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Cabaret
Cast
Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey View AllCrew
Bob Fosse (Director), Jay Presson Allen (Screenplay), John Van Druten (Screenplay), Joe Masteroff (Screenplay) View All
Release: Feb. 13th, 1972
Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes
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Reviewed by
mark f
The film tackles family relationships, the rise of Naziism in early 1930s Germany, sexuality, self-delusion, transplanted people having a difficult time in their new environment, Bob Fosse choreography, whether a woman can stand up to pee, the joys/dangers of a mnage trois, the comparison/contrast between Jews and Nazis, the idea that a musical can be a totally honest, believeble film, etc.
Gideon58
He won an Emmy for directing and choreographing the television special Liza with a Z, he won a Tony for directing the Broadway musical Pippin, and blindsided Francis Ford Coppola by winning an Oscar for Best Director for Cabaret, the dazzling 1972 film version, which is Fosse's re-thinking of the 1966 Broadway musical.
