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Chicago
- Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere
- Director: Rob Marshall
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A starry-eyed would-be star discovers just how far the notion that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" can go in this screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Chicago, originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. In the mid-'20s, Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) is a small-time chorus dancer married to a well-meaning dunderhead named Amos (John C. Reilly). Roxie is having an affair on the side with Fred Casley (Dominic West), a smooth talker who insists he can make her a star. However, Fred strings Roxie along a bit too far for his own good, and when she realizes that his promises are empty, she becomes enraged and murders Fred in cold blood. Roxie soon finds herself behind bars alongside Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), a sexy vaudeville star who used to perform with her sister until Velma discovered that her sister had been sleeping with her husband. Velma shot them both dead, and, after scheming prison matron "Mama" Morton hooks Velma up with hotshot lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), Velma becomes the new Queen of the scandal sheets. Roxie is just shrewd enough to realize that her poor fortune could also bring her fame, so she convinces Amos to also hire Flynn. Soon Flynn is splashing Roxie's story -- or, more accurately, a highly melodramatic revision of Roxie's story -- all over the gutter press, and Roxy and Velma are soon battling neck-to-neck over who can win greater fame through the headlines. A project that had been moving from studio to studio since the musical opened on Broadway in 1973, Chicago also features guest appearances by Lucy Liu and Christine Baranski. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Musical
- Category: Musical Drama, Prison Film
- Theme: Big Break, Crimes of Passion, Femmes Fatales, Lawyers, Members of the Press, Scandals and Cover-Ups
- Release Date: August 19, 2003
- Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)Rating Opens in New Window - Adult Language, Adult Situations, Mild Violence, Questionable for Children, Sexual Situations
- Studio: Miramax
- Lead Actors: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly
- Supporting Actors: Sean Wayne Doyle, Joey Pizzi, Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, Deidre Goodwin, Jayne Eastwood, Robbie Rox, Roman Podhora, Scott Wise, Rob Smith, Ken Ard, Marc Calamia, Mya Harrison, Susan Misner, Steve Behal, Denise Faye, Cliff Saunders, Bruce Beaton, Christine Baranski, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs
- Director: Rob Marshall
- Run Time: 1 hr 53 min
- Language: English, French
- Subtitle Language: Spanish
- Format: DVD
Awards
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Awards: Academy Awards (6), Golden Globe Awards (2)
Winner: Academy Awards Best Picture 2002, Martin Richards
Winner: Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 2002, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Nominations: Academy Awards (7), Golden Globe Awards (5)
Nominee: Academy Awards Best Director 2002, Rob Marshall
Nominee: Academy Awards Best Actress 2002, Renée Zellweger
Additional Information
- DPCI: 058-13-0083
- ASIN: B002FMXG3Y
- Catalog #: 11297746
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.19 pound.
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If Moulin Rouge heralded the triumphant return of the movie musical, Rob Marshall's rhapsodic rendition of Chicago takes that tendency a welcome two-step further. Using the best capabilities of both stage and screen, Marshall mounts a rousing cinematic achievement that may trump Baz Luhrmann's -- he's filmed a conventionally structured musical that needs no tricks, only its own tight mechanics, to reach across generations of moviegoers. A Broadway chestnut written in the 1970s about the 1920s may not seem ripe with 21st century relevance, but an astonishing cast of performers breathes new excitement into the lyrics and music of John Kander and Fred Ebb and the swagger of playwright/choreographer Bob Fosse. And in Chicago, "performer" is no term of backhanded praise. Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere sing every impressive note and cut every impressive groove across each dance floor, their heretofore unknown talents prompting bouts of surprised applause throughout the audience. That they deliver award-worthy acting on top of it is a bonus. But Chicago is as much a triumph of editing as any other attribute. The production numbers run steadily throughout, so Marshall deftly weaves expository passages into the score's quieter moments, the lyrics and images offering a perfect symbiosis of storytelling methods. Martin Walsh's editing also gets its own chance at center stage, notably during the thrilling sequence in which Gere's climactic courtroom speech alternates with footage of the actor engaged in a rapid-fire tap dance. That Chicago also functions as a familiar but juicy indictment of the bloodthirsty media and its fickle readership...well, it leaves a reviewer about as breathless as Zeta-Jones after a spirited romp across the set. Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
