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Chicago (2002)
DVD (2 discs
)
Blu-ray (1 discs
)
Digital ✓
Genre: Musical
Aspect Ratio: Wide
Sound: DD 5.1
Academy Awards:
6 Wins , 13 Nominations
Synopsis
Fame can be the ultimate prize, even when you have to kill for it. Rob Marshall's "Chicago," adapted by Bill Condon from John Kander and Fred Ebb's Broadway musical, originally staged by Bob Fosse, is a dazzling, jazz-soaked spectacle that won six Oscars, including Best Picture. In 1920s Chicago, where crimes of passion make headlines and killers become celebrities, nightclub star Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones, in an Oscar-winning role) is arrested after murdering her husband and her sister when she catches them together. The same night, Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger), a bored chorus-girl wannabe married to a sweet, dim mechanic (John C. Reilly), shoots her lover (Dominic West) when she learns he lied about helping her break into vaudeville. Both women land on the jail's notorious Murderess' Row, run by a bribe-loving matron (Queen Latifah), and both turn to slick lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), a master showman who turns his clients into tabloid darlings. Soon Roxie is the talk of the town, stealing the spotlight from a furious Velma, especially after she announces a pregnancy that may not be entirely real, until a wealthy heiress (Lucy Liu) with a deadlier story threatens to steal the headlines from them both. The musical numbers play out in Roxie's imagination as flashy stage performances, including Velma's show-stopping "All That Jazz," the sultry "Cell Block Tango," a press conference staged as a ventriloquist act with Roxie as Billy's puppet and Billy's courtroom tap dance, "Razzle Dazzle." Reilly's plaintive "Mister Cellophane" is a heartbreaker, and Christine Baranski plays a gullible newspaper reporter, with Taye Diggs as the silky bandleader who introduces each number. It all builds to a surprising finale.
Cast
Lucy Liu
Christine Baranski
Taye Diggs
Renee Zellweger
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Richard Gere
John C. Reilly
Queen Latifah
Colm Feore
Deirdre Goodwin
Mya
Chita Rivera
Ekaterina Chtchelkanova
Denise Faye
Dominic West
Director
Rob Marshall
Awards & Nominations
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actor In A Supporting Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actress In A Leading Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actress In A Supporting Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Cinematography
- Oscar Nominee: Best Director
- Oscar Nominee: Best Music, Original Song
- Oscar Nominee: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Oscar Winner: Best Actress In A Supporting Role
- Oscar Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Oscar Winner: Best Costume Design
- Oscar Winner: Best Film Editing
- Oscar Winner: Best Picture
- Oscar Winner: Best Sound
Keywords
Academy Award Winners
AFI Top 25 Musicals
Drama
Music
Musical
Technical Specifications
Audio Languages
English, French, Spanish
Subtitle Languages
Spanish
Special Features
- Audio commentary
- Deleted/extended scenes
- Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
- Deleted Musical Number "Class"
- From Stage To Screen: The History Of Chicago Featurette
- Feature Commentary With Director Rob Marshall and Screenwriter Bill Condon
- Interviews With Chicago Talent