Bob Fosse
1) Chicago
Language
English
Formats
Description
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
Series
Language
English
Description
A magical storyline about a desert-stranded pilot (Richard Kiley) and a wandering child from a faraway place. Together, the two share encounters that amuse, charm and touch the heart. Have you ever acquired wisdom from a fox (Gene Wilder)? Cared for a rose that was special beyond all other roses? Visited a far-off, far-out king? Witnessed the wily dance of a snake (Bob Fosse)? The universe-no, life-is an enchanting place, even more so when it's shared...
Series
Criterion collection volume 724
Language
English
Formats
Description
The preternaturally gifted director and choreographer Bob Fosse turned the camera on his own life for this madly imaginative, self-excoriating musical masterpiece. Roy Scheider gives the performance of his career as Joe Gideon, whose exhausting work schedule-mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie at night; and routine of amphetamines, booze, and sex are putting his health at serious risk.
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1972, Liza Minnelli and Broadway legend Bob Fosse took the Oscars by storm for Cabaret. That same year, the two paired up once again to create the spectacular musical special Liza with a Z, making television history and carting home four Emmys in the process.
6) Cabaret
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Fortieth anniversary special edition.
Language
English
Description
With Hitler rising to power and anti-Semitism growing, the Cabaret is the only place to hide.
7) Cabaret
Language
English
Description
Set in Berlin during 1931, a young American girl performs in the theatrical and decadent atmosphere of the Kit Kat Klub, while outside the Nazi party begins to grow in power and brutality.
8) Lenny
Author
Language
English
Description
Dustin Hoffman magnificently captures the complexities and contradictions of the legendary comedian Lenny Bruce's mercurial character. Co-stars Valerie Perrine.
9) Cabaret
Language
English
Description
An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret.
10) The pajama game
Edition
Standard version ; widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
A labor/management dispute at the Sleeptite Pajama Factory is the subject of this musical comedy.
Employees of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory are looking for a whopping seven-and-a-half cent an hour increase and they won't take no for an answer. Babe Williams is their feisty employee representative but she may have found her match in shop superintendent Sid Sorokin. When the two get together they wind up discussing a whole lot more than job actions!...
11) Lenny: Bojangles
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Films include: Lenny: The story of the complexities and contradictions of the legendary comedian Lenny Bruce's mercurial character. Bojangles: Biography of the legendary showman Bill Robinson better known as Mr. Bojangeles.
12) Star 80
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous. Based on the true story of 1980 Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten.
13) All that jazz
Series
Criterion collection volume 724
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Language
English
Description
Gifted director and choreographer Joe Gideon has an exhausting work schedule-- mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie by night. His routine of amphetamines, booze, and sex are putting his health at serious risk. Based on the life of choreographer Bob Fosse.
15) All that jazz
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Special music edition.
Language
English
Description
"Based on director Bob Fosse's own extravagant life, this vibrant and spectacular film follows Fosse's alter ego. Joe Gideon in his relentless pursuit of sex, drugs and self-destruction. His womanizing both supports and debilitates him as he juggles his mistress, ex-wife and beloved daughter. Hovering over all of his excess is an angel. The proceedings are set amid rapturous dream sequences, lavish production numbers and fabulous sets"--Container....
16) My sister Eileen
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two Ohio girls move to New York City to seek their fortunes: Eileen as an actress, her sister as a writer. Their apartment is a magnet for an assortment of zany characters, winding up with unwanted South American sailors who form a conga line.
20) Chicago
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
[Full screen version].
Language
English
Description
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
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