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• Drama
• Music

• 1968
• William Wyler
• 148 mins
• U

Summary

Biographical musical starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif. The story of singing star Fanny Brice, who grew up on the Lower East Side of New York but went on to become the toast of Broadway and the star of the Ziegfeld Follies.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

In his excellent autobiography, Charlton Heston recalls asking director William Wyler if he had any problems with Barbra Streisand on Funny Girl. "Nah, not really," said Wyler, "considering it's the first film she ever directed." This was a spectacular switch from stage to screen for Streisand, replicating her Broadway triumph as legendary entertainer Fanny Brice. Streisand's bravura performance earned her a joint Oscar for best actress (she shared the honour with Katharine Hepburn) and the film was nominated for a further seven, including best score and best song. And marvellous musical comedy it is, too, tracing Brice's rise from vaudeville to the Ziegfeld Follies by way of a troubled marriage to gambler Nick Arnstein (the ultra-smooth Omar Sharif). It was the great Wyler's penultimate picture and his first attempt at a musical. Its success led to a sequel, Funny Lady, seven years later.

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Cast

rolenameFanny BriceBarbra StreisandNick ArnsteinOmar SharifRose BriceKay MedfordGeorgia JamesAnne FrancisFlorenz ZiegfeldWalter PidgeonEddie RyanLee AllenMrs StrakoshMae QuestelBrancaGerald MohrKeeneyFrank FaylenEmmaMittie LawrenceMrs O'MalleyGertrude FlynnMrs MeekerPenny SantonCompany managerJohn Harmon

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rolenameDirectorWilliam Wyler

Details

Theatrical distributor

Columbia TriStar

Released on

2002-02-15

Languages

English

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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