Oklahoma (1955 film)
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DVD cover ("THX" version)
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| Directed by | Fred Zinnemann |
| Produced by | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Written by |
Sonya Levien William Ludwig |
| Based on |
Oklahoma! by Lynn Riggs Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Starring |
Gordon MacRae Shirley Jones Gloria Grahame Gene Nelson Charlotte Greenwood Rod Steiger Eddie Albert James Whitmore |
| Music by |
Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Cinematography |
Robert Surtees Floyd Crosby |
| Edited by | George Boemler Gene Ruggiero |
| Distributed by | Magna Theatre Corporation (70mm) RKO Radio Pictures (35mm) |
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Running time
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145 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.8 million |
| Box office | $7.1 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) |
Oklahoma! is a 1955 musical film based on the 1943 stage musical Oklahoma!, written by composer Richard Rodgers, and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II and starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones (in her film debut), Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore and Eddie Albert. The production was the only musical directed by Fred Zinnemann.Oklahoma! was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process (and, was simultaneously filmed in CinemaScope 35mm).
The film received a rave review from The New York Times, and was voted a "New York Times Critics Pick". In 2007, Oklahoma! was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Curly rides his horse through the cornfield. He arrives at Aunt Eller's farm. Laurey Williams is Aunt Eller's niece, with whom Curly is in love. Laurey clearly feels the same way, but is loath to admit it. Curly has come to ask her to a party that night, but Laurey is offended that Curly has waited until the morning of the party to ask her. To make him jealous, she agrees to go with Jud, Aunt Eller's surly hired hand, though she is afraid of him.
Aunt Eller meets roving cowboy Will Parker at the station, who has just returned from Kansas City, and is hoping to marry Ado Annie. Meanwhile, Laurey meets up with Ado Annie, who is with another man, a traveling salesman named Ali Hakim. Laurey reminds her that Will Parker is returning from Kansas. Ado Annie is in a dilemma, unable to decide between Will and Ali. She explains to Laurey that she can never resist a romantic man, though she knows it is wrong.
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