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Actors: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lang
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about All That Jazz |
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This 1979 musical takes a thinly veiled autobiographical peek at the life of famed dancer/choreographer/director Bob Fosse.
Roy Scheider plays Joe Gideon, Fosse's cinematic alter ego. Joe is obsessed with the editing of a film he's making, a la Fosse's own 1974 movie, Lenny. He also staging a new Broadway show, and we see him having to walk a fine line between injecting the production with a strong dose of creativity and having to please his traditionalist backers. In addition, Joe juggles the many women in his life, including his ex-wife and daughter, long-time girlfriend, and bedmate du jour.
To cope with the stress in his life, Joe drinks and pops pills. In a series of hallucinatory dreams, his guardian angel (an ethereal Jessica Lange) warns him to ease up on his self-destructive behavior or he'll die. Does Joe heed her admonititions, or does he end up like Fosse himself, who would succumb to a heart attack a few years after making this film?
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of All That Jazz |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Religion themed film?
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
Druggie/Wino problems?
- drugs
Kind of religion story
- angel buddy
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- dancer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (man) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Has magical powers?
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Broadway musical
Is this movie based on a
- play
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