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Our Town(Movie, 1940)

1h 30min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
Our TownRating: 2.9/5 (with 1212 votes)
Our Town is a 1940 American drama romance film adaptation of the 1938 play of the same name by Thornton Wilder, starring Martha Scott as Emily Webb, and William Holden as George Gibbs. The cast also included Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee and Frank Craven. It was adapted by Harry Chandlee, Craven and Wilder, and directed by Sam Wood. The film was a faithful reproduction of the play except for two significant changes: the film used scenery, whereas the play had not; the events of the third act, which in the play revolve around the death of one of the main characters, were turned into a dream from which she awakens,... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Our Town

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Sound

About Our Town

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: New Hampshire
Plays in: New Hampshire
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 05/24/1940
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Notre village"
"Sinfonía de la vida"
"Une petite ville sans histoire"

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Other movies with this title: Our Town (US, 1955), Our Town (JP, 1956), Our Town (1977), Our Town (1989), Our Town (US, 2003), Our Town (KR, 2007), Our Town (2022)

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