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Summary: superb video comments of what germany was like with other na
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Summary: LIZA THE NEW MISS SHOWBUSINESS
Review: In this film Liza Minnelli proved that she was the new Miss ShowBusiness. Although this film is a milestone in moviemaking, it remains Liza`s show. It`s a film for adults, it might be scary for young ones. It is the greatest musical drama ever produced.
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Summary: One of the finest films ever made- Cabaret is stunning!
Review: Bob Fosse's mesmorizing movie-musical "Cabaret", winner of eight Academy Awards, is a landmark in American cinema. The always-wonderful Liza Minnelli gives a "truly terrific" performance, earning her a Best Actress Oscar, and proves to us that she really is "a most extraordinary person." Emcee Joel Grey lulls the viewer into his seedy underworld of "divine decadence" and never lets go, earning him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. The brilliance of Fosse's work is best exemplified through the intertwined plots and music, creating a dark portrayal of pre-war Berlin. As a musical, "Cabaret" is tops. The dynamic songwriter/lyricist team of Kander and Ebb brings us a terrific score of music that is brought to life by the exciting Liza. The opening number, "Wilkommen" brings us into the Kit Kat Club and keeps us there until Minnelli's showstopping swan- song "Cabaret." Other highlights include Liza's Ditrich-esque "Mein Herr" with the subtle, yet captivating choereography of the back-up Kit Kat Girls, Liza's "Maybe This Time", Liza and Joel's "The Money Song", and Joel Grey's raunchy "Two Ladies." Each time I watch the movie, I am again taken into the Cabaret and revisit the lives of the engaging charaters. The movie is chalk-full of messages and symbolism and I have yet to find all of them. Performances of all the actors, including the underrated Michel York, Helmut Griem, and Marisa Berenson, are top-notch as well. The movie has great touches of comedy, displaying Liza's great timing and expressive faces. Some memorable lines include Liza's Sally Bowles frankly telling York's Brian Roberts, "I am a most strangely extraordinary person, you know," and Brian complementing Sally on her singing talent: "You know, you really are very good!" Sally: "I know darling, isn't it wonderful?!" The subtle exchange between Sally, Brian, Fritz, and Frauline Natalia Landaur is a scene that is good for a juicy chuckle as well. However, "Cabaret" turns out to be no laughing matter when the horrors of Nazism become fully realized, which makes the characters, especially the starry eyed Sally, retreat further into their own worlds. (This is a grown-up Sound of Music, folks.) "Cabaret" is a definite winner. As a movie, its a stunning cinemagraphic mix of drama and comedy; however, the comedy is overshadowed by the dark subject matter. As a musical, it is one of the best. Whether on stage or screen, "Cabaret" is outstanding, but what else would one expect when he combines the music of Kander and Ebb, the direction and sizzling choreography of Fosse, and the talents of Grey, York, and Miss Liza Minnelli? Why, a Cabaret of course!
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Summary: Hazah!
Review: This movie is great--not just music wise, but for its great plot and its morose sybolism. One of my alltime favorites, and yours too.
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Summary: Incredible version of Grey/Minnelli/York classic
Review: This is a must for any musical lover's collection. The DVD format brings out vivid colors and incredible sound unobtainable in tape format. The special features include many interviews and production notes regarding contributor's insights into how production decisions were made, including the infamous accident of the "thrown sweetroll". Wide screen format allows viewer to see the entire film as originally produced. Subtitles available in English, French, and Spanish (great for getting ALL the lyrics!). Watchable over and over!
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Summary: Classic and wonderful performance from Liza
Review: Loved this musical, one of my favorites since Grease. Liza was wonderful, as usual. Should be in every musical lovers library.
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Summary: Blockbuster Film-Version of Broadway Smash
Review: Berlin 1930. The city is a haven for society's outcasts, foreigners, transvestites, prostitutes. The focus is on "Sally" (brilliantly portrayed by Liza Minnelli), a life- (and men-) loving American night club singer with secret dreams of settling down and living a more respectable life. She befriends a young unemployed translator and "shacks up" with him. Together they (and others) witness the changing winds brought on by the emerging power of the Nazis. -- The musical numbers are fantastic, most memorable the "Money" song and Liza Minnelli's solos. "If You Could See Her Through My Eyes" is a thinly vailed commentary on the Nazi's hatred towards Jews. The vulgarity of the night club milleu adds to the realism of a tragic chapter in German (and World) History. This film is a masterpiece deservedly honored with 8 Oscars! -- If you ever get a chance to see a stage production of "Cabaret", by all means SEE IT. Some of the effects are even more stunning when seen live on stage. This is one of Broadway's finest musicals ever.*****
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Summary: One of the finest films ever made- Cabaret is stunning!
Review: Bob Fosse's mesmorizing movie-musical "Cabaret", winner of eight Academy Awards, is a landmark in American cinema. The always-wonderful Liza Minnelli gives a "truly terrific" performance, earning her a Best Actress Oscar, and proves to us that she really is "a most extraordinary person." Emcee Joel Grey lulls the viewer into his seedy underworld of "divine decadence" and never lets go, earning him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. The brilliance of Fosse's work is best exemplified through the intertwined plots and music, creating a dark portrayal of pre-war Berlin. As a musical, "Cabaret" is tops. The dynamic songwriter/lyricist team of Kander and Ebb brings us a terrific score of music that is brought to life by the exciting Liza. The opening number, "Wilkommen" brings us into the Kit Kat Club and keeps us there until Minnelli's showstopping swan- song "Cabaret." Other highlights include Liza's Ditrich-esque "Mein Herr" with the subtle, yet captivating choereography of the back-up Kit Kat Girls, Liza's "Maybe This Time", Liza and Joel's "The Money Song", and Joel Grey's raunchy "Two Ladies." Each time I watch the movie, I am again taken into the Cabaret and revisit the lives of the engaging charaters. The movie is chalk-full of messages and symbolism and I have yet to find all of them. Performances of all the actors, including the underrated Michel York, Helmut Griem, and Marisa Berenson, are top-notch as well. The movie has great touches of comedy, displaying Liza's great timing and expressive faces. Some memorable lines include Liza's Sally Bowles frankly telling York's Brian Roberts, "I am a most strangely extraordinary person, you know," and Brian complementing Sally on her singing talent: "You know, you really are very good!" Sally: "I know darling, isn't it wonderful?!" The subtle exchange between Sally, Brian, Fritz, and Frauline Natalia Landaur is a scene that is good for a juicy chuckle as well. However, "Cabaret" turns out to be no laughing matter when the horrors of Nazism become fully realized, which makes the characters, especially the starry eyed Sally, retreat further into their own worlds. (This is a grown-up Sound of Music, folks.) "Cabaret" is a definite winner. As a movie, its a stunning cinemagraphic mix of drama and comedy; however, the comedy is overshadowed by the dark subject matter. As a musical, it is one of the best. Whether on stage or screen, "Cabaret" is outstanding, but what else would one expect when he combines the music of Kander and Ebb, the direction and sizzling choreography of Fosse, and the talents of Grey, York, and Miss Liza Minnelli? Why, a Cabaret of course!
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Summary: THE BEST
Review: As for musical-drama concerned... THIS IS IT! The producers of Chicago should have seen this(indeed they did - every major moment in that film is "stolen" from Cabaret) and put REAL musical stars in the film.When u have Joel and Liza u are not let down... I give flowergreetings to the entire cast and crew... The filmversion of Cabaret has a lot of "new songs"(Maybe This Time, Mein Herr, The Money Song) and the plot follows the 1955-movie "I AM A CAMERA" more than the stage musical. Since then; the Liza-songs have found themselves in numerous revivals of this stageplay since this 1972-masterpiece. The film is still frightening and raw......Trivia: The scene in which Liza meets Marisa they talk about diseases... On video, here in Europe at least, that was cut....
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Summary: Life is a cabaret, old chum! Come to the cabaret!
Review: "Life is a cabaret, old chum! Come to the CA-BA-RET!" crows Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) in the brightly lit Kit Kat Club. Cabaret. The word calls out, "Celebration!". And this film is just that: a celebration of a devinely decadent era. In 1931 Berlin, a larger-than-life singer whose motto "Life is a cabaret, ol' chum!" carries her through the darkly decadent days of pre-Nazism. Meeting a young bisexual English writer, she encounters many adventures with him along for a wild ride. Although they are worlds apart, the two begin a passionate love affair... while the Nazis begin their rampage on Germany. Many musical sequences in the picture, taking place at the tawdry Kit Kat Club, provide some of the greatest songs and savory entertainment ever put on the screen. Liza Minnelli, in a much deserved Oscar-winning role, is thrilling in all of her solo numbers: in "Mein Herr", she dances with a vivacious electricity, singing lustily, "And though I used to care/ I need the open air/ You're better off without me, Mein Herr!". In "Maybe This Time", she passionately sings about the love that will come to her... maybe this time. And in the picture's title tune, "Cabaret", Liza belts out the best song of a fabulous score: "What good is sitting alone in your room?/ Come hear the music play/ Life is a cabaret, old chum!/ Come to the cabaret!". Michael York does just fine as her writer friend, and Joel Grey won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a rather unsettling "Master of Ceremonies": "Wilkommen, bienvenu, velcome! In cabaret, undt, cabaret, undt, CABARET!" The marvelous, Oscar-winning cinematography, sound and direction by Bob Fosse create a highly stylized musical drama that you won't want to miss. Come to the "Cabaret", old chum!
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