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www.moria.co.nz - : This was a popular critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Roy Scheider), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction - winning only the latter). It was made by Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse who turned film director with the likes of Cabaret (1972), Lenny (1974) and Star 80 (1983). more...
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2/5
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www.deep-focus.com - : When I was a kid, I never understood why no one called All That Jazz a classic. This Bob Fosse musical followed Roy Scheider's obsessive dance choreographer through life and love, as viewed in an astonishing set of musical numbers (if you care, Paula Abdul swiped one of the concepts for a music video). The whole film climaxes as Scheider goes into cardiac arrest, with a bunch of dancers in grotesque skin-tight heart outfits singing along with him in a major musical number: ''Bye Bye Life.'' Amazing stuff -- cool, cruel, and brilliant. more...
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****
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www.toxicuniverse.com - : All That Jazz, the semi-autobiographical story of Bob Fosse, is a work of cinematic legerdemain. Now-you-see-it-now-you-don't brilliance combined with the overkill Fosse was known for make his extravaganza always fascinating but not always worth the film it took to create it. more...
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4/5
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