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Released
1994 · FILM

Vanya on 42nd Street

Directed by
Runtime
120 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

A continuous rehearsal of Chekhov's *Uncle Vanya* unfolds with a group of actors. The setting is their dilapidated theater, featuring an unusable stage and a deteriorating ceiling. The play is presented act by act, with only short pauses to adjust props or take breaks. The absence of costumes, authentic props, and scenery quickly fades from notice.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Nancy BakerShot by Declan QuinnScored by Joshua RedmanDesigned by Eugene Lee

Box Office

1994 · Box office

Grossed $1.7M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$1.7M

Worldwide gross$1.7M

Opening weekend: $18K 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $28K2% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

Also known as

  • Vanja auf der 42. Straßede
  • Vanya - 42. Strassede
  • Vanya - 42. Straßede
  • Vania en la calle 42es
  • Vanya, 42e ruefr
  • Vanya sulla 42ª stradait

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