All That Jazz
Musical
20th Century Fox  (1979) 123 mins R

7.5 (7,786 votes)
All That Jazz is no more compelling, more entertaining and more exciting than ever with this all-new Special Music Edition including dazzling new featurettes, an audio commentary, a Movie-oke sing-along track and a Music Machine feature which allows you to directly access the musical numbers!

Based on director Bob Fosse's own extravagant life and winner of 4 Oscars® including Best Music, this vibrant and spectacular film follows Fosse's alter ego, Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) in his relentless pursuit of sex, drugs and self-destruction. His womanizing both supports and debilitates him as he juggles his mistress (Ann Reinking), ex-wife (Leland Palmer) and beloved daughter. Hovering over all of his excess is an angel (Jessica Lange). The proceedings are set amid rapturous dream sequences, lavish production numbers and fabulous sets. So "come on babe, why don't we paint the town...

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Cast and Crew
Roy Scheider  ......  Joe Gideon
Cliff Gorman  ......  Davis Newman
Jessica Lange  ......  Angelique
Ann Reinking  ......  Kate Jagger
Ben Vereen  ......  O'Connor Flood
Leland Palmer  ......  Audrey Paris
Director  .....  Bob Fosse
Producer  .....  Robert Alan Aurthur; Wolfgang Glattes
Writer  .....  Bob Fosse; Robert Alan Aurthur
Notes
Trivia:
One of the first lines, "To be on the wire is life; the rest is waiting," is spoken voice-over as we see a man falling from a high wire into a net (and the speaker then admits he didn't make it up). The quote is generally attributed to Karl Wallenda, who had died the year before the film came out, when he fell from a high wire without a net. (more)

Filming Locations:
Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA (more)

Quotes:
Lucas Sergeant: [kissing up] I think of you as a father, Jonesy.
Jonesy Hecht: [condescending] And you, a son.
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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations (more)