Once More, with Feeling!

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Once More, with Feeling!

Original film poster
Directed by Stanley Donen
Produced by Stanley Donen
Written by Harry Kurnitz
Starring Yul Brynner
Kay Kendall
Gregory Ratoff
Music by Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
arranged by
Muir Mathieson
Cinematography Georges Périnal
Editing by Jack Harris
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States 11 February 1960
Running time 92 min
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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Once More, with Feeling! is a 1960 comedy film made by Columbia Pictures. It was directed and produced by Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Harry Kurnitz, based on his play. The film has music by Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner, arranged by Muir Mathieson. The cinematography was by Georges Périnal and the costume design by Givenchy.

The film stars Yul Brynner and Kay Kendall with Gregory Ratoff and Geoffrey Toone.

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The play Once More, With Feeling which was adapted for this film, opened on Broadway on 21 October 1958 at the National Theatre, in a production directed by George Axelrod and designed by George Jenkins. It starred Joseph Cotten, Arlene Francis and Walter Matthau, who was nominated for a Tony Award as Best featured actor. The play ran for 263 performances.

The film was Kay Kendall's last. She died of leukemia on September 6, 1959, prior to the film's release.

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