- Actors: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper
- Directors: Bob Fosse
- Writers: Christopher Isherwood, Jay Presson Allen, Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten
- Producers: Cy Feuer, Harold Nebenzal
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English, German, Hebrew
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Warner
- Release Date: Aug 19 2003
- Run Time: 124 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00009Y3L4
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#9,453 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #44 in DVD > Musicals & Performing Arts > Musicals > Drama
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Winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), and Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey), Cabaret would also have taken Best Picture if it hadn't been competing against The Godfather as the most acclaimed film of 1972. (Francis Ford Coppola would have to wait two years before winning Best Director, for The Godfather, Part II.) Brilliantly adapted from the acclaimed stage production, which was in turn inspired by Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and the play and movie I Am a Camera, this remarkable musical turns the pre-war Berlin of 1931 into a sexually charged haven of decadence. Minnelli commands the screen as nightclub entertainer Sally Bowles, who radiantly goes on with the show as the Nazis rise to power, holding her many male admirers (including Michael York and Helmut Griem) at a distance that keeps her from having to bother with genuinely deep emotions. Joel Grey is the master of ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub who will guarantee a great show night after night as a way of staving off the inevitable effects of war and dictatorship. They're all living in a morally ambiguous vacuum of desperate anxiety, determined to keep up appearances as the real world--the world outside the comfortable sanctuary of the cabaret--prepares for the nightmarish chaos of war. Director-choreographer Fosse achieves a finely tuned combination of devastating drama and ebullient entertainment, and the result is one of the most substantial screen musicals ever made. The dual-layered Special Edition widescreen DVD includes an exclusive 25th-anniversary documentary, Cabaret: A Legend in the Making, a 1972 promotional featurette, a photo gallery, production notes, the theatrical trailer, and more. --Jeff Shannon
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A movie musical landmark that won eight Academy Awards(R)! Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey star in Bob Fosse's smashing film version of the Broadway hit set in pre-Nazi era Berlin.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Beware False DVD Packaging
Mar 7 2004
Format:DVD
While this is probably not a bone of contention with most viewers, I think it's worth noting for those that do pay attention to these things, especially if you base your purchases on them, as I did in this case. The packaging on this newer DVD edition of "Cabaret" states that it is an anamorphic transfer (i.e. "Enhanced for Widescreen TVs"). It is NOT. This is the SAME disc as before, with new a label on it.
They merely changed the packaging, I guess, so that they could mention "Chicago" in the description on the back cover and tie it into the heat for that film. Shame on you, Warner Bros. We all work hard for our money and deserve better than to believe we're buying a new anamorphic transfer, when you are really marketing the exact same discs as before.
Cabaret
May 20 2012
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A classic movie -- great songs and actors. The movie setting is pre-WWII however the changes that are happening in Berlin are seen as the Nazi party gets more powerful. Also the movie shows the misfits of society and how they cope with life (including cross-dressers and prostitutes).
THE BEST
July 12 2004
Format:DVD
As for musical-drama concerned... THIS IS IT! The producers of Chicago should have seen this(indeed they did - every major moment in that film is "stolen" from Cabaret) and put REAL musical stars in the film.
When u have Joel and Liza u are not let down... I give flowergreetings to the entire cast and crew... The filmversion of Cabaret has a lot of "new songs"(Maybe This Time, Mein Herr, The Money Song) and the plot follows the 1955-movie "I AM A CAMERA" more than the stage musical. Since then; the Liza-songs have found themselves in numerous revivals of this stageplay since this 1972-masterpiece. The film is still frightening and raw......Trivia: The scene in which Liza meets Marisa they talk about diseases... On video, here in Europe at least, that was cut....
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Overrated, Unfocused and Dull
If there ever was a film most undeserving of its' iconic status, "Cabaret" is it. It is overrated, dull, tedious with zero chemistry between stars Liza Minnelli and Michael York. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Kasey G
"Tomorrow belongs to me."
There is several recordings form stage to this movie out there. This movie has songs that you remember and probably sing in the shower. Read more
Published on Sep 9 2006 by bernie
Don't pass on this
I almost passed over this DVD because a couple of Amazon reviewers forcefully complained about the presentation. I'm glad I bought it. Read more
Published on April 21 2004
PLEASE PLEASE Don't buy this!
CABARET is one of the greatest movie musicals ever. I adore it. It is flawless, IMHO.
Why, then am I giving it one star? Read more
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Published on Mar 19 2004 by Mr. G. Snow
Cabaret -- Liza-style
Liza Minelli's "Cabaret" -- and, for that matter, Bob Fosse's -- digresses somewhat from the original stage production, both in its plot as well as in its characterizations (Sally... Read more
Published on Feb 5 2004 by Rene Moya
Brilliant, Engrossing, Perplexing
I would like to begin by saying that this is a great movie and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys an engaging story of genuine human emotion and the need for fulfillment... Read more
Published on Jan 30 2004 by C. N. Gallimore
What a shame....
This great movie classic and several others by Bob Fosse are sold to the public in some of the lousiest DVD productions I've seen. Read more
Published on Jan 12 2004
Oh, wie wunderbar...
Unlike 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and 'Tommy', Fosse's 1970's homage to everything 1930's is that rare thing - a celebrated cult (and mainstream) musical that even now, almost... Read more
Published on Dec 5 2003 by Review Lover
Life In the Cabaret
"Cabaret" is one of the best releases of 1972, living up to "The Godfather". It won eight Oscars, including Best Director. Read more
Published on Nov 28 2003 by David Anderson
It was a fine affair but now it's over...
I saw Cabaret after seeing the recent film version of Chicago, and though I expected another lavish Fosse fantasy, what I saw was a very different film altogether. Read more
Published on Nov 16 2003 by Mathias
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