Cabaret [videorecording] / Allied Artists Pictures Corporation and ABC Pictures Corp. present an ABC Pictures Corp. production ; a Feuer & Martin production ; produced on the New York stage by Harold Prince ; screenplay by Jay Allen ; produced by Cy Feuer ; directed by Bob Fosse.
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FilmPublisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2003Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Music by John Kander ; lyrics by Fred Ebb ; dances and musical numbers by Bob Fosse ; music supervised, arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns ; photographed by Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, David Bretherton.
- 8 Academy Awards in 1972: Best actress (Minnelli), Best supporting actor (Grey), Best director (Fosse), Art direction/set direction, Cinematography, Costume design, Music scoring/adaptation, Sound.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | DVDs | DVD CAB | Available | 36748002430363 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Originally a 1966 Broadway musical, this groundbreaking Bob Fosse musical was in turn based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin, previously dramatized for stage and screen as I Am a Camera with Julie Harris as Sally Bowles. Fosse uses the decadent and vulgar cabaret as a mirror image of German society sliding toward the Nazis, and this intertwining of entertainment with social history marked a new step forward for the movie musical. Michael York plays a British writer who comes to Berlin in the early 1930s in hopes of becoming a teacher. He makes the acquaintance of flamboyant American entertainer Sally Bowles, played by Liza Minnelli. Sally works at the Kit Kat Klub, a George Grosz-like Berlin cabaret where each night the smirking, androgynous Master of Ceremonies (Joel Grey) introduces a jazz-driven "girlie show" to his debauched audience. Virtually all the film's musical numbers are staged within the confines of the Kit Kat Klub, and each song comments on the plot and on Germany's "progression" from hedonism to Hitlerism. Most of the Broadway score by John Kander and Fred Ebb was retained, with the welcome addition of "The Money Song." Although it lost Best Picture to The Godfather, Cabaret won eight Oscars, including awards to Minnelli, Grey, and Fosse. A heavily expurgated 88-minute version of Cabaret has been prepared for commercial TV presentations, regarded by many as dramatically inferior to the full cut. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the musical play "Cabaret" book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
Originally released as motion picture in 1972.
Music by John Kander ; lyrics by Fred Ebb ; dances and musical numbers by Bob Fosse ; music supervised, arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns ; photographed by Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, David Bretherton.
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson, Joel Grey.
An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD; Region 1; widescreen "matted" version; Dolby digital; English, Dolby surround stereo.
Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles available in English, French or Spanish.
8 Academy Awards in 1972: Best actress (Minnelli), Best supporting actor (Grey), Best director (Fosse), Art direction/set direction, Cinematography, Costume design, Music scoring/adaptation, Sound.