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A Chorus Line

Year:
Duration:
113 min
Genres:
Drama | Music | Musical
IMDB rate:
6
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1985-12-13
Filming Locations: Helen Hayes Theater - 240 West 44th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Earnings
Budget: $27,000,000
Opening Weekend: $222,919 (USA) (15 December 1985)
Gross: $14,202,899 (USA) (2 February 1986)
Cast
Actor
Character
Michael Blevins
Mark Tobori
Yamil Borges
Diana Morales
Jan Gan Boyd
Connie Wong
Sharon Brown
Kim
Gregg Burge
Richie Walters
Michael Douglas
Zach
Cameron English
Paul San Marco
Tony Fields
Al DeLuca
Nicole Fosse
Kristine Evelyn Erlich-DeLuca
Vicki Frederick
Sheila Bryant
Michelle Johnston
Beatrice Ann 'Bebe' Benson
Pam Klinger
Maggie Winslow
Audrey Landers
Val Clarke
Terrence Mann
Larry
Charles McGowan
Mike Cass
Alyson Reed
Cassie
Justin Ross
Greg Gardner
Blane Savage
Don
Matt West
Bobby Mills III
Pat McNamara
Robbie
Sammy Smith
Doorman
Timothy Scott
Boy with Headband
Bambi Jordan
Girl in Yellow Trunks
Mansoor Najee-ullah
Cab Driver
Peter Fitzgerald
Dancer with Gum
John Hammil
Advertising Executive
Jack Lehnert
Posterman
Gloria Lynch
Taxi Passenger
Gregg Huffman
Misfit Boy Dancer
Eric Aaron
Dancer
Jeff Adkins
Dancer
Khandi Alexander
Dancer
AnneMarie
Dancer
David Askler
Dancer
Michele Assaf
Dancer
Bryant Baldwin
Dancer
Buddy Balou
Dancer
Carol Baxter
Dancer
Tina Bellis
Dancer
Ida Broughton
Dancer
Robin Brown
Dancer
Anna Bruno
Dancer
Brian Bullard
Dancer
Cheryl Burr
Dancer
Bill Bushnell
Dancer
Sergio Cal
Dancer
Cole Carpenter
Reject Dancer
Joe Anthony Cavise
Dancer
Linda Cholodenko
Dancer
Cheryl Clark
Dancer
Christine Colby
Dancer
Alex Cole
Dancer
Anne Connors
Dancer
Leslie Cook
Dancer
Jeffrey Cornell
Dancer
Alicia Cox
Dancer
Frank Cruz
Dancer
Roxann Dawson
Dancer (as Roxann Cabalero)
Richard DeFabees
Reject Dancer
John DeLuca
Dancer
Eldo Ray Estes
Dancer
Reed Jones
Dancer
Jennifer Kent
Reject Dancer
Barbara Lavorato
Dancer
Felix Montano
Dancer
Alan Onickel
Dancer
Scott Plank
Dancer
Karen Prunczik
Reject Dancer
Rhett Pyle
Dancer
Melissa Randel
Reject Dancer
Elissa Rosati
Dancer
Leslie Stevens
Dancer
Mary Ellen Stuart
Dancer
Scott Wise
Dancer
Kim Smith Yandow
Dancer
Barbara Yeager
Dancer
Yvonne Farrow
Dancer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Audrey Landers left a successful recurring role on the TV show Dallas (1978) to take a role in this film.
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Michael Bennett, the original Broadway choreographer and director, was involved with the production at an early stage of development, but he left because the producers were unwilling to give him the level of creative control he desired. He advised producer Cy Feuer not to put the film's main focus on the relationship between Zack and Cassie.
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The song "Dance 10, Looks 3" was originally called "Tits and Ass", but it was changed so that the audience would not see that title listed in their programs. The logic was that if it were a surprise during the show, it would get a better audience reaction.
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Goofs
Zach, interviewing dancers in the theater, says he intends to structure the show around the personalities and back stories of whoever makes the cut. This indicates that he doesn't even have a script but merely an idea for a show that will presumably take months to develop. As a result, there is no reason for them to be in an expensive Broadway theater. In reality, they would have been in a far more economical rehearsal hall, because at this early point, no producer would finance costs of working bugs out of such a sketchy project in a high-rent Broadway theater.
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During the auditions, many of the dancers that were cut are shown again later on in the auditions before the cut resulting in only the main characters. A key example is the boy with the red-striped shirt and red head band who mutters, "I've never been cut this soon" as he leaves the stage; he is clearly seen a few minutes later behind Diana just before she goes over to talk to Paul.
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After Paul is carried off the stage to be taken to the hospital, we see Diana carrying his bag out for him. Moments later as the last elimination is about to take place, the bag is still in the middle of the stage and you even see Diana looking at it as she is walking back to the front line.
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Quotes
Sheila: Why is it only my ass that ever gets invited places?
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Bobby: I couldn't catch a ball if it had Elmer's Glue on it. And wouldn't my father have to be this big ex-football hero. Well, he was so humiliated, he didn't know what to tell his friends, so he told them all I had Polio. On Father's Day, I used to limp for him.
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Zach: Goddammit, now can't ANYBODY up there hear me! Just let your hair down! Can't you talk? All of you, just talk, to me, to each other!... Jesus Christ!
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Photos from cast
Niki Harris Janet Jones
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