All That Jazz (1979)
Storyline
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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Cast
Wallace Shawn, CCH Pounder, John Lithgow, David Margulies, Jessica Lange, Alan Heim, Roy Scheider, Keith Gordon, Michael Tolan, Ben Vereen, Anthony Holland, Sandahl Bergman, Max Wright, Ann Reinking, Deborah Geffner, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Erzsebet Foldi, William LeMassena, Irene Kane, Kathryn Doby, Robert Hitt, Sue Paul, Frankie Man
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Reviews
100
Empire
Savagely witty on backstage life and audaciously edited, Jazz stands alongside Cabaret as the best musical of the last 20 years.
91
Fosse spins his runaway narcissism into self-effacing humor and filters the darkest themes through electrifying song-and-dance numbers. The musical sequences are a lesson in choreography, not just for Fosse's renowned wit and invention in handling his dancers, but also in the editing, which fuses music and movement in perfectly timed cuts.
90
All That Jazz is one of the most self-indulgent movies ever made—but blessedly so.
88
Slant Magazine
All That Jazz may be Fosse’s finest cinematic achievement.
80
An uproarious display of brilliance, nerve, dance, maudlin confessions, inside jokes and, especially, ego.
