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Funny Girl

  • 19681968
  • GG
  • 2h 31m
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7.3/10
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Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl (1968)
The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
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The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relations... Read allThe life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
24K
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    • William Wyler
    • Isobel Lennart(based on the musical play by)
  • Stars
    • Barbra Streisand
    • Omar Sharif
    • Kay Medford
    • William Wyler
    • Isobel Lennart(based on the musical play by)
  • Stars
    • Barbra Streisand
    • Omar Sharif
    • Kay Medford
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 115User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Omar Sharif and William Wyler in Funny Girl (1968)
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    Barbra Streisand
    Barbra Streisand
    • Fanny Brice
    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    • Nick Arnstein
    Kay Medford
    Kay Medford
    • Rose Brice
    Anne Francis
    Anne Francis
    • Georgia James
    Walter Pidgeon
    Walter Pidgeon
    • Florenz Ziegfeld
    Lee Allen
    • Eddie Ryan
    Mae Questel
    Mae Questel
    • Mrs. Strakosh
    Gerald Mohr
    Gerald Mohr
    • Branca
    Frank Faylen
    Frank Faylen
    • Keeney
    Mittie Lawrence
    • Emma
    Gertrude Flynn
    Gertrude Flynn
    • Mrs. O'Malley
    Penny Santon
    Penny Santon
    • Mrs. Meeker
    John Harmon
    John Harmon
    • Company Manager
    Thordis Brandt
    Thordis Brandt
    • Ziegfeld Girl
    Bettina Brenna
    • Ziegfeld Girl
    Virginia Ann Ford
    • Ziegfeld Girl
    Alena Johnston
    • Ziegfeld Girl
    Karen Stride
    • Ziegfeld Girl
    • (as Karen Lee)
      • William Wyler
      • Isobel Lennart(based on the musical play by) (screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif had an affair that lasted for the duration of the production. Director William Wyler, who knew about the affair, tried to channel their real-life chemistry into their performances. Streisand had also enjoyed a liaison with Sydney Chaplin, who portrayed Nick on stage. Both affairs would contribute to the end of her marriage to Elliott Gould.
    • Goofs
      After Nick's release from prison in 1927, he and Fanny did not sadly but amicably part. Instead, Nick rewarded Fanny's years of support by almost immediately starting a series of affairs. Fanny demanded he give her grounds for divorce and even had their children's last name legally changed to Brice. Although he and Fanny would meet again several years later, he never attempted to see his children again.
    • Quotes

      Fannie Brice: I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!

    • Alternate versions
      The original theatrical version included an additional overture before the opening credits, an intermission after "Don't Rain On My Parade," and exit music after the end credits. These additional music pieces have been restored for the DVD release.
    • Connections
      Featured in This Is Streisand (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      Overture
      (uncredited)

      Music by Jule Styne

    User reviews115

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    10/10
    A Funny Girl Happened on the Way to the Follies.
    There are not enough superlatives in the world to bestow on Barbra Streisand for her rags-to-riches portrayal of 20s Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice. To say she gives the single most triumphant musical performance ever showcased on the silver screen could be close. I am constantly bowled over with each viewing at how the 26-year-old Brooklyn novice ever pulled off this incredible stunt. Cinderella playing Cinderella. Even the finicky Hollywood powers-that-be, who NEVER use untried screen talent for such a weighty role (Julie Andrews and "My Fair Lady" come to mind), knew that nobody but Barbra could inhabit this part. She won the Oscar, naturally, and it was befitting that the newcomer should share this honor with perhaps the greatest screen legend ever, Katharine Hepburn.

    Barbra's Fanny Brice first conquered Broadway where she lost the Tony award to another irrepressible talent, Carol Channing, for "Hello Dolly!" She got her revenge of sorts years later when she won the coveted screen role of Dolly due strictly to her auspicious debut in "Funny Girl." Transferred to celluloid, the movie loosens its bustles quite a bit and grants more breathing room for Barbra to expand her natural comic and dramatic talents both keenly and intimately amid the elaborate sets and costumes.

    The timing of this film couldn't have been better for Streisand. The late 60s ushered in a new legion of stars. The rash of talent coming to the forefront purposely lacked the super-model good looks and incredibly-sculpted physiques of their predecessors. Audiences now clamored for realism...human imperfection. What less attractive guys like Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino did for the men, Barbra did for the distaff side. She dragged out her own Cinderella version, making a virtue of her odd looks and gawky gait while laying out her two big trump cards -- she was a supreme song stylist and a gifted, self-deprecating cut-up.

    Hardly ever off screen, Streisand totally immerses herself in the role of chorus clown-turned-Ziegfeld headliner, weaving a spell around each and every song she touches. From the stubbornly optimistic "I'm the Greatest Star" to the profoundly touching "My Man", the actress matures Brice into the glowing swan of her own dreams, while exposing a deep, personal vulnerability she never recaptured (or allowed) again on screen -- to her detriment.

    Despite heavy critical lambasting, I still say exotically handsome Omar Sharif was indeed the consummate choice to play wanderlust husband and card shark Nicky Arnstein. Polished, prideful and totally in his element as the global-gambling playboy, one can believe the ungainly Fanny (or Streisand, for that matter) placing this glossy god on a pedestal. It may not appear to be much of a stretch (in real life, Sharif was a world-class bridge player), but he owns the part as much as delightful Kay Medford does as Brice's droll Jewish mama. Everyone else, however, is pretty expendable. It's been said that Anne Francis blamed Streisand for her supposedly top featured role being butchered. If it's true, she has an open-and-shut case. Francis was left with a nothing part.

    Highly fictionalized and weak as biography, Streisand champions above the sometimes grandiose material from the moment she utters her first classic words: "Hello, gorgeous!" And so she is.
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    • Feb 21, 2001

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1968 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Jersey Central Railway Station, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Rastar Productions
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    • 2 hours 31 minutes
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