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That's Entertainment!

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The last major film to be shot at MGM's world famous Hollywood backlot, "That's Entertainment!" is a star-studded traipse down memory lane. The film boasts more than 100 classic segments compiled from dozens of MGM's most popular song-and-dance numbers and features newly recorded footage hosted by a variety of familiar faces, including MGM favorites Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Liza Minnelli.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
4/4
The movie's fun from beginning to end. It's not camp, and it's not nostalgia: It's a celebration of a time and place in American movie history when everything came together to make a new art form. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 22
4/4
Pure pleasure from first frame to last. Go to Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews 04/26/2024
3/4
It offers a no-muss, no-fuss opportunity to breeze through about 30 years of history in a little over 2 hours. And for those interested in the casual, behind-the-scenes perspective of the narration segments, there’s that as well. Go to Full Review 5th Freedom Staff 5th Freedom (Buffalo) 05/03/2023
Thanks to "That's Entertainment!" the legacy of MGM lives on for another generation. It captures totally the aura and spectrum of what the musical film was in its finest hour. Go to Full Review Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press 12/13/2019
It actually lives up to the "It's more than a movie; it's a celebration" advertising tagline. Go to Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion 07/23/2008
3/5
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Nick Z Oct 13 A master class in nostalgia done right, That's Entertainment! opens MGM's Ali Baba's cave of wonders and comes up with a joyous testament to the studio that once boasted more stars than there are in heaven. Featuring an mind-boggling assortment of musical moments, the likes of which remain unparalleled in their absolute perfectionism, That's Entertainment! celebrates the MGM musical as an artform unto itself. There's a spell-binding brilliance from first moment to last, and, an in-house style that just seems unfathomable. It's like observing magic from another planet. Permit us to worship. See more tbewin1 z 09/18/2024 This was a chore to get through. Song clips with no context at all and many of them boring 30s and 40s songs that modern day audiences will not connect with. See more 05/04/2020 The premise of this semi-documentary is literally just the truism "they don't make ‘em like they used to"—and you know what, it's absolutely true. See more s r @ScottR 10/21/2019 Another lost Flixster rating! See more 12/17/2015 Proof positive that MGM were the only show in town when it came to great musicals, especially those produced by Arthur Freed. Here are two hours of unforgettable sequences, with sometimes poignant links by the likes of Astaire, Kelly, Sinatra etc from the MGM backlot. As time passes even these sections have become bitter-sweet. See more johnathon w @Hoppynsc 07/29/2015 Wonderful documentary celebrating the history of MGM musicals through it's classic numbers hosted by some of it's biggest stars. The narrators show the right mix of love & respect for Hollywood's Golden musical age, & even poke fun at themselves (Jimmy Stewart & Liz Taylor openly admit to their lack of musical talent, with the segments to prove it). The real star is the collection of brilliant musical pieces, from "The Wizard of Oz" to "Easter Holiday" to "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" & "Singing in the Rain", this is proof positive, as Frank Sinatra says, that no one made musicals better than MGM. See more Read all reviews
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Jack Haley Jr.

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Fred Astaire

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Bing Crosby

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Gene Kelly

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Peter Lawford

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Liza Minnelli

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Synopsis The last major film to be shot at MGM's world famous Hollywood backlot, "That's Entertainment!" is a star-studded traipse down memory lane. The film boasts more than 100 classic segments compiled from dozens of MGM's most popular song-and-dance numbers and features newly recorded footage hosted by a variety of familiar faces, including MGM favorites Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Liza Minnelli.
Director
Jack Haley Jr.
Producer
Jack Haley Jr.
Screenwriter
Jack Haley Jr.
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating
G
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 23, 1974, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2009
Runtime
2h 12m
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