Sweet Charity (film)
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| Directed by | Bob Fosse |
| Produced by | Robert Arthur |
| Screenplay by | Peter Stone |
| Story by | Neil Simon (book for musical) |
| Based on | Le Notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) |
| Starring | Shirley MacLaine |
| Music by |
Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields |
| Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
| Edited by | Stuart Gilmore |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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149 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $8,000,000 |
Sweet Charity, full title of which is Sweet Charity: The Adventures of a Girl Who Wanted to Be Loved, is a 1969 American musical film directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, written by Neil Simon, and with music by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields.
It stars Shirley MacLaine and features John McMartin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ricardo Montalban, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly and Stubby Kaye. It is based on the 1966 stage musical of the same name – which Fosse had also directed and choreographed – which in turn is based on Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli's screenplay for Fellini's film Le Notti di Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria). However, where Fellini's black-and-white film concerns the romantic ups-and-downs of an ever-hopeful prostitute, the musical makes the central character a dancer-for-hire at a Times Square dance-hall.
The film is notable for its costumes by Edith Head and its dance sequences, notably "Rich Man's Frug".
Charity Hope Valentine (Shirley MacLaine) works as a taxi dancer along with her friends, Nickie (Chita Rivera) and Helene (Paula Kelly). She longs for love, but has bad luck with men, being robbed and pushed off Bow Bridge in Central Park by one ex-boyfriend. She has another humiliating encounter with Vittorio Vitale (Ricardo Montalban), a movie star.
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