As someone who has no experience or training in dance, it is always a marvel to me that the person making the selection can make such quick discernments of what they’re looking for. They all look so good to me.
@catherinethorstenberg895714 күн бұрын
I think in some cases it’s just a bit arbitrary
@hollyb6885 Жыл бұрын
3:25-“What’s he looking for?” “Baryshnikov.” That cracks me up every time. 😂
@denisadellinger454310 ай бұрын
These actors/dancers are fantastic. The story behind this show is real. It was taken from a real audition and dancers experiences. A director just had them sit around and talk about themselves like they did here.
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
But they screwed up the rest of the film by having a director who had no clue what the show was about.
@jmidgley80684 жыл бұрын
I could watch Michelle Johnston (girl in green) dance like this all day...wonderful how she can move her body ❤🔥. Haven't watched this movie in years and years but remember how much I used rewind (that's how long it's been) her bits over and over.
@monmothma33584 жыл бұрын
She fascinates me, the way she looks so shy - until she starts dancing.Then she turns on fire and utterly *kills* it.
@pamelasette68923 жыл бұрын
Michelle ha ballato con Michael Jackson in Captain Eo.
@adoriaanneise23932 жыл бұрын
YAAAAAAS!!
@josephkissel60622 жыл бұрын
That's "Gaye" the dance captain from "Showgirls" ...
@justineperoni79472 жыл бұрын
I quite agree about Michelle! Have watched the film many times! Love the music as well!
@AldaLima2 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this movie back to back several times a week when I was a child, still know all songs and lines by heart ❤️
@thetarantella69 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@AA-eg3nf3 жыл бұрын
I remember being in A Chorus Line a million years ago. Rehearsals were brutal lol
@devanshepard91183 жыл бұрын
im dying to hear the stories
@ElVitorolin2 жыл бұрын
I just did the play recently, I can confirm learning all the choreographys was fuckin difficult, more so because I didn’t dance when we started rehearsing xd
@emkculinary Жыл бұрын
I love this movie so much. Hands down, a favorite. I know every song and dance. I’ve been watching it all my life. I love this movie!!
@coreyrotella46509 ай бұрын
Me tooooo!!!!
@paules3437Ай бұрын
Yes, but how do you feel about it?
@johncaputo99653 жыл бұрын
DAMN, but Michelle Johnston could dance!!! She is so much better than the other dancers, it is no wonder that she was taken out and shown as an example to the others!
@cjmv1111 Жыл бұрын
After all these years, this is still amazing! This scene is still unbeatable up to now. 😊
@Manzanadedulce2 жыл бұрын
Dude this is one of the best movie opening scenes. Just throws you right in like the dancers auditioning
@fxlyon Жыл бұрын
Well i mean…yea that’s literally what the whole musical is about lol
@Manzanadedulce Жыл бұрын
@@fxlyon I didn’t know it was a musical. I just randomly came across it. Stop being weird
@SLow-fb3qm11 ай бұрын
Almost as good as All That Jazz.
@appaccount919710 ай бұрын
💯 best dance scenes of all cinema
@katbozues10 ай бұрын
@@SLow-fb3qmnothing beats the all that jazz opening... it's incredible!
@josephkissel60622 жыл бұрын
This scene is just magical to me and keep coming back to it again and again. Terrance Mann (the assistant choreographer) is absolutely perfect and the way he calls out the steps is almost as good as that incredible number behind him. FYI: "the girl in the green" is Gaye the dance captain from "Showgirls," where she's just legendary; Audrey Landers; Janet Jones and "American Anthem" star; as well as a shout out to "Shelia" who's nonchalance always makes me smile ... The rest? Thank you very much!
@Choices2aa2 жыл бұрын
Terrance Mann was in Critters and he did the Song power of the night. I loved it Michelle Johnston was great in this. She was better than the other dancers and she proved herself to be in the chorus line. I also liked Staying Alive this showed what broadway is like. Very demanding and everyone wants to be noticed. Michael Douglas was great in this.
@19gregske55 Жыл бұрын
Isn't Janet Jones married to Wayne Gretsky?
@suzannehaynes82410 ай бұрын
@@19gregske55 yes
@dnemynar10 ай бұрын
WOW! What an opening! ♥️ I love this movie! One of my favorites... They are all wonderful, unique and charismatic... 💗
@nakiatillman89812 жыл бұрын
I watch this movie a thousand times and I only come back for Bebe, the dancer that sang I can do that, and of course Greg(RIP)❤️
@kathleen784910 ай бұрын
The girl in the green KILLED it!
@regand783010 ай бұрын
Oh how the years go by. I know Michelle Johnston (Girl in the green two piece), and Justin Ross (boy in the black shirt, white suspenders). Michelle's mother was my dance teacher.
@huktaunfonixwerx Жыл бұрын
I love this movie and have lost track of how many times I've seen it. The girl in the grey who played 'Kristine,' dancing always irked me, she was very lackluster. It's hard to believe her parents are Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. With parents like that, you would expect her to dance like Michelle Johnston, the girl in green. Terrence Mann is the son-in-law of the late great, Jacques d’Amboise. Alyson Reed (Cassie) went on to play, Ms. Darbus, in the High School Musical trilogy. I almost didn't recognize her. A shame Gregg Burge passed before his time, he would've had a legendary career. He has the best song in the entire movie!!!!
@celined918310 ай бұрын
BOB Fosse ne voulait pas que sa fille soit danseuse, il n'a donc pas dû l'entraîner assez. Comme l'on dit les familles des cordonniers sont les plus mal chaussés. Fosse trouvait qu'être danseuse c'était terrible et trop dur. Sa fille a su trouver sa juste place dans le monde de la danse et du cinéma.
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
I may have my characters mixed up, but isn't Kristine _supposed_ to be not all that good?
@bemiatto67Ай бұрын
@@tejaswoman singing, yes. She can't sing. But dancing is what she excels at in return
@LauraS1 Жыл бұрын
Ahh, Michelle Johnston at her peak. Same with the black guy, Gregg Burge. Fantastic dancers both of them. And, that's Bob Fosse's daughter Nicole in the sage green with dark belt. She plays Christine Erlich Deluca. She does well enough but is pretty outclassed by many of the others on stage.
@shannonshannonbobannon504010 ай бұрын
I grew up watching this movie. Still mesmerized after all these years.
@みーちゃん-o8f Жыл бұрын
アップして下さってありがとうございます。高校生の頃、よく見ていました。なつかしい。
@ilsejohnson4208 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I desperately wanted to be the girl in green. I could watch her solo from 5:19-5:46 on infinite loop.
@nula1410 ай бұрын
She's wonderful, isn't she? When I talk about Chorus Line, I talk about "The Girl in Green". She's perfect.
@elleobi9 ай бұрын
I used to watch this movie every day after school 💖
@animemarionette45757 жыл бұрын
I learned this dance because at my dance class the people from a chorus line taught us it
@lordalessan2 жыл бұрын
7:11 The girl who's married to one of the dancers is Nicole Fosse, daughter of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon!
@michelleptybcn2 жыл бұрын
This audition kills me every freaking time and I just want to enjoy this movie again in high definition!!!!!!!!!! ❤️⭐❤️
@MsMeditatingPanda7 жыл бұрын
I watched this so much that I use to know it
@kimwhitehead909610 ай бұрын
Time for this to come back to broadway!
@The_Irate_Penguin2 жыл бұрын
If there's one person having fun, it's Janet Jones (as Judy, lanky girl in grey, also "A League of Their Own" & "Staying Alive").
@monmothma3358 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I noticed her! Not only does she dance with a lot of joy, she dances really well. The moves seem to come so easy to her. Not that I would know, but aside from Michelle Johnston, I think she's the best dancer in these scenes.
@evelynsaungikar3553 Жыл бұрын
You mean Mrs. Gretzky?
@quentinrolfe7409 Жыл бұрын
I was an Aussie Hoofer who advanced to a soubrette '72 -'88 . The last time I saw Chorus was earlier this Century and I arrived a day late ! 🤣
@grettalemabouchou677910 ай бұрын
Girl in green.....come down. This is right.❤
@barrellracer Жыл бұрын
I ❤Larry became the original Beast on Broadway ❤❤❤
@stevefowler2112 Жыл бұрын
And I thought my Engineering interviews for my first job out of Engineering College were brutal.
@221b-Maker-Street Жыл бұрын
I so wish this were in a resolution higher than 240p. 😫
@AuntyM668 ай бұрын
One of my favourite musicals
@PoppySeed47 Жыл бұрын
Ooouuffff the thumbnail looks like she is about to go head spinning exorcist.
@etevacations2660 Жыл бұрын
Pam Klinger's smoky side eye at 7:20 - gracious.
@nandinaz13193 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this!!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
@nettiegurl3 ай бұрын
In this semi final cut it's obvious that some are a half step behind or cannot maintain the timely choreography despite not getting cut earlier.
@jennyb77452 жыл бұрын
I was born to be in this film/stage musical,but at 4ft nothing I somehow don't think I would've quite fit in . . . . 😉Shucks!Maybe in the next life aye. LoL
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
Unless you play Connie, yeah, and for that role you must be the right ethnicity.
@katiedoran14066 жыл бұрын
In my dance class we are doing tones of dances from this for a show
@221b-Maker-Street2 жыл бұрын
Tones - are you singing through the dances? I don't understand...
@angelamermaid Жыл бұрын
Another number where Audrey Landers (Val) disappears during the more intricate dancing. She gets one close up in the final group dancing.
@dianadoraen78642 жыл бұрын
Absolutely everybody danced great, I would never understand the criteria on which dancers were chosen.
@221b-Maker-Street2 жыл бұрын
Economy and absolute precision - nothing wasted - nor extra; holding an ultra-clean line; and sizzling energy to the very ends of your fingertips throughout.
@writestuffla11 ай бұрын
Putting Cassie in a cab trying to be late takes you right out of the audition sequence. Bad decision by Sir Richard.
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
One of many, but then again, he didn't understand the show to begin with.
@thetarantella69 Жыл бұрын
I swear upon that I watched this film more than doing school work, my parents recorded it on VHS when it was shown on TV and my dream was to become a musical actress
@ArtbyL76310 ай бұрын
It just amazes me how fast dancers are to pick up steps.
@cosmicwire63562 ай бұрын
Thanks for calling it "audition scene" sets it apart from the chase scene, the shopping scene and the rocket launch scene
@onlymebaby.92498 ай бұрын
I remember this. Michael Douglas had like a bit part almost a cameo. I loved this movie.
@feliciajenkins5041 Жыл бұрын
He looks like Tim Curry
@burntcrumpets561610 ай бұрын
Takes me back to my LDN drama school days..... brutal 🥵!
@Californiadreamin7152 жыл бұрын
Janet!!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@stephaniestanley804110 ай бұрын
❤ The movie 🎥 couldn't compete with The Shubert in 1979!😮
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
It doesn't help that the director was party to butchering the stage show in the process of making it into a movie.
@j.g.15645 жыл бұрын
Que tiempos aquellos
@celined918310 ай бұрын
Je n'ai jamais vu ce film... C'est dommage qu'il ne soit pas en entier, cela aurait enrichi ma culture.
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
Hope sometime you can see the actual musical. Pretty as this scene is, it's the opening to a really bad movie representation of a fantastic musical.
@esinger092 жыл бұрын
Pam Klinger at 7:21. Wowzer
@stewartrosenwasser658710 ай бұрын
Loved the play
@lauren9004Ай бұрын
Love it!
@lyndawilliams4570 Жыл бұрын
We need the scene where they get chosen , and sent home please 🙏🏽
@aldonakoppenhaver408710 ай бұрын
Many years ago I bought it on VHS. Eventually the tape broke. Went online to CD Universe and now own it on DVD. Watch it all the time, and no foreign substitles.
@geowillia632510 ай бұрын
My favorite movie!
@elainebrown87410 ай бұрын
Good dancing from what I can see. The picture looks like it’s raining on it.
@fulviagabrovez92892 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@sylviebertin89123 жыл бұрын
magnifique la danseuse en vert, elle est jolie et whaou quel tallent..
@tsubakiyuria78362 жыл бұрын
I reallylove this movie❣️
@SandroDance14 жыл бұрын
Isso sim é jazz!! Não as fuleragens de hoje!!
@kerensabirch52142 жыл бұрын
A bit ironic to call this the 'audition scene', considering the entire movie is about a long audition process.
@221b-Maker-Street2 жыл бұрын
This is the Open Audition. The rest of the film is recalls and whittling, with loads of exposition thrown in. This opening scene is pretty much solid auditioning.
@garycollinson25403 жыл бұрын
I need this job
@cmre82682 жыл бұрын
What’s the song Michelle Johnston dancing to ?!🤩
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
It's high time somebody did a good version of this show on film. The director of the 1985 film had no fucking idea what the show was about. Did multiple interviews where he said it's about people trying to break into show business, which is the absolute opposite of what most of the characters represent. They also screwed up the role of Cassie by making her a focus of the film, and it made "What I Did for Love" about romantic love rather than its actual theme, the love of dance in musical theater. Some of the individual performances are good enough, but a show this iconic deserves a movie version of quality, and this version never was, never could be, and never will be that quality representation. Feel sorry for almost everyone in it, going through their career knowing they're associated with one of the worst film versions ever made of any musical.
@nettiegurl5 жыл бұрын
Why are the dancers blurred?
@Mxyzptlksac3 жыл бұрын
Low quality video. Probably from vhs
@appaccount919710 ай бұрын
Iconic
@iamemancipate11 ай бұрын
Khandi Alexander!!!!
@helenhyeseungjung37582 жыл бұрын
지금은 다 할머니...할아버지시들인데
@cosettelewallen42817 ай бұрын
It’s so blurry I can hardly see anything!
@무라마사-v9m3 жыл бұрын
극장가서 못볼 뮤지컬 영화라도 남겨주니 꼭 봅시다
@amariroach75815 жыл бұрын
Who does the girl in the green play
@susanwv19905 жыл бұрын
If I remember, she pays Bebe
@sydneyblackburn25505 жыл бұрын
the girl in the green is cassie
@lilgiggler355 жыл бұрын
@@sydneyblackburn2550 Cassie is the tall red head in purple.
@sydneyblackburn25505 жыл бұрын
lilgiggler35 ohhhh you’re right
@dawnwelch65795 жыл бұрын
Michelle Johnston (Bebe) was about 19 when she did this movie!
@susandixon66010 ай бұрын
Wish someone could fix the quality of this video, It's quite blurry
@sdkjsdfo10 ай бұрын
Strictly brought me here
@kat35lulu886 ай бұрын
Just think how many of them are battling arthritis and other degenerative illnesses. Youth is fleeting.......😢
@irenekyes651310 ай бұрын
Isn’t one of the dancers Fosse’s daughter???
@kellymillward6488 Жыл бұрын
Bob fossies daughter
@sas230010 ай бұрын
Ahh the 80s 😂
@Basist2 жыл бұрын
Поза "солевой" всегда будет актуальна
@tfgh52110 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@alisondennis423310 ай бұрын
What's the movie called?
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
Did you not read the title?
@daniesza10 ай бұрын
The video is so pixelated I dint know how you enjoy it let alone see it
@TheDesmo545 жыл бұрын
Boy did muck this up!!! So wrong on so many levels They missed the psychological impact of that audition tune being played over and over Then the choreography looks like solid gold dancers And at the end how did they have a full orchestra at the audition
@maxipaz55975 жыл бұрын
I thought is was brilliant, I saw it onstage aswell and we left becuase it was hilariously bad
@maxipaz55975 жыл бұрын
U have to suspend disbelief regarding the music
@krazyoldkatlady1922 жыл бұрын
The audition scene from All That Jazz is much more realistic.
@Ms.Laterholmes5253 Жыл бұрын
❤❤🔥🔥🔥
@rowenamarvin969711 ай бұрын
I really couldn’t SING
@evelynsaungikar3553 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many of them were lost to AIDS?
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
Couldn't say with regard to the movie cast - it was done in 1985. Definitely at least three, maybe more, from the original show.
@jennifer55124 ай бұрын
What's with the changes in the music? This movie was so bad. It was only meant to be a Broadway show. It just doesn't work as a movie.
@maxlinder526210 ай бұрын
Poor Quality.......😮
@sandyblue42359 ай бұрын
Dont knos why sheila didnt wear a more prgressive leotard
@bitterbeauty711 Жыл бұрын
The chorus line audition at the beginning of All That Jazz was 100% better than this
@BROKEN-OC Жыл бұрын
Next
@davidcole21724 күн бұрын
Such a great scene but such bad video
@Grace-ps1fd4 ай бұрын
1:34
@helenvann350610 ай бұрын
Pity the picture quality was so bad
@laurafederico883510 ай бұрын
The subtitles ruin it. No point in watching a dancing clip if you can’t see and are distracted by subtitles. Too bad.
@bingovegas486710 ай бұрын
Almost as big a flop as CATS...the movie, ya know where the cats had himan hands and fingers. Dear God. Who are you people on here, 25yr old critics that have NEVER seen ACL on Broadway or touring companies?
@tejaswoman8 ай бұрын
It didn't help that the director hadn't the slightest clue what the show was really about.