Funny Girl
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Actor: Anne Francis, Barbra Streisand, Kay Medford, Omar Sharif, Walter PidgeonBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 151 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-23
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Funny Girl
Movie Review: The Star Was Already Born And Now She's Finally Arrived!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Funny Girl" was a musical with a book by Isobel Lennart, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of Broadway/Film/Comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein. It's original title was "My Man". After seventeen previews, the Broadway production, directed by Garson Kanin and choreographed by Carol Haney, opened on March 26, 1964 at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it ran for 1348 performances. The opening night cast included: Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford, Danny Meehan, Jean Stapleton, and Lainie Kazan, who also served as Streisand's understudy. Later in the run, Barbra and Sydney were replaced by husband-and-wife team Mimi Hines and Phil Ford. The show was nominated for eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Composer and Lyricist, Best Actor in a Musical (Chaplin), Best Actress in a Musical (Barbra), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Meehan), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Medford), Best Choreography, and Best Producer of a Musical (Ray Stark). Facing tough competition from "Hello, Dolly!", it failed to win in any categories. The 1968 screen adaptation, directed by legendary movie director William Wyler, paired Barbra with Omar Sharif in the role of Arnstein. Medford and Stapleton repeated their stage roles, and Walter Pidgeon was cast as Flo Ziegfeld, with Anne Francis in the added role of showgirl Georgia James, although most of her performance was left on the cutting room floor. Fans of the original Broadway score were dismayed to discover most of its songs were eliminated. The most notable addition was "My Man," a Fanny Brice tune used as the film's finale. Barbra won a well deserved Academy Award for Best Actress, an honor she shared with Katharine Hepburn for "The Lion in Winter", making it the first & last tie for Best Actress. The film was nominated in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kay Medford), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation), Best Original Song ("Funny Girl"), and Best Sound. Barbra also won a Golden Globe for Best Actress; nominations also went to the film, the title song, and Wyler, who was named Best Director by the Directors Guild Of America. Lennart's screenplay won her recognition from the Writers Guild Of America. "Funny Girl" was a huge hit in theaters, also became the top grossing film of 1968 and in 2006 this film ranked #16 on the American Film Institute's list of the best musicals ever made.
Summary of Funny Girl
One of the most popular movie musicals ever made! Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice, a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar(R) for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break at Keeney's Music Hall, her hilarious debut as a roller-skating chorus girl gets her hired as a comedienne. A year later Fanny is working for Florenz Ziegfeld in his famous Follies and brings the house down with an outrageous and unplanned number. Fanny becomes a star, falls in love and marries Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), a handsome gambler whose luck doesn't hold up. The film's many memorable songs include "Don't Rain On My Parade" and the Streisand classic "People."Ah, Barbra. Of all her onscreen personas, she sparkles in none as she does in her role as 1930s comedian Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl. Portraying the life of this star of stage and radio, Brice preens and prances and sings, captivating her audience both onscreen and off. Fanny Brice started life on the Lower East Side of New York, the daughter of a Jewish saloon owner. Not the prettiest girl around, Brice still managed to quickly rise to stardom as a performer in the Ziegfield Follies. A shrewd, obstinate woman, Brice dictated her own success story on stage; things were a different matter in romance. Falling hard for the stunning Nick Arnstein (suavely played by Omar Sharif), Brice must navigate a difficult marriage. While kids may love the tunes (which include the now-infamous "People," as in "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world"), the plot is definitely adult-oriented. Enjoy this one, but don't go too far out of your way for the sequel, Funny Lady. --Jenny Brown
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