After several years as the hottest musical director on Broadway, Bob Fosse made his film directorial debut with this movie version of his Broadway hit, which was based on Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Shirley MacLaine is terrific as the proverbial hooker with the heart of gold, one who is convinced that she will find the right man if she just turns enough tricks. The Cy Coleman score is a solid one; the film is at its best when Fosse lets his cast of singer-dancers (which includes Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, and Sammy Davis Jr) unleash his leggy brand of choreography. While the film suffers from stylistic excesses of the period, you can see the seeds being planted for Fosse's future musical film forays in Cabaret and All That Jazz. --Marshall Fine
Rene Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones and Richard Gere star in the big screen version of the hit musical about a nighclub star who finds herself on Chicago's death row and recruits the town's slickest lawyer.
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Tracklisting: 'Overture' 'Love Is Sweeping The Country/'Til There Was You/ Lover/ So In Love' - Adam Pascal Brent Spiner Rebecca Luker Peter Gallagher and Marin Mazzie 'Music Is Better Than Words' 'Lullaby Of Broadway' - Tom Wopat and dancers 'Sue Me' - Nathan Lane and Doo Wop Trio 'He Touched Me' - Heather Headley 'La Donna E Mobile/ Let The Good Times Roll/ Standing On The Corner' - Three Mo' Tenors 'Gigi' - Ron Raines 'No Longer Shy' 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' - Jeffrey Denman a
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