ALL THAT JAZZ [TRAILER]

Added by AFIoscar 1 year ago on 3 July 2008 02:38

Description

Theatrical trailer for the 1979 Bob Fosse autobiographical musical "All That Jazz" starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Anne Reinking and Ben Vereen. Joseph Gideon (Roy Scheider), famous and brilliant choreographer, whittles through a theater full of Broadway hopefuls showing off their dancing and dreaming of fame. Most are rejected, but with the candor of a weathered ace eyeing potential protégés. Occasionally he might pick out a girl to take home for the night. No one questions Joe Gideon in this. After all, he is a genius. But this is all a performance for Gideon. Offstage, he is burning up. Every morning, he stands in front of the mirror to psych himself up for his next show. He smokes too much (he even forgets to take out his cigarette in the shower), drinks, pops pills, sleeps around. He watches his own life, projected at the moment of his death, like fragments of a theatrical travesty. He comments bitterly on his failures to the Angel of Death herself (Jessica Lange). At Joe Gideon slips away, his restless creativity cannot save him. His frustration and anger and humor cannot save him. For as the song says about being "on Broadway," "The glitter rubs right off—and you're nowhere." Four Academy Awards including Art Direction/Set Decoration, Costume Design, Film Editing and Music Score.