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A Chorus Line (1985)
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If you've never seen this popular production performed on stage in its original form as one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history, the movie version is probably your next best option--heck, it's your only option! But beware the major difference between the experience of stage and screen, because A Chorus Line is a perfect example of a show that doesn't translate well from one medium to another. Director Richard Attenborough gives it his best shot, cutting some of the production numbers and adding new ones while "opening up" the show to explore the off-stage lives of struggling performers as they prepare for another...
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Proof that sometimes musicals should just be left on the stage and not tampered with.
This is actually a brilliant show, live, but on screen it comes off self-serious and campy without the serious weight it shoudl have. Perhaps much of that comes from Michael Douglas being cast as the director. Bad decision.
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(complete A Chorus Line review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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