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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Neil Simon (from the New York stage production book by)
Federico Fellini (based upon the screenplay by: "Nights of Cabiria") ...
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Federico Fellini (based upon the screenplay by: "Nights of Cabiria") ...
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Release Date:
1 April 1969 (USA)
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Tagline:
Hey Big Spender ! See more »
Plot:
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands...
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(28 articles)
This week's new film events
(From The Guardian - Film News. 25 May 2012, 4:05 PM, PDT)
Juliette or Guilietta?
(From FilmExperience. 10 May 2012, 8:33 AM, PDT)
Juliette Lewis Joins "Cabiria" Remake
(From Dark Horizons. 8 May 2012, 6:51 AM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 25 May 2012, 4:05 PM, PDT)
Juliette or Guilietta?
(From FilmExperience. 10 May 2012, 8:33 AM, PDT)
Juliette Lewis Joins "Cabiria" Remake
(From Dark Horizons. 8 May 2012, 6:51 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Shirley MacLaine | ... | Charity |
 | John McMartin | ... | Oscar |
 | Ricardo Montalban | ... | Vittorio |
 | Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Big Daddy |
 | Chita Rivera | ... | Nickie |
 | Paula Kelly | ... | Helene |
| Stubby Kaye | ... | Herman |
| Barbara Bouchet | ... | Ursula |
| Suzanne Charney | ... | Dancer (as Suzanne Charny) |
| Alan Hewitt | ... | Nicholsby |
| Dante DiPaolo | ... | Charlie (as Dante D'Paulo) |
| Bud Vest | ... | Dancer |
 | Ben Vereen | ... | Dancer |
| Lee Roy Reams | ... | Dancer |
| Al Lanti | ... | Dancer |
| John Wheeler | ... | Dancer |
| Leon Bing | ... | Model |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Leon Alton | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Richard Angarola | ... | Maitre d' (uncredited) |
| Marie Bahruth | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Toni Basil | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Henry Beckman | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Larry Billman | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Carol Birner | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Herman Boden | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Donald Bradburn | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Charles Brewer | ... | Young Man on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Chelsea Brown | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Lonnie Burr | ... | Willie (uncredited) |
| Jeff Burton | ... | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Ceil Cabot | ... | Married Woman (uncredited) |
| Dee Carroll | ... | Woman on Tandem (uncredited) |
| Ray Chabeau | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Cheryl Christiansen | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Linda Clifford | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Kathleen Cody | ... | Blonde Flower Girl (uncredited) |
| Dick Colacino | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Bud Cort | ... | Flower Child (uncredited) |
| John Craig | ... | Patron at Dance Hall (uncredited) |
| Bryan Da Silva | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Marguerite DeLain | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Alfred Dennis | ... | Waiter at 'Chile Hacienda' (uncredited) |
| Kathryn Doby | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Fields | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Lynn Fields | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| John Frayer | ... | Patron at Dance Hall (uncredited) |
| Dave Gold | ... | Panhandler (uncredited) |
| Ben Gooding | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Bick Goss | ... | Drummer Boy (uncredited) |
| Ellen Halpin | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Bill Harrison | ... | Baseball Player (uncredited) |
| Chuck Harrod | ... | Singer (uncredited) |
| Buddy Hart | ... | Baseball Player (uncredited) |
| Sharon Harvey | ... | Young Woman on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Tom Hatten | ... | Man in Tandem (uncredited) |
| Carlton Johnson | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Kirk Kirksey | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Richard Korthaze | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jennifer Laws | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Nolan Leary | ... | Manfred (uncredited) |
 | Lance LeGault | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Diki Lerner | ... | Man with Dog on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Buddy Lewis | ... | Appliance Salesman (uncredited) |
| Judith Lowry | ... | Old Lady on Park Bench (uncredited) |
| Trish Mahoney | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jerry Mann | ... | Singer (uncredited) |
| Lynn McMurrey | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Joseph Mell | ... | Man on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Gloria Mills | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jackie Mitchell | ... | Model (uncredited) |
| Ted Monson | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| April Nevins | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Geraldine O'Brien | ... | Lady on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Maris O'Neill | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Walter Painter | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Alma Platt | ... | Lady with Hat on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Maudie Prickett | ... | Nurse on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Louise Quick | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Frank Radcliffe | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Ed Robinson | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Carroll Roebke | ... | Model (uncredited) |
| Sandy Rovetta | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Charlene Ryan | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Dom Salinaro | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Juleste Salve | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Victoria Scruton | ... | Dancer in 'Big Spender' Number (uncredited) |
| Paul Shipton | ... | Patron at Dance Hall (uncredited) |
| Patrick Spohn | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Norman Stevans | ... | Concession (uncredited) |
| Chet Stratton | ... | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Walter Stratton | ... | Patron at Dance Hall (uncredited) |
| Kristoffer Tabori | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Robert Terry | ... | Doorman (uncredited) |
| Bob Thompson Jr. | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Roger Til | ... | Greeter at 'Pompeii Club' (uncredited) |
| Jerry Trent | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Tifni Twitchell | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Renata Vaselle | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Bonnie G. West | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Lorene Yarnell Jansson | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Kay York | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Adele Yoshioka | ... | Dancer (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Bob Fosse | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Neil Simon | (from the New York stage production book by) | |
| Federico Fellini | (based upon the screenplay by: "Nights of Cabiria") & | |
| Tullio Pinelli | (based upon the screenplay by: "Nights of Cabiria") and | |
| Ennio Flaiano | (based upon the screenplay by: "Nights of Cabiria") | |
| Peter Stone | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Robert Arthur | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Cy Coleman | (music score) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Robert Surtees | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Stuart Gilmore | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Alexander Golitzen | |||
| George C. Webb | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Jack D. Moore | (set decorations) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Edith Head | (costumes designed by) | ||
Makeup Department | |||
| Larry Germain | .... | hair stylist | |
| Sydney Guilaroff | .... | hair styles: Miss MacLaine's | |
| Bud Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
| Marvin G. Westmore | .... | makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Ernest B. Wehmeyer | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Douglas Green | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Len Peterson | .... | sound | |
| Ronald Pierce | .... | sound | |
| William Russell | .... | sound | |
| Waldon O. Watson | .... | sound | |
Music Department | |||
| Ralph Burns | .... | orchestrations | |
| Cy Coleman | .... | from the New York stage production music by | |
| Cy Coleman | .... | music by | |
| Dorothy Fields | .... | from the New York stage production lyrics by | |
| Dorothy Fields | .... | lyrics by | |
| Joseph Gershenson | .... | conductor | |
| Joseph Gershenson | .... | music supervisor | |
| Jack Lee | .... | vocal coach | |
| Arnold Schwarzwald | .... | music editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Leon Charles | .... | dialogue coach | |
| Bob Fosse | .... | choreographed by | |
| Bob Fosse | .... | from the New York stage production staging and choreography by | |
| Ed Gasper | .... | dance assistant | |
| Paul Glover | .... | dance assistant | |
| Betty A. Griffin | .... | script supervisor (as Betty Abbott) | |
| Sonja Haney | .... | dance assistant | |
| John Sharpe | .... | dance assistant | |
| Dominic Santarone | .... | caterer (uncredited) | |
| Ruth Santarone | .... | caterer (uncredited) | |
| Gwen Verdon | .... | choreographer (uncredited) | |
Production Companies
- Universal Pictures (presents) (as Universal)
- Universal Pictures (1969) (USA) (theatrical) (as A Universal® Picture) (as A Universal Picture also)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
- Universal Home Entertainment (199?) (USA) (DVD)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1973) (USA) (TV)
- MCA Home Video (1989) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
- CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Cinematique cosmetics by
- Fryer, Carr & Harris Inc. from the New York stage production produced by (as Fryer, Carr & Harris)
- Howard A. Anderson Company title design (as Howard A. Anderson Co.)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Sweet Charity: The Adventures of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved" - USA (complete title)
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Parents Guide:
Runtime:
149 min | 154 min (TCM print)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Peru:PT | UK:PG (tv rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | UK:A (original rating) (passed with cuts) | UK:PG (video rating) (1996) (2004) | USA:G | Singapore:PG
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Trivia:
Marie Wallace originated the part of Ursula in the original Broadway production.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: In the "Aloof" movement of "The Rich Man's Frug," two of the male principal dancers walk down the stairs to light a woman's cigarette, while the others dance behind them. The background choreography in this shot leads directly to the triangle formation of the next shot, and the two men are now in the middle of the group, although there was no time for them to reach that position.See more »
Quotes:
Oscar Lindquist:The odds against us are at least a hundred to one.
Charity Hope Valentine:Those are the best odds I ever had.
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Charity Hope Valentine:Those are the best odds I ever had.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "McCloud: Fifth Man in a String Quartet (#2.6)" (1972)See more »
Soundtrack:
I'm a Brass BandSee more »
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Sure, Bob Fosse sometimes indulges in trendy late-60's stylistic touches like freeze-frames and crash-zooms. Some of the jokes by Neil Simon are corny, and Shirley MacLaine can be a little hard to take sometimes. The film also suffers from the bloated, over-produced quality that infected most 60's major studio musicals.
The dull non-musical scenes are a chore to sit through, but when one of Fosse's amazing production numbers begins, Sweet Charity soars into the sublime. Fosse was quite simply a genius, and the great showcase numbers such as "Hey Big Spender" and "Rich Man's Frug" are as brilliant as any dance numbers ever put on film.
Shifting configurations of dancers, contorted body poses, dance steps that are by turns awkward and graceful, a studied contrast between clustering dancers and separating dancers -- it is hard to describe the magic of the Pompeii Club sequence. I've always felt that Fosse's choreography has the same sense of space and volume as Cubist painting.
Fosse's camera placement and camera movement capture an ideal "in-the-round" feeling of choreographed numbers that one cannot experience in the theater. For a first-time film director, Fosse revealed an amazing facility for the form. Usually theater directors don't take to the medium of film as quickly as Fosse did. Usually, theater directors make visually unexciting films that feel stage-bound. Not Fosse -- Sweet Charity, despite some flaws, doesn't play like a filmed stage play, it has the visual panache of Fellini and Godard.
Sweet Charity was just a warm-up, Fosse's personal film school at Universal's expense, before he truly mastered the form of film-making with the classic Cabaret.