Finian's Rainbow
A leprechaun with issues, a new dam, and a bigot Senator all play into this movie starring Fred Astaire as a mysterious Irishman named Finian. All heck breaks loose when he and daughter Sharon arrive one day in Rainbow Valley, a small Southern town of tobacco sharecroppers in the mythical state of Missitucky.
Price: $14.99
Details: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, this movie stars Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, and Don Francks. Runtime is 141 minutes; released in theaters Oct. 9, 1968; on DVD March 15, 2005. Rated G.
Why It’s Just as Good as a Pot of Gold: Ok, this movie is trying to be a lot of things, but most of all, it’s a great musical with beautiful tunes, like Petula Clark’s “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?”
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