Chicago (Widescreen Edition)
by Rob Marshall
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Actor: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cliff Saunders, Ren?e Zellweger, Richard Gere, Taye DiggsDirector: Rob Marshall
Brand: Chicago
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Craig Zadan
Producer: Don Carmody
Writer: Bill Condon
Writer: Bob Fosse
Writer: Fred Ebb
Writer: Maurine Dallas Watkins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-19
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Chicago (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: Best Picture? Not even close...
Summary: 2 Stars
Speaking of Rene Zellweger, that just reminded me that I also recently watched this movie for the first time. Unfortunately, it did nothing for me (and I tend to actually like musicals!). I can't believe this won all those awards (Best Picture???). It looked great, and the acting was good, but I never gathered any sympathy or empathy with any of the characters, and the music itself didn't do much for me either.DVD Review: My alltime favorite movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movie so many times I thought I should own it. It's my all time favorite movie.DVD Review: Chicago Widescreen Edition
Summary: 5 Stars
The product arrived on time and was in perfect condtion! Would certianly purchase from this seller again!DVD Review: Alright but Overrated
Summary: 3 Stars
How can I describe the most overrated musical of all time? Well it was good I'll give it that. Everyone could sing except Zellwegger. She looks likes she's squinting half the time and she's off key the other half. Secondly, the musical numbers are staged in a distracting way. Instead of being straight forward sequences, we are jarringly taken out of the main story and thrust onto the stage where the songs are being performed, thus proving that this musical was not really meant to leave the stage, they just have a stagey (I know that's not a word) type feel and don't feel organic. The only number that felt organic was "Class" and that was cut from the movie anyway. The movie brings us one step foward and the numbers are almost like two steps backward. If you want a musical with an uninterrupted storyline and actual organic musical sequences, watch "The Blues Brothers" and its sequel, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (only if you're really, really, really into [all out] musicals and the Beatles), "Mamma Mia!" and "Sweeney Todd".DVD Review: AN EXCELLENT TAKE ON FOSSEE
Summary: 5 Stars
Rob Marshall did an incredible job of bringing Bob Fossee's broadway extravaganza to the big screen. The performances by Zellweger, Zeta-Jones, Gere, and Queen Latifah were pitch-perfect. I for one was reminded of another classic ( though, a non-musical ), NATURAL BORN KILLERS, that both parodied, and reveled in the glorification of murderers by not just the press, but the public as well. CHICAGO is a gem that holds its own when compared to the best of Hollywood's musicals ( unlike Joel Schumacher's pathetic rendition of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Lloyd Webber's syrupy, maudlin, travesty of a musical ).
Description of Chicago (Widescreen Edition)
Winner of six Academy Awards(R) (2003) including Best Picture, and starring Academy Award nominee (Best Actress, CHICAGO) and Golden Globe winner (Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, CHICAGO) Ren?e Zellweger (BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY), Academy Award winner (Best Supporting Actress, CHICAGO) Catherine Zeta-Jones (TRAFFIC), Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actress, CHICAGO) Queen Latifah (BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE), Golden Globe winner (Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, CHICAGO) Richard Gere (UNFAITHFUL), and Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actor, CHICAGO) John C. Reilly (GANGS OF NEW YORK) -- CHICAGO is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago, there's only room for one legend! Also starring Lucy Liu (CHARLIE'S ANGELS).Bob Fosse's sexy cynicism still shines in Chicago, a faithful movie adaptation of the choreographer-director's 1975 Broadway musical. Of course the story, all about merry murderesses and tabloid fame, is set in the Roaring '20s, but Chicago reeks of '70s disenchantment--this isn't just Fosse's material, it's his attitude, too. That's probably why the movie's breathless observations on fleeting fame and fickle public taste already seem dated. However, Ren?e Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are beautifully matched as Jazz Age vixens, and Richard Gere gleefully sheds his customary cool to belt out a showstopper. (Yes, they all do their own singing and dancing.) Whatever qualms musical purists may have about director Rob Marshall's cut-cut-cut style, the film's sheer exuberance is intoxicating. Given the scarcity of big-screen musicals in the last 25 years, that's a cause for singing, dancing, cheering. And all that jazz. --Robert Horton
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