TY - ADVS AU - Warner,Jack L. AU - Stone,Peter AU - Hunt,Peter H. AU - Daniels,William AU - Da Silva,Howard AU - Howard,Ken AU - Danner,Blythe AU - Vestoff,Virginia AU - Madden,Donald AU - Stradling,Harry AU - Edwards,Sherman AU - Ostrow,Stuart ED - Columbia Pictures Industries. ED - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - 1776 SN - 0767860322 AV - PN1995.9.M86 S42 2002 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Culver City, CA PB - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment KW - Stone, Peter, KW - Adams, John, KW - Franklin, Benjamin, KW - Jefferson, Thomas, KW - United States KW - Declaration of Independence KW - Drama KW - Feature films KW - Historical films KW - Musical films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Book by Peter Stone. Based on the musical play "1776" produced on the New York stage by Stuart Ostrow; Special features: director and screenwriter commentary, screen tests, bonus trailers, production notes; Director of photography, Harry Stradling, Jr. ; music and lyrics, Sherman Edwards ; based on a conception by Sherman Edwards ; choreography, Onna White; William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Blythe Danner, John Cullum, Roy Poole, David Ford, Virginia Vestoff, Ron Holgate, Ray Middleton, John Myhers, Rex Robbins, William Duell; Rated PG N2 - 1776 is a delightful musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around the 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. This is the DVD "restored" version which runs ca. 166 minutes -- longer than the theatrical release cut, yet shorter than the laserdisc "restored" version ER -