![]() ![]() Many credit Baz Luhrmann for breathing life back into the movie musical with his fast-paced spectacle of spectacles Moulin Rouge! in 2001. The format didn't vanish completely, however those that were made never became quite as popular as their predecessors and the genre became more suitable to animated films. ![]() And then, somewhere in the late 1960s to mid '70s, the golden age of the movie musical ended. Thus, throughout the following decades, movie musicals were created in abundance and audiences ate them up. The movie musical emerged in the late 1920s with the advent of "talking pictures." While the films of the silent era could cover a wide range of genres from drama to comedy and even a bit of soundless dancing, a full-fledged musical, like those performed live on stage, was a domain exclusive to talkies. Cellophane", "Razzle Dazzle", "Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag", "I Move On"īuy Chicago from : 2-Disc Razzle-Dazzle Edition DVD Songs: "Overture/And All That Jazz", "Funny Honey", When You're Good To Mama", "Cell Block Tango", "All I Care About Is Love", "We Both Reached For The Gun", "Roxie", "I Can't Do It Alone", "Mr. Reilly (Amos Hart), Lucy Liu (Kitty Baxter), Taye Diggs (Bandleader), Colm Feore (Harrison), Christine Baranski (Mary Sunshine), Dominic West (Fred Casely), Mýa Harrison (Mona), Deidre Goodwin (June), Denise Faye (Annie), Ekatarina Chtchelkanova (Hunyak), Susan Misner (Liz) Featuring direction by Walter Bobbie and choreography by Reinking "in the style of Bob Fosse," the musical satire continues to thrill audiences at the Shubert Theatre.Theatrical Release: Decem/ Running Time: 113 Minutes / Rating: PG-13ĭirector: Rob Marshall / Writers: Bill Condon (screenplay), Maurine Dallas Watkins (play) Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb (book of musical play)Ĭast: Renee Zellweger (Roxie Hart), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly), Richard Gere (Billy Flynn), Queen Latifah (Matron Mama Morton), John C. ![]() The Tony-winning revival opened in November 1996 with Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, Joel Grey and James Naughton in the lead roles. John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical, which features such songs as "All That Jazz," "Mister Cellophane," "Class" and "Nowadays," debuted on Broadway in June 1975 with choreography by the late Bob Fosse and a cast led by Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach. The Tony-winning lighting team of Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer lit the film. Bill Condon wrote the "Chicago" screenplay for Miramax Studios, and the film's cinematographer was Dion Beebe. Marshall, the choreographer of Broadway's Kiss of the Spider Woman and the revivals of Damn Yankees, She Loves Me, Cabaret and Little Me, directed the $45 million film, his motion-picture debut. Reilly (Amos Hart), Dominic West (Fred Caseley), Christine Baranski (Mary Sunshine), Queen Latifah (Mama Morton) as well as Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Lucy Liu, Mya, Marc Calamia, Deidre Goodwin, Sebastian La Cause, Mary Ann Lamb and a cameo from original Chicago star Chita Rivera. 11.įeaturing a star-studded cast led by Zellweger (Roxie Hart), Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly) and Gere (Billy Flynn), the "Chicago" company also includes John C. The wide release comes just a few days before this year's Oscar nominations: The 75th Anniversary Academy Award nominations will be announced Feb. 24, and the Rob Marshall-directed film will open everywhere Feb. The much-in-the-news film had another limited expansion Jan. 27 and then opened at 300 other screens Jan. "Chicago," starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger and Richard Gere, debuted in the top-20 markets Dec. 17-19 weekend include "Kangaroo Jack," "National Security," "Just Married," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "Catch Me If You Can." The film remained one of the top-ten draws of the weekend, with a cumulative total nearing $28 million. ![]() That's over a 40 percentincrease from the previous weekend, which brought in $5.6 million. In addition to winning three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Musical or Comedy, the Miramax film brought in an estimated $8 million at the box office, despite its limited-release status. ![]()
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