New ALL THAT JAZZ: Music Edition DVD out on April 3, 2007!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 2:36pm

Here are the specs:

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release ALL THAT JAZZ: Music Edition DVD on April 3, 2007. The DVD arrives with a 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo tracks, an audio commentary with editor Alan Heim, "Portrait of a Choreographer", "Perverting the Standards", "Making of the Song 'On Broadway'" and "Movie-ole 'Take Off with Us" featurettes. "Bob Fosse" and "Production Snapshots" galleries round out the package. Retail will be $19.98.


Yes...it is different from the current DVD that is still available and which I wouldn't discard since this current version contains a limited audio commentary by Roy Scheider and which seems to be left out of this upcoming new one.

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 2:49pm

Just watched this again a few nights ago--love it!

Posted: 1/12/07 at 3:06pm

YAY!! I can't wait!

[RevolutionaryCostume]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 4:55pm

When I become a disgustingly successful producer, this will be my first project.

LOVE it.

~Jacob.

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/12/07 at 4:59pm

You bettah change the way you're livin.....

Posted: 2/15/07 at 11:14pm

Ugh I'm pleased but also annoyed as I only bought the DVD last year (and I think it's onl;y around a 2 years old...) I guess I'llw ait to hear how the extras are--will the print be further restored or anything?

Why can't we finally egt a proper ANAMORPHIC print of Cabaret instead? Don't get me wrong--I love the idea of more extras just a bit annoyed

[luvliza89]

Posted: 2/15/07 at 11:17pm

Posted this picture on another thread. I love the DVD artwork.

[NiteOwl]

Posted: 2/15/07 at 11:52pm

now that's a great dvd cover!!!
kudos to the kids at fox who designed it!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:36am

That cover is stunning. I'll have to get this, though I already have the original dvd. The special feature and packaging are hard to turn down.

[DG]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 4:58am

"When I become a disgustingly successful producer, this will be my first project."

What exactly do you mean by that?

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 9:49am

Normally, I don't buy DVDs just because there are more extras, especially when I already have the movie on DVD. But this one is special. What an incredible movie! Roy Scheider was a complete revelation to me, which is great because he wasn't actually a dancer or singer. I'll definitely be buying this DVD!

Apropos, has anyone read the biography of Fosse called All His Jazz? I don't remember the author. That's a really excellent book if you haven't.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 10:10am

Did anyone read Kander & Ebb's take on the movie? They weren't too complimentary.
I have always had a mixed reaction to this film. Fosse seems to be both praising and denigrating himself and it always struck me as false. And that arch dialogue...ugh!

HOWEVER! GodDAMN that dancing! Whatever happened to the actress who played the Gwen Verdon character? And my God was Jessica Lange ridiculously beautiful in her youth!

Keep an eye out for: CCH Pounder as a nurse, Wallace Shawn as an accountant, John Lithgow as a shifty director, future B-movie star Sandahl Bergman as a lead dancer, and the late Cliff Gorman as the comedian.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 10:19am

Don't panic (go organic!)

Don't get rid of your old ALL THAT JAZZ DVD as this new one isn't carrying some of the stuff that's on it.

Also...for further inspiration, the following book bios on Bob Fosse are:

ALL HIS JAZZ: The Life & Death of Bob Fosse by Martin Gottfriend

RAZZLE DAZZLE: The Life and Works of Bob Fosse by Kevin Boyd Grubb

And for an observation of his dance work by a former Fosse dancer:
BOB FOSSE'S BROADWAY by Margery Beddow

[FosseForever3]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 10:25am

SCORE! This is VERY exciting!

*you betta' stop (bdrum bdrum) you betta' change (bdrum bdrum)...k I'm done :)*

[TechEverlasting]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 11:21am

I think it's one of the best movies ever, and I want it on high definition DVD now! Screw this low res anamorphic stuff.

Years ago I spoke to someone who claimed to be involved with developing an upcoming stage musical based on "All That Jazz". At the time I was told the plan was to wait until "Fosse" had been gone for a while.

I do wonder if this is the sort of project that's best left as a movie. I don't see how the film could be added to or improved.

[NiteOwl]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 1:04pm

^^ well excuuuuuuuse us, highandmightyiwontwatchitunlessitsinhighdefinitiondtsstereoandplayingonmy72inchhidefinitiontelevisionmonitorsnob

Updated On: 2/16/07 at 01:04 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 1:10pm

You mean most on here haven't already crossed-over to high definition?

Wow!

I guess some of you are still on dial-up connections and PC computers.

Oy!

[Danielm]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 1:52pm

Why do they keep making me buy new editions of these movies? I will have to get it but I already have it on VHS and DVD--what next?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 2:01pm

Obviously:

The HD-DVD and Blue-Ray Disc versions

[TechEverlasting]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:10pm

Just so you know Niteowl, I don't have a big hi def TV or any sort of hi definition DVD playback device. I won't be getting either until at least one of the following movies is available to be viewed in that format:

"All That Jazz"
"Blade Runner (original theatrical edition)"
"The Empire Strikes Back" (untampered with)


Anything else might as well just be a test pattern as far as I'm concerned.

HAN SHOT FIRST!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/16/07 at 4:22pm

Well...you guys need to cross over to the dark side.

You haven't lived till you've seen JAWS or DREAMGIRLS on my 60-inch Sony HDTV.

Posted: 2/19/07 at 9:25pm

Borstalboy I think All That Jazz typifies the very best and the very worse of FOsse (or at least of what I see as the best and worse) which is one reason I find it such an unbelievable film even if parts of it either ring very false with me or leave me with a bad taste. It's just so fascinating.
I don't think it would work as a stage productiona t all though--glad that sounds like it's fallen thru if it ever was gonna happen.

So Brody--what extras on the original release won't be on this?

my complaint is silly I admit--it's just the original DVD is not even 3 years old is it? (It came out right aroudnt he same time as Sweet Charity I believe) It's a cleaned up anamorphic transfer too--and I bet they'll use the same exact transfer here...

Plus as a Fosse fan I want a REAL new edition of Cabaret first--the anniversary editionw as advertised as anamorphic but has been proven on tons of DVD sites it ISN'T--they used the original DVD non anamorphic version (by accident? who knows). (and while nto my fave Fosse fan Star 80 I believe isn't even available on DVD letterboxed--just pan and scanned!)

Still this does seem to indicate the film sold well which is a good sign

(Dreamgirls is already on HD DVD?)

And for whoever asked about the great actress who played the Gwen role:

Leland Palmer (b. 1940) is an American actress, dancer, and singer who has appeared on stage, in motion pictures, and on television. She appeared on Broadway in Bajour; A Joyful Noise; Hello, Dolly!; Applause; and Pippin. Palmer received two (2) Tony Award nominations: in 1967 for featured actress in a musical (Miss Jimmie in A Joyful Noise), and in 1973 for actress in a musical (Fastrada in Pippin). Her U.S. television appearances include guest roles on Love, American Style; Laverne & Shirley; and Rhoda. To motion-picture audiences, Palmer is known best for Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979), in which she played Audrey Paris, a central character modeled clearly on Fosse's wife, the Broadway star Gwen Verdon.

In 1990, the U.S. television series Twin Peaks featured a fictional, male character named "Leland Palmer" who was played by Ray Wise.

Palmer is known now as Linda Posner. Although she no longer performs, she continues to work with community theatres in California.

Posted: 2/20/07 at 7:37pm

hrm

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 10:46am

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/4/07 at 10:51am

I'm with Borstal (and Kander and Ebb, apparently) - the cast was great, the dancing is just glorious - even the little girl - but the rest of it - once was enough.