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Cabaret
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790782225
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790782227
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundGerman (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 StereoHebrew (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D27986D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Running Time: 124 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 13, 1972
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Editorial Review:
Winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), and Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey), Cabaret would also have taken Best Picture if it hadn't been competing against The Godfather as the most acclaimed film of 1972. (Francis Ford Coppola would have to wait two years before winning Best Director, for The Godfather, Part II.) Brilliantly adapted from the acclaimed stage production, which was in turn inspired by Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and the play and movie I Am a Camera, this remarkable musical turns the pre-war Berlin of 1931 into a sexually charged haven of decadence. Minnelli commands the screen as nightclub entertainer Sally Bowles, who radiantly goes on with the show as the Nazis rise to power, holding her many male admirers (including Michael York and Helmut Griem) at a distance that keeps her from having to bother with genuinely deep emotions. Joel Grey is the master of ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub who will guarantee a great show night after night as a way of staving off the inevitable effects of war and dictatorship. They're all living in a morally ambiguous vacuum of desperate anxiety, determined to keep up appearances as the real world--the world outside the comfortable sanctuary of the cabaret--prepares for the nightmarish chaos of war. Director-choreographer Fosse achieves a finely tuned combination of devastating drama and ebullient entertainment, and the result is one of the most substantial screen musicals ever made. The dual-layered Special Edition widescreen DVD includes an exclusive 25th-anniversary documentary, Cabaret: A Legend in the Making, a 1972 promotional featurette, a photo gallery, production notes, the theatrical trailer, and more. --Jeff Shannon
Willkommen bienvenue welcome to Cabaret. The winner of eight Academy Awards it boasts a score by the legendary songwriting partnership behind another film that would energize the movie musical genre with equal razzle-dazzle 30 years later: Chicago's John Kander and Fred Ebb. Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and an impish emcee (Joel Grey) sound the clarion call to decadent fun while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force. Cabaret caught lightning (and won Oscars) for Minnelli Grey and director Bob Fosse who shaped a triumph of style and substance. Come to this Cabaret old chum. You'll never want to leave.Running Time: 110 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS UPC: 085392798629
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Only the best
I first saw Cabaret on Broadway in April 1968, wit the original Broadway Cast. I thought that it was fantastic. We talked about it for several days after seeing the production.We enjoyed the play so much that when the movie was released in 1972 we were in no hurry to see it knowing that it couldnât compare with the play. After several friends encouraged us to see it we gave in, took a drive to the local multiplex, bought the tickets and reluctantly entered the darkened theater expecting to be ... Read More
Rating: - Don't remake Cabaret!
I remember when they bring Cabaret to Broadway or the West End like they recycle musicals but to me, Cabaret with Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey are the epitome of perfection in the film. You don't mess with perfection or come close to it with these two brilliant performers on stage. Liza gave the role of a lifetime as Sally Bowles, a London singer, who they Americanize her in this film. Fine because it works and nobody sings or belts out the songs better than Liza does. In this film, it is dark Berlin ... Read More
Rating: - spirited and lively entertainment
One of the better musicals and great Fosse choreography. Joel Grey is stupendous as the MC and his musical skits are great entertainment. Liza Minnelli is supreme as Sally Boles.
Rating: - A Perfect Example Of Why We Go To The Movies
Christopher Isherwood, the author of THE BERLIN STORIES, where the character Sally Bowles came from in the first place, is quoted in the documentary "Chris and Don" as saying that Liza Minnelli wasn't right for this movie because she was far too good since Sally Bowles was an amateur performer and there was nothing that resembled an amateur about Minnelli's performance. She gives a performance here that is perfect and deserves to be seen again and again. She comes alive in every scene (her mother would ... Read More
Rating:  - Should have a title other than "Cabaret"...
Cabaret, the on-stage musical, is one of the most enthralling and moving musicals to be ever found on Broadway. It's message and theme are both important and beautiful. The only problem is that when they attempted to adapt it to the screen, the took a beautiful show, and ripped it apart. The plot, characters, and a few songs (Mein Herr, Money) are completely distorted and absolutely different than the original show. This movie should have had a different title other than "Cabaret" because this is not ... Read More
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