Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300147980 Format: NTSC ISBN: 6300147983 Label: Nelson Entertainment Manufacturer: Nelson Entertainment Publisher: Nelson Entertainment Running Time: 113 minutes Studio: Nelson Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1985 Sales Rank: 16532
Amazon.com: If you've never seen this popular production performed on stage in its original form as one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history, the movie version is probably your next best option--heck, it's your only option! But beware the major difference between the experience of stage and screen, because A Chorus Line is a perfect example of a show that doesn't translate well from one medium to another. Director Richard Attenborough gives it his best shot, cutting some of the production numbers and adding new ones while "opening up" the show to explore the off-stage lives of struggling performers as they prepare for another grueling audition. Michael Douglas plays the harsh, workaholic director who puts the auditioning "gypsies" through the paces, winnowing a large group of hopefuls down to eight lucky cast members for his next big show. There's a subplot about the director's former girlfriend, who returns for the big audition, and along the way the other hopefuls sing and dance while revealing their various hopes and fears. On screen, the musical works best when focused on its dramatic passages; otherwise it's impossible to escape the fact that this material is best suited to live performance. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Song, Dance, and interesting characters
A Chorus Line allows us to watch as a director (Michael Douglas) selects the men and women he wants in the chorus of a play he will direct. He asks the people who have come to try out to tell him something ... Read More
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The movie is great; however a sequence where BeBe is asked to demonstrate a solo is missing.
Rating: - A Chorus Line
A very good movie. A precursor to the play at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore.
Rating: - GRATEFUL FIND AND ON DVD!!!
I loved this movie when it was first released. It is not shown on tv or cable enough. I have been looking for it on and off. I was glad to see it on Amazon.com and for this price. What a great find and on DVD! ... Read More
Rating: - A Chorus Line
I was fortunate enough to see the original Broadway Play and I was captivated by the story line and the fantastic, heart warming characters in the play. Too bad the Movie Directors and Script Writers had to do ... Read More
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