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Oklahoma!

  • 19551955
  • GG
  • 2h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
13K
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Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma! (1955)
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ComedyDramaMusical
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
13K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Fred Zinnemann
  • Writers
    • Sonya Levien(screen play)
    • William Ludwig(screen play)
    • Richard Rodgers(adapted from Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play)
  • Stars
    • Gordon MacRae
    • Gloria Grahame
    • Gene Nelson
  • Director
    • Fred Zinnemann
  • Writers
    • Sonya Levien(screen play)
    • William Ludwig(screen play)
    • Richard Rodgers(adapted from Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play)
  • Stars
    • Gordon MacRae
    • Gloria Grahame
    • Gene Nelson
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 121User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Trailer
    Trailer 3:16
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    Photos17

    Rod Steiger and Shirley Jones in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Shirley Jones and Barbara Lawrence in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Rod Steiger and Shirley Jones in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Charlotte Greenwood and Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Gloria Grahame in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Barbara Lawrence in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Eddie Albert and Barbara Lawrence in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Roy Barcroft in Oklahoma! (1955)
    Oklahoma! (1955)
    Gloria Grahame, Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, and Gene Nelson in Oklahoma! (1955)

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    Gordon MacRae
    Gordon MacRae
    • Curly McLain
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Ado Annie Carnes
    Gene Nelson
    Gene Nelson
    • Will Parker
    Charlotte Greenwood
    Charlotte Greenwood
    • Aunt Eller
    Shirley Jones
    Shirley Jones
    • Laurey Williams
    Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert
    • Ali Hakim
    James Whitmore
    James Whitmore
    • Andrew Carnes
    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Jud Fry
    Barbara Lawrence
    Barbara Lawrence
    • Gertie Cummings
    Jay C. Flippen
    Jay C. Flippen
    • Skidmore
    Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft
    • Marshal
    James Mitchell
    James Mitchell
    • Dream Curly…
    Bambi Linn
    • Dream Laurey…
    Jennie Workman
    • Dancer
    Virginia Bosler
    • Dancer
    Kelly Brown
    Kelly Brown
    • Dancer
    Evelyn Taylor
    • Dancer
    Lizanne Truex
    • Dancer
    • Director
      • Fred Zinnemann
    • Writers
      • Sonya Levien(screen play)
      • William Ludwig(screen play)
      • Richard Rodgers(adapted from Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Tone-deaf Gloria Grahame sang without dubbing. Her songs had to be edited together from recordings made almost literally note by note.
    • Goofs
      When the words "The End" appear a square section of the sky/clouds directly behind "The" suddenly moves upward. However, It is fixed in the Blu-ray release.
    • Quotes

      Will Parker: Now that I got that fifty dollars, you name the date.

      Ado Annie Carnes: August 15th.

      Will Parker: Why August 15th?

      Ado Annie Carnes: Because that was the first day I'se kissed!

      Will Parker: Oh was it? I didn't remember that!

      Ado Annie Carnes: You wasn't there.

    • Alternate versions
      Theatrical versions -- The Todd-AO 70mm version and the CinemaScope 35mm version are completely different, with different opening credits, each scene being shot twice and with different sound mixes. In the Todd-AO version, the titles appear against a black background; then, the black background fades out to reveal two rows of giant cornstalks, through which the camera tracks, until it finds Gordon MacRae singing "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin". In the CinemaScope version, we first see the cornstalks, the camera tracks through them; then, as the words "Rodgers and Hammerstein present" appear on-screen, Gordon MacRae appears and rides up to the camera and then past it off left, as the title "Oklahoma!" appears. The rest of the opening credits in this version are shown against, first, a background of a barn, then, a meadow with a tree nearby. As the credits end, the camera cuts back to MacRae and he begins singing. At the end of the Todd-AO version, we see the words "A Magna Release". At the end of the CinemaScope version, we see the words "A Magna Production - Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures".
    • Connections
      Featured in All You Need Is Love: Introduction (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      Overture
      (uncredited)

      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

      Performed by the 20th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra Conducted by Jay Blackton

    User reviews121

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    Review
    Featured review
    7/10
    Great film adaptation of the Rogers & Hammerstein musical
    The story follows various characters in the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the century. Much of the drama concerns who's taking who to the big dance: Laurey Williams (Shirley Jones) wants to go with Curly McLain (Gordon MacRae), but ends up being asked by the creepy Jud Fry (Rod Steiger). Cowboy Will Parker (Gene Nelson) pines for Ado Annie (Gloria Grahame), but she's with traveling salesman Ali Hakim (Eddie Albert).

    Charlotte Greenwood, with whom I am most familiar in her early talking picture days, shows up in several of these Fox musicals in supporting roles and adds punch to any part she takes.

    This movie is notable for a few reasons. It was the first movie made in the Todd-AO 70mm format, a process so new that, just in case things went wrong, the movie was simultaneously shot in CinemaScope. Most theatergoers saw the CinemaScope version which was distributed by first RKO and then Fox, while the Todd-AO version was taken out by the Magna Theater Corporation as the first of the "roadshow" musicals that began to dominate the genre for the next 20 years.

    Director Fred Zinnemann does a terrific job of utilizing the widescreen format, filling the screen with activity and beautiful scenery. The songs, many of which have become standards, are infectious if occasionally overlong, much like the movie itself. The performances are all BIG, too, from Steiger's method intensity to MacRae's wholesome hero. Lovely Shirley Jones makes her film debut and acquits herself well enough. Gene Nelson gets some of the best dance numbers, naturally. It may be blasphemous, but I could have done without the lengthy vocal-less dancing dream sequence. The movie earned Oscar nominations for Best Color Cinematography (Robert Surtees) and Best Editing (Gene Ruggiero, George Boemler), and it won for Best Score (Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch) and Best Sound.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Oklahoma
    • Filming locations
      • Elgin, Arizona, USA(train station musical number scene)
    • Production company
      • Rodgers & Hammerstein Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,520
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 25 minutes

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