All That Jazz (film)

All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film which includes Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange and John Lithgow. The film won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film festival in 1980. The film also won four Oscars and two BAFTA's.

This semiautobiografische film of Bob Fosse was inspired by a hectic period in Fosses life in 1975 in which he his film Lenny while at the same time at the mount was the musical Chicago at the choreographing and directing was. The title of the film comes from the song All That Jazz from Chicago.

Roy Scheider plays Joe Gideon, the character based on Bob Fosse, while Audrey Paris (Leland Palmer) was inspired by Gwen Verdon and Davis Newman Fosses woman (Cliff Gorman) was based on the protagonist of Lenny, Dustin Hoffman. Other characters in the movie were based on people from Fosses life.

In 2001, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. The film was released on dvd in 2003 with commentary by Roy Scheider and interviews with Scheider and Fosse. In 2006 the film was at number 14 in the American Film Institute's list of best musicals movies.



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 * 2 main characters
 * 3 awards and nominations
 * 4 points of interest
 * Oscar for best film (nominee)
 * Oscar for best actor, Roy Scheider (nominee)
 * Oscar for Best Director, Bob Fosse (nominee)
 * Oscar for best original screenplay (nominee)
 * Oscar for best cinematography (nominee)
 * Oscar for best art direction (winner)
 * Oscar for best editing (winner)
 * Oscar for best original score (winner)
 * Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy film (Roy Scheider, nominee)
 * BAFTA for best actor in a leading role (Roy Scheider, nominee)
 * BAFTA Award for best costume design (nominee)
 * BAFTA Award for best production design (nominee)
 * BAFTA Award for best sound (nominee)
 * BAFTA Award for best cinematography (winner)
 * BAFTA Award for best editing (winner)
 * Golden Palm (winner), Kagemusha shared with
 * Eddie for best film (winner)
 * Bodil for best non-European film (winner)
 * Shirley MacLaine claimed that they came up with the idea for Bob Fosse's All That Jazz after having a heart attack in the hospital was included.