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  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary 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 visionary director Norman Jewison for whom the project proves deeply personal and transformative. Rare on-location footage and new...

Directed By: Daniel Raim

Written By: Michael Sragow, Daniel Raim

  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2022
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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 visionary director Norman Jewison for whom the project proves deeply personal and transformative. Rare on-location footage and new...

Directed By: Daniel Raim

Written By: Michael Sragow, Daniel Raim

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90
May 5, 2022
The documentary Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen is as wondrous, buoyant and heartwarming as the film it celebrates.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
May 24, 2022
Fiddler’s Journey aims to tell a story that delves into more than creative and technical details. Although it is also about those details.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 29, 2022
The best part of a documentary like Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen is how it peeks into the thinking of those rare people who can piece together the impossible movie jigsaw puzzle, in order to show us our world, our community, our families, and ourselves.
By Nell Minow FULL REVIEW
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Apr 29, 2022
While it may have started as a spellbinding evening of theater, what Raim’s unfussy, handsomely mounted documentary reinforces is that film is its own spiritually transporting medium, with its own risks and rewards, and its own ability to turn the enjoyment of art into — what else? — tradition!
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
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Apr 28, 2022
Raim is interested in how Jewison sought to preserve the story’s essence while making creative updates, and in doing so “Fiddler’s Journey” touches on issues of Jewish representation but does not interrogate them.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Adama Films
Release Date Apr 29, 2022
Duration 1 h 28 m
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Tagline An intimate portrait of director Norman Jewison and the making of "Fiddler on the Roof."
Website https://www.facebook.com/FiddlerDocumentary
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Awards

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Houston Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
RiverRun International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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