Our Town | Classic Drama Film

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Multiple Oscar-Nominated Classic Film: Our Town - Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. Our Town (1940) Director: Sam Wood Writers: Thornton Wilder (play), Frank Craven (screenplay), Harry Chandlee (screenplay) Stars: William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter Genre: Drama, Family, Romance Country: United States Language: English Release Date: 24 May 1940 (USA) Filming Location: Point Arena, California, USA Storyline: Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors. Reviews: "Thornton Wilder's classic play is brought to the screen very well in this mostly faithful adaptation. The story is touching, the production values excellent. It's one of the most performed plays even to this day, relating the story of some ordinary townsfolk in a very ordinary place called Grover's Corners, in the early 20th century. The people depicted, of course, represent pretty much, everyone. Its sentimentality seems to have inspired similar stories; notice the parallels to "It's a Wonderful Life," for example. This story has a slightly darker outlook than Wonderful Life, however. The movie only takes one liberty on reworking Wilder's original drama, perhaps to soften the blow of an intensely tragic scene. The slight tampering does not detract from the powerfully emotional and pivotal speech by the central character, Emily, however, since her speech precedes the event that is altered. The story's simple yet profound moral is effectively communicated. The director and cast clearly had affection for each and every character, and it shows in the level of humanity brought to these characters, so that you can care about them as real people, as well as their feelings, aspirations, and fates. A beautiful tale, brought to life by a wonderful cast and expert direction. This one is definitely a classic worth seeing." - written by "MartianOctocretr5" on IMDb.com Also Known As (AKA): (original title) Our Town Argentina Nuestro pueblo Austria Unsere kleine Stadt Belgium (Flemish title) Ons dorpje Belgium (French title) Notre village Brazil Nossa Cidade Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) Нашият град Canada (English title) Our Town Canada (French title) Our Town Denmark Vor lille by Finland Meidän kaupunkimme France Une petite ville sans histoire Germany Unsere kleine Stadt Greece (transliterated title) I mikri mas poli Hungary A mi kis városunk Israel (Hebrew title) Ha-Ira Shelanu Italy La nostra città Japan (Japanese title) 我等の町 Mexico Nuestro pueblo Netherlands Ons dorp Poland Nasze miasto Portugal A Nossa Cidade Soviet Union (Russian title) Наш город Spain Sinfonía de la vida Sweden Vår lilla stad UK Our Town USA Our Town Yugoslavia (Serbian title) Naš grad ···················································································· ✘ Website: FOLLOW US! ✘ Twitter - SUPPORT US! ✘ Membership: MORE MOVIES! ► Film Noir: ► Classic Movies: ► All Playlists: #classicmovies #filmnoir #colorizedmovies ···················································································· COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If you have questions please send an email to: info[at]amogo.de, Amogo Networx - The AVOD Channel Network,