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All That Jazz
All That Jazz
Actors: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Cliff Gorman
Director: Bob Fosse
Genres: Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Musicals & Performing Arts
R     2003     2hr 3min

Part tragic, part comic, this outrageous look at life in the fast lane in the Academy Award-winning musical about Bob Fosse's excessive life in show business. Played by Roy Scheider, Fosse's alter-ego drives himself over ...  more »

     

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Actors: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Cliff Gorman
Director: Bob Fosse
Creators: Giuseppe Rotunno, Bob Fosse, Daniel Melnick, Kenneth Utt, Robert Alan Aurthur, Wolfgang Glattes
Genres: Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Musicals & Performing Arts
Sub-Genres: Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Musicals & Performing Arts
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen
DVD Release Date: 08/19/2003
Original Release Date: 01/01/1979
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Release Year: 2003
Run Time: 2hr 3min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: English
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Member Movie Reviews

Cheryl S. from LOVELAND, CO
Reviewed on 10/21/2022...
great movie!
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Russ B. (russbaker) from WILLOW SPRINGS, MO
Reviewed on 3/16/2021...
Fantastic. If you like to watch dancing, this is a very good one to watch. Bob Fosse is an unbelievably good choreographer.
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 2/22/2017...
Dated but very entertaining and very different. A must watch for movie fans!
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Gerald R. from RACINE, WI
Reviewed on 11/14/2009...
Bob Fosse's brilliant, somewhat autobiographical morality play/musical is worth watching more than once. As a top flight choreographer, Fosse emphasizes dance and dancers, giving us a glimpse of the incredibly hard work that is necessary to produce great musicals, whether on stage of screen. It also has elements of a Greek tragedy, as Fosse's obsessive behavior leads to his ultimate demise. This is a must see for lovers of dance and musicals.
4 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Movie Reviews

A visual feast even for an only lukewarm fan of Broadway
Joseph Haschka | Glendale, CA USA | 02/20/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Soon after its 1979 release, curiosity impelled me to see ALL THAT JAZZ. I say curiosity because anything smacking of a film musical didn't then attract my attention much. Not yet an old dog, and apparently still capable of learning a new trick, I remember being impressed. Recently, I saw it presented on the Big Screen once again as part of a classic film revival. I'm reminded what a truly superb production this is.

Roy Scheider, in arguably his greatest role ever, portrays Joe Gideon, a work-obsessed Broadway choreographer and director existing on cancer sticks, booze, sex and uppers. Directed by the preeminent choreographer Bob Fosse, ALL THAT JAZZ was purportedly semi-autobiographical.

Joe is struggling to put together a new dance production and, simultaneously, edit a behind-schedule film, all the while juggling the three principal women in his life: ex-wife, current significant other, and teenage daughter. Talk about stress! In periodic visual sidebars, we watch as Joe rationalizes his self-destructive behavior to a glamorous Angel of Death, coquettishly played by Jessica Lange.

The film's dance sequences, products of Bob Fosse's brilliance, and sets by Phillip Rosenberg and Tony Walton, are visual extravaganzas not to be missed. (Oscars were awarded for Art Direction and Set Decoration.) Perhaps the cleverest is the solo routine performed by the ex-wife character as she rehearses a number to be performed in Gideon's latest production, all the while debating with him the course of their failed relationship. Positively engaging is the "impromptu" number performed for Joe at his apartment by his current mistress (played by the strikingly long-legged Ann Reinking), along with his daughter. Then there's the sexually suggestive "Air Otica/Come Fly With Us" ballet sequence, Gideon's attempt to energize an otherwise stodgy production. ("Well, we've lost the family audience.")

Another nice touch for the uninitiated is the revelation that performer selection and training for a polished dance routine is a hard, sweaty, merciless process. The faint-hearted best not show up for the audition.

Perhaps the film's only flaw is its length as it unwinds to its foregone conclusion. Although ALL THAT JAZZ won an Oscar for Film Editing, the Ben Vereen-assisted toe-tapper should have been considerably shortened. However, that said, it must be emphasized that the movie is richly entertaining throughout. Perchance you ever have the opportunity to see it on the Big Screen, don't pass it by. As Gideon so expressively states in front of the mirror each morning after he girds himself (with Dexedrine and Visine) for another grueling day , "It's show time!""
FOSSE ON FOSSE
R. Penola | NYC, NY United States | 07/17/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)

"With a typically sardonic and vicious glare, Bob Fosse examines his own obsessive life as a creator/director/choreographer -- and womanizer, drinker, druggie. While this movie has its shamelessly over-the-top qualities (Jessica Lange as Death, for one), the musical sequences are so dazzling that they instantly make this move a must-see, if not must-have, for any Fosse fan. The opening, a wow-you-in-the-gut audition sequence set to On Broadway (Benson's stunning version), does more in four minutes than the film of Chorus Line does in its entire running time to convey the show biz world of Broadway. And the then-gamine Ann Reinking is on hand to literally play herself, as well as dance in that feline way. The musical number Take Off With Us is at once amusing, sparkling, sensual and spectacular, featuring an explosive ensemble of dancers. Fosse's bitter take on his own mortality may slow things down (the Lenny-inspired sequences bore into your brain) a bit, when the music is playing you are in for a revved-up treat."
All That Music, All that Drama, ALL THAT JAZZ!!!
05/29/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you have very little knowledge of the life and work of Bob Fosse, you'll probably see this movie as dark and pointless. But for anyone who knows anything about this legend, you'll agree that "All That Jazz" is nothing less than a MASTERPEICE! Fosse was nothing short of a genius. That fact that he could actually predict his own death and face his vices head-on proves what an intelligent, strong, sensitive, and brilliant man he was. Yes, this film is very depressing, but life isn't always a Walt Disney film. Like his other musical triumphs, "Sweet Charity" and "Cabaret", the film is dark and sexy, but has plenty of heart. And like all of his film work, it is visually stunning and truly original. This is one guy who didn't do stuff by the book, and the results are always unique and dynamic. Roy Scheider and Ann Reinking give the best performances of their careers. Fosse is an icon who will never be forgotten, and this film does justice to the virtuoso he was.If you aren't familiar with Fosse, I would recommend one or both of the excellent books "Razzle Dazzle: The Life and Works of Bob Fosse" or "All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob Fosse". It will give you appreciation for this hauntingly poetic piece of contemporary cinema.A true work of art."