Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Fiddler On The Roof (1971)

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Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 11-06-2005, 01:08 PM:

MGM
SCOPE 2.35:1
10 Reels
Dolby SR*
Running Time ~ 180 mins.
Intermission starts at the end of Reel 7, and continues with 5 minutes of Music on the head of Reel 8

*Print Struck - 08/1999
The sound and pcture were off-sync for the first 5 minutes of Reel 5 for this print

Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 11-06-2005, 04:42 PM:

During the original release of this film there were 70MM (Blow-up) 6-Track and 35mm 4-Track Stereo Prints available.

And this film was reissued in 1979 in Dolby A Stereo, but was cut to 149 minutes for that re-release by United Artists.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 11-06-2005, 04:43 PM:

I ran "Fiddler" back when it came out in '72 (and back then it was an a good ol UA release before Cimino destroyed everything and caused Transamerica to sell off UA),no Dolby track was available (who heard of Dolby back then, you saw this on pre-recorded cassettes and 8-tracks..but not for cinema use) with just a good ol' fashioned mono track recorded by Western Electric.

BUT, did see the 70mm version earlier that year. Now, that was an excellent performance!

-Monte