The Fantasticks

Name: The Fantasticks
Genre: Musical
Released: 1964-10-18
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Bert Lahr, Stanley Holloway

TV Movie
1964

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Stanley Holloway and Bert Lahr in The Fantasticks (1964)

Musical

Neighboring widowers plot to romantically unite their son and daughter by pretending to feud and forbidding the two children to associate with each other. Their scheme works and the two youn... Read allNeighboring widowers plot to romantically unite their son and daughter by pretending to feud and forbidding the two children to associate with each other. Their scheme works and the two youngsters fall head-over-heels in love. To end their "feud" the fathers hire a bandit and his... Read allNeighboring widowers plot to romantically unite their son and daughter by pretending to feud and forbidding the two children to associate with each other. Their scheme works and the two youngsters fall head-over-heels in love. To end their "feud" the fathers hire a bandit and his henchmen to fake an abduction and allow the son to rout the assailants. The plan works, b... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

YOUR RATING

4User reviews

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Based on the longest playing musical in NY theater history.

Quotes
[first lines]
El Gallo: Let me tell you a few things before we begin the play. First of all, the characters: a boy, a girl, two fathers. It is hard to know what is most important or how it all began. The boy was born, the girl was born, they grew up - quickly - went to school, became shy in their own ways and for different reasons. Read romances, studied cloud formations in the lazy afternoon and instead of reading textbooks tried to memorize the moon.

Connections
Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Soundtracks
Try to Remember
(uncredited)
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Lyrics by Tom Jones
Performed by Ricardo Montalban

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Featured review

6/10

As good as can be expected from a mediocre (incomplete) cast

The singing and dancing are just ok, at best, but I didn't expect otherwise. What surprised me was that the identities of the Henry and Mortimer actors are lost to history. Their names aren't listed ANYWHERE on the Internet that I can find. Not in the end credits, not on Wikipedia, not on IMDB...nowhere. Odd. In any event, this version is great to watch simply because it's another version of TF. Those of us enamored (or obsessed) with the show will still hold it dear. It was never going to win any awards, but it's still there, regardless. Oh, and there's no Mute. Kinda takes something away from it, but I understand that choice.