All That Jazz - The Opening

The first couple minutes of Bob Fosse’s masterful ALL THAT JAZZ. Out now: www.criterion.c...

[@pbrazor50]

I love this movie, above all, because it is so gutsy of Fosse to portray his own life with such honesty. He never hesitates to show us what a bastard he could sometimes be.

[@thomasleary2814]

It’s hard to beat this kind of editing - and what a WOW start to a one of a kind musical.

[@suddendee]

That piano intro to “On Broadway” is brilliant. It felt like a strong pulsating anxious heartbeat 💗 that the dancers must’ve experienced while auditioning. 👯👯‍♀️👯👯‍♀️👯👯‍♀️👯👯‍♀️

[@suddendee]

I guess it fits the whole heartbeat❤️ and heart theme in the movie 🎥 🍿

[@HONORTONUMERIC123]

YEAH.... ON THE TOES....MAY BE...

[@ArtbyL763]

Just love this opening. It shows all the sweat, defeat, triumph of a real Broadway audition. How tough and nerve racking it is and how many but a few get there.

[@dexterellis7818]

Roy Scheider racked up some great performances in the 70s. The French Connection, Klute, Jaws, The Marathon Man, The Last Embrace and All that jazz. Never got the recognition he deserved.

[@paulnistor3547]

Sorcerer?

[@SteveDave211]

Also dropped out of Deer Hunter which is crazy.

[@Jessicaaa-1313]

Preach!

[@gabrielesimone1372]

@@paulnistor3547 I was about to say that one. My favorite Friedkin movie.

[@thecaricarlitos]

@Randy White and Sorcerer, of course

[@gorankatic40000bc]

Visual magic of transformation of reality into kinesthetic experience through the art of film photography, composition, acting and editing - artistic pleasure and excitement - what film is truly all about as an independent art form with its own specific visual means.

[@chrysalissartorious5777]

I want so very much to say that I couldn't have said that any better but the truth is that I couldn't have said it at all! Bravo!!

[@godfatherofcinema]

well put

[@analogkid4957]

Beautifully stated

[@DSAK55]

The way staged and unstaged cuts are interweaved is masterful

[@richardbernstein9215]

this sequence is better than the whole film version of A CHROUS LINE!

[@johnmcgowan2348]

The opening of Chorus Line was pretty awesome, especially when all of the hopefuls came together for the combination. I Can Do That was great too. Of course I may be a little based....

[@ryan_alexander]

Dude the ACL film is asshole. It's not hard to beat that

[@JPLEYONKO4]

See this is what happens when Hollywood producers and directors don't want the input of Broadway directors and choreographers on the movies. The film version of A chorus Line would have been great if They allowed Micheal Bennett to get involved. Now look what happened.

[@srkadict]

I agree sooo much!!!!!!

[@TheSaltydog07]

You got that right.

[@PeBoVision]

It's showtime folks! If I was forced to watch one movie on an endless loop, I would hope it would be All That Jazz. It just doesn't get better. Thank you Mr Fosse.

[@davidmakous3947]

Remember this is all Fosse.

[@annap5010]

I can't stop thinking about this movie since ive seen it.

[@johntechwriter]

Scheider could not reduced to a cliché by the media. He lacked pretty-boy features. He had the gravitas to carry an otherwise ho-hum crime drama. Even when in the lead role he played it like a character actor, blending into the background as required. Spielberg cast him brilliantly opposite scenery-chewer Robert Shaw in Jaws, and Friedkin did the same in French Connection, where Scheider was a foil for Gene Hackman’s explosive Popeye Doyle character. (Quick! What was Scheider’s character’s name in that movie?) All of the above disqualified him from star status. He was better than that.

[@bighairedmom]

Saw this on the big screen when I was 17. Yep, still perfect.

[@teacat55]

bighairedmom ditto... it was brilliant art

[@georgelowe3168]

A stunning masterpiece of artistic achievement in five minutes.

[@partysmith5874]

R.I.P. Giuseppe Rotunno (1923-2021). Cinematographer of this movie.

[@rogerfitzsimmons6476]

I wonder if, in this opening scene, Fosse said "Numbers 1-40, you do the best you can, numbers 41-60 take a little off, numbers 61 to 63, act like you just got out of your first dance lesson.

[@veronicalemos3179]

I ❤ that song.

[@ericjourdain892]

Wow, I had no idea, this is sublime. Off to see the full movie now!

[@karinannamaria2514]

THE BEST MOVIE OPENING OF ALL TIME!!!

[@Happyharold666]

perfection

[@rozbourboulithra]

what a great movie!!!

[@hectorhoracioromero8504]

Una gran película y una gran banda musical !!! Genial

[@jethrotull3401]

The ''unbalanced'' boy is perfect

[@MsDonttrythisathome]

I always wondered if actors just crashed these in the hope that they might somehow make it?

[@lasktdave]

@@MsDonttrythisathome absolutely.

[@hereforit2347]

I saw this film in the theatre in early 1980. I didn’t love it as a whole, but some of the dance sequences, like this one, were FANTASTIC. 🎥 🍿

[@barbarascott3350]

We’d go to the theatre with a jug of wine and just stay all day…the good ole days of move watching

[@mfmz6329]

so the reference in better call saul "*it's show time*" comes from here, along with the song lol

[@JSB1882]

This is in my top favorite films!!

[@cathybrown7559]

My whole life I have been in sales, very successful. I just could not been in show business.

[@lulagladden3345]

Love this movie

[@scheherazadenoir5950]

Kick-Ass opening, near perfect editing, you'd be unable to find ANYONE who can "cut" film like this today. Oddly enough, because of the precision of digital editing, jumpcuts and quick cuts are too abrupt now, lacking those extra cells of bleed over that a human eye and hand can't catch leads to dizzying dance edits that make it hard to follow the action, Fred Astaire, a famous stickler about camera work for dance sequences, would be appalled and probably angry at the blurry too quick shots that distract from the choreo nowadays. You can literally tell the difference if you pay attention even in videos. Watch the older videos up to 1999 and you'll start to notice that the cut aways from the dance shots becomes less and less about iconic shots timed to the music and more about static star shots of posing. Wanna see 2 of the best edited music videos ever? Here they are: Quincy Jones, Ray Charles & Chaka Khan covering the Brothers Johnson's "I'll be good to you" - masterpiece of cutting in time to the music. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ2Xc4quZcusoNk 🎥 Quincy Jones, Ray Charles & Chaka Khan - I'll Be Good To You ... AND the 2nd best edited music video EVER?: Heavy D and the Boyz m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKaziHtpid-cf5Y 🎥 Heavy D. & The Boyz - We Got Our Own Thang - KZbin I promise you'll find yourself moving to the steps and the editing has a lot to do with it. Enjoy! God, I love film.🙂

[@fiddleandfart]

As somebody who has long cut to music, this is a fascinating analysis! And you're right. Cutting too fast often kills what you're trying to achieve! Too many modern action films suffer from this. Visual confusion actually undermines impact!

[@scheherazadenoir5950]

@@fiddleandfart The blurring thing is fucKING heavy-handed. David Lean would be appalled as well. Had a guy tell me recently, "yeah yeah, Scorsese went to film school. So all his pretty shots...boring...blah blah blah." Then he went in on "Citizen Kane" similarly. I explained through bared fangs that everything his dumb ass LEARNED in film school was pretty MUCH innovated by both of those gentlemen & their amazing cinematographers & editors. Orson & Toland, Scorsese and Thelma. I mentioned their names and he didn't recognize them. I laughed at him told him he should get a tuition refund cuz he'd been ripped off in film school.

[@boblowney]

oh god, the cattle calls. ugh! but terrific.

[@laurenjcoates]

A chorus line who?

[@FIREBRAND38]

Except Joe Gideon isn't sitting in the seats of a darkened theater he's on the stage, we don't hear what the dancers are saying, the choreography is different as well as the music. But other than that it's identical.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

If you haven't seen this movie but you liked Birdman.... you'll LOVE it.

[@MrC-o5y]

I get 500 dexedrine a month have for the last 25 years,I love lucky strike and all that jazz

[@valr561]

ugh hoping the making of this makes it onto Fosse/Verdon!

[@geraldward9765]

So Good!

[@cards0486]

“Cattle call” is the perfect term for what performers have to go through to hope for a job. I couldn’t deal with the rejection. My favorite lines are:” F___ him! He never picks me.” “Honey, I DID f___ him. He never picks me either.”

[@maddalonefarms]

When did they say that

[@joebarr725]

My favorite line: "That's how you get a job".

[@muratkaraali5704]

@@joebarr725 And "That's how you get an oscar"

[@chrysalissartorious7648]

This had to have been an 'Open Cattle Call' when you see some of the lackluster 'talent' there!

[@ScottPasel]

I'm just seeing this comment now but it was actually my mom who said the line "Honey, I DID f-- him and he never picks me either." That made for quite the family story to this day.

[@neilryan9301]

This film premiered in 1979. It holds up very well more than forty years later. The opening scene is one of the best in film history.

[@johntechwriter]

Scheider plays supporting actor to Fosse’s choreography.

[@Bootmahoy88]

I remember when I saw this film in Minneapolis in '79, the opening gave me serious chills. I don't know how else to say it, as cliche as it sounds, but damn I recall those chills up and down my spine. I've watched it god knows how many times since and it never fails to stir me.

[@blakedaniel6799]

It’s the best opening in film history

[@DHU11]

My Dad made me watch this many many years ago. I was so annoyed at him, because I didn’t want to watch a “dumb old movie”. Now, I thank my Dad for introducing me to this masterpiece. One of the best movies I’ve ever seen and it is up there in my faves. Wildly under appreciated too. I’m always hearing “never heard of/seen that” when I mention this in a conversation about my movie faves. So good!

[@Sergioricardoneto]

O tempo passa e aí você descobre, olhando o que se produz atualmente que você estava diante de um grande filme.

[@stevenzeoli6147]

Your comment makes me think of that Mark Twain quote, “when I was 17. My father was so stupid, I could barely stand to have the old man around. When I turned 24 I was amazed at how much he learned in seven years.“

[@reginaldforthright805]

Congratulations on wasting your evening. Should have watched rocky horror instead.

[@markhager2216]

This was a regular in the early days of HBO. In the early 80s, we watched this over and over and over again in college. I loved it. I haven’t seen it all the way through in ages. But, “it’s showtime folks” was how we greeted each other in class

[@gordons-alive4940]

I remember watching it a lot as a kid, even though I didn't really understand a lot of it.

[@RawsonGordonII]

Me, too! 'cept I was 13 or so. Taped it off HBO using my dad's top loader VCR. Changed my life, too.

[@francosierra7351]

An absolute masterclass not only on how to open a film but also establish the main character. There are many details in these 5 minutes that tell you everything you need to know abot Joseph with minimum use of dialogue, and it's fantastic.

[@JasonStevens]

show, don't tell.

[@scheherazadenoir5950]

Fosse used editing like a painter uses brush & paint. He painted with the sound of dancer's feet & his visuals soared because he was a natural framer. I actually still get moved by this opening, it so perfectly catches Broadway gypsy auditioning life - and death. And a New York that no longer exists.

[@Prof_Tickles92]

@@JasonStevens Tell when you trust an actor’s delivery. For instance Quint’s monologue in Jaws or Dr. Loomis’ “I met him fifteen years ago...” monologue in Halloween. There are no rules.

[@minnesota_fats7344]

Franco you are so right this truly is master class filmmaking this is always been one of my favorite openings to a movie.

[@philippecuenoud2949]

The best movie about John McAfee.

[@Swimdeep]

This film is unbearably good. Every. Single. Frame. ✨

[@sparklemotion101ni3]

Too true. Apparently it's not on any streaming site. This is why I still have a dvd player, so I can watch this movie (that I've already seen dozens of times).

[@christophernewman8556]

Yes and it's aged better than I expected. Leland Palmer is excellent. I can't understand why she isn't more well known.

[@anasan00]

Feel it's better everytime I watch it.. since it was in cinemas

[@orlandocordova8818]

So Right! 🙂!

[@ericanthony7952]

@@anasan00 So true! I'm mesmerized every time I watch this.

[@christianbunea9998]

This fucking edit is poetry on film...

[@daviddowns7188]

exactly

[@ketihrendrag9489]

Is a "fucking" edit better than a normal edit? You spoiled a great sentence with that word.

[@muslit]

Really? Those obtrusive closeups? I don't think so. Compare the editing in The Blues Brothers number 'Think' - masterly use of small space. Ditto Robbins' 'I Feel Pretty' in West Side Story. Honestly, the editor here didn't know how to navigate a large space with glaring closeups.

[@jgm3465]

@@muslit Most would consider this a masterpiece and probably groundbreaking for the time - but that's harder to recall as I first saw it as a kid in the 70s when cinema was still interesting. This 5 minutes of film set me on my career path - I am a professional editor and in still in awe of Allen Heim's work here. I "borrow" this edit frequently as the techniques used here still work. Indeed came here tonight because I'm working working on a montage and it always inspires. Blues Bros is a very different kind of movie so I'm not sure transposing that style here would be effective as this open also sets up the style of the movie as a whole. You have to consider what's happening at minute 90 when you think about the open. For me this film is the best kind of cinema as it taps into what's happening in the subconscious - and I think those close ups help open us up to the kind of impressionistic interior experience. ADDING - additionally - this is a scene about characters who are dancers, not a dance performance. We are actually meeting the characters we will be following throughout the film - so close ups are just practically the best way to do that. In think, you already know who the characters are and it's a much more conventional musical scene though also well edited.

[@muslit]

@@jgm3465 I'm happy for you, but it doesn't change my mind about the editing here. Having never made a film before, Robbins had a more instinctive feel for camera placement and editing. He shared best director honors with Wise, and it wasn't for his work with actors.

[@barrytook450]

This reminds me of the first time I met my wife. I was the Stage Manager for Danny La Rue and there was an open audition for just 6 female dancers, held at the Prince Of Wales Theatre in London in 1980. At least 200 turned up so the choreographer asked them to walk across the stage as there were too many to dance but he could tell who had been trained. Once he had pared the numbers down to about 100, he was able to ask everyone to learn a routine and then he eliminated them one by one. My wife was one of the lucky six and we've been married for nearly 35 years. This clip is our daughter's favourite.

[@annedavis6090]

Such a great story, thanks for sharing 🙋

[@davejohnsen8540]

Fun story. One of my favorite movies.

[@logbar5730]

Congratulations that is awesome 💐💛

[@sheliaaikersonaikerson3102]

Interesting story!!!

[@_Spy_]

Αwww that's so sweet!

[@johnboy32064]

Fosse was really a master filmmaker. This is such an incredible sequence. I see why Criterion wanted to reissue this film.

[@md_vandenberg]

"It's showtime, folks!" A bloody fantastic movie.

[@GloriaFlores-to3cj]

Roy Scheider should have won the academy award for his performance. Dustin Hoffman was very good in Kramer vs Kramer. But he shouldn't have won to Roy S.

[@JeromeGentes]

Yep. Hoffman should have won for Midnight Cowboy or Lenny first, then for Tootsie. Scheider holds this fearless and flawed movie together, and he is not by any means someone you think of when you think, Broadway choreographer.

[@chrysalissartorious5777]

Hoffman for 'Lenny' would have been yet another nod to Fosse!

[@johnminehan1148]

@@JeromeGentes Never saw the movie all through, but from what I have seen, the other actor who could have done it would have been another unlikely one: Kirk Douglas.

[@durtyragoux]

Indeed. Tough call, but this was such a compelling role. This film is one of my all time favorites, period, and his performance was fascinating.

[@reneastle8447]

@jlalewicz What will it be like if the Academy Award for Best Picture is always awarded to the best film of the year in any genre and art form? That would've been better. For example, if Digimon: The Movie was a blockbuster success and won all 11 Oscars including Best Picture, tying with Gladiator, it would really show how the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science appreciate many different genres of motion pictures, not just Drama.

[@Jayjen35]

I always thought that it was good on Fosse that he showed, basically himself, rejecting a short fairly small male dancer who was likely a lot like himself (or the way that he saw himself) back when he himself was auditioning.

[@lucindaarmour4685]

Beautifully said. I am always very touched by that moment and think it is very personal to Fosse.

[@hughjasse4047]

I like how he treated all the rejects with kindness and respect.

[@richardwilson1234]

Comedian?

[@electrasong]

Hey... That's showbiz!!!

[@sylviacarlson3561]

@@electrasong That's New York........cut and dry. I know someone who went there and auditioned for several months and when she came back she wouldn't ever talk about what happened. It must have been particularly brutal. You have to have a strong stomach for rejection.

[@tunde818]

@@electrasong that's not showbiz. they're usually mean. THANK YOU NEXT. this guy was nice.

[@GWiggz]

Fosse really was like that. He wanted to cast everyone and was genuinely sorry when he had to cut people. He’d give them pointers on how to improve and let them try again even. He was also usually picking out which girls he wanted to sleep with.

[@teresajohnson6419]

It is all about Dance. The love of it. The appreciation of dance. Expression and talent. Brilliant and true to his soul. Priceless.....

[@rinwesley3092]

By far my favorite scene in the whole movie. The mental toughness you have to cultivate to face all that rejection.

[@MsDonttrythisathome]

Face receiving it or face giving it?

[@delenegillen539]

Well said. College instruictors coached us - fight your way to the front line, smile and dance your ass off!

[@Melancthon7332]

I think every damn second of this entire movie is pure magic.

[@EVZYL]

Well put, especially compared to nowadays when kids grow up with the philosophy of 'everybody's a winner.' No wonder suicide rates are up as they never learnt to face disappointment and failure in their childhood so the first obstacle sets them off spinning over the edge.

[@jessueluttrell]

@@MsDonttrythisathome both.

[@alexpoor2452]

This audition process reminds of when I auditioned for Sweet Charity in London. Bob Fosse wasn't there but his assistant did exactly the same when he says 'yes' or 'no' to the dancers in the last line-up. Unfortunately, I didn't get chosen, but saw the show with Juliet Prowse starring in it at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.

[@laminage]

+Alex Poor Did you know that Juliet Prowse was once married to John McCook who next year will celebrate his 30th Anniversary as Eric Forrester on The Soap Opera The Bold & The Beautiful. He is next to Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke) the only "Original" Cast Member.

[@alexpoor2452]

+laminage Hi Thanks for the update. I don't watch The Bold & The Beautiful, but thanks for pointing out the info about Eric.

[@laminage]

You're welcome. Here's another eerie fact. When "Joe Gideon" brilliantly played by Roy Scheider was putting the dancers through their paces, Bob Fosse was directing "Him".

[@ImAlwaysHere1]

I only auditioned for "Cats" once in my Midwestern city (and didn't make it), but I would love to go to NY and audition for a Broadway production. It would be worth making a fool of myself again. At least I would be able to say I tried; and to me that would still be an amazing story.

[@jgilc2691]

DO IT! It's all about timing. Been there.

[@rohiten1]

This movie is one of the most brilliant ones I've seen, and watching Roy Scheider's superlative performance was really something else..

[@howardkoor2796]

Rohit Nagarkatti agree

[@chrysalissartorious5777]

With Scheider and Fosse both gone, the lights are dimmer!

[@deerheart87]

Def he was great , they all were , it's a great film

[@HD-fd7tn]

As a dancer, this scene is so relatable

[@russellcampbell9198]

The guy doing it really badly was probably an excellent dancer. It takes a good dancer to dance comically badly.

[@Gargess]

If you listen to the DVD commentary with Roy Scheider he laughs when he sees that guy and then explains. To shoot this sequence they put an ad out in the local trade that they were going to film a simulated audition for a film and that it was open. Open means that literally anyone, regardless of experience and training, can walk in off the street and audition. Apparently there wrre a number of inexperienced performers who came in and were shot, he was just the only one that didn't make it on the cutting room floor.

[@mchris65]

which guy

[@scandiescot3]

mchris65: The gentleman in the black t-shirt at 2:35

[@WalterLiddy]

Nah anyone can be that bad.

[@ParkerAllen2]

Comically bad is the only kind of dancing I do.

[@JeffFreemanPresents]

Fosse makes his points in the most bald ways, but he never, ever denies any character in his works their humanity. And that is what makes him one of the Great Directors.

[@eliasashoal8723]

I wonder what the audition for this scene was like.

[@pruntyo]

I have insight about this. My editor teacher met Alan Heim (the editor of the film) and he said they only told the dancers that they are searching actors for a Bob Fosse musical and there will be a public audition what will be filmed. Who wouldn't want to be in a Fosse musical? :) That's why the scene is 100% authentic, because they didn't know they are participating in a film shooting. The scene was shot in 2 days.

[@eterntychanges]

^^ that. I lived with a couple of people who were in the scene. It was shot as a legit audition. Those people danced the same as they would for a Broadway musical.. some of them were Broadway performers, some were off the street, just walked in... just like any other audition would have. It was very, very true to life.

[@misslesterb]

@@pruntyo This is proof that the real gold is in the comments. Thanks for sharing, what a neat insight!

[@owenohara623]

Uhhh...I mean...

[@Harbinger57]

That WAS the audition for this scene.

[@saanzacs]

Fosse + Roy Scheider + George Benson = Epic Combo

[@narayanshadhu8778]

La isupel

[@HOLLYWOODUNAPOLOGETIC]

I grew up in theatre in New York and this film always brings me back. One of my favorite films of all time.

[@GregginHOU]

This 5-min sequence is a masterclass in how to open a movie--brilliant!

[@PuckeredMeatball]

Heterogeneous humans. The 70's people seemed so varied.

[@Delphi333]

It was before plastic surgery was the norm

[@muddeer5383]

This was NYC.

[@wantsomecoffee]

You do realize this is a movie and these people were cast, right? 😳

[@Tracymmo]

@@wantsomecoffee This was set up as a filmed audition, so it wasn't cast except for some key roles.

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

The edit of the dancers spinning takes your breath away..!!

[@DelightLovesMovies]

I would get the chills every time death, disguised as a beautiful blonde, Jessica Lang, would show up in this film.

[@KW-gb9cd]

5:39 For some reason, my favorite scene is the one where one person after another was spinning around; it was like a sampling of the human race.

[@JasonStevens]

After all the years Ive seen this great film, I never noticed @1:56 that Roy does the left arm flex thing, something people complain about prior to heart attacks is numbness in the left arm. It's so casual I totally missed it. Roy was robbed for the oscar.

[@troygaspard6732]

It is George Benson's version of On Broadway that moves this. Fosse made it the version everyone remembers.

[@katashley1031]

George would love to hear that. 😊

[@airira]

Makes me want to watch the whole movie. Saw it in the theater when it first came out. Big Roy Scheider fan. Saw him in Betrayal on Broadway. He should have won the Oscar for this performance.

[@whateveritsnoyes]

Thank you for releasing this, sincerely. A truly fantastic addition to the collection. What an opening.. middle.. and that ending! Fosse, you genius. You've gifted us quite the cinematic gem. Palme d'Or was more than deserved.

[@GinaSigillito]

This is the scene that made me want to move to New York

[@bballbreakdown]

Why did you gave to stop it there??? lol

[@mattpierce97]

BBALLBREAKDOWN coach nick wtf are you doing here

[@melizmatea]

I know! Just 60 seconds more, come on!

[@notmytruthTHEtruth]

Coach Nick on a Criterion video 😆

[@JR-bj3uf]

My college room mate and I watched this over and over and over. You can find flaws in films or se things that could or should have been done differently and this film is perfect.

[@DA-hw6rd]

One of the great establishing shots in any movie--there is no doubt who is in charge as the camera pulls out, even though you can't see Joe's face or expression. Just incredible.

[@sallybowles2781]

this is maybe the best opening sequence ever - so perfectly energising - Apocalypse now is also pretty good but this is masterful

[@kathrynrippley5860]

Why oh WHY is this masterpiece not on Netflix?

[@EdDunkle]

The only way to watch it these days is to buy the DVD or Blu-ray

[@ralphadamo1857]

Because Netflix sux.

[@donnalynn2]

@@ralphadamo1857 Actually it has nothing to do with Netflix. It isn't available on ANY streaming service. In fact I don't see it available to even buy on a streaming service at all. From what I read the only way to watch this movie is to buy the DVD. Why they haven't digitized it is beyond me when in this day and age even dvds are starting to get phased out. Don't blame your bias on Netflix. They cannot buy the rights to stream a movie that isn't digitized. Blame whoever holds the rights to that movie (probably his daughter).

[@ralphadamo1857]

@@donnalynn2 What you say may be true, but that does not change the fact that Netflix sux.

[@buckjohnson3748]

@@donnalynn2 Its on pluto tv which is free. At least in the states.

[@marcroigcebrian]

great movie,great actors (especially roy scheider and jessica lange )and of course !the master george benson!

[@chrysalissartorious5777]

You forgot to mention Ann Reinking who (of course) played herself in this flick

[@edgardoctavioedgardoctavio9279]

Marc Roig Cebria

[@edgardoctavioedgardoctavio9279]

Df

[@marcroigcebrian]

YESSS ann reinking

[@michaelmatthews6717]

Jessica Lange won the Oscar for best supporting actress for this film

[@texasred2702]

RIP Roy Scheider. Truly one of the greats.

[@Engelbird]

1980, when trendy young professional whites wore perms, corduroy blazers, and frequented fern bars and george benson concerts.

[@srkbear1]

e m Young professional people of color did then too, and I think I’d take Ben Vereen’s assessment of the talent involved here over yours. I suppose with his guitar skills and pristine musicality, George Benson’s didn’t blew up the spot for ya like Snoop Dogg?

[@scheherazadenoir5950]

Hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha 😁😅😂😂 Oh. My. God. You have no idea how BAD our style was back then. 😅😂 We had to work REALLY hard to make those clothes "work". Jee-sus, the clothes, the hair, the fabric quality - yeesh yeech.

[@Engelbird]

@Randy White jfc, split hairs much

[@lemonsky5378]

I've always been interested in Fosse and this movie. I love Roy Scheider. All right, I'm off to buy this movie on Amazon.

[@lemonsky5378]

@Randy White Watching it right now.

[@lanechange2795]

4:49 My friend Danny R. He was supposed to have a bigger part but he died in a car crash while this film was still in production. RIP Danny.

[@myswanktrendz]

Lane Change - How sad :(

[@RedtheCat2014]

oh Danny Ruvolo? Tragic

[@francoisb.4453]

amazing how underrated is Bob Fosse as a director...

[@tobyhallidie1498]

Convinced by a friend from school to see this 'the greatest film ever made' in his words and hated it or really, didn't understand it. Now aged 54 I might just agree with him, there is definitely more than meets the eye.

[@joereichlin258]

Age 17, went to this movie with a date (one of the few dates of my high school years - coincidence? I think not) Neither of us really got it. We just didn't have enough life experience. Now of course I think it's one of the great movies about show buisness, and life well (or maybe not so well) lived. Just a great movie.

[@solinpookie69]

...this opening scene totally encapsulates every and all auditions that every dancer has had throughout their dance career!!...such a great piece of cinematic art!!...LOOOOOOOOOOVE!!...

[@williamjones7163]

This opening sequence makes so much more sense after seeing the movie. I am no where close to geing a dancer. In fact, when I dance people call 911 because they think I am having a seizure.

[@terrywright7470]

This is the most unique and iconic opening scene EVER!!!!

[@georgeehret3480]

This is my favorite movie of all time. I'd like to make a video on it at some point. I can talk about it for hours. I own the Criterion, I've watched all of the supplements, etc. I'm crazy

[@sofiadougherty6430]

Brilliant...finally saw this (LOL 58 yr. old classically trained NY ballerina)crazy beautiful art world...became an RN but appreciate the blood sweat tears of this art form💕👍

[@jeffcostello9641]

The final death scene performed as a musical act was really great - perfect movie!!

[@alcd6333]

Fantastic opening scene. I wish you uploaded the whole thing though: it's missing about 3-4 minutes.

[@gioiaferrante]

He was extremely good to me, I didn’t care how hard he was I miss him every day Love you miss you Bob aka Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse (June 23, 1927 - September 23, 1987) so much, My Birthdays have never been the same

[@cecimartinez1777]

What are privileged that you were able to work with Bob Voss Bravo to you!

[@gioiaferrante]

Thank you, I was 8 years old and he took me under his wing and I was always working myself to blood, sweat, He was in much shock as I was, and I would hear Kiddo hurry up Kiddo, turn 18 so you and I can work together, ( he allowed. me in this scene, only like these.) That day came, he called from Washington to say hello, are you ready? I said Bob you know I am, you earned it! Im going to call your mother later surprise her, ok kiddo? She was to receive a call, that was devastating. I heard her scream in tears yelling dear god tell me this is a lie. How am I going to tell her? What I didn't know was she already knew because she was on the other phone, listening when he called, That was the first worst day of my life. I'll always have the man, embedded in my heart and mind. Im so sorry I just saw this :( Missing him @@cecimartinez1777

[@cecimartinez1777]

@@gioiaferrante How amazimg!!!so i take it you have danced for most of your life?? But just a simple fact that you knew this amazing man you worked with him what a blessing!

[@rah938]

The 1st time I auditioned for Bob, I made it up to the song. He stopped me after 8 bars and said: “You’re a helluva dancer kid, but you couldn’t carry a tune if it had a handle on it.” As I was packing up, his assistant handed me a note with a phone number that turned out to be for Ann Reinking’s vocal coach. Underneath was scribbled: “Here’s the handle.” I don’t believe in Heaven or Hell. But I do believe in Angels.

[@ta192utube]

Truly great flick, and a fascinating one. The only movie I've ever seen that I would describe as "morbid"...and that's a compliment. Has to be seen to be appreciated.

[@mikiinajijic6763]

Music by the great George Benson who gets no credit here! This is a very realistic depiction of the tremendous competition in the professional dance world. It takes all day to go through so many repeats and cuts; you can see how bored the producers are in the audience. Everyone hopes to hear their name called, but when that happens, you are in the group that is cut! The last one(s) standing get the job. Also Fosse had his own personal demons. It is not characteristic of pro dancers to have drug or eating disorders. You have to be at peak health to get to the point of professionalism.

[@MoiraRussell]

One of the best movies ever.

[@dr.elizabethmartin7118]

One of the BEST dance movies ever.......what a genius he was! And great dancers, storyline...........CLASSIC/RADICAL. cheers

[@catherinehpn3613]

Dr. Elizabeth Martin Agreed , I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed this movie.

[@howardkoor2796]

Fosse!

[@SleepingRoll]

Loooooove this scene so much. And this version of On Broadway rules. So edgy. Perfect for this movie.

[@J7H7K7]

As mythical an opening to a movie.... as I've ever seen..." Its Showtime Folks"

[@RamonCroes-q5t]

The unhappy ending: it was easier to collect the insurance money, then continue with the show, when Schneider dies in the hospital from over working...😢😢😢

[@katashley1031]

Realistic. Bob Fosse knew the business so well.

[@ybmagpye]

After all these freakn' years, seeing this opening still makes my heart soar. Damn. What a great movie.

[@diaphane2]

un joyau, un diamant, un pur bonheur où la vie et la mort s'interpellent, sans pathos ni douleur

[@matman000000]

Yeah, I need to watch this movie right now.

[@franckcolas8623]

me too !

[@carolinagutierrez9865]

It's fantastic!

[@averagejoe6617]

Just finished the movie, and much like Gideon, much like Fosse, I wish it never ended.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

One of the great Academy Award travesties was Schieder not winning for best actor. His performance was a tour de force

[@woooweee]

Well that's the rule, the Academy Awards voters are usually wrong.