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Best Edited Feature Film | 1970 | William Reynolds
Best Actress Comedy or Musical | 1970 | Barbra Streisand
Best Director | 1970 | Gene Kelly
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1970 | Gene Kelly
Budget 24,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 33,208,099 USD
According to Michael Crawford, he auditioned for Gene Kelly in his hotel room. Kelly asked him if he knew any tap steps, and tried to coach him on some on top of the coffee table. Crawford tried to imitate him, but was so nervous at the idea of dancing with the famous dancer and choreographer that he kept messing up. He was convinced he'd failed the audition, when Kelly told him "What we're looking for is an attractive idiot: My wife thinks you're attractive, and I think you're an idiot!", telling him he'd gotten the part.
This was the very first film released on home video (VHS and Betamax) in the US. It was released in fall 1977 by the Magnetic Video Corporation, the first of the 50 original films it licensed from Fox. Its catalog number was CL-1001.
On a break from filming, Walter Matthau and Michael Crawford visited a nearby racetrack and saw a horse named Hello Dolly. Matthau refused to place a bet on it because it reminded him of Barbra Streisand, whom he detested. Crawford placed a bet on the horse. It won the race, and Matthau refused to speak to Crawford for the rest of the shoot unless absolutely necessary.
When director George Roy Hill heard about the turn-of-the-century New York set constructed for the film, he wanted to use it for a brief sequence in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) in which Butch, Sundance, and Etta Place visit the Big Apple. The producers didn't want it to appear in another movie. However, 20th Century Fox allowed Hill to take still photographs of his stars Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross on the set, surrounded by the extras, who appear in the old-time, tinted photos as city crowds. They were used in a montage sequence that served as a transition between the U.S. West and Bolivia sections of the movie.
Gene Kelly fought to keep Michael Crawford's singing voice, which the producers wanted to dub.
"Dolly Levi: Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around, encouraging young things to grow."
"Horace: Ninety percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in danger of contamination."
