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Release Date:
13 December 1985 (USA)
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Plot:
Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical. full summary | add synopsis
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Dancer
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Audition
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Dance
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Price Of Fame
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Chorus Line
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 5 nominations
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(41 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Blevins | ... | Mark Tobori | |
| Yamil Borges | ... | Diana Morales | |
| Jan Gan Boyd | ... | Connie Wong | |
| Sharon Brown | ... | Kim | |
| Gregg Burge | ... | Richie Walters | |
| Michael Douglas | ... | Zach | |
| Cameron English | ... | Paul San Marco | |
| Tony Fields | ... | Al DeLuca | |
| Nicole Fosse | ... | Kristine Evelyn Erlich-DeLuca | |
| Vicki Frederick | ... | Sheila Bryant | |
| Michelle Johnston | ... | Beatrice Ann 'Bebe' Benson | |
| Janet Jones | ... | Judy Monroe | |
| Pam Klinger | ... | Maggie Winslow | |
| Audrey Landers | ... | Val Clarke | |
| Terrence Mann | ... | Larry |
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113 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Iceland:L |
Netherlands:AL |
Australia:PG |
Argentina:Atp |
Canada:14A |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Norway:11 |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:6 |
Singapore:PG
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The original Broadway production of "A Chorus Line" opened at the Shubert Theater in New York on July 25, 1975, won the 1976 Tony Awards for the Best Musical, Book and Score and ran for 6,137 performances, setting a record. That record was later broken by "Cats", which ran for 7,485 performances.
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Continuity: During the auditions, many of the dancers that were cut are shown again later on in the auditions before the cut resulting in only the main characters. A key example is the boy with the red-striped shirt and red head band who mutters, "I've never been cut this soon" as he leaves the stage; he is clearly seen a few minutes later behind Diana just before she goes over to talk to Paul.
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Spoofed in "Dinosaurs: Career Opportunities (#2.8)" (1991)
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The Music and The Mirror
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Having seen, studied, read, and researched ACL and Michael Bennett, I have to say that the show does not translate well to the screen. The movie is 'good' at best, but completely loses much of what made ACL so successful on Broadway. The constant swipes to Cassie (taking a cab into the city; talking with Larry; etc) were completely unnecessary, and many of the great songs and monologues were shortened or (worse) cut altogether! Whereas I like Michael Douglas, I feel that he was a poor choice for Zach. Michael Douglas should not have been cast as Zach for the exact same reason Kevin Kline was not cast as Zach in the original production: he couldn't dance.
I often wonder if Michael Bennett would have approved of this film.