Funny Girl
by William Wyler
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Actor: Anne Francis, Barbra Streisand, Kay Medford, Omar Sharif, Walter PidgeonDirector: William Wyler
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Harry Stradling Sr.
Editor: Maury Winetrobe
Editor: William Sands
Producer: Ray Stark
Writer: Isobel Lennart
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 151 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-23
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Funny Girl
DVD Review: Hilarious musical based on life of comedienne Fannie Brice
Summary: 5 Stars
Funny Girl (directed by William Wyler) is a hilarious, wonderful musical lightly based on the life of comedienne and actress Fanny Brice. The film version is based on the stage musical that premiered on Broadway in 1964.
Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) is a Jewish girl from New York City who simply wants to make it as a star. Eventually she makes it all the way to the Ziegfeld Follies and stars in some of Florenz Ziegfeld`s (Walter Pidgeon) productions.
She soon falls in love with a worldly gambler (who she's met before), Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), and leaves theatre behind to marry him. The rest of the musical follows their rocky marriage and Brice's reemergence into theatre and comedy.
Streisand shines in this movie. In my opinion this is Streisand at her comedic best. Her acting is natural and she delivers her lines perfectly. Her facial expressions are enough to make me laugh. She is a gem. Her character Fannie Brice believes all she has going for her is her humor but Streisand shows us that Brice is so much more than that. She is funny, caring, beautiful and resilient. She will stop at nothing to get what she wants in life.
Every scene in this movie that was meant to be funny is. The "His Loves Makes Me Beautiful" is brilliant and leaves me wondering if they truly could have gotten away with that musical number in the early 1900s. Streisand's character refuses to sing about how beautiful she is and, in protest, shoves a pillow up her dress and pretends to be pregnant in the number.
The "Roller Skate Rag" is also hilarious. It's humorous seeing Brice trying to roller skate and knocking the other skaters down in the process.
The songs and musical score are amazing. The more serious "People" fits perfectly with the rest of the movie. It is one of Streisand's best performances in the film. Also, no one can forget "Don't Rain On My Parade". It's a signature Barbra Streisand song for a reason. She belts it out with enormous emotion and proves to us that no one could ever sing it as well as her.
The supporting cast that consists of Sharif, Brice's mother (Kay Medford), Pidgeon and Georgia James (Anne Francis) complete the movie. Streisand is certainly the break out star in the film but it wouldn't be the same without the rest of the cast; especially Shariff.
After I saw Funny Girl for the first time I listened to the entire soundtrack and found myself singing along to every song. It's my favorite musical and, like Paper Moon, I highly recommend it.
DVD Review: Funny Girl
Summary: 5 Stars
Everything was fine. Disc arrived in a timely manner and in excellent condition. I would purchase from this vendor again.DVD Review: The Ugly Duckling And The Con Man
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently rewatched FUNNY GIRL for the first time in perhaps twenty years. And though I still think it is a fine film I was not as charmed by it as I was in my earlier days. Maybe I've read too much about the real Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein and found out how very sanitized Arnstein's life story was for the Broadway musical and this film that is quite closely adapted from it. For whatever reason I did not find Omar Sharif's portrayal of the handsome gambler Nick as breathtaking in this viewing and I actually found his accent annoying. At any rate the film is still a must see for musical lovers and those like me with an interest in entertainment history though the viewer should be very aware of the great deal of license taken in retelling this bittersweet love story. And Streisand of course was young and at her full powers in her star making role as Fanny that still seems positively tailor made for her voice, looks and screen presence.DVD Review: funny girl
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very good movie. It is so easy to be able to order old movies and enjoy them again and again,DVD Review: STREISAND AT HER BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
This is Barbra Steisand 1st film which brought her an oscar for best actress and boy did she deserve it. The songs are classic the love story touching the directing brilliant and at the end when Ms Streisand sings My Man like WOW that made her a star.
Description of Funny Girl
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 ROLLERSKATING CHORUS GIRL GETS HER HIRED ASA COMEDIENNE. A YEAR LATER, FANNY IS WORKING FOR FLORENZZIEGFELD IN HIS FAMOUS FOLLIES AND BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN.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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