What is All That Jazz movie about?
What is All That Jazz movie about?
When he is not planning for his upcoming stage musical or working on his Hollywood film, choreographer/director Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is popping pills and sleeping with a seemingly endless line of women. The physical and mental stress begins to take a toll on the ragged perfectionist. Soon, he must decide whether or not his non-stop work schedule and hedonistic lifestyle are worth risking his life. The film is a semi-autobiographical tale written and directed by the legendary Bob Fosse.
All That Jazz/Film synopsis
Where can I watch Bob Fosse All That Jazz?
Aside from the first five minutes, which can be seen on the Criterion Collection’s YouTube channel, All That Jazz is not available to stream. To get ahold of it, Fosse devotees will have to pony up for the DVD, which is available on Amazon. (A Blu-ray version is also on the market, for a few dollars extra.)
Who first performed All That Jazz?
Chicago
“All That Jazz” (alternatively “And All That Jazz”) is a song from the 1975 musical Chicago. It has music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, and is the opening song of the musical.
Did Roy Scheider sing in All That Jazz?
Roy Scheider once commented that he had sung, danced on the stage and acted before, but until this movie had never done all three in the same production. Columbia Pictures did not originally want Roy Scheider for the role of Joe Gideon. They wanted Warren Beatty or a more critically acclaimed actor for the role.
Is all that jazz based on a true story?
All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay, by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse, is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse’s life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director.
Who is John Lithgow supposed to be in all that jazz?
Lucas Sergeant
All That Jazz (1979) – John Lithgow as Lucas Sergeant – IMDb.
Does Netflix have all that jazz?
Sorry, All That Jazz is not available on American Netflix.
Did Bob Fosse do Chicago?
In 1973, Fosse’s work on Pippin won him the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. He was director and choreographer of Chicago in 1975, which also starred Verdon. All That Jazz won four Academy Awards, earning Fosse his third Oscar nomination for Best Director.
Is Ann Reinking dead?
Deceased (1949–2020)
Ann Reinking/Living or Deceased
What killed Ann Reinking?
Seattle, Washington, United States
Ann Reinking/Place of death
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Where can I watch all that jazz 1979?
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Who was the director of All That Jazz?
All That Jazz (1979) Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
Who are the dancers in All That Jazz?
Joe’s professional and personal lives are intertwined, he a chronic philanderer, having slept with and had relationships with a series of dancers in his shows, Victoria Porter, who he hired for the current show despite she not being the best dancer, in the former category, and Kate Jagger, his current girlfriend, in the latter category.
Who was the comedian in All That Jazz?
There are at least two more pieces of “insider” ironic casting that appears to have not been mentioned. One was the casting of Cliff Gorman as the stand-up comedian in the “Lenny”-type movie-within-the-movie (here called “Stand-up”).
Who was Dustin Hoffman’s lover in All That Jazz?
Gorman originated the part of Lenny Bruce in the original Broadway version of “Lenny,” but lost the movie role to Dustin Hoffman. The other is the casting of Ann Reinking as Gideon’s lover. Ann Reinking was Fosse’s lover in real life. 9 of 11 people found this review helpful.