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Oklahoma! was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process (and was simultaneously filmed in CinemaScope 35mm). Set in Oklahoma Territory shortly after the turn of the 20th century, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams (Jones) and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain (MacRae) and the ...
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein.The musical is based on Lynn Riggs's 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs.Set in farm country outside the town of Claremore, Indian Territory, in 1906, it tells the story of farm girl Laurey Williams and her courtship by two rival suitors, cowboy Curly McLain and the sinister and frightening farmhand Jud Fry.
Oklahoma Crude is a 1973 American comedy-drama western film directed by Stanley Kramer in Panavision. It stars George C. Scott , Faye Dunaway , John Mills and Jack Palance . It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where Kramer won the Golden Prize for Direction. [ 2 ]
Hobbs was inducted into the Muskogee-based Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2015. In addition, Hobbs co-wrote the short film “Nanyehi," which was inducted in 2019 into the Oklahoma Movie Hall of ...
The movie won best Indigenous feature and best narrative feature at Oklahoma City's 2023 deadCenter Film Festival, where Tremblay also was named an Oklahoma Film Icon Award winner.
In 1988, Tim Burton's cult-classic movie "Beetlejuice" showcased Harry Belafonte's version of “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” in a comedically haunting way that forever altered people's ...
"Oklahoma" is the title song from the 1943 Broadway musical Oklahoma!, named for the setting of the musical play. The music and lyrics were written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . The melody is reprised in the main title of the 1955 film version and in the overtures of both film and musical productions.
Jan de Bont had never been to Oklahoma or even seen a tornado in person when he first read the script for "Twister." But the Dutch filmmaker knew right away where and when he needed to make the movie.