Funny Lady

"How Lucky Can You Get!"

1975 2h 16m EN

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★5.3TMDB · 72

ComedyDramaRomance

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Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.

“How Lucky Can You Get!”

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Cast

Barbra Streisand
Fanny Brice
James Caan
Billy Rose
Omar Sharif
Nick Arnstein
Roddy McDowall
Bobby Moore
Ben Vereen
Bert Robbins
Carole Wells
Norma Butler
Larry Gates
Bernard Baruch
Eugene Troobnick
Ned

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Herbert Ross
Writers: Arnold Schulman, Arnold Schulman, Jay Presson Allen
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.7× over at the box office.

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

AWARDS

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Directed by Herbert Ross, shot by James Wong Howe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Barbra Streisand and James Caan and Omar Sharif carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How Lucky Can You Get!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0073026 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Herbert Ross directs. James Wong Howe behind the camera. Marion Rothman 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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1Made its money back 4.7× over at the box office.
251 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Fanny Brice Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Herbert Ross, shot by James Wong Howe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Marion Rothman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Barbra Streisand and James Caan and Omar Sharif carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "How Lucky Can You Get!".
8IMDB entry: tt0073026 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: James Wong Howe
Editing: Marion Rothman
Production design: George Jenkins
Costume design: Ray Aghayan
Makeup / hair: Don L. Cash
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $8,500,000
Box office: $40,055,897
Return: 471% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Funny Lady (1975)

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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CinemaSerf2024-11-19
★ 6/10
I guess a sequel to "Funny Girl" (1968) was always likely, but it really ended up being a shame that we waited seven years for this really unremarkable follow-up. The theme picks up the life of the now successful Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) and develops her rather lively relationship with two-bit writer Billy Rose (James Caan), who wrote a few of her hits and to whom she got married. Unfortunately, despite a decent effort from the star, the writing is not a patch on the first film: the humour there that was naive and amusing has now become coarse, unfunny and strained. The musical numbers - "More Than You Know" from Streisand and "Me and My Shadow" from Al Jolson demonstrate that Rose had some skill (with Yip Harburg on the first song too) at song writing, but again there is a paucity of memorable songs from his pen. Indeed the Oscar nominated (John) Kander and (Fred) Ebb seem to have done most of the musical heavy lifting here. We also dwell far too much on their flawed relationship, and by halfway through, the initial "breath of fresh air" approach Caan brought to the film, was drowning in a sea of treacle. Omar Sharif brings a soupçon of style to this film, and there's Roddy McDowall - well he could hardly be described as versatile, but he tries to liven things up a bit too - but, in the end it's a film about two songs with performances that almost look like they were implanted into the thing. As you would expect, it is a well put together piece of cinema - it looks and sounds great, but like a meringue - there is not much inside.

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