Sweet Charity

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Sweet Charity, 1 DVD, 145 minutes
Rapport de forme ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
Dimensions du colis ‏ : ‎ 19,2 x 13,4 x 1,5 cm; 94 grammes
Réalisateur ‏ : ‎ Bob Fosse
Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
Durée ‏ : ‎ 2 heures et 25 minutes
Date de sortie ‏ : ‎ 8 avril 2009
Acteurs ‏ : ‎ Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Stubby Kaye
Doublé : ‏ : ‎ Français
Sous-titres : ‏ : ‎ Français, Turc, Italien, Finnois, Russe, Suédois, Norvégien, Grec, Néerlandais, Danois, Allemand, Portugais, Espagnol, Arabe, Hébreu
Langue ‏ : ‎ Allemand (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italien (Dolby Digital 5.1), Français (Dolby Digital 5.1), Anglais (Dolby Digital 2.0), Espagnol (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Studio  ‏ : ‎ MEP Vidéo
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002391QK4
Nombre de disques ‏ : ‎ 1
Prix : 7,99€ - 7,99 €
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Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: Sweet Charity [Combo Blu-ray + DVD]
Review: SWEET CHARITY [1969 / 2016] [Blu-ray + DVD] [45th Anniversary Edition] [French Release] Let Yourself Be Enchant by This Musical Comedy Full of Life! The Most Wonderful and Exciting Thing That’s Happened to Movies in Years!Shirley MacLaine gives one of her greatest performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon’s smash Broadway hit. Director Bob Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually stunning story of a lovelorn New York dance hall hostess, Charity Hope Valentine, who dreams of old-fashioned romance but gives her heart to one undeserving man after another.Shirley MacLaine joins all-star cast members Chita Rivera, Sammy Davis Jr., Ricardo Montalban and Stubby Kaye in belting out thirteen vibrant Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields’s numbers including Big Spender, Rhythm of Life, There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This and the show-stopping If My Friends Could See Me Now. It’s an unforgettable production of an all-time classic.’FILM FACT: Awards and Nominations: 1970 Academy Awards®: Nominated: Best Art Direction and Set Decoration for Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb and Jack D. Moore. Nominated: Best Costume Design for Edith Head. Nominated: Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation) for Cy Coleman. 1970 Golden Globes: Nominated: Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for Shirley MacLaine. 1970 Laurel Awards: Nominated: Golden Laurel Award for Musical. Nominated: Golden Laurel Award for Female Comedy Performance for Shirley MacLaineCast: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr., Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Stubby Kaye, Barbara Bouchet, Suzanne Charny, Alan Hewitt, Dante DiPaolo, Bud Vest, Ben Vereen, Lee Roy Reams, Al Lanti, John Wheeler, Leon Bing, Leon Alton (uncredited), Richard Angarola (uncredited), Marie Bahruth (uncredited), Toni Basil (uncredited), Henry Beckman (uncredited), Jack Berle (uncredited), Larry Billman (uncredited), Carol Birner (uncredited), Herman Boden (uncredited), Donald Bradburn (uncredited), Charles Brewer (uncredited), Chelsea Brown (uncredited), Lonnie Burr (uncredited), Jeff Burton (uncredited), Ceil Cabot (uncredited), Dee Carroll (uncredited), Ray Chabeau (uncredited), Noble ‘Kid’ Chissell (uncredited), Cheryl Christiansen (uncredited), Linda Clifford (uncredited), Kathleen Cody (uncredited), Dick Colacino (uncredited), Bud Cort (uncredited), John Craig (uncredited), Bryan Da Silva (uncredited), Marguerite DeLain (uncredited), Alfred Dennis (uncredited), George DeNormand (uncredited), Kathryn Doby (uncredited), Jimmy Fields (uncredited), Lynn Fields (uncredited), John Frayer (uncredited), Dave Gold (uncredited), Ben Gooding (uncredited), Bick Goss (uncredited), Ellen Halpin (uncredited), Chuck Harrod (uncredited), Sharon Harvey (uncredited), Tom Hatten (uncredited) Buddy Joe Hooker (uncredited), Carlton Johnson (uncredited), Kirk Kirksey (uncredited), Richard Korthaze (uncredited), Jennifer Laws (uncredited), Nolan Leary (uncredited), Lance LeGault (uncredited), Diki Lerner (uncredited), Buddy Lewis (uncredited), Judith Lowry (uncredited), Marco López (uncredited), Trish Mahoney (uncredited), Jerry Mann (uncredited) Lynn McMurrey (uncredited), Joseph Mell (uncredited), Gloria Mills (uncredited), Jackie Mitchell (uncredited), Ted Monson (uncredited), April Nevins (uncredited), Geraldine O’Brien (uncredited), Maris O’Neill (uncredited), Walter Painter (uncredited), Alma Platt (uncredited), Maudie Prickett (uncredited) Louise Quick (uncredited), Frank Radcliffe (uncredited) Leoda Richards (uncredited), Ed Robinson (uncredited), Carroll Roebke (uncredited), Sandy Rovetta (uncredited), Charlene Ryan (uncredited), Dom Salinaro (uncredited), Juleste Salve (uncredited), Victoria Scruton (uncredited), Ronnie Shark (uncredited), Paul Shipton (uncredited), Patrick Spohn (uncredited) Norman Stevans (uncredited), Chet Stratton (uncredited) Walter Stratton (uncredited), Kristoffer Tabori (uncredited) Robert Terry (uncredited), Bob Thompson Jr. (uncredited), Roger Til (uncredited), Jerry Trent (uncredited), Tifni Twitchell (uncredited), Renata Vaselle (uncredited), Bonnie G. West (uncredited), Lorene Yarnell Jansson (uncredited), Kay York (uncredited) and Adele Yoshioka (uncredited)Director: Bob FosseProducer: Robert ArthurScreenplay: Peter StoneComposers: Cy Coleman and Dorothy FieldsOrchestration: Ralph BurnsCinematography: Robert Surtees, A.S.C. (Director of Photography)Image Resolution: 1080p [Technicolor]Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 [Panavision]Audio: French: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo and English: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio StereoSubtitles: FrenchRunning Time: Blu-ray: 151 minutes and DVD: 144 minutesRegion: Blu-ray: All Regions and DVD: PALNumber of discs: 2Studio: Universal Pictures / Elephant Classic FilmsAndrew’s Blu-ray Review: In the film ‘SWEET CHARITY’ [1969] Charity Hope Valentine [Shirley MacLaine] is not dancing at her usual venue the Fandango Ballroom, because Charity Hope Valentine is desperately on the search for love. When we first meet Charity Hope Valentine, she is positively elated over the fact that she thinks she has finally found the love of her life, but when each other finally meet up on a bridge in Central Park and her date pushes her off the bridge and robs her of all her worldly possessions. It is an experience that would make a lot of people want to completely give up, but not Charity Hope Valentine, because she still has faith that her one true love is out there and isn’t about to let anything get in her way of finding it.One night, Charity Hope Valentine runs into Italian movie star Vittorio Vitale [Ricardo Montalban] who is living in a ritzy New York apartment and he had been planning to go out with his girlfriend Ursula [Barbara Bouchet], but when they get into a fight, he winds up going to a club with Charity Hope Valentine instead and by the end of the evening takes Charity Hope Valentine back to his place for dinner and Charity Hope Valentine cannot believe her luck, and the Ricardo Montalban character is charmed by Charity Hope Valentine’s “realness” and simple honest nature and tells him why she answers his questions with “fickle finger of fate” instead of “I don’t know” and then delights in repeating the sayings. But then suddenly without warning Ursula drops by and Charity Hope Valentine eventually has to spend the rest of the night hiding in Vittorio Vitale’s closet.Another of the film’s funniest scenes is the one that is spiced up with other repeated phrases like “without love life would have no purpose” and “up yours!” Sammy Davis Jr. plays Big Daddy Brubeck the preacher of a “street church” that tells the gospel of love; and Ben Vereen is one of its Frug dancers. The Frug was a dance craze from the mid-1960s, which included vigorous dance to pop music and it evolved from another dance of the era, the Chicken, which featured lateral body movements, was used primarily as a change of pace step while doing the Twist.Charity Hope Valentine’s night with Vittorio Vitale only makes her even more determined to better her life. So Charity Hope Valentine decides she wants to leave the Fandango Ballroom, and goes to an employment agency, but while Charity Hope Valentine is there, she ends up getting stuck in an elevator with Oscar Lindquist [John McMartin] and Charity Hope Valentine learns that he is claustrophobic and one of the film’s wackiest scene in the film. After Charity Hope Valentine helps him cope with his claustrophobia, so Charity Hope Valentine and Oscar Lindquist begin seeing each other. Once again, Charity Hope Valentine thinks she has found what she has been looking for, but there is just one problem, Oscar Lindquist does not know about her job at the Fandango Ballroom and is under the impression that Charity Hope Valentine works in a bank.Chita Rivera and Paula Kelly play her “heard it all before” fellow dance hall hostesses and Stubby Kaye plays the nightclub’s manager. Soon enough, Oscar Lindquist finds out the truth and he tries to be okay with it and they plan to get married, but after he goes to her farewell party at the Fandango Ballroom, he realizes he cannot marry her and leaves her once again alone. Left alone at the marriage license bureau, Charity Hope Valentine starts walking home completely heartbroken, but without realising it she suddenly walks through Central Park, and realises that she should not give up hope just yet. But what is also very uplifting about the film ‘SWEET CHARITY,’ is to my mind the three brilliant music and dance routine, that was THERE’S GOTTA BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS which is performed by Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly and Shirley MacLaine; THE RHYTHM OF LIFE which is performed by Sammy Davis Jr. and Chorus and I’M A BRASS BAND which is performed by Shirley MacLaine and Male Ensemble and is definitely on par with the amazing dance routines you saw in the film ‘West Side Story.’You can watch the film a hundred times and still find more to catch the eye that captivates the technique of the dancers is totally impeccable in this film ‘SWEET CHARITY’ and are like liquid dynamite. But to sum up for me, what was the corniest thing about the film ‘SWEET CHARITY’ is the unhappy ending that I feel is less genuine to the plot of the film and more like a self-conscious effort on Bob Fosse’s part to appear really hip by giving us the opposite of a Hollywood Happy ending. Granted, Bob Fosse’s ingrained cynicism is by now the stuff of legend and one slightly negative aspect of this film in that we are introduced to lots of horrible grainy images throughout the film, that was not really needed in this film and I personally felt it slightly spoilt the flow of the film, but I suppose Bob Fosse felt this was the “in thing” to do in the 1960s period. Now, at the end of the film we are asked the big question “And she lived hopefully ever after,” so do we deny Charity Hope Valentine the obvious happy ending she so deserves, I leave that to your own conclusion. One wonderful bonus of owning this brilliant Blu-ray disc is that you get the full length original film that includes the Overture and also the Intermission.SWEET CHARITY MUSIC TRACK LISTMY PERSONAL PROPERTY (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Shirley MacLaine]BIG SPENDER (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Female Ensemble]RICH MAN’S FRUG (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman) [Performed by Orchestra and Chorus]IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Shirley MacLaine]THERE’S GOTTA BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly and Shirley MacLaine]IT’S A NICE FACE (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Shirley MacLaine]THE RHYTHM OF LIFE (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Sammy Davis Jr. and Chorus]SWEET CHARITY (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by John McMartin]I’M A BRASS BAND (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Shirley MacLaine and Male Ensemble]I LOVE TO CRY AT WEDDINGS (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Stubby Kaye and Chorus]WHERE AM I GOING (uncredited) (Music by Cy Coleman and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields) [Performed by Shirley MacLaine]Blu-ray Image Quality – Universal Pictures and Elephant Classic Films have come together to bring you this brilliant Blu-ray release in a stunning 1080p Technicolor image presentation and even more enhanced with the brilliant Panavision 2.35:1 aspect ratio that really shows off this film as it should be seen in very natural beautiful colours. The presentation manages to hold up here surprisingly well on this Blu-ray disc, where again the skin tones look very natural. The picture image is very clean and polished presentation, especially for the age of the film. Universal Pictures and Elephant Classic Films has done an absolutely fantastic job in delivering this 1969 released film title and especially of all the fans of this film will be more than pleased with the result, so a brilliant job all round.Blu-ray Audio Quality – Universal Pictures and Elephant Classic Films have come together to bring us this brilliant Bly-ray release with two audio presentations that consist of French: 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo and English: DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo. With the film ‘SWEET CHARITY’ has a brilliant film score orchestrated by Ralph Burns that really gives a very dynamic and very melodic film score to the point you want to get and dance, that gives a sound experience that is very crisp and clear, and the dynamic activity of the film’s audio presentation is very good, with some subtle orchestral nuances to add to the atmosphere of this brilliant film. So all in all, well done Universal Pictures and Elephant Classic Films for giving us a really professional job with this brilliant Blu-ray disc.Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:Special Feature: ‘SWEET CHARITY’ film par Xavier Leherpeur [2016] [1080p] [1.78:1] [12:47] With this special feature, which is translated in English as ‘SWEET CHARITY’ film by Xavier Leherpeur. Here we have Xavier Leherpeur, a French journalist talking in-depth about the film ‘SWEET CHARITY’ via his home and in the room with his shelves are packed with books on all subjects. Xavier Leherpeur feels ‘SWEET CHARITY’ is a tender, poignant and consistently funny look at the adventures, or rather, misadventures in the ways of love encountered by the gullible lady known as Charity Hope Valentine, who is always giving her heart, and her earnings, to the wrong man. Charity Hope Valentine sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances like a « ultra-chic-continental » hero, and « impossible-to-believe-but-he’s-better-than-nothing » hero. Xavier Leherpeur also comments about the film ‘SWEET CHARITY’ is a musical in every sense of the word. Also comments on people involved with the film that includes Bob Fosse [1927 – 1978], Jerome Robbins [1918 – 1998], Peter Stone [1930 – 2003] and Gwen Verson [1925 – 2000]. Xavier Leherpeur feels that Cy Coleman greatly captured the rhythms and sounds of the film, and Dorothy Fields [1905 – 1974] and her vernacular fun wordy verses, of 1960s New York. It is a film that features amazing choreographed dancing, with great opportunity with the use of dramatic movement. It also features one of the all-time great show-stopping numbers when Charity Hope Valentine’s dance-hall colleagues sing « Hey, Big Spender! » This was an Elephant Classic Films. It is all in French with no English subtitles.Special Feature: Fin alternative [1969] [480i] [1.57:1] [6:44] This special feature is translated into English as ‘SWEET CHARITY’ Alternative Ending. Here we get to see Oscar Lindquist [John McMartin] leaves Charity Hope Valentine [Shirley MacLaine] at the New York City Marriage Bureau, and starts to go crazy in his apartment and then realizes that despite Charity Hope Valentine’s faults, Oscar Lindquist really cannot live without Charity Hope Valentine. Oscar Lindquist finds Charity Hope Valentine on the bridge in Central Park and thinking she is going to jump, but unfortunately Oscar Lindquist falls into the river and Charity Hope Valentine jumps in after Oscar Lindquist and forgives him. Charity Hope Valentine and Oscar Lindquist walk off together, soaking wet, through the park to finally get married. Bob Fosse thought this ending was too corny, and decided to use the depressing, yet more inspirational ending for the film’s major release. It has French subtitles that cannot be deleted.Special Feature: De la scène à l’écran [1969] [480i] [1.37:1] [9:01] This special feature is translated into English as From Stage to Screen – A Director’s Dilemma. This short American documentary is an in-depth look into the history of ‘SWEET CHARITY,’ from its première on Broadway in 1966 and its eventual Hollywood transfer into a film musical and we also get an in-depth look at rare behind-the-scene filming and insight into Bob Fosse’s film technique methods and inner thoughts on how he wants to direct the film. Contributors include: Bob Fosse [Choreographer/Director] and Shirley MacLaine [Actress]. This is in English with French subtitles.Special Feature: La création des costumes d’Edith Head [1969] [480i] [1.33:1] [7:31] This special feature is translated into English as The Art of Exaggeration by Edith Head and this in-depth short documentary is about the long career of Edith Head, Hollywood’s legendary costume designer, created dresses for everyone from Barbara Stanwyck to Grace Kelly, from Bette Davis to Grace Kelly. Here we are personally introduced to Edith Head and talks to the camera and about her big involvement of designing all the clothes for the film ‘SWEET CHAIRTY,’ and also talks about why all the clothes were designed in a specific way and especially for all the females in the film, to reflect the times in the 1960s period. We get to see rare test footage of some of the females who performed in the film, especially doing their routines that eventually appeared in the film. We also get some rare test footage of Shirley MacLaine in different outfits that appeared in the film. We also get a plethora of film clips from ‘SWEET CHARITY.’ Sadly, Edith Head passed away on the 24th October, 1981, four days before her 84th birthday, from myelofibrosis, an incurable bone marrow disease and is interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.Special Feature: Gallerie Photos [2016 [1080p] [1.78:1] [2:08] here we get to view 16 stunning images relating to the film ‘SWEET CHARITY,’ and the image presentation runs automatically, but you can also manually move to the next image.Special Feature: Crédits [2016 [1080p] [1.78:1] [00:09] Here you get to view specific credits information relating to the Blu-ray and DVD release of ‘SWEET CHARITY.’Bandes-Annonces: Here we get to view three Blu-ray and DVD Trailers, which consist of ‘SWEET CHARITY’ [1969] [480i] [1.37:1] [1:31]; ‘CAR WASH’ [1976] [480i] [1.37:1] [2:26] and ‘XANADU’ [1980] [480i] [1.37:1] [1:57] but what a shame they were not in 1080p image presentation and also in their proper aspect ratios. This is in English with French subtitles.Finally, with the film ‘SWEET CHARITY’ [1969] all in all, is a film that gets by largely on the strength of a terrific list of songs given snazzy visual embodiment. As a character study or comedy ‘SWEET CHARITY’ is frankly a little stiff in certain scenes in the film and also slightly uncertain of itself. But Bob Fosse learned a lot, very quickly and three years later, his second film ‘Cabaret,’ would improve on the best parts of ‘SWEET CHARITY,’ but despite this film again being slightly uncertain of itself, it is still worth watching, especially with the standout performance of Shirley MacLaine and ensemble cast. The film has had lots of plaudits and praise, despite other critics giving it the thumbs down, but is some quarters, it has been said, « It’s an accepted fact of film history that the most innovative and influential directors of musicals came from choreographic origins,” meaning: Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies in which motion, form, or both are specified. But despite this Bob Fosse proved this with ‘SWEET CHARITY,’ and joining the ranks of Busby Berkeley, Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, and permanently enshrined Bob Fosse in the halls of film musical history. As a directorial debut, ‘SWEET CHARITY’ is not quite as polished as the film ‘Cabaret,’ but it is more surprising and more exuberant and it absolutely captures the pulse and feel of its release in 1969. Despite what people have said about this film, especially the negative critics, it is a big favourite film of mine and especially with the standout performance of Shirley MacLaine, who shines like a bright star. Highly Recommended!Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film AficionadoLe Cinema ParadisoUnited Kingdom
Reviewer: Lars Sandell
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: Superb Blu-ray of superb film!
Review: What a joy! Hooray for France who has given us this gorgeous looking Blu-ray! Sweet Charity looks as fresh and crisp as the day it was projected in premiere engagement cinemas. Maybe even better. And the French subtitles can be removed with the remote control. Beware, that if you choose « version originale » without subtitles from the menu, you will still get French subs for the song lyrics. But with the subtitle option on the remote, these can also be taken away. Now, Universal/Elephant Films, how about giving us Flower Drum Song and Thoroughly Modern Millie on Blu-ray?
Reviewer: Fred Packer
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: bon movie
Review: bon movie!!
Reviewer: Moreau
Rating: 4,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: avis aux amateurs…
Review: un peu vieilli mais un bon spectacle quand même. Indispensable à tout amateur de comédies musicales.
Reviewer: mac leod
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: Bien reçu. J’ai hâte de le voir surtout les no dansés et chorégraphiés de Bob Fosse
Review: J’utilise ce dvd pour mon divertissement. J’ai hâte de le voir ainsi que les no dansés et chorégraphiés par Bob Fosse.Ça me donne des fourmillements aux pieds, et le sourire aux lèvres rien que d’y penser.
Reviewer: VANHOUTTE MICHEL
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: SATISFAIT
Review: TRES BEAU FILM/COMEDIE MUSICALE
Reviewer: szpirglas
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: Chef d’oeuvre de Bob Fosse
Review: Culture personnelle
Reviewer: Christophe Richon
Rating: 1,0 sur 5 étoiles
Title: Mauvaise qualité
Review: DVD défectueux, plante au beau milieu du film…
Reviewer: Gladys Frey
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
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Review: Always a huge fan of Shirley McLaine, I really enjoyed her characterization of Charity Hope Valentine. Right from the opening, when she is pushed into the stream in Central Park, you can’t help but feel sorry for her. The ‘Big Spender’ number in the dance hall is wonderful and Shirley’s interpretation of ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’ is sublime. Bob Fosse should have had another triumph on his hands with this movie and I can’t understand why it didn’t do so much better at the theatres – blame the critics! I can accept that many movie goers in the Bible belt regions would not approve of the storyline, of a prostitute trying to find love, but the dance numbers are so good it would be a shame to ignore this film because of the subject matter.
Reviewer: John Holloway
Rating: 1,0 sur 5 étoiles
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Review: Sold through Amaon Australia but not playable. Despite having a mult-regional player, this is a Regional A dvd that will only play on USA players. Lift your game Amazon.au Now stuck with a completely unplayable double disc. How about a refund?
Reviewer: old-boxer
Rating: 4,0 sur 5 étoiles
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Review: ご存知ボブ・フォッシーのブロードウエイ・ミュージカルの映画版。グエン・バードンがチャリティを演じた舞台を見たことは勿論ないが、彼女自身が直接指導したマクレーンのダンスは忠実にグエンのスタイルを再現しているとの印象。舞台でショーストッパーになった »If my friends could see me now »もいいが、 »I’m a brass band »のアンサンブルもいい。構成も舞台同様Overtureとintermissionがあるのがユニーク。マクレーンがダンス・ホステスという境遇にありながら、本当の愛情を求めて健気に明るく生きる女性を好演している。フォッシー・スタイルを目指すダンサーは必見。
Reviewer: by Alan Bond
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
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Review: The film quality for a 1969 movie, looks just as great now as it did then when I first saw it. It has not aged despite technology advances (like cell phones, computers) as it’s not set in that world where they are needed.Curiously it comes across more timelessly than the stage version I saw about 20 years ago.The dancing flawless ( well, Fosse was directing and it was his knockout individualistic dancing style). The music is still great, yeah we have « Big Spender » but it’s fun to see Sammy Davis Jr doing his knock out « Rhythm of Life » number (which was a smash hit around the world). Good to also see Stubby Kaye performing his « I Love To Cry At Weddings » in full (for some weird reason in Sydney they cut out half the number).Shirley MacLaine is spot on as the hopelessly always trying to be in love Charity. Ricardo Montalban is also fun as the Latin film star. John McMartin as the shy Oscar should have gone onto bigger and better things in the movies, but he is perfect as the mixed up neurotic and does at least get to perform the title song.In the end, it’s still a great musical with great tunes, choreography and a great testament to the very talented Bob Fosse.
Reviewer: Ray
Rating: 5,0 sur 5 étoiles
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Review: 1958 gewann Federicos Fellinis « Die Nächte der Cabiria » den Oscar als bester Auslandsfilm. Darin spielt seine Ehefrau Giuliette Masina das Straßenmädchen Maria Ceccarelli, genannt Cabiria », die in Rom lebt und trotz ihres Jobs immer noch ein kindliches Gemüt hat und an die große Liebe glaubt. Es ist einer der schönsten Filme aller Zeiten. Dementsprechend hoch sind die Erwartungen für den 12 Jahre später entstandenen Bob Fosse Film « Sweet Charity », der die gleiche Geschichte nach New York transportiert und sie mit Musik und Tanz kombiniert. Bob Fosse gelang es in den 70er Jahren mit den Musicals « Cabaret » und « All that Jazz » zwei Meisterwerke zu drehen. Mit « Sweet Charity » aus dem Jahr 1969 hatte er aber nicht die uneingeschränkte Gunst der Filmkritik und des Kinopublikums – trotz einer tadellosen Schauspielerleistung von Shirley McLaine, die bereits unter Billy Wilder in « Irma la Douce » eine Frau spielt, die dem ältesten Gewerbe der Welt nachgeht.Ihre Figur Charity Hope Valentine ist eine Taxitänzerin bzw. Amüsiermädchen, das für Geld mit Männern tanzt. Dabei hat sie auch nach 8 Jahren in diesem Job ihren Glauben an die Güte der Menschen und an die ewige reine Liebe noch nicht verloren. Durch diese Naivität gerät sie aber stets an Männer, die sie nur ausnutzen. Ihren Freundinnen Nickie (Chita Rivera) und Helene (Paula Kelly) arbeiten ebenfalls als Taxitänzerinnen.Ihr verheirateter Freund Charlie (Dante diPaolo will nur an ihr Erspartes und ergreift die beste Gelegenheit sie von der Gapstow Bridge im Central Park werfen und ihr ihre gesamten Ersparnisse von 427 Dollar zu stehlen. Der Fandango Ballroom und seine schmierig-erotische Kulisse werden mit dem Lied « Big Spender“ vorgestellt. Charity teilt ihre Enttäuschung und Hoffnungen in mehreren Szenen im Laufe des Films mit ihren beiden Freundinnen. Etwas später trifft Charity den berühmten Filmstar Vittorio Vitale (Ricardo Montalban), gerade als er mit seiner dauernd eifersüchtigen Freundin Ursula (Barbara Bouchet) Schluss macht. Charity isst später mit Vittorio in seiner Wohnung zu Abend. Gleich danach kehrt Ursula jedoch zu Vittorio zurück und Charity muss eine demütigende Nacht in einem Schrank verbringen, während Vittorio und Ursula miteinander schlafen und Liebe machen. Charity kehrt erneut ins Fandango zurück, doch sie will sich verändern. Auf der Suche nach einer respektableren und lohnenderen Arbeit geht Charity zu einer Arbeitsvermittlung, muss jedoch zugeben, dass sie weder eine höhere Bildung noch einen höheren Abschluss hat, und der Interviewer glaubt, sie sei als Scherz geschickt worden. Sie bejaht dies und geht. Der Aufzug des Gebäudes bricht zwischen den Stockwerken zusammen und Charity stützt einen Mann, der in Panik gerät. Es ist der schüchterne und klaustrophobische Oscar Lindquist (John McMartin), der Charity auf die Straße verfolgt und sie schließlich um ein Date bittet. Die beiden gehen mehrmals zusammen aus, unter anderem besuchen sie eine alternative Kirche, der ein Prediger namens Big Daddy (Sammy Davis jr) vorsteht, und beten mit dem Lied „The Rhythm of Life“. Charity verrät Oscar nicht, was sie beruflich macht, und lässt ihn glauben, sie arbeite in einer Bank. Oscar macht ihr einen Heiratsantrag und gibt sich aufgeschlossen, als sie ihm schließlich ihren Beruf verrät. Gibt es diesmal für Charity ein Happy End ?Es gibt ein alternatives Ende mit einem glücklichen Ausgang. Das hätte allerdings dem Film geschadet. In Fellinis Film ist Oscar aber ein Heiratsschwindler, in Fosses Film kann dieser Mann die Vergangenheit seiner Geliebten nicht vergessen. Am Ende ist die junge Frau aber in beiden Filmen allein und in « Nächte der Cabiria » begegnet sie auf dem Rückweg in die Stadt einer fröhlichen Gesellschaft bestehend aus Jugendlichen. Neue Hoffnung schöpfend schließt sie sich mit einem Lächeln zwischen den Tränen den Menschen an. In « Sweet Charity » ist diese Szene zeitgeistig, denn im Central Park begegnet Charity einigen Blumenkindern, die sie begrüßen. Das alte Studio System Hollywoods befand sich in den späten 60er Jahren bereits in der Krise und das Erstarken des realistischen gesellschaftskritischen Kinos des New Hollywoods war auf dem Vormarsch. Der Film konnte die Erwartungen an der Kinokasse nicht erfüllen. Der Film hatte erfolglos versucht, die gängigen Musical-Klischees mit ihrem konservativen Weltbild mit der Lebenswirklichkeit in der Großstadt zu verknüpfen. So ist einerseits Charitys Club-Besuch mit dem Schauspieler eine Satire auf das moderne Nachtleben und wirkt wie eine Vorwegnahme der Disco-Bewegung. Drei Oscarnominierungen (bester Musikscore, Beste Ausstattung und beste Kostüme) wurden vergeben. Shirley MacLaine wurde bei der Oscarvergabe ignoriert, sie wurde allerdings für den Golden Globe vorgeschlagen. In der Retrospektive wird Fosses Film inzwischen viel positiver wahrgenommen.

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