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Release Date: 15 April, 2003 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (6 total) |
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AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL
A Chorus Line as mis-directed by Richard Attenborough is such a rotten movie the stench actually permeated throughout the movie theater. Who in all that's holy ever thought this stuffed shirt had even a scintilla of comprehension and knowledge about musical theater and the "gypsies" who troll through audition after audition hoping for a chance to be part of the dancing chorus of a Broadway show? And these same geniuses hired Michael Douglas to play a choreographer. Pee-Wee Herman would even have been a better choice than Douglas who spent his scenes at a table looking either bored or constipated.
The musical numbers weren't even thought through so that's why one number "I Can Do That" starts then cuts to Cassie riding to the audition in a cab-a couple more seconds of the ongoing number, then Cassie in the cab again-another quick cut to the number, Cassie at the stage door, then back to the stage for the last three notes of the routine. I can just see the actor performing that number must have cried when he saw the movie.
And what happened to "What I Did For Love" was loathsome and appalling and Mr Attenborough never never never had an idea what the song was about or what it meant and actually filmed it as a love song and had the actress who tried to play Cassie and Douglas making goo-goo eyes at each other in flashbacks.
the finale "One" with about 50 chorus boys and girls in the gold lame suits at least looked great and is the sole reason for the one-star rating.
We didn`t get many musicals in the 80s...
but fortunately Richard Attenborough gave us this(a long way from Gandhi indeed)... It is a 80s treatment of the show, but the talent is a treasure to behold. The cast-director of CHICAGO should have seen this and put real musical-talent in the leads...
The finale, One, brings tears to the eyes... IT`S A SHOWSTOPPER INDEED:-)))))))))))
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