All That Jazz (1990)
20th Century Fox
Bob Fosse’s most beloved film may be the 1972 Oscar winner Cabaret, but his autobiographical All That Jazz is perhaps a better, more complex, sort of an anti-musical.
It is an original, existential musical, which offers an unexpected look at an artist as he questions his very own life, work, and relationships.
Roy Scheider, Oscar nominee for Best Actor, stars as Fosse avatar Joe Gideon as he works on what could be his very last Broadway production.
Despite his failing health and his failing relationship (both caused by his own irresponsible behavior), he attempts to cement his legacy as a theater titan while faced with the ultimate deadline–death itself
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