Stars: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Christine Baranski, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Dominic West, Chita Rivera

Director: Rob Marshall

Summary: A film adaptation of the Broadway musical set in 1920's Chicago. This is the story of Velma Kelly, a Vaudeville star, who gains infamy after she shoots her husband dead in a cold blooded attack. Velma finds herself in prison with Roxie Hart, a chorus dancer who is also accused of murder and the two would be stars fight it out to see who can win greater fame through newspaper headlines...

This Hollywood adaptation of the classic Broadway musical sparkles with glamour and reverberates with the energy of good, old-fashioned song and dance. As the film leaps into its first riveting act, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), one half of the famous number she performs with her sister, arrives at the night club late, dishevelled, and with blood on her hands. Nonetheless, she goes onstage unhindered and wows the crowd with her shimmying rendition of 'All That Jazz'. Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) a young blonde who dreams of someday being famous like Velma, watches from the audience with eyes full of envy. Later, as the cops pick up Velma for the murder of her sister, sending her fame to all-time heights as she becomes a tabloid sensation, Roxie also commits a crime of passion--shooting a lover who falsely promised to secure her cabaret debut. The girls wind up together in jail, where Mama Morton (Queen Latifah), a compassionate guard, is their only hope of redemption; and Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) is the lawyer who can get them out. There, through wonderfully familiar songs like 'Razzle Dazzle', 'Cell-Block Tango', and 'Cellophane Man' Roxie and Velma tell their story of competing for bad-girl celebrity. Director Rob Marshall presents a loveable CHICAGO that shares all the grit and grime of the Bob Fosse Broadway original with phenomenal performances by this grouping of Hollywood stars. The dizzying camerawork and dazzling sets make an easy transition from stage to film.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Chita Riveras Encore, From Stage To Screen The History Of Chicago, All That Jazz Extended Performance, Good To Mama Extended Performance, Cell Block Tango Extended Performance, Reach For The Gun Extended Performance, Reach For The Gun Rehearsal, Mr Cellophane Ex
Year:	2002
Release Date:	September 12, 2005
Runtime:	113 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B U A 0013401
Keywords:	Special, Music, Films, Two, Chicago, Edition, Performing, Musicals, Discs, Arts
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts