Finian's Rainbow

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film musical fantasy film

Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 musical fantasy film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on the Broadway stage musical, known for blending romance, satire, and social commentary with song and dance.

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Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow 1
Finian's Rainbow (stage musical) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical fantasy film ⓘ
adaptationOf Finian's Rainbow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow
basedOn Finian's Rainbow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Finian's Rainbow (stage musical)
cinematographyBy Philip H. Lathrop ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
editedBy Melvin Shapiro ⓘ
featuresElement leprechaun ⓘ
magical gold ⓘ
filmingProcess Technicolor ⓘ
genre fantasy film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
romantic film ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
social commentary film ⓘ
hasFormat feature film ⓘ
hasTheme Irish folklore ⓘ
class inequality ⓘ
economic justice ⓘ
racism ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricsBy E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
surface form: E.Y. Harburg
musicBy Burton Lane ⓘ
notableSong How Are Things in Glocca Morra? ⓘ
If This Isn’t Love ⓘ
Look to the Rainbow ⓘ
Old Devil Moon ⓘ
originalStageLyricsBy E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
surface form: E.Y. Harburg
originalStageMusicBy Burton Lane ⓘ
partOf American musical film tradition ⓘ
producer Fred Saidy ⓘ
Joseph Landon ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
releaseDate 1968-10-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 141 ⓘ
screenwriter E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
surface form: E.Y. Harburg

Fred Saidy ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary to late 1940s themes ⓘ
starring Al Freeman Jr. ⓘ
Barbara Hancock ⓘ
Don Francks ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Keenan Wynn ⓘ
Petula Clark ⓘ
Tommy Steele ⓘ

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Finian's Rainbow → adaptationOf → Finian's Rainbow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow → basedOn → Finian's Rainbow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finian's Rainbow (stage musical)
Fred Astaire → notableWork → Finian's Rainbow ⓘ
Frederick → notableWork → Finian's Rainbow ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz
E. Y. Harburg → wroteLyricsFor → Finian's Rainbow ⓘ