Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Kino Lorber:
NEW YORK, NY -- June 21, 2019 -- Kino Lorber Studio
Classics announces the Blu-ray release of SWEET CHARITY (1969), from legendary
director Bob Fosse (Cabaret, Lenny, All That Jazz, Star 80), with
a new street date of August 20, 2019.
Based on the hit Broadway show by Neil Simon, SWEET CHARITY stars Shirley
MacLaine, heading a cast of great stars including Sammy Davis Jr., Ricardo
Montalban, Chita Rivera, Ben Vereen, Stubby Kaye, John McMartin, Barbara
Bouchet, Paula Kelly, Alan Hewitt, and Toni Basil.
This edition from Kino Lorber Studio Classics contains both the original
roadshow version (151 minutes) and the alternate "Happy Ending" cut
(145 minutes) in new 4K restorations. The Blu-ray comes packed with bonus
features including an audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger, "A
Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved" -- a booklet essay by Julie Kirgo,
"Edith Head Costume Design" and "From Stage to Screen"
featurettes, and the theatrical trailer.
Hollywood royalty Shirley MacLaine (Irma La Douce) gives one of her greatest
performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon's (The Odd Couple)
Broadway hit inspired by Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria.
Director Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually
stunning story of a lovelorn New York dance hall hostess, Charity Hope
Valentine (MacLaine), who dreams of old-fashioned romance but gives her heart
to one undeserving guy after another. MacLaine joins all-star cast members
Chita Rivera (Chicago), Sammy Davis Jr. (A Man Called Adam), Ricardo Montalban
(Madame X), Ben Vereen (Funny Lady) and Stubby Kaye (Guys and Dolls) in belting
out thirteen vibrant Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields numbers including Big Spender, The
Rhythm of Life, There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This and the
show-stopping If My Friends Could See Me Now. It's an unforgettable production
of an all-time classic.
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