Funny Girl
Family, Musical
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  (1968) 155 mins G

7.3 (4,209 votes)
One of the most popular movie musicals ever made, Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice - a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar® for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break at Keeney's Music Hall, her hilarious debut as a roller-skating chorus girl gets her hired as a comedienne.

A year later Fanny is working for Florenz Ziegfeld in his famous Follies and brings the house down with an outrageous and unplanned number. Fanny becomes a star, falls in love and marries Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), a handsome gambler whose luck doesn't hold up. The film's many memorable songs include "Don't Rain On My Parade" and the Streisand classic "People."...

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Cast and Crew
Barbra Streisand  ......  Fanny Brice
Walter Pidgeon  ......  Florenz Ziegfeld
Omar Sharif  ......  Nick Arnstein
Anne Francis  ......  Georgia James
Kay Meford  ...... 
Kay Medford  ......  Rose Brice
Director  .....  William Wyler
Producer  .....  Ray Stark
Writer  .....  Isobel Lennart
Notes
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: There are numerous moments when Fanny's vocals don't match her lip-synching. (more)

Trivia:
The final musical number, "My Man", was filmed "live" both to maximize Barbra Streisand's dramatic rendition and because she hated the lip-syncing process. (more)

Filming Locations:
Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
Fanny Brice: You think beautiful girls are going to stay stars forever? I should say not! Any minute now they're going to be out! Finished! Then it'll be my turn! (more)

Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 16 nominations (more)