Finian McLonergan
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Not as bad as legend has it, but Francis Ford Coppola's film of Finian's Rainbow can hardly be called good. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2011
- Finian's Rainbow - Rotten Tomatoes
Feisty Irishman Finian McLonergan (Fred Astaire) and his...
- Finian's Rainbow - Rotten Tomatoes
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 ...
- (15)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- G
- Fred Astaire
141 minutes ‧ 1968. Roger Ebert. October 14, 1968. 4 min read. “Finian’s Rainbow” is the best of the recent roadshow musicals, perhaps because it’s the first to cope successfully with the longer roadshow form.
- Finian’s Rainbow
- Best in Context-Free Commentary
- Final Thoughts
Commentator: Francis Ford Coppola(director) 1. Regarding the film’s opening frame featuring the word “overture” onscreen, he says it’s because this was what was referred to as a roadshow production. “They were like a night at the theater. You were given a program, it was an event, and as you came to your seat there was an overture playing.” It’s a ...
“My request to shoot Finian’s Rainbowon location was denied.” “So here’s the very unlikely plot device.” “It was a source of great embarrassment to me that in a number of scenes when Fred danced his feet were cut off.” “I like this sequence though with the tree.” “I thought I knew how to stage musical numbers.” “I look at that and I just see sod.” ...
Finian’s Rainbowisn’t a great film, but for the standards of the time and the genre it seems competent enough. Its biggest issue is its excessive length, and it’s there where Coppola spends a good amount of his commentary’s focus. There’s quite a bit he would do differently as a more seasoned director, and much of it comes down to trimming numerous...
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.
- (10)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- G
- Fred Astaire
Finian's Rainbow (1968) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Don Francks, Tommy Steele, Keenan Wynne, Barbara Hancock, Ronald Colby, Al Freeman Jr., Wright King, Dolph Sweet, Louil Silas.
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Finian's Rainbow. 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.
