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Customer Reviews
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MISSING FOOTAGE
I love the widescreen transfer, several bonus features, and the Dolby Digital 4.0 encoding, BUT the film is missing over a minute of a key scene! I wrote to Universal and they said this DVD is the "complete, original, theatrical version" and that the Laserdisc, VHS, and TCM broadcasts are of a "later Road Show version" of the film, which is incorrect.[...]
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"Sweet Charity" DVD
Excellent, prompt service. Needed something in a hurry
and you came through!! This was a gift for a friend and
a hard to find item. Also, no problem for you. Thank you!!
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Shirley MacLaine's Best Movie?
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The characters are unlikeable except for Charity's two friends. The songs are far too long and I had to fast forward through most of them because they were so dull. I was especially disappointed with Big Spender because I love the song and expected a spectacular dance number from Bob Fosse and all they did was stand there draped over the bar. The only redeeming factor was that Sammy Davis Jr. was in it. He's awesome even though the song was fairly stupid. This was my first Shirley MacLaine film and on the back it said that Sweet Charity was her best movie. I have no desire to see her other movies then.
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An interesting look at the Broadway wet dream
This musical is about wanting to get out of the life you live. In the case of Shirley Maclaine's character, it's about her finally trying to stop compromising on her ideals of love and quit her hypocritical( hypocritical considering her remarks about truly believing in love) job as a dancehall hostess. In addition to conversely demonstrating the shallow nature of the Broadway musical dream and how even love can seem insincere on a grand lofty scale, they also inject these ideas with quirky humor which distracts from just how insipid these characters would seem if played straight. The funny thing about this film is that it is both a satire and completely honest in it's depiction of life. It also contains excellent choreography and music whose flash demonstrates the appeal of such things. Depicting all of these differing and seemingly contradictory thoughts makes the viewer not know how they feel about the whole thing. Personally, after the film was over I was left with the callow sense of whimsy and was amazed at how willing I was to be entertained by this. Apparently the stage version has a different ending so I hope that at some point I'll be able to see it.
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It's not complete.
I wish the powers-that-be at Universal would go back and reinstate the exit music on the DVD. That would make this DVD perfect!
