All That Jazz 1979   R, 123 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen, Michael Tolan, John Lithgow, Max Wright, CCH Pounder, Wallace Shawn, David Margulies
This is Director Bob Fosse's autobiographical rendering of a choreographer's love and obsession with both women and work and provides an insightful glimpse into the world of dance. The film received four Oscars; five other nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Roy Scheider) 2 User Reviews
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| | all that jazz | jako 01/27/2007 | | i loved sandahl bergen when she did her dance number with thong up her booty panties no bra on she was looking hoooooot and sexxxxxxy mmmmp i would love to make love to her bump huuump and griiiindher mmm huuu well bye sandy were ever you are i wish i could kiss you all over |
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 Cabaret 1972  PG, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson, Elizabeth Neumann-Viertel, Sigrid von Richthofen, Helen Vita, Gerd Vespermann, Ralf Wolter, Georg Hartmann
In 1931 Germany, just before the Nazi take-over, Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets and has an affair with Brian (Michael York). This affair leads to a menage a trois with a German VIP (Helmut Griem). Joel Grey plays the menacing master of ceremonies. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), and Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey). Two other nominations were received, including Best Picture.
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Damn Yankees 1958 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Cast: Gwen Verdon, Tab Hunter, Ray Walston, Russ Brown, Shannon Bolin, Nathaniel Frey, James Komack, Jean Stapleton, Albert Linville, Bob Fosse
Frustrated baseball fans will understand the deal made with the Devil to help a hapless team win the pennant. Gwen Verdon is great in her role of Lola, the Devil's (Ray Walston) helper. Her rendition of "Whatever Lola Wants" is worth the price of the rental and more!
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Give a Girl a Break 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds, Helen Wood, Bob Fosse, Donna Martell, Kurt Kasznar, Richard Anderson, Lurene Tuttle, Larry Keating
When the star (Donna Martell) quits her Broadway show, three aspiring starlets (Marge Champion, Debbie Reynolds, and Helen Wood) compete for the vacant role.
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 Kiss Me Kate 1953 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Bob Fosse, Ron Randell, Willard Parker, Dave O'Brien, Ann Codee, Claud Allister, Carol Haney
Based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," this adaptation of the Broadway musical is delightful. Fred Graham "Petruchio" (Howard Keel) and Lilli Vanessi "Katherine" (Kathryn Grayson) are a divorced couple who star in a musical and resemble Shakespeare's characters–both on and off stage. Cole Porter songs add to the enjoyment.
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Lenny 1974 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Gary Morton, Rashel Novikoff, Guy Rennie, Frankie Man, Michelle Yonge, Kathryn Witt, Monroe Myers, John DiSanti
Comedian Lenny Bruce is portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in this well-made film showing Bruce's trials and tribulations as seen through the eyes of his wife (Valerie Perrine), his mother (Jan Miner), and his agent (Stanley Beck). It received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Hoffman), Actress (Perrine), and Director.
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The Little Prince 1974  G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Sci-Fi
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder, Joss Ackland, Clive Revill, Victor Spinetti, Graham Crowden, Donna McKechnie
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe provided the musical score for this film about a little prince (Steven Warner) from Asteroid B-612. The little prince visits Earth and is given a tour by an aviator (Richard Kiley) whose plane has crashed in the Sahara Desert. During their excursion, the young prince learns important lessons of life from not only the pilot but from others they meet, including a Fox (Gene Wilder) and a slithery Snake (Bob Fosse) as well.
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My Sister Eileen 1955  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Dick York, Lucy Marlow, Barbara Brown, Horace McMahon, Queenie Smith, Tommy Rall, Henry Slate, Hal March, Kathryn Grant, William Newell
This musical remake of the 1940s' play and film involves two sisters–Eileen (Janet Leigh) and Ruth (Betty Garrett)–who move from Ohio to New York City where they move into a basement apartment. Ruth aspires to be a writer, but her work is turned down by magazine publisher Bob Baker (Jack Lemmon) until he convinces her to move away from fiction and write about her "true" life. Eileen Aspires to be an actress, and now Ruth pretends to be Eileen in her writings, which involve Eileen's misadventures with strange men. It works, and both find fame, fortune, and love. Highlight: Jack Lemmon and Betty Garrett perform "It's Bigger than You and Me." Screenplay by Blake Edwards.
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Star 80 1983 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon, Josh Mostel, Sidney Miller, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Neva Patterson
In 1980 Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway) was "Playmate of the Year," but her husband Paul (Eric Roberts) could not endure his exclusion from her fame. He turned a shotgun on Dorothy and, after killing her, committed suicide. This is Bob Fosse's last directorial effort, and it provides the same documentary style that he introduced in his movie, "Lenny."
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Sweet Charity 1969 G, 157 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr., Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Stubby Kaye, Barbara Bouchet, Alan Hewitt, Dee Carroll
Recreated from the Broadway hit, this film is good entertainment. It is the story of dance-hall hostess Charity (Shirley MacLaine), a woman with a "past," who Oscar (John McMartin) loves but has trouble reconciling with her lifestyle.
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| Oscar: Best Director for Cabaret (1972) |
1. Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
2. All That Jazz (1979)
3. Cabaret (1972)
4. Damn Yankees (1958)
5. Give a Girl a Break (1953)
6. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
7. Lenny (1974)
8. The Little Prince (1974)
9. My Sister Eileen (1955)
10. Star 80 (1983)
11. Sweet Charity (1969)
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