Sweet Charity

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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

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costumes &daance at it's BEST.......2007-04-05

Some of my favorite BOB FOSSE CHOREOGRAPHY combined with absolutlely perfect costomes by the phenomenal Edith Head. Shirly MacLaine is, as always lovable, funny, and awesome. And Sammy Davis Jr.'s number is one of my favorite songs in a movie. I own this beause it's filled with gems.

Sweet Charity DVD.......2007-01-31

The DVD was as clear as the original motion picture. The colors were vibrant and the sound quality superb.

MISSING FOOTAGE.......2006-10-21

I love the widescreen transfer, several bonus features, and the Dolby Digital 4.0 encoding, BUT the film is missing over a minute of a key scene! I wrote to Universal and they said this DVD is the "complete, original, theatrical version" and that the Laserdisc, VHS, and TCM broadcasts are of a "later Road Show version" of the film, which is incorrect.[...]

"Sweet Charity" DVD.......2006-03-03

Excellent, prompt service. Needed something in a hurry
and you came through!! This was a gift for a friend and
a hard to find item. Also, no problem for you. Thank you!!

Shirley MacLaine's Best Movie?.......2005-09-07

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The characters are unlikeable except for Charity's two friends. The songs are far too long and I had to fast forward through most of them because they were so dull. I was especially disappointed with Big Spender because I love the song and expected a spectacular dance number from Bob Fosse and all they did was stand there draped over the bar. The only redeeming factor was that Sammy Davis Jr. was in it. He's awesome even though the song was fairly stupid. This was my first Shirley MacLaine film and on the back it said that Sweet Charity was her best movie. I have no desire to see her other movies then.

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er, was this a completed movie?
Very entertaining and funny!
Parents beware: NOT a family-friendly movie
My fault...I picked it up based on the actress...
OH MY GOD>>>THE WORST FILM EVER!!!!!!

Lucky 13
Starring: Brad Hunt , Harland Williams , Lauren Graham , Sasha Alexander (II) , and Debra Jo Rupp
Director: Chris Hall
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B0006Z2ND6
Release Date: 2005-03-15

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If you really want to know a man, just ask his ex-girlfriends. Brad Hunt, Harland Williams (Dumband Dumber) and Lauren Graham ("Gilmore Girls") star in this goofy romantic comedy that finallyreveals what women really want and what men really need.For Zach (Hunt), breaking up isn't hard to dohe's already done it a dozen times. But when his childhood crush Abbey (Graham) decidesto move to New York, Zach realizes that he's about to lose the only girl he's ever truly loved. Now, with the help of his hilarious best friend, Bleckman (Williams), Zach has just three days to question all 12 of his ex-girlfriends. It's the only way to learn where he went wrongand finally get it rightbefore the love of his life becomes unlucky number 13!

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er, was this a completed movie?.......2007-06-05

*Lucky 13* was surprisingly boring. At first, it looked like it was going to be a cute romantic comedy. Not! In fact, about halfway, I got pretty bored with it and started acting silly. I just could not wait for the movie to end!

The girl next door, Abbey, announces that she's moving to NYC for her artist debut. Zack, the guy next door, realizes that he has had his chances since childhood to ask Abbey out.

Zack works up the nerve to ask Abbey out on a date. The date is to be the night before she moves. So, this leaves all weekend for Zack to round up his 12 ex-girlfriends and ask them how he can improve for this special girl.

His girlfriends are just plain weird. One is a stuttering Scandinavian, one is an older woman who was once his babysitter, one is just psychotic who can't get over the break-up, etc.

It looked like it could've been a good movie. However, the last 30 minutes of it looked like the director freaked out on how to close the movie. The closing was just a lousy job! In fact, there was no closing. It just abruptly ended.

You can tell this was a cheap production. One hint was that Zack takes Abbey out to a fancy restaurant. The chairs used for this restaurant are definitely not the kind you'd see in those particular restaurants. These chairs are something you'd see at an AA meeting or in a hotel conference room. The flooring...another hint of a cheap production. So, naturally, the storyline was just cheap and unfinished.

Very entertaining and funny!.......2007-03-22

I saw this movie on one of my movie channels and I loved it!! It was very engaging and I love the 80s music and feel to it. The story line I think is great, even though it might be a bit unrealistic that a guy would contact his 12 ex gfs but hey that's what movies are all about!! I love Harlan Williams' performance. And I think the movie is sweet and cute and has an important message conveyed especially about the problems revealed by Zack's parents. I love the ending, to me, it didn't seem clear at first but I rewatched it a dozen times and I think I truly understand it if you look for the clues, hint: he's lying in his old bed at his house and I thought that was a big clue to the ending. But it leaves it open for the viewer to decide. I really liked this film and I think the tone and the setting was great and I found the humor enjoyable. I'm gonna buy it on dvd for myself and buy an extra copy for a friend in the film industry.

Parents beware: NOT a family-friendly movie.......2006-10-25

A zero star rating was not available, or that would be my choice.

This is NOT a family-friendly movie. We are huge Gilmore Girl fans at our house, so we were completely unprepared for the very graphic sex (including sodomy) at the beginning of the movie and ended up turning it off after just a few minutes. We have watched Shakespeare in Love with our daughters, ages 10 and 13, a movie that does contain brief nudity and sexuality. But as we joke, they are reciting Shakespeare while making love.

And for me the important distinction is that in Shakepeare in Love they are making love, while in this movie, they are just f***ing.

My fault...I picked it up based on the actress... .......2006-07-29

I only picked this one up because it had Lauren Graham in it. I had never heard of this movie, but thought "What the heck, with Lauren Graham, how bad could it be?" Oh my god! It was worse than one could imagine. What were they thinking? I agree with other reviewers....How did this guy have 12 previous girlfriends? Be kind to your brain cells...skip this one.

OH MY GOD>>>THE WORST FILM EVER!!!!!!.......2006-03-23

Please please please please please please please...don't waste your time or your money...I bought it cos I liked Gilmore Girls but Lauren Graham is completely flat and uninteresting...the lead characfter lacks any charisma so you wonder how he got ANY women to sleep with him in the first place , let alone enough for a list... Zero plot, zero laughs...avoid like the plague...in fact, if it's between this and the plague itself, run towards those who look most sickly...!!!

ABC News Nightline Debbie Allen: A Moment to Shine

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ABC News Nightline Debbie Allen: A Moment to Shine

Manufacturer: ABC News
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ASIN: B000IMVOYG
Release Date: 2006-09-18

Description

Once in a while, a child meets a spectacular mentor -- someone whose skill, insight and force of personality can influence young lives in just a brief encounter. Dancer, writer, director and choreographer Debbie Allen is exactly that kind of mentor and that kind of force of nature. Her enormous success, from TV's "Fame" to Broadway's "Sweet Charity," has made her one of the most sought after choreographers in dance. But she still makes time to mentor children who long to perform on stage -- imperfect, unsteady, deeply driven young dancers. Exactly the kind of young dancer that she used to be.

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Innocence Flows from the Soul of a Whore.

Nights of Cabiria (Import)
Director: Federico Fellini
ProductGroup: DVD
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LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
SUB-TITLE: ENGLISH, KOREAN
NTSC ALL REGIONS
FULL SCREEN

ASIN: B000TN09IQ

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Giulietta Masina won Best Actress at Cannes as the title character of one of Fellini's most haunting films. Oscar® winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) is the tragic story of a naive prostitute searching for true love in the seediest sections of Rome. Rambling and leisurely paced, Nights of Cabiria is a sweet film of warmth and simple grace. It became the basis of Neil Simon's American musical Sweet Charity, with Shirley Maclaine taking Masina's role in Bob Fosse's film version.

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Innocence Flows from the Soul of a Whore........2007-07-20

The present review is only for the movie. The quality of this DVD is unknown to me.
Director Federico Fellini was undoubtedly a film maker genius!
Since his earlier works "La Strada" (1954) and "La Dolce Vita" (1960) thru "Fellini Satyricon" (1969) and "Amarcord" (1973) till his lasts "Ginger and Fred" (1986) and "The Voice of the Moon" (1990) he has left a legacy treasure for film lovers and film makers.
Most of his films combine fantasy and reality in a rich mixture with no fixed boundaries. He displays his own personal conflicts in regard to religious belief; sex and love; youngsters' education; political and religious power; richness and poverty; all this themes and more are shown with a visceral approach.
The viewer will be attracted and repelled alternatively and at the end of each of his movies will go out of the theater (or the bed room or living-room) knowing that he/she has assisted to the show of a unique piece of art.

"The Nights of Cabiria" (1957) is still a constituent of the Italian "Neorealist" film school, showing the poorest neighborhood from Rome and its population of outcasts. The influence of this movement will always emerge in Fellini's movies one way or the other.
Cabiria is a whore striving to survive, at the same time her soul is that of an incurable romantic innocent.
The opening scene shows Cabiria being swindled by her lover. She survives to this harassment and continues living her harsh life.
The whole film is an endearing chronicle of her life, dreams, pains, joys and religious faith, but above all a compassionate regard to all her entourage.

The film was awarded with Foreign Film Oscar and Giulietta Masina with Cannes' Best Actress Award for her anthological performance.
A marvelous film to see!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

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Sweet Charity [Region 2]
Starring: Shirley MacLaine , John McMartin , Chita Rivera , Paula Kelly , and Stubby Kaye
Director: Bob Fosse
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costumes &daance at it's BEST.......2007-04-05

Sweet Charity DVD.......2007-01-31

The DVD was as clear as the original motion picture. The colors were vibrant and the sound quality superb.

MISSING FOOTAGE.......2006-10-21

"Sweet Charity" DVD.......2006-03-03

Excellent, prompt service. Needed something in a hurry
and you came through!! This was a gift for a friend and
a hard to find item. Also, no problem for you. Thank you!!

Shirley MacLaine's Best Movie?.......2005-09-07

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