A Chorus Line Page #3

Synopsis: A director is casting dancers for a large production. Large numbers of hopefulls audition, hoping to be selected. Throughout the day, more and more people are eliminated, and the competition gets harder. Eventually, approximately a dozen dancers must compete for a few spots, each hoping to impress the director with their dancing skill. But, is this really what the director is looking for?
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
PG-13
Year:
1985
113 min
3,034 Views


Larry, would you collect them?

Kim, would you pick them up, please?

Thank you.

Who am I anyway?

Am I my resum?

That is a picture

of a person I don't know.

What does he want from me?

What should I try to be?

So many faces all around

and here we go.

I need this job.

Oh, God, I need

this show.

Zach?

Cassie, please. We're running late.

I'm here to audition, Zach.

Oh, come on.

It's nothing but chorus.

Okay, fine.

I'll audition for chorus.

Oh, Cassie, come on.

Okay, Larry, line 'em up.

Let's continue, please.

Starting from the right.

Step forward, tell me your real name,

stage name, if it's different,

where you were born and your age.

Cassie.

First, please.

My real name is...

Cass...

what's all this about the chorus?

Cass, what's all this chorus stuff?

Is Tina Mason still

in that apartment on 85th?

Tina Mason?

I haven't seen her for years.

-Yeah, credit card call to L.A.

-She went on to teaching.

-213-555-8535.

-Larry, come here a minute, will ya?

Yeah, sure!

-No, it's 213-555-8535-7298.

Hold on.

-Thank you. Hang on.

-Okay, I'll wait, okay.

Next, please.

Maggie Winslow.

Sometimes known as

Margaret, Margie. Peggy.

I was born in San Mateo, California,

on a Thursday evening, at 10:40 p.m,

August 17th, 1965.

Mike Cass...

but not always.

I used to be Timothy Michael

Cassiday O'Donoghue in Trenton...

New Jersey, where I was born

July 9th, 1960.

Connie Wong.

Always Wong, never right.

Bad joke.

I was born in Chinatown,

Lower East Side.

How old are you?

I was born December 5th,

My real name is

Sidney Kenneth Beckenstein.

My Jewish name is Rochmel Lev...

Ben Yokov Meyer Beckenstein.

My professional name...

is Gregory Gardner.

Very East Side,

and I do not deny it.

I happen to be a mere 28 years old.

Sheila Bryant.

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

But I've always felt

more like... Park Avenue.

Oh, yes. I'm going to be 30 real soon,

and I'm real glad.

-You want to rent for three months?

-Right.

I'm Robert Charles Joseph

Henry Mills...

...III.

That's my real name, too.

I come from upstate New York,

near Buffalo.

I can't remember the name

of the town. I blocked it out.

Age?

Tell him, Bobby.

Why should I lie?

Age is only a state of mind.

What age do you want me to be?

Bobby, how old are you?

My name is Bebe--

Louder, please.

My name is Bebe Benson.

Beatrice Ann Benson.

Washington, D.C.

I'm 19 years old.

My name is Judy Monroe...

but my real name is Marilyn Monroe.

Oh, no, no, no.

It's always been Judy Monroe.

I'm 22 years old,

and I'm from El Paso.

El Paso, Texas.

Hi, my name is Richie Walters.

on a full moon in Herculaneum, Missouri.

And I'm black.

We've met before, Zach.

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Arnold Schulman

Arnold Schulman (born August 11, 1925) is an American playwright, screenwriter, producer, a songwriter and novelist. He was a stage actor long associated with the American Theatre Wing and the Actors Studio. more…

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