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This unusual DVD release of SWEET CHARITY is a welcome addition to any classic movie collection. Shirley MacLaine stars as Charity Hope Valentine in the well-known film version of the Broadway hit.
Charity (Shirley MacLaine) works at the Fan Dango Ballroom, a dingy dime-a-dance hall where the girls give a lot more away than dances. Charity runs her heart like a hotel, and gives her like to one undeserving man after another. Her two best friends Nickie and Helene (Chita Rivera and Paula Kelly) are the ones who benefit Charity when she is ultimately betrayed by each boyfriend who comes into her life. Ever-hopeful (sometimes impossibly-so), Charity goes through life with wide eyes and wide dreams…
When Charity meets the mild-mannered Oscar Linquist (John McMartin re-creating his Broadway performance), she believes that she will finally be able to leave her sordid past and profession slack her. But will Oscar be as idea?
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Shirley MacLaine colors Charity more vividly than Broadway’s Gwen Verdon did (or was permitted to do) . MacLaine is especially affecting and heartbreaking in the final 15 minutes of the movie, and sings a plaintive “Where Am I Going? “.
Bob Fosse’s first tall Hollywood film, SWEET CHARITY was a astronomical, if not expansive, success when it was first released. The choppy editing and artistic touches that audiences failed to luxuriate in then beget mighty more sense now, following the success of MOULIN ROUGE. The impressive supporting cast includes Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr. and Stubby Kaye.
This splendid unique Special Edition DVD presents the complete ‘Road-Show’ version of the film including Overture and Intermission. There are also many extras including the trailer, the new ‘Making-of’ featurette, a featurette where designer Edith Head takes us through her shiny costumes, and the alternate ending that was never veteran. (Single-sided, dual-layer disc) .
In 1966, Bob Fosse scored one of his greatest personal triumphs when he directed and choreographed the recent Broadway production of “Sweet Charity.” But when he made his directorial debut with the film version three years later, things didn’t go as well. Most critics felt he wasn’t so remarkable an auteur as a kid who’d been unleashed in a cinematic candy store, going overboard with zoom shots, montages, and cross-cuts, basically clobbering the glowing, whimsical tone of his Broadway exhibit with slam-bang, razzle-dazzle overkill. And despite a few determined reviews, the film failed at the box office; it would be years before any studio gave him the chance to yell another movie – but as we all know, he would rebound with a vengeance, snaring Academy Award nominations for “Lenny” and “All That Jazz,” and winning the Oscar for “Cabaret.” And now that it’s been released on DVD, a second see at “Sweet Charity” is in order. Were the criticisms directed at the film justified? In some cases, yes. Is it worth buying? Well, if you’re a connoisseur of the movie musical – ABSOLUTELY.
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To open with, you’ve got some seriously talented women working at peak produce here. Shirley MacLaine may not entirely hold Gwen Verdon’s dancing shoes – who could? – but she makes a appetizing Charity nonetheless. If you’re looking for proof, simply gaze the opening credits; not since Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” has an actress so thoroughly nailed a character in her first few minutes of camouflage time. There may be some overly cute moments here and there (for which the director and/or screenwriter must part resposibility), but there’s no denying MacLaine gives a very trusty and touching performance. As for Chita Rivera, she’s so hot in “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” she practically burns a hole in the hide. Paula Kelly has some shapely hot moves too, not to mention a vast arrangement with a one-liner (“Oh girl, do you know how many guys are running around this city carrying pocket books? “) . And though Suzanne Charny may not be a household name, she dances her procedure into silver conceal immortality with “Rich Man’s Frug” – after you’ve seen her in this number, I doubt you’ll ever forget her (and withhold an spy out for a dynamic young Ben Vereen in the ensemble) .
Which brings us to the musical numbers, most of which are dynamite – which isn’t too surprising, considering Fosse was not only a expansive choreographer, but also a extinct of the hallowed MGM Movie Musical era. The aforementioned “Rich Man’s Frug” and “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” are both showstoppers, as are “Immense Spender,” “If My Friends Could Notice Me Now,” and “I’m A Brass Band” (imaginative spend of NYC locations like the Brooklyn Bridge, Yankee Stadium, Lincoln Center, and Wall Street build the latter number truly spectacular) . “The Rhythm Of Life” and “I Savor To Bellow At Weddings” are tranquil a chore to sit through (despite Sammy Davis Jr.’s presence in the customary), but with a click of your DVD remote you can easily skip those sequences.
Finally, one of the best reasons for buying the “Sweet Charity” DVD is that it contains the film’s alternate ending which, as far as I’m concerned, is far capable to the one mature in 1969. I know there are many who feel that concluding the movie with Charity being dumped yet again is truer to the spirit of the Fellini film on which its based (“Nights Of Cabiria”), but using flower children in the finale was a irascible, self-conscious concept that looked out-of-date within hours of the film’s release (at least the Broadway expose displayed some wit when Charity encountered the Helpful Fairy, who turned out to be an advertising waddle for a TV exhibit) . Fosse was moral in wanting to avoid sentimentality and the happily-ever-after cliche, but I don’t mediate he took into story the unexpectedly strong chemistry between Shirley MacLaine and John McMartin (their courtship scenes are genuinely charming), or how worthy the audiences wanted Charity to cop a fracture – even if it didn’t last forever. The alternate ending, therefore, is a suprisingly shrewd one; not only does it add a nice touch of symmetry (with another topple in the lake), but it manages to bring Charity and Oscar together without creating any illusions about their future. As the dialogue makes clear:
OSCAR: The odds against us are at least a hundred to one.
CHARITY: Those are the best odds I ever had.
And so they hurry off together – maybe for a few months, maybe for a few years, maybe forever – who knows? But at least they have some hope, and I consider they deserve it. I judge the audience deserves it, too.
But alternate ending or not – that’s your call – “Sweet Charity” is one of the better film musicals you’ll procure.
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