Friday, March 09, 2007
Fiddler on the Roof
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: I'm not sure it's even necessary to talk about why my mother loves this movie. It has been easy for me to forget to purchase because there is something about Topol's performance that irritates me, but, I like everyone else's performances, love the dances, love the fiddler, love most of the songs, usually sing along to them when the movie plays...so, when it showed up on cable one day a month or so ago and Mom was so sure we owned it that she asked me to replay the dancing at the wedding party, I realized, oops, it's time to purchase it!
Update 8/2/21: Funny thing about this movie. Although I donated it to my local library branch quite a while ago, like, years ago, every time I run across it on television, I watch it, once per appearance on whatever channel. I continue to feel exactly the same way I wrote, above, but, I don't know, maybe it's the musical numbers, maybe it's that watching this movie brings my dead mother back into my living room ... I'm not sure. As long as my library has copies of this movie, though (and, it has several, it remains very popular and easily viewable), I'll not be replacing it in my collection.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Chaim Topol Tevye Norma Crane Golda Rosalind Harris Tzeitel Michele Marsh Hodol Neva Small Chava Molly Picon Yente Paul Mann Lazar Leonard Frey Motel Kamzoil Paul Michael Glaser Perchik Raymond Lovelock Fyedka Elaine Edwards Shprintze Candy Bonstein Bielke
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1971
Directed by Norman Jewison.
Labels: dance, drama7, musical1, period3, romance2
