"two films were shot back-to-back. Several musical adaptations based on material previously filmed in non-musical form have won Best Picture, including ""Gigi"", ""West Side Story"", ""My Fair Lady"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Oliver!"", and ""Chicago"". ""The Artist"" (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue, and dream sequence with sound effects) was the first silent film since ""Wings"" to win Best Picture. It was the first silent nominee since 1928's ""The Patriot"". It was the first Best Picture winner to be shot entirely in black-and-white since 1960's ""The Apartment."" (""Schindler's List"", the 1993 winner, was predominantly black-and-white but it"
"the show's cynical tone . A film version of ""Chicago"" was to have been the next project for Bob Fosse, who had directed and choreographed the original 1975 Broadway production and had won an Oscar for his direction of the film version of ""Cabaret"" (1972). Although he died before realizing his version, Fosse's distinctive jazz choreography style is evident throughout the 2002 film, and he is thanked in the credits. The minimalist 1996 revival of the musical proved far more successful, having played more than 7,800 performances (), holding records for longest-running musical revival, longest-running American musical on Broadway, and"
"Chicago (2002 film) Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy-drama film based on the stage-musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. The film stars Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. ""Chicago"" centers on Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Zellweger), two murderesses who find themselves in jail together awaiting trial in 1920s Chicago. Velma, a vaudevillian, and Roxie, a housewife, fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows. Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, and adapted by screenwriter Bill Condon, with music by"
"and the last movie musical to win until ""Chicago"" in 2003 (though others have been nominated between 1969 and 2003: ""Hello, Dolly!"", ""Fiddler on the Roof"", ""Cabaret"", ""All That Jazz"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", and ""Moulin Rouge!""). The year was notable for the first—and so far, only—tie for Best Actress (or any female acting category). Katharine Hepburn in ""The Lion in Winter"" and Barbra Streisand in ""Funny Girl"" shared the award. Hepburn also became the second actress and third performer overall to win an acting Oscar two years in a row, after Luise Rainer in 1936 (""The Great Ziegfeld"") and"
"opening of Watkins's play ""Chicago"" in Chicago, Illinois. The play has since been adapted into a 1927 silent film, 1975 stage musical, and 2002 movie musical (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), all by that name, as well as the 1942 romantic comedy film ""Roxie Hart"". Velma Kelly, the 1975 musical character inspired by her, won Bebe Neuwirth the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for its acclaimed 1996 revival; it also won Catherine Zeta-Jones the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2002 film based on it. The character was known as simply"
"(Grammy winner) and Otello, under the direction of Muti. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have recorded the music for two movies: ""Fantasia 2000"" conducted by James Levine and ""Lincoln (2012 film)"" conducted by John Williams. Selections from the Orchestra and Chorus's recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's ""St Matthew Passion"", conducted by Sir Georg Solti, were used in the movie ""Casino"". The Chicago Symphony first broadcast on the radio in 1925. Though often sporadic, there have been broadcasts ever since. With the 1965-1966 season, Chicago radio station WFMT began regular tape-delayed stereo broadcasts of CSO concerts, running through the 1968-1969"
"its 20th year, and as of at least September 2017 it is the longest-running American musical on Broadway. The revival of ""Chicago"" won numerous Tony Awards, and Reinking won the Tony Award for Best Choreography. She recreated her choreography for the 1997 London transfer of ""Chicago"", which starred Ute Lemper and Ruthie Henshall. In 1998 she co-created, co-directed and co-choreographed the revue ""Fosse"", receiving a Tony Award co-nomination for Best Direction of a Musical. For her work on the West End production of ""Fosse"", Reinking (along with the late Bob Fosse himself) won the 2001 Olivier Award for Best Theatre"
"rated televised Oscar ceremony at the time. The nominees for the 75th Academy Awards were announced on February 11, 2003, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Frank Pierson, president of the Academy, and actress Marisa Tomei. ""Chicago"" received the most nominations with thirteen. It was the eighth film to receive that many nominations. ""Gangs of New York"" came in second with ten. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 23, 2003. ""Chicago"" became the first musical film to win Best Picture since 1968's ""Oliver!"" At age 29, Adrien Brody was the youngest person"
"of Baum's 1900 novel (there is no Wicked Witch or Toto, and there are some new characters), it first played in Chicago in 1902 and was a success on Broadway the following year. It then toured for seven years. The 1939 film adaptation bore a closer resemblance to the storyline of Baum's original novel than most previous versions. It was a strong success, won the Academy Awards for best song and best score, and has been frequently broadcast on television. This was followed, in 1945, by a musical theatre adaptation presented at the St. Louis Municipal Opera (MUNY). The script"
"The musicals ""Cabaret"" and ""Chicago"" have been made into films. The film version of ""Chicago"" won several 2002 Academy Awards, including for best picture, film editing, costume design, art direction and sound. Kander, along with Ebb, also wrote songs for Thornton Wilder's ""The Skin of Our Teeth"", and it was set to premiere in London, but the rights were pulled by Wilder's nephew. He also says that Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, the writers of ""The Fantasticks"", wrote a musical of Wilder's ""Our Town"" and it took them thirteen years to write, only to have the rights pulled as well"
"on the songs of Queen). Live-action film musicals were nearly dead in the 1980s and early 1990s, with exceptions of ""Victor/Victoria"", ""Little Shop of Horrors"" and the 1996 film of ""Evita"". In the new century, Baz Luhrmann began a revival of the film musical with ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001). This was followed by ""Chicago"" (2002); ""Phantom of the Opera"" (2004); ""Dreamgirls"" (2006); ""Hairspray"", ""Enchanted"" and """" (all in 2007); ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008); ""Nine"" (2009); ""Les Misérables"" and ""Pitch Perfect"" (both in 2012), ""Into The Woods"" (2014) and ""La La Land"" (2016), among others. Dr. Seuss's ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" (2000)"
"for which she received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Drama. She also portrayed Roxie Hart in the 2002 musical film ""Chicago"", directed by Rob Marshall and co-starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly. The movie garnered wide critical acclaim and won the Best Picture award at the 75th Academy Awards. Writing for ""The Daily Telegraph"", Tim Robey labeled ""Chicago"" as the ""best screen musical [since 1972's ""Cabaret""]"", and the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" commented, ""Zellweger is a joy to watch, with marvelous comic timing and, in her stage numbers, a commanding presence"". She"
"won five Academy Awards and was nominated for an additional seven, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Joaquin Phoenix and Best Director for Ridley Scott. It was the first movie to win Best Picture without winning either a directing or screenwriting award since ""All the King's Men"" at the 22nd Academy Awards in 1950. In 2003, ""Chicago"" became another Best Picture winner which didn't win an Academy Award in either of these two major categories. Due to Academy rules, only Hans Zimmer was officially nominated for Best Original Score, and not Lisa Gerrard at the time. However, the"
"around the world, and has toured extensively in the United States and United Kingdom. The 2002 film version of the musical won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The musical ""Chicago"" is based on a play of the same name by reporter and playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was assigned to cover the 1924 trials of accused murderers Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner for the ""Chicago Tribune"". In the early 1920s, Chicago's press and public became riveted by the subject of homicides committed by women. Several high-profile cases arose, which generally involved women killing their lovers or husbands. These cases"
"and became the second highest-grossing film of the year in the United States. The film won ten Academy Awards in its eleven nominated categories, including Best Picture. It received the most Academy Awards (10 wins) of any musical film, including Best Picture. Rita Moreno (Anita) was the first Latina actress ever to win an Oscar. The soundtrack album won a Grammy Award and was ranked No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" chart for a record 54 weeks. Differences in the film from the stage version include that ""Tonight"" is moved to follow ""America"", and Bernardo sings a line in ""America"" instead"
"release, a two-disc ""Razzle Dazzle"" Edition was released over two years later on December 20, 2005, and later, on Blu-ray format, in January 2007 and, in an updated release, in May 2011. Miramax was the label responsible for the production of the DVDs and the discs themselves provide a feature-length audio commentary track with director Marshall and screenwriter Condon. There is also a deleted musical number called ""Class"", performed by Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah. Chicago (2002 film) Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy-drama film based on the stage-musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal,"
"did not screen in Los Angeles until 1972. Chaplin had received honorary Academy Awards in 1929 and 1972. ""Cabaret"", Bob Fosse's adaptation of the Broadway stage musical, set a record for the most Oscars won without winning Best Picture. Best Picture winner ""The Godfather"" received only three Academy Awards. This year was the first time that two African American women received nominations for Best Actress. This was also the first year when all the Oscar winners were brought out on stage at the end of the ceremony. Winners are listed first in boldface. The following 15 films received multiple nominations."
"Actress. The film was also nominated for Best Original Music Score for Lennie Hayton. Donald O'Connor won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his portrayal of Cosmo Brown. Betty Comden and Adolph Green received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. ""Singin' in the Rain"" has appeared twice on ""Sight & Sound""s list of the ten best films of all time, in 1982 and 2002. Its position in 1982 was at number 4 on the critics list; on the 2002 critics' list, it was listed as"
"had a crucial role in making ""New Hollywood"" bigger, compared to 20th century. Most of the movies` box office numbers are increased by overseas viewers. The Academy Awards is also considered the most prestigious award within American cinema. In the current century, As of 2018 the Academy has given 17 best picture awards to drama movies and 1 to Chicago (2002 film) which is musical and crime film. Among the winners, the highest grossing movie is with 1.12 billion dollars worldwide. Adventure movies is the number 1 genre for earning the money. ""Avatar"" still stands in the first place since"
"nominees included ""Anastasia"" – 13; ""Hello, Dolly!"" — 10; ""The Band's Visit"" and ""Come from Away"" — 7; ""Groundhog Day"" — 5; ""A Bronx Tale"" — 4; ""Falsettos"", ""Holiday Inn"", and ""Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"" — 3; and ""Miss Saigon"", ""Sunset Boulevard"" — 1. Multiple winners: ""Come from Away"" and ""Hello, Dolly!"" – 4; ""The Band's Visit"" and ""Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"" – 2. The Outstanding New Broadway Musical was ""Come from Away"", and the Outstanding New Broadway Play was ""Oslo""; Outstanding Revival of a Play was ""Jitney"" and Outstanding Revival of"
"was then broken by ""Mamma Mia!"". ""Chicago"" along with an earlier musical ""Moulin Rouge!"" and the hip hop centred film ""8 Mile"", is widely considered to be responsible for the re-emergence of the musical film genre in the 21st century. Following the success of ""Chicago"" many musical films have been released in cinemas including ""Phantom of the Opera"", ""The Producers"", ""Rent"", ""Dreamgirls"" (also written and directed by Bill Condon), ""Hairspray"" (also starring Queen Latifah), ""Enchanted"", """" (also featuring costumes by Coleen Atwood), ""Mamma Mia!"" (also starring Christine Baranski), ""Nine"" (also directed by Rob Marshall), ""Les Misérables"", ""Rock of Ages"" (also"
"Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) listed ""The Sound of Music"" as the fifty-fifth greatest American movie of all time, and the fourth greatest movie musical. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". In 1938, Maria is"
"are in the top 10 inflation-adjusted commercially successful films ever made, and both would appear 33 years later on the American Film Institute list of the greatest American films of the twentieth century. ""The Sound of Music"" was the first Best Picture winner without a screenwriting nomination since ""Hamlet""; it would be the last until ""Titanic"" at the 70th Academy Awards. ""Othello"" became the third film (of four to date) to receive four acting nominations without one for Best Picture. Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, attended the Academy Awards presentation and was escorted by actor George"
"film version of ""Oklahoma!"", they also ran over two hours, followed the stage originals quite closely and retained most of their songs. ""South Pacific"" (1958), as well as most other stage-to-film musical adaptations that came after it, did have an intermission and was also quite long, as was ""The Sound of Music"" (1965). The trend of ""roadshow"" stage-to-film musicals lasted into the early 1970s, the last of them being the film versions of ""Fiddler on the Roof"" (1971) and ""Man of La Mancha"" (1972). The film won two Academy Awards and was nominated for two others. The wins came in"
"2002 for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical An award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the mainly English-language music industry, held since 1959. Luhrmann has been specifically been nominated twice, with additional accolades for songs on the albums he has produced for his films, including wins for Lady Marmalade at 2002's Grammy's (Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals), as well as nominations for Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey song) for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media the 2014 Grammy's. The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more"
"theater and music. ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. ★ Josh Hutcherson - """" - Columbia Pictures ★ Dakota Fanning - ""Dreamer"" - DreamWorks ★ Ridge Canipe - ""Walk the Line"" - Universal Pictures ★ Suzuka Ohgo - ""Memoirs of a Geisha"" - Columbia Pictures ★ - ""The Legend of Zorro"" - Columbia Pictures ★ Georgie Henley - """" - Walt Disney Pictures ★ ""Bad News Bears"" - Paramount ★ (tie) (Brazil) - ""2 Filhos de Francisco"" - Globo Films<br> ★ (tie) (Brazil) - ""2 Filhos de Francisco"" - Globo Films ★ - """" - Fresh Face Pictures"
"2002, he shared these awards with Ralph Burns for the original Broadway production of ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"", starring Sutton Foster. Burns had died in November 2001 and Besterman accepted the awards. In his acceptance speech at the 2002 Tony Awards, Besterman was quoted as saying, ""I'm sad to be here without him."" In 2001, Besterman orchestrated Rodgers and Hammerstein's score in the TV movie ""South Pacific"". In 2002 he served as orchestrator for the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of ""Chicago"". Besterman also arranged music for the 2003 film ""Piglet's Big Movie"". In 2004, Besterman orchestrated music for the original productions"
"Johnny Burnette in 1960 and then with Ringo Starr fourteen years later. Other top-ten hits include, ""Pineapple Princess"", ""Let's Get Together"" and more. In 2000, the Sherman Brothers wrote the song score for Disney's blockbuster film: ""The Tigger Movie"" (2000). This film marked the brothers' first major motion picture for the Disney company in over 28 years. In 2002 the stage musical ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" premiered in London. It was the most successful stage show ever produced at the London Palladium, boasting the longest run in that century-old theatre's history. In early 2005 a second Chitty company premiered on"
"of 7.8/10; the critics' consensus reads: ""It has aged somewhat awkwardly, but the performances are inspired, the songs are memorable, and the film is undeniably influential."" The Academy Film Archive preserved ""Oliver!"" in 1998. ""Oliver!"" was the last G-rated film to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was the last movie musical to win the award until ""Chicago"" thirty-four years later, though others have been nominated such as ""Hello, Dolly!"", ""Fiddler on the Roof"", ""Cabaret"", ""All That Jazz"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", and ""Moulin Rouge!"". ""Oliver!"" also had the distinction of being the last British film to win"
"but made a return in 2009 and retired again. It returned in 2012 renamed as Best Music and retired again before reappearing as Best Musical Sequence before changing in 2017 to its current name. In 1996, ""Batman Forever"" and ""Waiting to Exhale"" each had two songs nominated in this category, with the latter winning for ""Sittin' Up In My Room"". Bryan Adams, Bush and Whitney Houston have each won the Best Song honor from two nominations. Eric Clapton had received three nominations, and Boyz II Men, Céline Dion, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Sting have each been nominated twice. MTV Movie"
"began running across the U.S. in October 2017. It features new scenic design, costumes & choreography. The Wizard of Oz (1987 musical) The Wizard of Oz is a musical with a book by John Kane, music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It has additional background music by Herbert Stothart. It is based on the novel ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film version written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Successful musicals based on the Baum novel were created in 1902 (for Broadway) and 1945 (for St. Louis"
"in history and becoming one of the few musicals to win in every category for which it was nominated – it received two nominations for leading actor and three for featured actor. Its record for most nominations was tied in 2009 by ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" and broken in 2016 when ""Hamilton"" received 16 nominations, but its record number of wins still stands, as of 2018. ""Hamilton"" is second, with 11 wins. The Producers (musical) The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks"
"Actor in a Musical for James Naughton, Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Ken Billington, Best Director of a Musical for Walter Bobbie and Best Choreography for Ann Reinking. ""Chicago: The Musical"" has run for more than 8,000 performances and holds the record for longest-running musical revival on Broadway. Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton, and Joel Grey returned for cameos appearances during the record breaking performance. The cast recording of the revival was released on January 28, 1997 on RCA Victor. The cast recording won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Among the many other"