Funny Girl

"People who see FUNNY GIRL are the luckiest people in the world!"

1968 2h 35m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 446

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.

“People who see FUNNY GIRL are the luckiest people in the world!”

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Cast

Barbra Streisand
Fanny Brice
Omar Sharif
Nick Arnstein
Kay Medford
Rose Brice
Anne Francis
Georgia James
Walter Pidgeon
Florenz Ziegfeld
Lee Allen
Eddie Ryan
Mae Questel
Mrs. Strakosh
Gerald Mohr
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Wyler
Writers: Isobel Lennart
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 155 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.

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ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Fanny Brice Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by William Wyler, shot by Harry Stradling Sr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jule Styne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor William Sands shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif and Kay Medford carry the top of the cast.

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The take

William Wyler directs. Harry Stradling Sr. behind the camera. Jule Styne scores. William Sands cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Clocks in at 155 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.
358 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Part of the "Fanny Brice Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by William Wyler, shot by Harry Stradling Sr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Jule Styne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor William Sands shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif and Kay Medford carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "People who see FUNNY GIRL are the luckiest people in the world!".
10IMDB entry: tt0062994 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Original score: Jule Styne
Editing: William Sands
Production design: Gene Callahan
Costume design: Irene Sharaff
Makeup / hair: Ben Lane
Runtime: 155 min · 2h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $14,100,000
Box office: $58,707,416
Return: 416% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Funny Girl (1968)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Actress

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Part of

Fanny Brice Collection

Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart was adapted from her book for the eponymous stage musical. It is loosely based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedian Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein. The first film stars Barbra Streisand (in her film debut reprising her Broadway role) as Brice and Omar Sharif as Arnstein. In 1975, Streisand reprised her role of Brice opposite James Caan as Brice's third husband, impresario Billy Rose, in a sequel entitled Funny Lady.

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CinemaSerf2022-03-27
★ 7/10
Barbra Streisand is simply superb in this depiction of the early life of Vaudeville girl and more Fanny Brice. From her humble beginnings, and with the help of her friend Eddie Ryan (Lee Allen) we see her come to the attention of the mighty Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon) before her career becomes the stuff of legend. Streisand's characterisation is authentic - her stoic Jewish antecedence, her less-than-pin-up looks; her sassiness are all charmingly captured as she gradually falls for her debonaire, if somewhat flawed, beau Omar Sharif - who is also very effective as her rakish love Nicky Arsntein. Their tumultuous relationship, peppered with plenty of pithy dialogue and partnered with an outstanding collection of songs from award winning lyricists Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, James Hanley and Grant Clarke just makes this an excellent piece of theatre on a big screen. The likes of "Second Hand Rose"; "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade" have long since become standards of the American songbook oft sung by the great and the good ever since. There are also plenty of engaging cameo characters - especially at the beginning - to keep this classy piece of cinema from William Wyler well worth a watch. Loads of poetic licence, here - its not an autobiography - it's just an enjoyable 2½ of entertainment.

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