Joe 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.
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Roy Scheider
Joe Gideon
Jessica Lange
Angelique
Ann Reinking
Kate Jagger
Leland Palmer
Audrey Paris
Cliff Gorman
Davis Newman
Ben Vereen
O'Connor Flood
Erzsebet Foldi
Michelle Gideon
Michael Tolan
Dr. Ballinger
Max Wright
Joshua Penn
William LeMassena
Jonesy Hecht
Director
Bob Fosse
Tagline
"All that work. All that glitter. All that pain. All that love. All that crazy rhythm."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$37,823,676
Production
Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox
jjvanrensburg
March 9, 2024
From the opening sequence of Joe Gideon auditioning hopeful young dancers, to the last, ingenious depiction of his heart attack, presented as a showbiz spectacle, this film is at times darkly fascinating and then exuberant in its depiction of a self-destructive song and dance man at the pinnacle of his craft. At the time that I first saw the film, with multiple viewings to follow, I was unfamiliar...
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