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Directed by | Peter H. Hunt |
Screenplay by | Peter Stone |
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Produced by | Jack L. Warner |
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Cinematography | Harry Stradling, Jr. |
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Music by | Sherman Edwards |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 141 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[2] |
Box office | $2.8 million (rentals)[3] |
1776 is a 1972 American historical musical drama film directed by Peter H. Hunt and written by Peter Stone, based on his book for the 1969 Broadway musical of the same name, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards.[4] Set in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776, it is a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The film stars William Daniels, Howard da Silva, Donald Madden, John Cullum, Ken Howard and Blythe Danner.
Portions of dialogue and some lyrics were taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants of the Second Continental Congress.