Rent Funny Girl (1968)
3.5 of 5 from 122 ratings
2h 29min
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- Synopsis:
One of the most popular movie musicals ever made, 'Funny Girl' follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice - a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break at Keeney's Music Hall, her hilarious debut as a roller-skating chorus girl gets her hired as a comedienne. A year later Fanny is working for Florenz Ziegfeld in his famous Follies and brings down the house with an outrageous and unplanned number. Fanny becomes a star, falls in love and marries Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), a handsome gambler whose luck doesn't hold up. The film's many memorable songs include 'Don't Rain on My Parade' and the Streisand classic 'People'. - Actors:
- Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Allen, Mae Questel, Gerald Mohr, Frank Faylen, Mittie Lawrence, Gertrude Flynn, Penny Santon, John Harmon, Thordis Brandt, Bettina Brenna
- Directors:
- William Wyler
- Producers:
- Ray Stark
- Writers:
- Isobel Lennart
- Others:
- Harry Stradling, Irene Sharaff, Walter Scharf, Robert Swink, Maury Winetrobe, William Sands, Columbia Studio Sound Department, Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/06/2013
- Run Time:
- 155 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, French Dolby Digital 5.0, German Dolby Digital 5.0, Italian Dolby Digital 5.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.0
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, English, English Hard of Hearing, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Barbara in Movieland
- This is Streisand
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/12/2024
- Run Time:
- 155 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Funny Girl
Streisand: One-Woman Weather System - Funny Girl review by griggs
Some musicals flirt; this one strides onstage and grabs the mic. Funny Girl is, above all, a Streisand delivery system — and fair play, it delivers.
She's funny without mugging, vulnerable without begging, and she sings like she's turning nerves into rocket fuel. The film's central bargain is classic showbiz maths: how much of yourself can you spend on stage before there's nothing left of you to left to love?
Omar Sharif is absurdly handsome as Nick Arnstein, but the romance feels sketched, so the heartbreak lands right on schedule rather than as a shock. Still, when "Don't Rain on My Parade" hits, it's pure momentum. A bit baggy, hugely charismatic, and carried by one unstoppable voice.
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