A Chorus Line (1985)

PG-13   |    |  Drama, Music, Musical

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Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.

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Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

Another 5 nominations.

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27 July 2001 | Dockelektro
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| Rough-Edged
A strange picture, as it peels the outer rims of human feelings and aims straight for the raw. Auditioning for a Broadway stage musical are hundreds of youngsters who dream with a place in the limelight. The plot, you can imagine, is basically an audition, with all its highs and lows. And when I say it has raw feelings, i'm talking about the cold process of selection, which is encarnated by the obscure character of Michael Douglas, who, in the obscurity of the audience, with only a little light next to him, says who stays and who goes, even if he has to be brutal sometimes ("Then don't dance!!!", he says shouting to a girl who didn't have any dance classes). The result is a film sustained by the different phases of selection and the suspense of who is going to be a star and who has to leave, which, altogether, will charm only dance-addicts and everyone who would like to be in one of these shows one day.

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The original Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theater in New York City on July 25, 1975, won the 1976 Tony Awards for the Best Musical, Book and Score, and ran for 6,137 performances, setting a record. That record was broken by "Cats", which ran for 7,485 performances.

Quotes

Sheila: My mother was kind of middle-aged and frumpy.
Diana: Whose isn't?
Sheila: At fourteen she was middle-aged and frumpy.

Goofs

Zach, interviewing dancers in the theater, says he intends to structure the show around the personalities and back stories of whoever makes the cut. This indicates that he doesn't even have a script but merely an idea for a show that will presumably take months to develop. As a result, there is no reason for them to be in an expensive Broadway theater. In reality, they would have been in a far more economical rehearsal hall, because at this early point, no producer would finance costs of working bugs out of such a sketchy project in a high-rent Broadway theater.

Soundtracks

At the Ballet
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Ed Kleban
Performed by Vicki Frederick, Michelle Johnston, and Pam Klinger

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Drama | Music | Musical

Details

Release Date:

20 December 1985

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Helen Hayes Theater - 240 West 44th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$27,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$222,919 15 December 1985

Gross USA:

$14,202,899

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$14,202,899

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