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All That Jazz
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*All That Jazz* is a 1979 American musical drama and biographical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay was written by Fosse and Robert Alan Aurthur, who also served as producers alongside Kenneth Utt. The cast includes Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, and Leland Palmer. Ralph Burns composed the music, while Giuseppe Rotunno handled cinematography and Alan Heim edited the film. Set in New York City, the movie was filmed in the same location and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix.
The film has a runtime of 123 minutes and was released on December 16, 1979. It is part of the New Hollywood movement and depicts an angel. *All That Jazz* received the Palme d'Or and won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design. It was also nominated for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. The film holds an IMDb rating of 7.8 and a Metascore of 72.
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7.5Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
Cast
- Roy Scheider as Joe Gideon
- Jessica Lange as Angelique
- Ann Reinking as Kate Jagger
- Leland Palmer as Audrey Paris
- Cliff Gorman as Davis Newman
- Ben Vereen as O'Connor Flood
Themes
- movie business
- show business
- tap dancing
- film in film
- tragedy
- divorce
- broadway
- rainstorm
- surgery
- editing
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
38,573 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Musical
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 4 Oscars. 12 wins & 14 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Bob Fosse
- Written by
- Robert Alan Aurthur , Bob Fosse
- Produced by
- Robert Alan Aurthur
- Starring
- Roy Scheider , Jessica Lange , Ann Reinking , Leland Palmer , Cliff Gorman , Ben Vereen
- Cinematography
- Giuseppe Rotunno
- Edited by
- Alan Heim
- Music by
- Ralph Burns
- Production companies
- 20th Century-Fox , Columbia Pictures
- Distributed by
- 20th Century-Fox (United States and Canada), Columbia Pictures (International)
- Release date
- December 20, 1979 ( 1979-12-20 )
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $37.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Roy Scheider as an obsessive film and stage director. It is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as a dancer, choreographer and filmmaker. It was also the final work of its producer Robert Alan Aurthur, who wrote the screenplay with Fosse and died a year before its release.
The story draws from Fosse's experience editing his 1974 film Lenny while simultaneously staging the Broadway musical Chicago, which he directed, choreographed and co-wrote. Like Fosse, Scheider's character attempts to stage an ambitious Broadway musical while supervising the editing of a film he directed and which, like Lenny, centers on a stand-up comedian. Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman and Ben Vereen co-star in supporting roles. The film borrows its title from the song of the same name from Chicago.
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