Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Roy Scheider | ... | Joe Gideon | |
Jessica Lange | ... | Angelique | |
Ann Reinking | ... | Kate Jagger | |
Leland Palmer | ... | Audrey Paris | |
Cliff Gorman | ... | Davis Newman | |
Ben Vereen | ... | O'Connor Flood | |
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Erzsebet Foldi | ... | Michelle |
Michael Tolan | ... | Dr. Ballinger | |
Max Wright | ... | Joshua Penn | |
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William LeMassena | ... | Jonesy Hecht |
Irene Kane | ... | Leslie Perry (as Chris Chase) | |
Deborah Geffner | ... | Victoria | |
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Kathryn Doby | ... | Kathryn |
Anthony Holland | ... | Paul Dann | |
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Robert Hitt | ... | Ted Christopher |
Joe Gideon is a Broadway director, choreographer and filmmaker, he in the process of casting the chorus and staging the dance numbers for his latest Broadway show, starring his ex-wife Audrey Paris in what is largely a vanity project for her in playing a role several years younger than her real age, and editing a film he directed on the life of stand-up comic Davis Newman. Joe's professional and personal lives are intertwined, he a chronic philanderer, having slept with and had relationships with a series of dancers in his shows, Victoria Porter, who he hired for the current show despite she not being the best dancer, in the former category, and Kate Jagger, his current girlfriend, in the latter category. That philandering has led to relationship problems, with Audrey during their marriage, and potentially now with Kate who wants a committed relationship with Joe largely in not wanting the alternative of entering the dating world again. Joe also lives a hard and fast life, he chain ... Written by Huggo
I just saw the movie for the first time since its initial release and was struck by how well it holds up. The casting alone is quite remarkable, the set design is often striking, and the entire roman-a-clef peek inside the life of Bob Fosse remains fascinating.
There are at least two more pieces of "insider" ironic casting that appears to have not been mentioned. One was the casting of Cliff Gorman as the stand-up comedian in the "Lenny"-type movie-within-the-movie (here called "Stand-up"). Gorman originated the part of Lenny Bruce in the original Broadway version of "Lenny," but lost the movie role to Dustin Hoffman.
The other is the casting of Ann Reinking as Gideon's lover. Ann Reinking was Fosse's lover in real life.