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Cabaret
2hr 4min - Rated PG - Musical/Drama
Director: Bob Fosse - Cast: Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York, Marisa Brenson, Fritz Wepper -: 
Director: Bob Fosse - Cast: Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York, Marisa Brenson, Fritz Wepper -
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, All Movie Guide
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Winner of eight Academy Awards, this holds up as a great musical of style and sleaze. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey are electrifying; director Bob ...
Full ReviewMuch more that just a terrific musical, Cabaret delves naturally into the politics surrounding Hitler's rise to power. In Berlin, 1931, Sally ...
Full ReviewA maddening mixture, this adaptation of John Kander's fine musical based on Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories. Superbly choreographed by ...
Full ReviewCLASSIC musical set in the decadent night clubs of 1930s Berlin. "Cabaret" won eight Oscars back in 1972 including best actress for Liza Minnelli ...
Full ReviewThis 1972 film won eight Academy Awards and many other accolades for its dynamic presentation of the heartbreaking tale of an emotionally scarred ...
Full ReviewInfluential '70s musical features sex and mature themes. "Iffy" for Ages 14–15. When Brian Roberts (Michael York) arrives in 1931 Berlin he meets ...
Dec 17, 2009 Full ReviewShare Long before Dancer In The Dark and Moulin Rouge, Cabaret set the pace for screen musicals. Probably still does, thinking about it. Adapted ...
Jun 21, 2002 Full ReviewAlthough Broadway musicals continue successful revivals on stage and once had a nice run on screen, often they don't stand the test of time within ...
Feb 8, 2002 Full ReviewCabaret - I loved the book upon which this is based by Christopher Isherwood. Turned into a musical, this works an absolute treat and Cabaret is ...
Oct 2, 2005 Full Reviewyeah, i don't think you should be watching this until you are usally an older middle or a high schooler (8th grader).
Full ReviewGood Points: I loved the old world style of this movie. The general romantic style and the way the director made it seem as if a love story was ...
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