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This Hollywood adaptation of the classic Broadway musical sparkles with glamour and reverberates with the energy of good, old-fashioned song and dance. As the film leaps into its first riveting act, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), one half of the famous number she performs with her sister, arrives at the night club late, .. Read more
| Starring | Catherine Zeta Jones, Dominic West, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere |
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| Director | Rob Marshall |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Music/Musical |
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This Hollywood adaptation of the classic Broadway musical sparkles with glamour and reverberates with the energy of good, old-fashioned song and dance. As the film leaps into its first riveting act, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), one half of the famous number she performs with her sister, arrives at the night club late, dishevelled, and with blood on her hands. Nonetheless, she goes onstage unhindered and wows the crowd with her shimmying rendition of "All That Jazz." Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) a young blond who dreams of someday being famous like Velma, watches from the audience with eyes full of envy. Later, as the cops pick up Velma for the murder of her sister, sending her fame to all-time heights as she becomes a tabloid sensation, Roxie also commits a crime of passion--shooting a lover who falsely promised to secure her cabaret debut. The girls wind up together in jail, where Mama Morton (Queen Latifah), a compassionate guard, is their only hope of redemption; and Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) is the lawyer who can get them out. There, through wonderfully familiar songs like "Razzle Dazzle," "Cell-Block Tango," and "Cellophane Man" Roxie and Velma tell their story of competing for bad-girl celebrity.
Director Rob Marshall presents a loveable CHICAGO that shares all the grit and grime of the Bob Fosse Broadway original with phenomenal performances by this grouping of Hollywood stars. The dizzying camerawork and dazzling sets make an easy transition from stage to film.
| Starring | Catherine Zeta Jones, Dominic West, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Christine Baranski, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore |
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| Director | Rob Marshall |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Feisty Females, Best Picture Oscar Winners |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Rent: DVD: 04 Aug 2003 Blu-ray: 12 Nov 2007 |
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A clever screenplay that treats the songs as moments of fantasy and wish fulfillment, and slick direction make for a diverting, cynical account of short-lived celebrity and the collusions between the media and its stars; it is let down by the singing and
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BIG SCREEN BETTERS STAGE
Chicago is a near perfect example of crossover when it works. Chicago on stage is thin on story and settings, almost cabaret. But in the hands of Bill Condon, ... read more »
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Visual and auditory feast
Sleezy it was. But the music, choreography and cinematography were great.
I could watch it again despite it being sad and dark.
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Retro what? Goldwyn-Mayer?
There's no reason why a musical that succeeds in the theatre shouldn't also work as film: 'Fancy Free' went seamlessly into 'On the Town'... read more »
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Great dance but lacking depth
Well done but felt that I'd just wasted my time in watching it. The characters are two dimensional, the situations contrived. Wonderful dance routines but ... read more »
Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones put on a brave face this week by stepping out in public with husband Michael Douglas for the first time since she left a mental health facility. The Chicago star checked into a clinic in Connecticut earlier this month to seek treatment for bipolar disorder, following a tough year helping Douglas through his throat cancer battle. The 41 year old showed she is making progress after her health crisis by visiting a family-run restaurant in Greenwich, Connecticut... Read more