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      Cabaret

      PG Released Feb 13, 1972 2 hr. 4 min. Musical TRAILER for Cabaret: Trailer 1 List
      92% 48 Reviews Tomatometer 87% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score In Berlin in 1931, American cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets British academic Brian Roberts (Michael York), who is finishing his university studies. Despite Brian's confusion over his sexuality, the pair become lovers, but the arrival of the wealthy and decadent playboy Maximilian von Heune (Helmut Griem) complicates matters for them both. This love triangle plays out against the rise of the Nazi party and the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 30 Buy Now

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      Great performances and evocative musical numbers help Cabaret secure its status as a stylish, socially conscious classic.

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      Kim P If Grey or Minelli aren't onstage, it's a snoozefest. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review eabate3 One of the best movie musicals of all time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/01/23 Full Review AB L Fosse guts the original musical, but not without good reason (in short, the cuts and changes make it all more cinematic). One of the few successful anti-musical musicals. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Jordi H Absolutely the best musical ever. I must confess a personal preference: I like musical numbers performed where they make sense, not people all of a sudden breaking into song and dance in ridiculous places. Liza Minelli was at the same time brash, tender and vulnerable, made me want to protect her. And the scene at the beer park was one of the most powerful (and scary) that I've seen. I was not surprised to learn that neo-nazi groups have adopted it! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/21/23 Full Review Adam S The club scenes are quite good, especially those with Joel Grey. The rest of the film seems like scenes in search of a story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/10/23 Full Review Janis A While the cast was solid, the film is not nearly as good as the stage version (particularly the 2021 London production directed by Rebecca Frecknall). The movie omits one of the best story lines and fails to build enough tension of the approaching Nazi regime. It also does not develop its characters as well. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Guy Lodge Film of the Week It’s hard to believe it’s half a century since Cabaret first sashayed into cinemas: in look, sound and sensibility, it still feels fresh and daring, expanding the possibilities of what musicals can do and say at every turn. May 31, 2022 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) It repeatedly castigates political complacency and boasts one of the most chilling camera movements in cinema history... Rated: 5/5 May 6, 2022 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com The music is great, yes, but it is the themes at the center of Isherwoods remembrances that hold the most power. Rated: 4/4 Mar 3, 2022 Full Review Gary Jane Hoisington Gay Community News (Boston) As presented, Cabaret is something else again: a pretentious, bad musical. Sep 10, 2022 Full Review Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies Episode 39: Ma / The Souvenir / Lenny / Cabaret Rated: 90/100 Oct 4, 2021 Full Review Michelle Orange 4Columns I was an instant convert to Fosse's Cabaret: it was and is nothing but the movie for me. It concentrates Fosse's interest in stories about style-its power to define and transform, to dominate and subdue. Sep 18, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In Berlin in 1931, American cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets British academic Brian Roberts (Michael York), who is finishing his university studies. Despite Brian's confusion over his sexuality, the pair become lovers, but the arrival of the wealthy and decadent playboy Maximilian von Heune (Helmut Griem) complicates matters for them both. This love triangle plays out against the rise of the Nazi party and the collapse of the Weimar Republic.
      Director
      Bob Fosse
      Screenwriter
      Christopher Isherwood, John Van Druten, Joe Masteroff, Jay Presson Allen
      Distributor
      Warner Home Vídeo, Allied Artists Pictures
      Production Co
      American Broadcasting Company (ABC), ABC Circle Films
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Musical
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 13, 1972, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 1, 2008
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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