame | ... | Ado Annie Carnes |
 | Gene Nelson | ... | Will Parker |
| Charlotte Greenwood | ... | Aunt Eller Murphy |
| Shirley Jones | ... | Laurey Williams |
| Eddie Albert | ... | Ali Hakim |
| James Whitmore | ... | Andrew Carnes |
 | Rod Steiger | ... | Jud Fry |
| Barbara Lawrence | ... | Gertie Cummings |
| Jay C. Flippen | ... | Ike Skidmore |
| Roy Barcroft | ... | Marshal Cord Elam |
 | James Mitchell | ... | Dream Curly |
| Bambi Linn | ... | Dream Laurey |
| Jennie Workman | ... | Dancer |
| Virginia Bosler | ... | Dancer |
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145 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System) (CinemaScope version) (35 mm magnetic prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (35 mm optical prints)
Certification:
Canada:F (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
West Germany:12 |
Australia:G |
New Zealand:G |
Finland:K-12 |
UK:U |
USA:G (1982)
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Betty Hutton turned down the role of Ado Annie, a role that could have revived her screen career. She instead chose to do a TV special called Satins and Spurs (1954) (TV).
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Continuity: In the early scenes at Aunt Eller's, the corn disappears and reappears between shots.
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Curly: [singing] There's a bright golden haze on the meadow, There's a bright golden haze on the meadow. The corn is as high as a elephant's eye, And it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky. Oh, what a beautiful mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day! I got a beautiful feelin' Everything's goin' my way.
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Curly: [singing] There's a bright golden haze on the meadow, There's a bright golden haze on the meadow. The corn is as high as a elephant's eye, And it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky. Oh, what a beautiful mornin', Oh, what a beautiful day! I got a beautiful feelin' Everything's goin' my way.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (#6.13)" (1993)
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Oklahoma!
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I emphasize 60 because the musical debuted on Broadway in 1943, even though the film version was released 12 years later.
An unforgettable score. Perfect singer-actors. Tantalizing cinematography. It does not seem to get much better than this.
The main thing I admire about Oklahoma is that like the Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptations that would follow it (Carousel, South Pacific, Flower Drum Song, and, of course, The Sound of Music), the movie was fronted by legitimate musical talent, unlike in My Fair Lady and West Side Story. Further, it was a movie that did not rely on major stars, Rod Steiger notwithstanding, to make it an enjoyable picture. (Lest you forget this movie 'introduced' Shirley Jones as Laurey. Lest you would also like to know, the stage musical Oklahoma debuted on March 31, 1943, which coincidentally was a birthday of Miss Jones (I won't say which one). Prophetic? Maybe.