TY - ADVS AU - Warner,Jack L. AU - Edwards,Sherman AU - Stone,Peter AU - Hunt,Peter H. AU - Daniels,William AU - Da Silva,Howard AU - Howard,Ken AU - Madden,Donald AU - Danner,Blythe AU - Cullum,John AU - Poole,Roy AU - Ford,David AU - Vestoff,Virginia AU - Ostrow,Stuart AU - Stradling,Harry AU - Williamson,Florence AU - Sauter,Eddie AU - Howard,Peter AU - White,Onna AU - Handorf,Ray ED - Columbia Pictures, ED - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm), TI - 1776 SN - 0767860322 PY - 2002///] CY - Culver City, California PB - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment KW - Adams, John, KW - Franklin, Benjamin, KW - Jefferson, Thomas, KW - United States KW - Declaration of Independence KW - Drama KW - Founding Fathers of the United States KW - Musical films KW - lcgft KW - Film adaptations KW - Historical films KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - The DVD "restored" version runs ca. 166 minutes-- longer than the theatrical release cut, yet shorter than the laserdisc "restored" version; Book by Peter Stone based on a conception of Sherman Edwards. Based on the musical play "1776" produced on the New York stage by Stuart Ostrow; Film version originally released in 1972; Special features: commentary with director Peter Hunt and writer Peter Stone, screen tests, production notes; Director of photography, Harry Stradling, Jr. ; editor, Florence Williamson ; orchestrations, Eddie Sauter ; dance music arranged by Peter Howard ; musical numbers choreograpged by Onna White ; conductor, Ray Heindorf; William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Blythe Danner, John Cullum, Roy Poole, David Ford, Virginia Vestoff; MPAA rating: Rated PG, for language N2 - 1776 is a musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around familiar historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from Mother England. All events lead up to that most significant date, July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed ER -