Joe Dante on THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.

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Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn never forgave producer Stanley Kramer for this early Dr. Seuss fantasy that was supposed to be another The Wizard of Oz but turned out more like Willie Wonka as directed by Liberace. One of the stranger major studio "family" films, with subtexts you just don't wanna know about. Seuss once claimed that Kramer actually directed most of the picture after director Roy Rowland fell ill. Kramer partner Carl Foreman had been slated to direct before he was blacklisted.
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@hulakan 2 года назад

One morning, in 1959, I woke up before my parents, went downstairs and switched on the TV to watch the children's channel. There before me, in glorious black and white, were the opening credits to this movie. I sat spellbound through the whole mad adventure and never forgot it. Hans Conried became my favorite movie villain of all time, and his "Dress Me" song never faded from my memory. Some thirty years later a friend sent me a VHS tape of the movie, and I saw it for the first time in color. I was blown away all over again. I used to show it to students in Language Lab class, and was delighted when some girls left the class singing Tommy Rettig's "Little Kids" song.

@Theomite 9 лет назад

"This is not a film we'll ever see restored in our lifetime." WE'LL SEE ABOUT *THAT!!!!* COME EVERYBODY! TO THE CRITERION COLLECTION REQUEST PAGE!!!

@joeybaseball7352 4 года назад

There's a bluray now.

@jackgrattan3144 10 лет назад

If nothing else, the production designer on this film should have won an Oscar. There is just something vaguely disquieting about seeing Seussian architecture in three dimensions. Maybe they should have got Frank Tashlin to direct it. And who better to play Dr. T than Snidely Whiplash himself, Hans Conried.

@joeybaseball7352 4 года назад

And the grinch and cat in the hat.

@yosefdemby8792 3 года назад

Tashlin did, after all, direct some Private Snafu cartoons.

@yosefdemby8792 2 года назад

The production designer was Rudolph Sternad.

@robertskotak7389 7 лет назад

Years ago I published a magazine. It's primary purpose was "making of..." retrospective articles. This was to be one of our key retrospects. We'd interviewed Stanley Kramer, Tommy Rettig, Hans Conried, and "Dr. Seuss" himself (not his real name, of course..and, btw, he had some problems with the film but actually liked it for the most part)...and others. However, the person who co-interviewed all these folks died and, unfortunately was in possession of all the taped interviews at his house. His room mate wound up grabbing up much of this person's film material, including all the unpublished 5,000 FINGERS interview tapes, and disappeared. No one was able to track him down. And, thus....this planned, big, very detailed retrospective article came to nothing. By the time of the theft of the tapes, the principal players mentioned above had either passed on or weren't able to re-do the interviews. All that remains are great memories and some interesting behind-scenes photos. What a friggin' loss!

@hankjenningsbigbuzzard 7 лет назад

Can you at least post the pictures?

@nicholasmoose6574 6 лет назад

Are you serious? Cuz everything I have heard makes it sound like he HATED this movie!! He liked it?

@jamesrael9557 6 лет назад

That is, indeed, a shame. I just rewatched the picture for the first time in probably twenty-five years, since I was a wee lad. And I found it brilliant. I would love to have heard more information on interpretation, production, and insights.

@stevebruce7206 28 дней назад

He hated the bad reviews and poor reception @@nicholasmoose6574

@ricardocantoral7672 7 лет назад

I read Hans Conried's biography and I found out some interesting tidbits contained in the film's first draft. * Mrs. Collins' cage originally was suspended above Dr.T's bed and she was to recite some rather strange dialogue in which she stated her loyalty to T. * Dr. T had a saber which he would use to cut the heads off incompetent henchmen. They would rise again as zombies. * There was going to be a grand musical finale which motivated the twins to strangle Dr.T to death.

@Isthatchicken01 9 лет назад

This movie scared me as a kid!!!

@nitanice 5 лет назад

I saw this when I was about six to eight in the 60s. Scared the heck out of me! I've been trying to Google it for years with search terms like 50s or 60s kids movie piano. That's all I could remember. Finally have closure, and I look forward to watching it anew, hopefully a bit less scared this time!

@ShaunCollege 2 года назад

Wow, same.

@BESTVOFICIAL 10 лет назад

One of my favorites movies ever...

@IamIUrU77 4 месяца назад

Hans Conreid is a legend!!! He's great!! He is in so many great radio shows!! Amazing character actor!! He is in all my favorite radio shows, from Life with Luigi, Life with Riley, and My Favorite Husband, I believe he has made an appearance in all of them. If you haven't heard these shows look them up because I listen to them or at least one of them every night going to bed!! Oh, he is the neighbor on My Friend Irma!!! An absolute legend!!!

@gregorymaldonadowestcta8002 3 года назад

I grew up with this film and always loved it, although I didn't get to see it in color because we had a B&W TV. I later had the fortune of seeing the the beautiful 35mm IB/dye-transfer Technicolor print of this at UCLA several times. The Blu-ray really does look like the IB print. There is a 3-CD set of the entire song list and score which is great. Bottom line, this movie made me who I am today, a professional musician with a warped sense of humor. :-)

@hughiedavies6069 4 месяца назад

I remember watching this film when I was a child and absolutely loved it , I wasn't sure if I'd dreamt it.

@oldpcgamers7450 10 месяцев назад

This movie terrified me as a child.

@KRhetor 7 лет назад

I sought this out after hearing Harlan Ellison rave about it. Hans Conreid was in one of my very favorite science fiction films of the Fifties, The Monster That Challenged the World.

@queenglamazona8789 Год назад

That one was Really Scary.

@d.s.1653 5 месяцев назад

We loved this movie as kids and any of the 'problems' blissfully went right over our heads.

@SirSmoldham 9 лет назад

I am so happy to see this here. To the dungeon everyone!

@jenniferstauff746 4 года назад

Currently streaming on the Criterion Channel!

@mhpoe2130 3 месяца назад

There are comments ive read about this movie that are similar to mine and i don't know why this movie fascinates me so much, but i first saw it as a teenager back in the eighties when i got very sick and was drunk on NyQuil and antibiotics. I remember just staring at the tv wondering if what i was seeing was a real movie. It really fried my brain for a couple of hours.

@only257 11 лет назад

Impressive set designs, good movie

@wharfrat7900 5 лет назад

Dr. Seuss disliked the final result and especially hated the way the script was tampered with behind his back, etc. After the experience he had with this movie, it took a lot of persuading on Chuck Jones' part to get Seuss to do the television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". I'm reading a Seuss biography right now.

@wharfrat7900 5 лет назад

@paul w Dr. Seuss considered the film a "disaster" as he stated in his own notes.

@ricardocantoral7672 5 лет назад

I know the film was butchered prior ot it's release to the general public. Such a shame that we'll never see a complete cut of the movie.

@oliverbrownlow5615 4 года назад

@Ricardo Cantoral Never say never.

@yosefdemby8792 3 года назад

Was it the one by Brian Jay Jones?

@mikepatrick5909 4 года назад

Hans Conried kinda looks like Joe Flaherty from SCTV here..lol

@tjm3900 2 месяца назад

I remember seeing this movie on TV as a kid in the UK, I thought it really creepy ! I did not know of Dr Suess until I came to Canada many years later. I thought his books were creepy also. I only leaned that Dr Suess was behind this movie a few days ago.

@maydom04 Год назад

Quite the change of movie title.

@ArianaAlexis 4 года назад

Got to see this. Looks scary.

@mikesilva3868 2 года назад

Good movie saw it on vhs from my library in 2009 🙃

@EastCoastHalloween 6 лет назад

March 10, 2018 on Svengoolie / MeTV !!

@richardmurphy9006 10 лет назад

Genuinely peculiar

@robertscott8336 2 года назад

"The results don't please anyone ..." LOL: How wrong can anyone be?

@loginregional Год назад

This was my favourite in the 60s as a child. It's ATOMIC!

@bryanmiller5060 5 лет назад

A seriously twisted movie and it gave me nightmares.

@weirdproq 11 лет назад

I wonder if there ever was a trailer for The Terror of Tiny Town.

@queenglamazona8789 Год назад

The only movie with an All Midget Cast.

@azrielhopkins7795 5 лет назад

The Baby Sitters Club for me.

@MrCrispian 9 лет назад

Better without the pompous over dub

@davidpalmer7175 Год назад

Gee... How F##KING deep you are!

@TomYaz 9 лет назад

this film should of incorporated animation and it would of worked much better.

@michellenataliatorres7712 9 лет назад

fanny bideos

@hulakan 2 года назад

"should have" ... "would have"

@TomYaz 2 года назад

@@hulakan true. It’s been slated to be a broadway musical many times and never happened

@dybbuk4640 4 года назад

a subjective marxist critique that goes nowhere in terms of artistry and innovation

@LannieLord 11 месяцев назад

The woman who plays the mother is especially awful !

@queenglamazona8789 Год назад

One of the Weirdest Musicals ever made. Probably wasn't very Successful. Doctor Seuss never worked on another Movie ever again.

@LannieLord Год назад

The movie has GOOD visuals , but lousy ACTING and horrible SONGS. A woman I knew way back in the 1980s SWEARS that toy stores used to sell the HATS with the little HAND on it back when the movie came out . I've been buying , selling and collecting vintage toys since 1983 - NOT ONCE did I see the hat for sale .

@palmereldritch7777 11 месяцев назад

But if you would put em on the market now, i'm sure you'd find plenty of buyers. As for the songs.......there are some genius songs there, the do-mi-do duds is masterful, music/ lyrics, dleivery, staging, costuming......the department story elevator.....SOO good, i wish there'd be more floors though.........The Terwilliker institute song - the Michael Kid orchestra dance number is legend.....

@LannieLord 11 месяцев назад

I had no idea Michael Kidd was involved ! @@palmereldritch7777