Nearly 20 years after it opened on Broadway, the E.Y. Harburg/Fred Saidy musical Finian's Rainbow was committed to film. Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky, the story involves the whimsical Irishman Finian (Fred Astaire) and his daughter Sharon (Petula Clark) arriving in the community carrying a crock of gold, which they've stolen in the Auld Sod from Ogg the Leprechaun (Tommy Steele). Finian believes that if he buries the crock on American soil, it will grow into an even larger treasure--just as Fort Knox did (or so he thinks). Sharon falls in love with sharecropper Woody Mahoney (Don Francks), who like everyone else in the community is being threatened by the perfidy of Senator Rawkins (Keenan Wynn). While Finian haggles over three wishes with the tricky Ogg, Sharon runs afoul of the racially bigoted Rawkins. She wishes that Rawkins would turn black so that he could walk in someone else's shoes for a change--and this, thanks to Ogg, is exactly what happens. To rescue Sharon and Woody from being burned as witches, Ogg grants a last wish, which turns him into a human being; this is not an altogether bad thing, for Ogg has fallen in love with mysterious mountain gal Susan the Silent (Barbara Hancock). The racial tolerance subtext of Finian's Rainbow, considered radical in 1948, seemed rather antiquated in 1969, though it did allow for a hilarious scene in which a white associate of Judge Rawkins attempts to instruct young black botanist Al Freeman Jr. on the proper way to "act Negro". As Finian, Fred Astaire requested that the role be expanded to allow him to dance a little (as written, the character barely even sings). Most of the original score remains intact, including the hit song "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" Francis Ford Coppola seemed a curious choice to direct a musical, and indeed the production was a troubled one due to Coppola's inexperience in the genre. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide 译文(2): 在百老汇上映近20年后，E.Y.Harburg/Fred Saidy 的音乐剧《菲尼安的彩虹》(Finian’s Rainbow)开始致力于电影事业。故事发生在神秘的南部 Missitucky，故事讲述了古怪的爱尔兰人菲尼安(弗雷德 · 阿斯泰尔饰)和他的女儿莎伦(佩图拉 · 克拉克饰)带着一罐金子来到社区，他们从小妖精奥格(汤米 · 斯蒂尔饰)的旧草皮里偷了一罐金子。菲尼安相信，如果他把这个瓦罐埋在美国的土地上，它就会长成一个更大的宝藏——就像诺克斯堡(Fort Knox)所做的那样(至少他是这么认为的)。莎朗爱上了佃农伍迪 · 马奥尼(唐 · 弗兰克斯饰) ，他和社区里的其他人一样，正受到参议员罗金斯(基南 · 韦恩饰)背信弃义的威胁。当芬尼安与狡猾的奥格讨价还价三个愿望的时候，莎伦与种族偏执的罗金斯发生了冲突。她希望罗金斯能变成黑人，这样他就可以换位思考一下了——多亏了奥格，事情就是这样发生的。为了拯救莎伦和伍迪，使他们免遭女巫的火刑，奥格实现了最后一个愿望，这使他变成了一个人; 这并不完全是件坏事，因为奥格爱上了神秘的山地女孩沉默的苏珊(芭芭拉 · 汉考克)。在1948年被认为是激进的《彩虹》中的种族宽容潜台词在1969年看起来相当过时，尽管它确实允许了一个滑稽的场景，在这个场景中，法官罗金斯的一个白人助手试图指导年轻的黑人植物学家小阿尔 · 弗里曼(Al Freeman Jr.)如何正确地“扮演黑人”。作为菲尼安，弗雷德 · 阿斯泰尔要求扩大这个角色，允许他跳一点舞(就像书中写的，这个角色几乎不唱歌)。大多数的原始配乐仍然完好无损，包括热门歌曲“事情是如何在格洛卡摩拉?”弗朗西斯·科波拉似乎是导演一部音乐剧的一个奇怪的选择，而且由于科波拉在这一流派上缺乏经验，这部作品确实是一个麻烦的选择。哈尔埃里克森，所有电影指南