Finians rainbow 1968 official trailer fred astaire, francis ford coppola movie hd. There is something awfully depressing about seeing finians rainbow this year this waywith fred astaire looking ancient, far beyond his years, collapsed and redeyed. The musical comedy concerns the efforts of irish immigrant finian. Finians rainbow 1968 francis ford coppola synopsis. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Finians rainbow is the first major film directed by francis ford coppola. Nearly 20 years after it opened on broadway, the e. Finians rainbow 1968 official trailer fred astaire, francis ford. Fred astaire, petula clark, tommy steele, don francks. An irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the american south with a magical piece of gold that will change people s lives, including a struggling farmer and african american citizens threatened by a bigoted politician. Finians rainbow original motion picture soundtrack. Screen legend fred astaire is an irish rogue whose leprechaun comes to life in the american south. It doesnt feel like a throwback, it feels like a big hollywood musical film made just as they were going out style, and after most. Finians rainbow 1968 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Enjoy all the albums new movie with all faves movie streaming in. Finians rainbow 1968 stream and watch online moviefone. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing finians rainbow near you. Finians rainbow is the best of the recent roadshow musicals, perhaps because its the first to cope successfully with the longer roadshow form. The town has its own resident dreamer, woody, who thinks that he might be able to put the town on the map by crossing mint with tobacco so that itll grow mentholated. And as a musical finians rainbow is sold fred astaire musical about tolerance. They depended on charm and the great talents of their performers. Watch for free download finians rainbow movie online with single fill out the form by clicking on the image of the sign up button.
Finians rainbow 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Harburgfred saidy musical finians rainbow was committed to film. An underrated musical, admittedly a little dated in the social comment on labour exploitation and race relations which. An irishman, finian, and his daughter sharon, arrive in rainbow valley, a southern town of tobacco sharecroppers in the state of missitucky. The great entertainer sang and danced his last musical lead in finians rainbow, director francis ford coppolas exuberant movie of the 1947 broadway hit. Add finians rainbow to your watchlist to find out when its coming back. Finians rainbow movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Harburg and fred saidy about a leprechauns stolen crockogold. The best musicals of the past astaire and rogers in the 1930s, gene kellys and stanley donens productions in the 1950s were rather modest in length and cost. Finians rainbow is a 1968 irishamerican musical film directed by francis ford coppola and starring fred astaire and petula clark.
Set in the mythical southern state of missitucky, the story involves the whimsical irishman finian fred astaire and his daughter sharon petula clark arriving in the community carrying a crock of gold, which theyve stolen in the auld sod from ogg the leprechaun tommy. When finian goes into the woods to bury the crock of gold, there is an overhead shot looking down on him while he is digging the hole. His plan is to bury a leprechauns pot of gold that hes brought with him so that it will grow faster. Finians rainbow was already out of date when it was made. Finians rainbow dvd he wears a ratty old cardigan instead of tails, a battered felt hat in place of a topper but one glimpse of those agile feet and you know hes fred astaire.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended. The question of how well finians rainbow has aged since it made its broadway debut in 1947 inspires a less affirmative response. Something lovely and nostalgic could have been made out of old missitucky for the generation that grew up on finians rainbow and brigadoon. Feisty irishman finian mclonergan fred astaire and his faithful daughter, sharon petula clark, bearing a pot of gold stolen from the leprechaun og tommy steele, settle in the village of.
A musical morality tale about prejudice directed by francis ford copolla and starring fred astaire. Watch finians rainbow online stream full movie directv. Finians rainbow cast and crew cast photos and info. The music is very upbeat and vibrant and endearing. Finians rainbow is one franchise ford coppola film i never seen. It is also a satire on race relations in the precivil rights era united states. There are no tv airings of finians rainbow in the next 14 days.
Beautifully clear, extremely detailed and i watch via video projection with cinema quality on 8ft widescreen, this is the way to finally view this wonderful movie in. Scene from the francis ford coppola musical finians rainbow 1968 featuring the hilarious al freeman, jr. The second broadway revival of the 1947 musical finians rainbow following the first, in 1960 opened on october 29, 2009, and closed two and a half months later on january 17, 2010, after only 92 performances, despite having been well received by critics. With fred astaire, petula clark, tommy steele, don francks.
It shows quite a lot of dirt between the pile of dirt he has heaped up and the hole, enough to cover up the grass immediately around the hole on that side. But his plans go awry when his daughter makes the wrong wish while astaire stands over the magical pot. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Tonight, thanks to turner classic movies, i finally watched it again. Favorite songs include just in time and the partys over. Harburg and fred saidy is based on their 1947 stage musical of the same name. The film was finians rainbow 1968, starring fred astaire in his last screen musical. A whimsical, musical fantasy directed by mastermind francis ford coppola bram stokers dracula, the godfather and costarring pop staractress petula clark goodbye, mr.
Watch finians rainbow starring fred astaire in this music on directv. It is a highly original film full of charm, humor, wit, great characters, song and dance. Feisty irishman finian mclonergan fred astaire and his faithful daughter, sharon petula clark, bearing a pot of gold stolen from the leprechaun og tommy steele, settle in the village of rainbow valley, missitucky. A mysterious irishman, finian, and his beautiful daughter sharon, arrive one day in rainbow valley, a small southern town of tobacco sharecroppers in the mythical state of missitucky. Finians rainbow 1968 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Finians rainbow original, musical, comedy, broadway opened in new york city jan 10, 1947 and played through oct 2, 1948. First, finians rainbow does not take place in tennessee. I had purchased the lp many years ago and played it quite often. Finians rainbow movie 1968 fred astaire, francis ford coppola. Check if it is available to stream online via where to. For some reason this song always gets stuck in my head lol. Unfortunately finians rainbow is to long, feels stagey at time, and feel francis ford coppola version of rob marshall film. Finians rainbow 1968 directed by francis ford coppola.
A whimsical, musical fantasy directed by mastermind francis ford coppola. Finians rainbow 2009 broadway revival cast original. Finians rainbow official trailer one of many musical stinkers made during a decade infamous for them, finians rainbow is sadly notable as the last screen musical of the genres greatest star. It marked the first major studio feature for coppola, who up until this point had directed bmovies like the playgirls and the bellboy 1962 and dementia 1963. The musical comedy concerns the efforts of irish immigrant finian fred astaire, who has stolen a pot of gold from a. Finians came to town because hes stolen a leprechauns crock of gold and plans to. Finians rainbow is a bloated oddity directed by a young francis ford coppola and starring astaire as. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title finians rainbow. I dont know what has caused the turnabout in my opinion, except perhaps the lack of quality of most of the musical films that have come along since finians rainbow in. The hendersonville film society will show finians rainbow at 2 p. Released october 9th, 1968, finians rainbow stars fred astaire, petula clark, tommy steele, keenan wynn the g movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Loved this movie with petula clarke and fred astaire. The movie only mentions rainbow valley, but onstage the valley is in missitucky, home to fort knox. It is a fantasy about an irishman and his daughter who steal a.
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