All That Jazz (1979)
Genre:
Drama / Fantasy / Musical (more)
Plot Summary: Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
(more)
User Comments:
Fosse's extravagant homage to the musical stage he loved...
(more)
User Rating:
 
7.5/10 (4,536 votes)
Runtime:
123 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English / Spanish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Argentina:18 / Canada:18A / Chile:18 / Finland:K-16 / Iceland:L / Peru:18 / Singapore:NC-16 / Sweden:15 / UK:15 / USA:R
Trivia:
When first released on video, it was the first such videocassette to have a stereo soundtrack.
(more)
Quotes:
O'Connor Flood:
Give it to me! Bye Bye Life, Bye Bye happiness, Hello loneliness, I think he's gonna die. Gonna die. Bye Bye Life, Bye Bye happiness, Hello emptyness, I think he's gonna die. Gonna die. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Goodbye your life, Goodbye.
(more)
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars.
Another 6 wins
&
11 nominations
(more)
|
|
User Comments:
18 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
Fosse's extravagant homage to the musical stage he loved..., 26 March 2005
Author:
ironside ([email protected]) from Mexico
At the end of the seventies, Bob Fosse, director of "Cabaret," created
the most striking�and certainly the most controversial�original musical
film to appear in many years� Audacious or intimidating, dazzling or
simply bewildering, depending on one's point of view, "All That Jazz"
was Fosse's extravagant homage to the musical stage he loved�a love
tempered by wit and irony�and an autobiographical account of one man's
hectic travail in the theater, ending with the ultimate experience of
his death� His Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), egotistical, selfish, and
womanizing, but also guilt-ridden and striving for a perfection he can
never achieve, perceives his entire life in terms of show business�
This obsessive view is his gift, his burden, and his tragic flaw�
"All That Jazz" is the most cinematic musical in a very long time� In a
style clearly influenced by Italian director Federico Fellini, Fosse
uses the camera with brave insurance, moving from naturalistic scenes
of frenzied theatrical activity to flights of fantasy, without
signaling the audience when the realism ends and the fantasy begins�
Viewed entirely through Joe Gideon's brilliant, disorderly mind, the
world is composed of the important people in his life�his ex-wife, his
present girlfriend, his young daughter, and all the slightly mad,
flamboyant show people he works with, as well as figures from his past
and future, most especially the ravishing young woman who represents
the Angel of Death�
"All That Jazz" has some painful moments, and is not easy to follow; it
demands the attention that many viewers, irritated by Fosse's
self-indulgence, were unwilling to give�
Splendidly photographed, "All That Jazz" follows Gideon through the
exhausting, driving day-to-day routine� There are a few quiet
moments�in one of the film's best scenes, he gives a private dance
lesson to his young daughter Michelle (Erzsebet Foldi) , showing a
pride and a tenderness he usually conceals� But all of his energy is
given to choreographing the movie's most outstanding musical number,
"Take Off with Us." Brilliantly conceived, the number involves a group
of dancers in sensuous choreographed movement�
"All That Jazz" has flaws, but no musical since "Cabaret" has worked so
assiduously to weld all the elements of a musical film into a single
entity that could only be done on the screen: a personal statement that
could be dismissed or even mocked but that could not be ignored�
Check for other user comments. - I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it
Message Boards Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for All That Jazz (1979)
Recommendations If you like this title, we also recommend... Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Show more recommendations
Add a recommendation
Email this page to a friend 
Update Information
|
company.�
Advertise on IMDb.�
License our content.
