- Actors: Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Sammy Davis Jr., Chita Rivera
- Directors: Bob Fosse
- Writers: Ennio Flaiano, Federico Fellini, Neil Simon, Peter Stone, Tullio Pinelli
- Producers: Robert Arthur
- Language English
- Classification: To be announced
- Studio: 4front
- VHS Release Date: 1 July 1999
- Run Time: 149 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004R6PW
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,193 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
After several years as the hottest musical director on Broadway, Bob Fosse made his film directorial debut with this movie version of his Broadway hit, which was based on Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Shirley MacLaine is terrific as the proverbial hooker with the heart of gold, one who is convinced that she will find the right man if she just turns enough tricks. The Cy Coleman score is a solid one; the film is at its best when Fosse lets his cast of singer-dancers (which includes Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, and Sammy Davis Jr) unleash his leggy brand of choreography. While the film suffers from stylistic excesses of the period, you can see the seeds being planted for Fosse's future musical film forays in Cabaret and All That Jazz. --Marshall Fine
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Shirley Mclaine gives a brilliant and vital performance as Sweet Charity. The dance sequences and choreography show Bob Fosse's genius to the full in this, his first film and an excellent foretaste of his future work. The film was marred by a poor soundtrack with bad mixing between narration and music. The speech is muffled and divorced from the music and ambient sound.
Also having the English and French audio only in stereo with the other languages in surround seemed a strange decision
Also having the English and French audio only in stereo with the other languages in surround seemed a strange decision
David Turner
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Who doesn't know the song 'Big Spender'?
Still one of Shirley's best movies, pity the soundtrack during dialogue is a bit muffled it could have done with the treatment they've given to the music
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I first watched this film on its cinema release in the U.K. I loved it then and still do today. My tape version has seen better days so I splashed out on the dvd and I am not sorry. (dvd`s in Africa are very expensive compared to the U.K.)Shirley MacLaine is superb and there could not have been a better choice to take the lead role. Supporting actors Stubby Kay, Ricardo Montalban and Sammy Davis Jnr add to the quality of the production and Chita Rivera is brilliant. The dvd offers an alternate ending but I must confess that I have never watched it.
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Fantastic way of passing a couple of hours
Until purchasing this DVD, I had never seen Sweet Charity all the way through. I knew two of the songs, Hey, Big Spender and Rhythm of Life. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bacchus
a brilliant classic
what can i say other than absolutley brilliant, a classic worth watching when ever you feel the need or when you just want to laugh. Read more
Published 15 months ago by trashyohtrashy
Nostalgia at its best
Upon receiving the (used) disc, i was taken aback to see it was not in any form of original packaging and i thought it was a copy. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Duncan
sweet charity review
I enjoyed the songs brought back memories, however not sure about how the scene changes are done in freeze motion seemed to spoil it somewhat
Published 19 months ago by phil greenhough
Sweet Charity
It was good to get a dvd of this movie. Lovely print good music & Bob Fosse choreography. What more could you ask for.
Published 19 months ago by Brian O'connor
Great film, bad DVD
This review is of the Universal Cinema Classics release of "Sweet Charity", which I bought thinking it was a bargain, only to find that the movie has been cropped from it's... Read more
Published 20 months ago by A. Griffiths
Old favourite
Saw the show in the west end of London a couple of weeks ago and realised I haven't got the DVD - so bought it!! Read more
Published 22 months ago by Lynda Marks
Sweet Charity simply brilliant
It may have been made 40years a go but with this all star cast I doubt if it was remade today it would contain the same vitality and brilliant choreography.
Published 23 months ago by Mr. Roger A. Poole
Sweet Charity
I purchased this dvd, Mainly to obtain the cameo performance of Sammy davis Jnr This is a well crafted story, sad and yet funny, superb performance by Shirley who really carried... Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by Mr. Malcolm Platt
Fantastic!
This film is great, it was well ahead of its time. So funny in places, I think the choreography really steals the show. Other than that the story isn't amazing.
Published on 3 May 2010 by Emma Smyth
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