Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 English-language Adventure Comedy movie written by Michael Stewart, Thornton Wilder, Ernest Lehman and Johann Nestroy. The movie is directed by Gene Kelly and produced by Ernest Lehman under the banner of Chenault Productions. The film follows the story of Dolly Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to find a match for the miserly well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire Horace Vandergelder. Hello, dolly! features Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong, Marianne Mcandrew, Danny Lockin and Melissa Mackay. The screenplay is written by Ernest Lehman which is inspired from Hello Dolly! by Michael Stewart The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder Einen Jux will er sich machen by Johann Nestroy A Day Well Spent by John Oxenford. The music was composed by Jerry Herman along with Score Adaptation:, Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman. Cinematography was done by Harry Stradling and editing by William Reynolds. The motion picture has a running time of 146 minutes. It was released on 16th December 1969. Hello, Dolly! was made on a budget of $25 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by 20th Century Fox. At the 1970 Oscar Awards It won 3 awards including: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound and Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation). The film follows the story of Dolly Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to find a match for the miserly well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire Horace Vandergelder.