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Description: | The 1967 film of Dr Dolittle, with Rex Harrison in the lead role, was clearly an attempt to copy the success of Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). Unfortunately, although a reasonable success with audiences, the film was almost universally critically trashed. It had an $18 million budget and lasted 152 minutes - far too long, in the opinion of most. To everybody's surprise it received a host of Academy Award nominations, including Best Sound, Best Musical Score, Best Cinematography, even being one of the five films nominated for that year's Best Picture Award (although only won for Best Special Effects and Best Song). This tin is clearly part of the publicity drive for the film and it shares many features with the 'Ben Hur' tin of 1961, the 'My Fair Lady Tin' of 1960 and the 'Mutiny on the Bounty' tin of 1962-1963. It was produced for mail order. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | Doctor Dolittle natural science clown elephant narrative Hugh Lofting tent snail recreation animal | Temporal: | start=1968-01-01; end=1968-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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