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Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

2022

Documentary, Self: Robert F. Boyle, Jeff Goldblum, Rosalind Harris ...

Documentary Fifty years after the life-affirming tale of Tevye the milkman leaped from stage to screen, the beloved movie's complete 'making-of' odyssey is now told. Reimagining the Broadway hit into a widescreen epic is director Norman Jewison. Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, this insider account from Daniel Raim captures the triumphs and trials of the creative process and Fiddler's unparalleled impact as a cultural force.

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"The results, crammed with film clips and behind-the-scenes footage, will prove fascinating to Fiddler aficionados (...) [It] might have benefited from some more objective perspectives"	POS
United States	Robert Abele The Wrap	"Daniel Raim tracks the miracle of miracles that turned the Broadway hit into a film that remains one of the screen’s greatest musical adaptations"	POS
United States	Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"If this documentary never makes it out of the category of “interesting DVD extra” into a standalone film, it still has some entertaining inside stories (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"[It] is as wondrous, buoyant and heartwarming as the film it celebrates"	POS
United States	Natalia Winkelman The New York Times	"Other making-of stories show film sets as sites of chaos, mishaps and folly (...)Here was a production that instead came together under seemingly minor stress, with all of its players eager to bare their hearts for the camera."	POS

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