Bob Fosse on All That Jazz

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[@rosebyanyname]

Roy Scheider was robbed of an Oscar for this movie.

[@koshersalaami]

I agree completely. Kramer v. Kramer won that year and All That Jazz was a better movie.

[@charlotteziggy8353]

@@koshersalaami I can't decide both movies were great, I wish there could have been a tie for best actor.

[@kimromanski1061]

Agreed

[@hollylisker5705]

Agree.

[@danielmorse6597]

I agree. K vs K just whined. This was amazing.

[@juliusaugustino8409]

All that jazz is really a forgotten masterpiece

[@michelelazarow3938]

Masterpiece is the perfect word.

[@msmith8511]

Forgotten?? I don't think so. A masterpiece? Definitely!!!

[@melanderson3371]

I have not forgotten this masterpiece. I have written to Turner Classic Movies several times about this. Of course it has never it is never on. I saw it on FXMovie some years ago. I like to watch it on my dvd but why is this never shared with the world I will never understand.

[@gonfalon]

Ay least as good as 8 1/2

[@kimromanski1061]

Absolutely

[@michelelazarow3938]

I saw this movie for the first time when I was 12. I have watched it about 20 times over the past 35 years. The soundtrack is amazing. I love Bob Fosse. This was his true masterpiece.

[@TheStockwell]

Michele Lazarow It came out the same year - 1979 - as "Apocalypse Now." At the next Academy Awards the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director went to one film - "Kramer vs. Kramer." It was about then I realised how, yes, maybe the Oscars aren't the best indication of a film's greatness.

[@Jared_Wignall]

All That Jazz should've won Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and Best Actor. Also I feel that Scheider could've tied Best Actor with Peter Sellers in Being There, as both of there performances were fantastic. Cause I've gone back and forth with Best Actor that year and to me they were both so good, giving it to one and not the other seems like a crime. Either way, Scheider and Sellers were better than Hoffman in Kramer vs Kramer.

[@Francophone974]

It did win the Palme d'Or in Cannes

[@msmith8511]

Hollywood's Golden Year is 1939. The Second Golden Year is 1979. A remarkable year with some of the best films of the postwar years. I will not list them all as I'm sure that not all will agree, but the fact that Kramer vs. Kramer received the Best Picture Oscar over All That Jazz, Manhattan, Breaking Away, A Little Romance, Alien, Apocalypse Now, and others, is the biggest misstep by the Academy in its history.

[@Wired4Life2]

However, Kramer Vs. Kramer is still, on its own, quite great. The competition was just leagues ahead, craft-wise.

[@Serai3]

I like how he pointed out Gideon's gentleness with the auditioners. It's true, he was very sweet with them. It's one of the things that made me like him right away, though he's not someone I'd ever want to get close to myself.

[@flyingfrogofdeath9616]

That's the point... Joe never did let anyone truly love him.

[@TimesThree333]

I saw it for the first time a week ago, and I have to say that it's one of the most amazing, mind-blowingly good movies I've ever seen.

[@natalied6923]

What are the others? 😁

[@TimesThree333]

@@natalied6923 From the same decade: Night Moves, Deep Red, The Passenger, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Grey Gardens (a documentary), The Tenant, Sorcerer, 3 Women, Cross of Iron, The Man Who Loved Women (the original French version), The Hobbit (the animated version), Joseph Andrews, Blue Collar, The Fury, Coma, Straight Time, Watership Down and Scum.

[@randywhite3947]

Timesthree Thehighest excellent choices

[@rudyrivera718]

It holds up after all these years

[@guinnesstrail]

Scheider is one of the great underrated actors-his work in Sorcerer is brilliant!

[@marccolten9801]

A great movie that no one talks about. I personally think it's better than the original (Wages of Fear)

[@randywhite3947]

He was arguably the best actor of the 70s

[@alexanderg1297]

Love him in that movie about the shark.

[@cinnamon4605]

One of the most wonderful cinematic piece in the history of cinema.

[@jasonwhite7452]

Folks let me lay on you A great entertainer ! A great humanitarian ! And my friend for over 25 years !

[@megaoldskool76]

😀

[@Swimdeep]

I absolutely adore this movie. Saw it three times in the theater in ‘79 and bought it on VHS when it came out. Brilliant film. 🎥

[@jonny5779]

i saw this film today actually...found it on the shelf of a second hand clothing store...mint condition. it is a treasure i will cherrish, brilliant film!.

[@suejones2787]

Wonderful choreographer, kids today don’t know what dancing was like in his days. Brilliant man !

[@sonomargherita]

It is a masterpiece I havent't forgotten!

[@farizakbar8846]

my favourite film of all time

[@ggthewhale]

Literally the best movie of all time

[@rnforstall]

One of my favorites. It's not just a masterpiece it may be a perfect movie. It's citizen Kane done by citizen Kane. Fosse made a true biopic of his life and predicted his own death. Who makes their own biopic before they're dead. FOSSE

[@Administrator_O-5]

this will sound crazy but I saw this film in 1995 at 18, had just graduated high School. the song at the end Bye Bye Love effected me greatly in a strange way. I would listen to it constantly & if something didn't feel right about a decision I had too make while listening to this song, I wouldn't do it, if I felt nothing then I would. Crazy part is, it was creepy accurate, I made the correct choices every time. then Hootie & The Blowfish exploded onto the music charts ,& the song was lost in the years that followed, until now. I find myself needing guidance on an important life issue & I'm very confused & unsure what too do (relationship crap). I was drawn to find it again after 22 years.

[@shayakgupta2308]

One of the greatest of all time

[@nathancoleman8413]

Three Cheers for Bob Fosse(1927-1987)

[@IntuitiveJohn]

Spectacular film.

[@gioiaferrante]

I miss you Bob so much

[@fearreavers]

I loved this film when I was younger so I showed it to my niece and she loves it. She really wishes she could find the music for the Bye Bye Life from the end so she could sing it for her choir at school.

[@SilverGram]

The original song was Bye Bye Love and it was by the Everly Brothers. He just changed the words a bit.

[@barbamatteo]

Genius! Thanks for all Bob.

[@whateveritsnoyes]

Genius.

[@anamariasantos8516]

INCOMPARABLE!

[@stephaniestanley8041]

This brilliant film was prophetic. A few years later Fosse would die of a heart attack in a hotel before his opening night. Maybe Bob knew all along...

[@judycosta2361]

Love this film!

[@mkphotofilm]

It's a beautiful sequence, the opening "cattle call". The whole movie gets better with each watch

[@heidinewberry8742]

Bob Fosse Happy Birthday and many more years

[@mysterysurf4554]

He died in '87, right?

[@marciareal7676]

I ❤ Fosse

[@romanvicentequesadasuarez5403]

Thaks Bob excellent

[@richardpilkington7647]

"It's showtime! folks."

[@irenakaczmarek]

Uwielbiam go i nic mnie nie obchodzi, że już dawno nie żyje.Stworzył tak wiele cudownych muzycznych widowisk, że na zawsze go pokochałam.::

[@anastasiabananastasia]

such a great movie

[@pablolitenstein6710]

MASTERPIECE IS THAT IT IS¡¡¡¡

[@drlsziell]

In the opening sequence he showers with a cig in his mouth, it is very telling

[@kasession]

I saw this movie in. the theater. Loved it. What surprises me is that I haven't seen it on cable or network tv ever. Can anyone explain that?

[@jamponyexpress7956]

I have caught it once or twice in the last 2 decades.

[@mikecummings2188]

It's on KZbin now

[@kasession]

@@mikecummings2188 I bought the DVD. 😀

[@julesdevall2176]

It's on internet archive now

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

All That Jazz was Fosse's best flick

[@johntechwriter]

Cabaret.

[@sesfilmsllc]

Fosse predicted his own death with this movie.

[@markschildberg1667]

This film made me give up show business. For five minutes.

[@carefulconsumer8682]

A Legend.

[@ReactionShot]

He is my favorite all around director.

[@koishooter]

After seeing this you realize how Schneider was slumming it in Jaws. He was as perfect as anyone could be in a roll.

[@jochenstossberg5427]

Jaws was a terrific film, don't put it down. Just because it was a hit doesn't make it a bad film. It was and still is, a brilliantly made film.

[@krugmeister7301]

...Have to get this Film...

[@texasnewt]

Yeah, me too, but its hard to find.

[@paulbuschman8318]

He loved dancers.

[@joanketelby752]

@@Purplenpinkk lol.

[@stevenvasquez1709]

In my top 10

[@jimmymurphy9593]

Genius

[@TheCarolinaCarolina]

Does anyone know something about the book at 0.43 ? Is it "Ending" by Wilma Hollister? I tried to find it but... no results!

[@doqueiros]

It's a screenplay version of Hilma Wolitzer's Ending. Have a good reading!

[@jacobdominguez7808]

A genius!

[@kleitonborges4119]

The besta movie

[@Angel-nu7fm]

Still smoking after a heart attack...surprised he was able to be the dancer he was as a smoker,TBH.

[@tomkent4656]

Is the interviewer Melvyn Bragg?

[@lepauvrehomme]

It sounds like him!

[@1aundulxaldin]

I reached this movie because of Bojack Horseman.

[@RSHekscher]

Had a heart atack and open heart surgery, but keeps on smoking like a chimney. Other times.

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

I thought it was a film about Jazz.

[@jochenstossberg5427]

Cabaret was a much better film in my opinion, as good as All That Jazz was. the problem with All That Jazz is that it's icy cold. Nobody to like really.

[@chiefscheider]

A great person once said (that I later originated): "Characters don't have to be likable; they only need to be interesting."

[@amysill3815]

I hope he found Jesus before he passed.

[@dzatiashvili]

I think it would be much better if he himself played the main role in this film.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

He was really a drug addict?