CHORUS LINE (DVD/16X9/WS/2.35:1/1985/NEG-FR-SP-SUB/FROM BROADWAY FEATURETTE DVD

A Chorus Line
Broadway's celebratory musical about rejection makes it to the screen in a fizzless adaptation by Richard Attenborough that misses the whole point of the Broadway show -- i.e. the dancing and the dancers. Instead, the dancers become a limp Greek chorus for the dead love affair between a choreographer, Zach (a pre-Gordon Gekko Michael Douglas) and his old flame, Cassie (Alyson Reed) the star dancer. Zach is holding try-outs for a new Broadway musical and, as armies of dancers are brought on stage to audition for Zach, he sits in the darkened recesses of the theater, puffing on a cigarette, as he winnows out hopeful dancers who want to become part of the chorus line for Zach's new show. Finally, Zach has reduced the dancers to 16 men and women, and he asks each of them to step to the footlights and tell him about their lives and their dreams. But backstage, while the dancers are confessing their pasts to Zach, Zach's past walks through the stage door. Cassie, Zach's ex-lover, whom Zach met, courted and broke up with in the theatrical environs, has returned. Once a big star, Cassie has returned to the theater -- not to see Zach but to audition for Zach's musical. She needs the work. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast Michael Douglas as Zach Terrence Mann as Larry Alyson Reed as Cassie Cameron English as Paul Vicki Frederick as Shiela Audrey Landers as Val Michael Blevins as Mark Yamil Borges as Morales Sharon Brown as Kim Gregg Burge as Richie Tony Dean Fields as Al Nicole Fosse as Kristine Jan Gan Boyd as Connie Michelle Johnston as Bebe Janet Jones as Judy Pam Klinger as Maggie Charles McGowan as Mike Justin Ross as Greg Blane Savage as Don Matt West as Bobby

Crew John Dapper - Art Director Robert V. Girolami - Associate Producer Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr. - Associate Producer Jeffery Hornaday - Choreography Faye Poliakin - Costume Designer Richard Attenborough - Director John Bloom - Editor Marvin Hamlisch - Composer (Music Score) Ralph Burns - Musical Direction/Supervision Edward Kliban - Songwriter Allen Weisinger - Makeup Patrizia Von Brandenstein - Production Designer Ronnie Taylor - Cinematographer Cy Feuer - Producer Ernest H. Martin - Producer Chris Newman - Sound/Sound Designer Donald O. Mitchell - Sound/Sound Designer Arnold Schulman - Screenwriter George DeTitta, Sr. - Set Decorator Nicholas Dante - Book Author James Kirkwood, Jr. - Play Author Nicholas Dante - Play Author Michael Bennett - Play Author

A Chorus Line
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Chris Newman: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Donald O. Mitchell: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Edward Kliban: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Song (nominated) Gerry Humphreys: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) John Bloom: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Editing (nominated) Marvin Hamlisch: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Song (nominated) Michael Minkler: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: cc "Marvin Hamlisch: From Broadway to Hollywood" featurette Original theatrical trailer English stereo surround English, French & Spanish language subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 118 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Title/"Next Group!" [6:14] 2. Everybody From the Top [2:36] 3. I Hope I Get It [4:38] 4. Used to Be a Danger [6:18] 5. Eliminating Down [2:44] 6. Who Am I Anyway? [1:06] 7. Introductions [6:02] 8. What's Not on the Resumé? [4:22] 9. I Can Do That [4:05] 10. Lifestyles of the Bizarre [1:55] 11. At the Ballet [7:58] 12. A Couple of Hard Workers [2:27] 13. "Gonorrhea!"/Hello, Twelve [3:11] 14. Surprise, Surprise [6:27] 15. Nothing [4:42] 16. Dancer Waiter Whatever [1:56] 17. Dance-Ten, Looks-Three [9:11] 18. Let Me Dance for You [6:30] 19. Paul's Parents [5:18] 20. One/"A Star Like You" [9:06] 21. What I Did for Love [2:36] 22. Slip and Fall [5:16] 23. Lives on the Line [4:58] 24. One/End Credits [6:42]