A Chorus Line
by Richard Attenborough
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Actor: Jan Gan Boyd, Michael Blevins, Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Yamil BorgesDirector: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Cy Feuer
Producer: Ernest H. Martin
Producer: Gordon Stulberg
Writer: Arnold Schulman
Writer: James Kirkwood Jr.
Writer: Michael Bennett
Writer: Nicholas Dante
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 113 minutes
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Nelson Entertainment
Studio: Nelson Entertainment
VHS Movie Reviews of A Chorus Line
Movie Review: Song, Dance, and interesting characters
Summary: 5 Stars
A Chorus Line allows us to watch as a director (Michael Douglas) selects the men and women he wants in the chorus of a play he will direct. He asks the people who have come to try out to tell him something about themselves, since members of the chorus will have bit parts in the play. Among those trying out are a married couple, a woman who has acted for the Douglas character before, a young man involved in gay theater without his family's knowledge, and one of the great loves of the director's life.
While it's difficult to imagine an actual try-out being conducted along these lines, it does offer an opportunity for the audience to get to know the often-anonymous chorus and for each of the chorus members to have a moment (or more) to shine.
Movie Review: Chorus Line DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie is great; however a sequence where BeBe is asked to demonstrate a solo is missing.Movie Review: A Chorus Line
Summary: 4 Stars
A very good movie. A precursor to the play at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore.Movie Review: GRATEFUL FIND AND ON DVD!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie when it was first released. It is not shown on tv or cable enough. I have been looking for it on and off. I was glad to see it on Amazon.com and for this price. What a great find and on DVD! I ordered it and received it in three days. My sister and I have watched it three times already. We loved the acting by Michael Douglas and those trying out and the music and songs are classicMovie Review: A Chorus Line
Summary: 1 Stars
I was fortunate enough to see the original Broadway Play and I was captivated by the story line and the fantastic, heart warming characters in the play. Too bad the Movie Directors and Script Writers had to do a hack job of the play by changing the plot, changing character plots, and adding way too much to the story and settings.
When will they ever learn that if a Broadway Play is a huge success like "A Chorus Line" was, you don't mess with it and destroy the whole meaning of the play and its characters? This Movie was a complete disaster. It changed the entire story line, shifting the attention off the the dancers as were meant to be, to making it all about the love between Casey and the Casting Director.
They even screwed up the MAIN song in the play, "What I did for Love" and that truly angered me. What she did for love was DANCE!!! By changing the story line and plot, from her love of dancing, to her love for the Casting Director, it changed the whole meaning of the song and as far as I'm concerned, destroyed the Movie.
Wait till the Broadway Play comes to a city near you and even if you have to buy the nose bleed seats, it's well worth it just to see the play as it was meant to be see!!!!
Summary of A Chorus Line
If you've never seen this popular production performed on stage in its original form as one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history, the movie version is probably your next best option--heck, it's your only option! But beware the major difference between the experience of stage and screen, because A Chorus Line is a perfect example of a show that doesn't translate well from one medium to another. Director Richard Attenborough gives it his best shot, cutting some of the production numbers and adding new ones while "opening up" the show to explore the off-stage lives of struggling performers as they prepare for another grueling audition. Michael Douglas plays the harsh, workaholic director who puts the auditioning "gypsies" through the paces, winnowing a large group of hopefuls down to eight lucky cast members for his next big show. There's a subplot about the director's former girlfriend, who returns for the big audition, and along the way the other hopefuls sing and dance while revealing their various hopes and fears. On screen, the musical works best when focused on its dramatic passages; otherwise it's impossible to escape the fact that this material is best suited to live performance. --Jeff ShannonMusicals & Performing Arts Video
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