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Synopsis: Choreographing and picking dancers for his current show whilst editing his feature film about a stand-up comedian is getting to Joe Gideon. Without the chemical substances, he would not have the energy to keep up with his girlfriend, his ex-wife, and his special dancing daughter. They attempt to bring him back from the brink, but it's too late for his exhausted body and stress-ravaged heart. He chain-smokes, uses drugs, sleeps with his dancers and overworks himself into open-heart surgery. Scenes from his past life start to encroach on the present and he becomes increasingly aware of his mortality.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Bob Fosse
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
  Won 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
1979
123 min
1,304 Views


bargaining, depression, acceptance.

All right, if you happen

to get to denial... denial...

"No, tha's not me, man. No. Oh-ho...

Somebody else, maybe, but not me."

"Oh, no. You got the wrong...

How about my mother, man?"

"She's old, l'm weaned, l'm toilet-trained.

Bye, Ma. You've been terrific. l love ya."

- But not me!

- Mother?

Kinda chubby. And jolly.

And sexy.

Bargaining. Remember her?

"Can we sit down and talk

about this like businessmen?"

"A negotiation, OK? No more hard drugs.

A little grass, maybe, but tha's it."

"OK, all right, look, man, l promise

l won't flash on subways any more, OK?"

Cat drives a hard bargain. Depression...

- Hi, Katie.

- "l'm dying!"

"Oh, God, am l dying?!"

Wanna have dinner together

before l go to the theatre?

- l can't.

- "The doctor's not dying."

- Should l come over to your apartment later?

- Yeah, sure.

- Father?

- Liar, womaniser. You woulda liked him.

Wait a minute. l don't know.

We may be working very late tonight.

- Tha's OK.

- Yeah. We'll talk later.

"At those prices, man,

who can afford to live?"

So... acceptance.

- "l accept!"

- Hold it.

- Hold it.

- Finished, or you wanna run it again?

No, l do not want to run it again,

thank you very much. We are finished.

- Anybody have any ideas?

- Oh, l like it, Joe. l think i's really funny.

Who asked you, Stacy?

l's too long... l don't know.

Maybe we can get away with it.

Do you suppose

Stanley Kubrick gets depressed?

- Do you wanna work tonight, Joe?

- No, l gotta work on the show.

You have really got something... special.

All right...

All right!

l want so to be a movie star.

Oh?

Ever since l was a little kid,

l wanted to see my face

on the screen... 40 feet wide.

Oh, yeah?

"l have always depended

on the kindness of strangers."

You're looking at my nose,

aren't you? l's crooked.

lt goes to the left. See?

l mean, like, l could always

have that fixed. Like that.

Do you think l could be?

You know. A movie star.

ln the movies.

Well, tha's...

l don't know anybody

that could answer that question.

l's... i's a very freaky business, you know?

Yeah, l know all about that,

but, like, l wanna know what you think.

Do you think l could be a movie star?

No.

Even with a nose job?

Well, tha's fair.

Like you said, it is a freaky business, though.

You know, you could be wrong, right?

Right.

l don't dance so hot either, do l?

You will. l promise you.

You wanna go to bed?

Yeah.

l'm sorry. Oh, am l sorry.

- Katie!

- l shoul've called first.

Oh, sh*t.

- Did l, like, screw anything up?

- No. l screwed it up.

Oh, l meant to call her.

Oh, boy, you are really something.

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Robert Alan Aurthur

Robert Alan Aurthur (June 10, 1922 – November 20, 1978) was an American screenwriter, director and producer. more…

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