Chicago (Widescreen Edition)

Chicago (Widescreen Edition) Review

WE RECEIVED THIS QUICKLY AND IT IS IN GOOD ORDER AS WE CAN SEE.GOOD PRICE
drama, ,musical theatre AT IT'S BEST!!!
Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger,Catherine Zeta-Jones,AND QUEEN LATIVA ARE AT THEIR BEST!!!QUALITY DANCE AND SINGING. THE BAND IS FABULOUS. I COULD LISTEN AND WATCH ALL NIGHT. WIDESCREED EDITION REALLY GIVES A MUCH BETTER VIEW OF THE WHOLE STAGE AND SOME OF THAT IS SPECTACULAR!!!! THIS IS AN UPBEAT VERSION OF THE MUSICALS OF THE 30'S AND 40'S GREAT COMEDY BUT NOT SLAPSTIC. WE HAVE WATCHED THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND STILL ENJOY IT!!!

Chicago (Widescreen Edition) Overview

Winner of six Academy Awards(R) (2003) including Best Picture, and starring Academy Award nominee (Best Actress, CHICAGO) and Golden Globe winner (Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, CHICAGO) Renée Zellweger (BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY), Academy Award winner (Best Supporting Actress, CHICAGO) Catherine Zeta-Jones (TRAFFIC), Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actress, CHICAGO) Queen Latifah (BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE), Golden Globe winner (Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, CHICAGO) Richard Gere (UNFAITHFUL), and Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actor, CHICAGO) John C. Reilly (GANGS OF NEW YORK) -- CHICAGO is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago, there's only room for one legend! Also starring Lucy Liu (CHARLIE'S ANGELS).

Chicago (Widescreen Edition) Specifications

Bob Fosse's sexy cynicism still shines in Chicago, a faithful movie adaptation of the choreographer-director's 1975 Broadway musical. Of course the story, all about merry murderesses and tabloid fame, is set in the Roaring '20s, but Chicago reeks of '70s disenchantment--this isn't just Fosse's material, it's his attitude, too. That's probably why the movie's breathless observations on fleeting fame and fickle public taste already seem dated. However, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are beautifully matched as Jazz Age vixens, and Richard Gere gleefully sheds his customary cool to belt out a showstopper. (Yes, they all do their own singing and dancing.) Whatever qualms musical purists may have about director Rob Marshall's cut-cut-cut style, the film's sheer exuberance is intoxicating. Given the scarcity of big-screen musicals in the last 25 years, that's a cause for singing, dancing, cheering. And all that jazz. --Robert Horton

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