All That Jazz

Bob Fosse

Roy Scheider

Ben Vereen

Dramas

Recommended , Death , Biography , Showbiz , Dance , Afterlife , Essential Cinema , Music (General) , Musicals

R (MPAA)

DVD

024543397533

1979

2hr 3min

English

(12/20/1979, p.C13, Vincent Canby): "...The most forthrightly candid variation ever worked out on Peter Pan....A key to the success of the production is the performance of Roy Scheider..."

"Well folks, what can I tell you about my next guest? This cat allowed himself to be adored but not loved. And his success in show business was matched by failure in his personal relationships... that's where he really bombed. And he came to believe that work, love, his whole life, even himself and all that jazz, was bullshit. He became the numero uno game player, to the point where the games ended and the reality began. Like, for this cat, the only reality is death..." (O'Connor Flood, the ultimate variety show host, introducing the final appearance of Joe Gideon) <br> <br> <br> <br> "['All That Jazz'] doesn't have a chance. It's going to be mostly 'Kramer vs. Kramer'. I'm such a long shot I think anyone who bets on me should get a toaster, like they give out in banks, for having made the investment." -- Director Bob Fosse on his film's chances at the 1979 Academy Awards