All that jazz

Author

Bob Fosse

Call Number

• DVD MUSICAL (CEN, EAS)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

The preternaturally gifted director and choreographer Bob Fosse turned the camera on his own life for this imaginative, self-excoriating musical. Joe Gideon's exhausting work schedule--mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie at night--and routine of amphetamines, booze, and sex are putting his health at serious risk.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; audio commentary featuring editor Alan Heim ; selected-scene audio commentary by actor Roy Scheider ; new interviews with Heim and Fosse biographer Sam Wasson ; new conversation between actors Ann Reinking and Erzsebet Foldi ; episode of the talk show Tomorrow from 1980, featuring director Bob Fosse and choreographer Agnes de Mille ; interviews with Fosse from 1981 and 1986 ; on-set footage ; Portrait of a choreographer, a 2007 documentary on Fosse ; The soundtrack: perverting the standards, a 2007 documentary about the film's music ; interview with George Benson from 2007, about his song "On Broadway," which opens the film.