| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Renée Zellweger |
Roxie Hart
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| Catherine Zeta-Jones |
Velma Kelly
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| Richard Gere |
Billy Flynn
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| Queen Latifah |
Matron 'Mama' Morton
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| John C. Reilly |
Amos Hart
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| Lucy Liu |
Kitty Baxter
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| Taye Diggs |
The Bandleader
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| Colm Feore |
Assistant District Attorney Martin Harrison
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| Christine Baranski |
Mary Sunshine
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| Dominic West |
Fred Casely
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Crime; Drama; Musical |
| Director |
Rob Marshall |
| Producer |
Martin Richards |
| Writer |
Maurine Dallas Watkins; Bob Fosse |
| Studio |
Miramax |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
113 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
Murderesses Velma Kelly (Who blanked out and killed her cheating husband) and Roxie Hart (Who killed her boyfriend in a jealous rage) strive for fame at any costs including scandal and lies in 1920s Chicago.
Bob Fosse's sexy cynicism still shines in Chicago, a faithful movie adaptation of the choreographer-director's 1975 Broadway musical. Of course the story, all about merry murderesses and tabloid fame, is set in the Roaring '20s, but Chicago reeks of '70s disenchantment--this isn't just Fosse's material, it's his attitude, too. That's probably why the movie's breathless observations on fleeting fame and fickle public taste already seem dated. However, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are beautifully matched as Jazz Age vixens, and Richard Gere gleefully sheds his customary cool to belt out a showstopper. (Yes, they all do their own singing and dancing.) Whatever qualms musical purists may have about director Rob Marshall's cut-cut-cut style, the film's sheer exuberance is intoxicating. Given the scarcity of big-screen musicals in the last 25 years, that's a cause for singing, dancing, cheering. And all that jazz. --Robert Horton |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
20 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Links |
IMDB
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Any Region |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85 (16:9) Letterboxed |
| Layers |
Single side, Single layer |
| UPC |
786936219197 |
| Chapters |
21 |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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