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1776

Title

1776 / Columbia Pictures presents ; music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ; screenplay by Peter Stone ; produced by Jack L. Warner ; directed by Peter H. Hunt.

Publication

Culver City, California : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002]
©2002

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Description

1 videodisc (approximately 166 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1776 is a musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around familiar historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from England. All events lead up to that most significant date, July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Uniform Title

1776 (Motion picture : 1972)

Alternative Title

Seventeen seventy six

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Note

Book by Peter Stone. Based on the musical play "1776" produced on the New York stage by Stuart Ostrow.
Film version originally released in 1972.
The DVD "restored" version runs ca. 166 minutes-- longer than the theatrical release cut, yet shorter than the laserdisc "restored" version.
Special features: commentary with director Peter Hunt and writer Peter Stone, screen tests, trailer from the film and other trailers, production notes.
"© Copyright 1972 by Jack L. Warner and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc."--Opening credits.

Credits (note)

Musical numbers choreograpged by Onna White.

Performer (note)

William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Blythe Danner, John Cullum, Roy Poole, David Ford, Virginia Vestoff.

Audience (note)

Rated PG, for language.

System Details (note)

DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital 5.1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio).
DVD, Region 1 encoding.

Language (note)

English soundtrack; optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Call Number

NCOX 2745

ISBN

0767860322

LCCN

043396058910

OCLC

50857182
50857182

Title

1776 / Columbia Pictures presents ; music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ; screenplay by Peter Stone ; produced by Jack L. Warner ; directed by Peter H. Hunt.

Publisher

Culver City, California : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002]

Copyright Date

Edition

[Restored director's cut].

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

System Details

DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital 5.1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio).

Cast

William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Blythe Danner, John Cullum, Roy Poole, David Ford, Virginia Vestoff.

Credits

Musical numbers choreograpged by Onna White.

Audience

Rated PG, for language.

Language

English soundtrack; optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details

DVD, Region 1 encoding.

Added Author

Edwards, Sherman, composer.

Edwards, Sherman, lyricist.

Stone, Peter, 1930-2003, screenwriter.

Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978, film producer.

Hunt, Peter H., film director.

Daniels, William, 1927- actor.

Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986, actor.

Howard, Ken, 1944-2016, actor.

Madden, Donald, 1933-1983, actor.

Danner, Blythe, actor.

Cullum, John, 1930- actor.

Poole, Roy, 1924-1986, actor.

Ford, David, 1925-1983, actor.

Vestoff, Virginia, actor.

White, Onna, choreographer.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Edwards, Sherman. 1776.

Columbia Pictures, presenter.

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

Added Title

Seventeen seventy six

Container of (work): 1776 (Motion picture : 1972)

Other Standard Identifier

043396058910

Publisher No.

05891 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Research Call Number

NCOX 2745

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