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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381152722
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 05, 2002
Running Time: 127 minutes
Sales Rank: 5978
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: February 05, 2002
Editorial Review:
Description:
The electricity of one of Broadway's greatest talents springs to life in Fosse, a tribute to the man behind such favorites as Cabaret, Chicago, Sweet Charity, and Pippin. A seductive mixture of physically aggressive dance moves and dazzling visual style, Bob Fosse's approach to theater revolutionized how we experience music and dance, while his mixture of cynicism and sentiment remains timely decades after his death. Join one of Fosse's most gifted collaborators, Ann Reinking, as she and a wild, gyrating cast take you through such memorable standards as 'Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries,' 'Steam Heat,' 'Mein Herr,' and the unforgettable 'Big Spender.' So pull up a seat, put on your dancin' shoes, and get ready for a tune-studded show guaranteed to deliver plenty of 'Razzle Dazzle!' Songs: Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Bye Bye Blackbird, From the Edge, Percussion 4, Big Spender, Crunchy Granola Suite, From This Moment On, Transition/Dance Elements, I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man, Shoeless Joe Ballet, Dancing in the Dark, Steam Heat, I Gotcha, Rich Man's Frug, Silly Thoughts, Cool Hand Luke, Nowadays, The Hot Honey Rag, Glory, Manson Trio, Mein Herr, Take Off with Us/Three Pas de Deux, Razzle Dazzle, Who's Sorry Now, There'll Be Some Changes Made, Mr. Bojangles, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (reprise), Sing Sing Sing. 118 minutes.
Amazon.com:
The 1999 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Fosse celebrates the work of director-choreographer Bob Fosse, one of Broadway's and film's truly innovative and distinctive talents. While Fosse's protégé Ann Reinking (also the co-choreographer) and frequent collaborator Ben Vereen are the headliners, the dance revue was conceived as an ensemble piece, so the 32-member cast gets plenty of chances to shine. The nearly two-hour performance features re-creations of dazzling numbers from such milestones as Cabaret ('Mein Herr'), Chicago ('Nowadays'), Sweet Charity ('Big Spender'), The Pajama Game ('Steam Heat'), Dancin' ('I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man'), and All That Jazz ('There'll Be Some Changes Made,' among others, but not the stunning 'On Broadway' sequence). Reinking, Vereen, and another Fosse collaborator, cast member Dana Moore, also share their memories in interview segments. Filmed in live performance, Fosse stands as a memorial to one man's striking vision, an essential record of many classic routines, and simply a whole lot of fun to watch. --David Horiuchi
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Fosse doing what he does best!
All That Jazz is good, Tells the story of Fosse ..but this is what Fosse is about .. It shows his talent in choreography and the people that experienced it!
Wonderful! IF you enjoy dance.. get FOSSE
Rating:  - Knock-out dance routines - a must-have for musical theatre buffs
Lovers of musical theatre will need no introduction to Bob Fosse. FOSSE is a tribute to his work, staged on Broadway, a 1999 Tony Award winner for Best Musical and the DVD was filmed on stage in 2001 by PBS. The show recreates dance numbers that Fosse choregaphed for musicals such as THE PAJAMA GAME, CABARET, SWEET CHARITY, PIPPIN, CHICAGO right through to dance-only shows such as DANCIN' (which itself is due for a Broadway revival). DVD transfer is excellent, in high definition widescreen. Chapter ... Read More
Rating:  - Not innovative or cutting edge
When I first started watching Fosse, they start out with "Liza With a Z", and I was thinking to myself, "Oh, my gosh, what have I got myself into?" See, I wasn't too impressed with it, and I was sort of shocked at how my expectations of this DVD were so different from what it really was. Then a little later I was thinking, "At least the dude likes pretty women in skimpy tops, so the dude can't be all bad." Then I realized all the guys had skimpy tops on, too; so I was thinking that the Fosse guy was a little ... Read More
Rating:  - The editor should be banned
Some person named Girish Bhargava edited what could have been a wonderful experience. Apparently, Bhargava is an ex-MTV reject who thinks Fosse's choreography does not have the power to stand alone without frenetic cutting back and forth, up and down, never allowing your eye to settle on the scene itself. Horrible, horrible, horrible. And one more thing: How about letting us see the feet of the dancers once in a while? Now there's a concept. Most of the intricate steps are lost because the editor does not ... Read More
Rating: - Fosse DVD
Thought this dvd gave a good overview of Fosse's work by very good dancers with some original stars. Some interesting comments from the stars who worked with Fosse.
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