Funny Girl
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Directed by	William Wyler
Produced by	Ray Stark
Written by	Isobel Lennart
Starring	Barbara Streisand Omar Sharif
Music by	Jule Styne, Bob Merrill
Cinematography	Harry Stradling, Jr. William Wyler ( July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a four-time Academy Award -winning motion picture director Ray Stark ( October 3, 1915 – January 17, 2004) was an Academy Award -nominated American film producer and powerbroker known for his Isobel Lennart ( May 18, 1915 - January 25, 1971) was an American Screenwriter and Playwright. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Omar Sharif ( عمر الشريف; born April 10, 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning Egyptian Jule Styne ( December 31, 1905 &ndash September 20, 1994) was a British -born American Songwriter especially Bob Merrill ( May 17 1921 - February 17 1998) was an American Songwriter, theatrical Composer and
Editing by	William Sands Maury Winetrobe
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	September 19, 1968
Running time	Theatrical cut 151 min. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter Roadshow cut 155 min.
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Language	English
Budget	$14. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 1 million
Gross revenue	$58. 5 million
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Funny Girl is a film based on the stage musical of the same name. Funny Girl is a musical with a book by Isobel Lennart, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein. A biography (from the Greek words bíos (βίος meaning "life" and gráphein (γράφειν meaning "to write" is an account Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Fanny Brice ( October 29 1891 – May 29 1951) was a popular and influential American Comedienne, Singer An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome Julius "Nicky" W Arnstein ( July 1, 1879 - October 2, 1965) was an American businessman professional Gambler Its original title was My Man.

The 1968 screen adaptation, directed by William Wyler, paired Barbra Streisand with Omar Sharif in the role of Nick Arnstein, while Kay Medford repeated her stage role, and Walter Pidgeon was cast as Flo Ziegfeld. The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter William Wyler ( July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a four-time Academy Award -winning motion picture director Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Omar Sharif ( عمر الشريف; born April 10, 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning Egyptian Julius "Nicky" W Arnstein ( July 1, 1879 - October 2, 1965) was an American businessman professional Gambler Kay Medford ( September 14, 1914 – April 10, 1980) was an Academy Award -nominated American character Actress Walter Davis Pidgeon ( September 23, 1897 - September 25, 1984) was an American Actor of Canadian birth who lived Florenz Ziegfeld Jr ( March 21, 1869 &ndash July 22, 1932) called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway

The film was a commercial and critical success, gaining Streisand an Academy Award for Best Actress. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to It become the top grossing film of 1968, and received seven Oscar nominations.

Plot

The plot follows that of the stage musical. Funny Girl is a musical with a book by Isobel Lennart, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Bob Merrill. It is set in and around New York City just prior to and following World War I. The City of New York World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The story opens with Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice, awaiting the return of husband Nick Arnstein from prison, and then moves into an extended flashback of their story which is the bulk of the film. History The Follies were lavish Revues something between later Broadway shows and a more elaborate high class Vaudeville Variety show. In history film television and other media a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current

The film is divided into two acts. In the first act Fanny is shown as a stage-struck teen who gets her first job in vaudeville. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s She meets the sophisticated Nick Arnstein after her debut performance. They continue to meet occasionally over the years gradually becoming more romantically involved as Fanny's career flourishes and she becomes a major star. Eventually Arnstein seduces Fanny in Baltimore as they duet on the song, "You Are Woman, I Am Man". A duet is a Musical composition or piece for two Performers In Classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers The first act finishes with Fanny deciding to give up her place in the Follies and follow her man. She brushes aside objections from her friends, and in a dramatic rendition of "Don't Rain on My Parade", she is seen racing to catch the ship he has taken to earn his fortune. " Don't Rain On My Parade " is a popular song from the 1964 musical Funny Girl.

The second act opens with the couple on the ship. Fanny reveals to Arnstein that she'd like to become a Sadie - her name for a married lady. Arnstein, however, needs to make his fortune from a poker game before he'll agree to marry her. Fanny cannot take the tension of the game and goes back to their cabin to await Arnstein who returns in the morning, calling her Sadie before revealing all the money he has won. They marry, move into an expensive house and have a baby girl. Fanny goes back on stage with Ziegfield, and life appears very rosy. However Nick's business ventures fail and they have to move into a smaller apartment. He refuses financial help from Fanny, instead getting involved in a bonds scam which goes bad and he is imprisoned for embezzlement. The bond market (also known as the debt, credit, or fixed income market) is a Financial market where participants buy and sell Debt A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets usually financial in nature by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted

The film now returns to Fanny in the theatre awaiting Arnstein. When he arrives the couple agree to separate, and Fanny sings the closing song "My Man" with tears running down her face.

Development

Special Edition DVD

Development began when Isobel Lennart was asked by Ray Stark in the early 1960s to write the screenplay, and then Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim were hired to write the songs. Isobel Lennart ( May 18, 1915 - January 25, 1971) was an American Screenwriter and Playwright. Ray Stark ( October 3, 1915 – January 17, 2004) was an Academy Award -nominated American film producer and powerbroker known for his Jule Styne ( December 31, 1905 &ndash September 20, 1994) was a British -born American Songwriter especially Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven A treatment of Lennart's script was used by David Merrick as the basis for the stage musical which went out on Broadway while the film was still in development. David Merrick ( November 27 1911 &ndash April 25, 2000) was a prolific Tony Award -winning American Theatrical producer Jerome Robbins was brought on board to direct, and Mary Martin was approached for the part of Fanny. Jerome Robbins (11 October 1918 – 29 July 1998 was an American film director and Choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to Mary Virginia Martin ( December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American Tony Award -winning star of stage film Sondheim dropped out to be replaced as lyricist by Bob Merrill, while Carol Heaney joined as choreographer. Bob Merrill ( May 17 1921 - February 17 1998) was an American Songwriter, theatrical Composer and See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" Anne Bancroft was Robbins' preferred choice for Fanny, but Bancroft wasn't happy with the songs, so Eydie Gormé and Carol Burnett were considered. Anne Bancroft ( September 17 1931 – June 6 2005) was an American method Actress. Eydie Gorme (alternative spelling Eydie Gormé; born Edith Gormezano August 16, 1931) is an American Singer credited heavily Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American Actress, Comedian, Singer, Dancer and Robbins was unhappy with the script development and wanted Lennart fired. When Stark refused to fire Lennart, Robbins resigned, to be replaced by Bob Fosse who got the relatively little known Barbra Streisand to play the leading part in her very first movie. Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse ( June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American Musical theater Choreographer and Streisand said she would play the part "as herself" because she felt that she and Brice were "very much alike". ^[1] Fosse then left the project to be briefly replaced by Garson Kanin after Sidney Lumet turned it down, before William Wyler came on board and saw the project through to completion. Garson Kanin ( November 24 1912 &ndash March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an Academy Award -receiving American Film director, with over 50 Films to his name William Wyler ( July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a four-time Academy Award -winning motion picture director ^[2]

Filming started in August 1967 and finished in December. ^[3] It went on general release on 19 September 1968. ^[4]

Cast

The film paired Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice with Omar Sharif in the role of Nick Arnstein. Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Fanny Brice ( October 29 1891 – May 29 1951) was a popular and influential American Comedienne, Singer Omar Sharif ( عمر الشريف; born April 10, 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning Egyptian Julius "Nicky" W Arnstein ( July 1, 1879 - October 2, 1965) was an American businessman professional Gambler Kay Medford repeated her stage role as Rose Brice, and Walter Pidgeon was cast as Flo Ziegfeld, with Anne Francis in the added role of showgirl Georgia James, although most of her performance was left on the cutting room floor. Kay Medford ( September 14, 1914 – April 10, 1980) was an Academy Award -nominated American character Actress Walter Davis Pidgeon ( September 23, 1897 - September 25, 1984) was an American Actor of Canadian birth who lived Florenz Ziegfeld Jr ( March 21, 1869 &ndash July 22, 1932) called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway Anne Francis (born September 16 1930 in Ossining New York) is an American Actress, famous for her role in the Science fiction film classic The role of Mrs. Strakosh played by Jean Stapleton on stage went to Mae Questel. Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City New York) is an American character actress Mae Questel (Mae Questal is the spelling on the record label for Good Ship Lollipop 1932( September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an Gerald Mohr played Tom Branca, while Frank Faylen was Keeney. Gerald Mohr ( 11 June 1914 – 9 November 1968) was a radio film and Frank Faylen ( December 8, 1905 &ndash August 2, 1985) was an American movie and television Actor.

Songs

My Man, the closing song of the film, was the original title for the film

Not all the songs from the original Broadway score were used. The most notable addition was "My Man," a Fanny Brice tune used as the film's finale.

1. "Overture"
2. "I'm the Greatest Star" - Fanny
3. "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" - Fanny, Mrs. Overture ( French ouverture meaning opening in Music is the instrumental introduction to a Dramatic choral or occasionally Strakosh, and Rose
4. "Rollerskate Rag" - Fanny and the Rollerskate Girls
5. "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You" - Fanny
6. "Secondhand Rose" - Fanny
7. "His Love Makes Me Beautiful" - Fanny and Company
8. "People" - Fanny
9. "People (Reprise)" - Fanny
10. "You Are Woman, I Am Man" - Nick and Fanny
11. "Don't Rain on My Parade" - Fanny
12. "Sadie, Sadie" - Fanny and Nick
13. "The Swan" - Fanny
14. "Funny Girl" - Fanny
15. "My Man" - Fanny
16. "Finale"

Reception

Streisand won the Academy Award for Best Actress, an honor she shared with Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter. " People " is a well-known song written by Jule Styne (composer and Bob Merrill (lyricist for the Broadway musical Funny Girl " Don't Rain On My Parade " is a popular song from the 1964 musical Funny Girl. " Mon Homme " is a popular Song known by its English translation My Man Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical Costume drama made by Avco Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway play by The film was nominated in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kay Medford), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation), Best Original Song ("Funny Girl"), and Best Sound. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture. The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934 The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic Sound mixing or recording ^[5]

The film was a huge hit in theaters, and became the top grossing film of 1968. Streisand received a Golden Globe as Best Actress; nominations also went to the film, the title song, and Wyler. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Lennart's screenplay won her recognition from the Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing In 2006 this film ranked #16 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years of Musicals is a list of the top musicals in American cinema.

A 1975 sequel, entitled Funny Lady, with James Caan in the role of Brice's second husband, impresario Billy Rose, was considered inferior by most critics, but was still a commercial success. The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft Funny Lady is a 1975 film starring Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall, and Ben Vereen James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award - Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American Impresario, from the Italian impresa an enterprise or undertaking is a traditional term still very much in use in the Entertainment industry for Billy Rose ( September 6, 1899 &ndash February 10, 1966) Rose was diminutive in stature

References

External links

• Funny Girl at the Internet Movie Database