Chicago (2002)
Front Cover Actor
Renée Zellweger Roxie Hart
Catherine Zeta-Jones Velma Kelly
Richard Gere Billy Flynn
Queen Latifah Matron 'Mama' Morton
John C. Reilly Amos Hart
Lucy Liu Kitty Baxter
Taye Diggs The Bandleader
Colm Feore Assistant District Attorney Martin Harrison
Christine Baranski Mary Sunshine
Dominic West Fred Casely
Movie Details
Genre Comedy; Crime; Drama; Musical
Director Rob Marshall
Producer Martin Richards
Writer Maurine Dallas Watkins; Bob Fosse; Fred Ebb; Bill Condon
Language English
Running Time 113 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Fame hungry Roxie Hart dreams of a life on the Vaudville stage, and spends her nights jazzing it up in the bright lights of Chicago, continually hoping that she'll find her lucky break, and be shot into 1920's stardom, so able to flee her boring husband Amos. In awe of seductive club singer Velma Kelly (who is subsequantly arrested for the murder of her husband and sister - after discovering their affair), Roxie meets Fred Cassely a man who convinces her he can 'make her showbiz career take off'. However after Roxie has undergone the 'casting couch' treatment, and Fred has had his wicked way with her, he reveals that he has no more connections in showbusiness than she does. This is the final straw for Roxie, and her constant anger at rejection explodes. She shoots Fred Cassely and kills him. Upon discovering her infidelity, Roxie's husband Amos refuses to take the blame for the murder and Roxie is sent to jail, pending hanging. In jail she finally meets tabloid darling Velma Kelly, currently receiving huge media attention for the double murder she committed earlier in the tale. Sharing the clink with Velma, are a collection of other sly females, all awaiting trial for the murders of their own partners. Velma is aloof to Roxie, however the prison Warden Mrs Morton offers Roxie the opportunity of representation by slick Chicago lawyer Billy Flynn. Billy is more a showbiz P. R agent than a legal lawyer and minipulates the tabloids into thinking Roxie is no more than an innocent 'good time girl' who took the wrong path, than a scheming murderess. The tabloids go crazy for the new girl on the cell block, and Roxie finally becomes a star. However due to Roxie's new found fame, Velma is forgotten about. She is forced to approach Roxie with an offer of a part in her Vaudville act (filling the gap left by her murdered sister), but Roxie turns down her offer flat, thinking she needs no support in topping the bill. However, just as Velma's star fell, so does Roxie's, when Go-to-hell Kitty arrives at the jail on a multiple murder charge, the press forget Roxie and now she and Velma are in the same boat. With one more trick up her sleave Roxie manages to bring the media attention back onto her, and her day in court arrives. Billy is now ready to play the ultimate showman!

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Sex, vražda, lož, sláva. Muzikál vo veľkolepom a strhujúcom štýle, ktorý vás fascinuje svojím príbehom a omráči svojím stvárnením - réžiou, výpravou i bezchybnými hereckými výkonmi. Zvodná muzikálová speváčka sa dostane do väzenia za vraždu svojho tajného milenca. Všade inde by za zločin nasledoval trest. Ale v Chicagu 20. rokov sa pomocou šikovného právnika stáva z Roxie Hart hviezda a miláčik médií!
Personal Details
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In Collection Yes
Links IMDB
Czech title Chicago
Product Details
Format Divx
Subtitles Czech
Packaging HDD
Audio Tracks English
Nr of Disks/Tapes 2