Funny Girl

Image Not Available Director: Herbert Ross, William Wyler Dvd Release: 4th March, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Box set, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Funny Girl is a 1964 semi-biographical musical that tells the story of Broadway star Fanny Brice. It featured a book by Isobel Lennart, music by Jule Styne & lyrics by Bob Merrill. The original production starred Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford, Danny Meehan & Jean Stapleton & was presented by Brices son-in-law, Ray Stark. The original production was nominated for eight Tony Awards, but won none. The film version, released in 1968, starred Streisand & Medford, Omar Sharif, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon & Mae Questel. The movie was directed by William Wyler. Streisand won the Academy Award for Best Actress ; the film was also nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song, Best Picture & Best Sound. A sequel to the film version of Funny Girl followed in 1975 ; it was named Funny Lady. Posters Of Funny Girl

Herbert Ross, also known as Herb Ross, was a prolific film director, producer, choreographer & actor from the 1950s to the 1990s. In 1942 he had his stage debut as Third Witch with a touring company of Macbeth. In 1950 his choreography career began, with the American Ballet Theatre. His first film as a choreographer was in 1954 with Carmen Jones. In 1968 he worked with Barbara Streisand as choreographer & director of musical numbers for the film Funny Girl. In 1975 he worked on the film adaptation of the Neil Simon play The Sunshine Boys, the first of several Neil Simon play adaptations he directed. He had a huge hit with the film adaptation of Robert Harling s play Steel Magnolias, featuring Sally Field, Dolly Parton & Shirley MacLaine, in 1989. His last film was in 1995, when he produced & directed Boys on the Side, with performances from Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker & Drew Barrymore. Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, 1977 - The Turning Point. Golden Globe Award for Best Director, 1978 - The Turning Point. Posters Of Steel Magnolias

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William Wyler was a gallant & award-winning motion picture director. He was born in Mulhouse, France, the nephew of Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Pictures. His family connections served him in good stead, as he became the youngest director on the Universal lot in 1925. He soon proved himself as an able craftsman & in the early 1930s, became one of Universals greatest assets, directing such solid films as The Love Trap, Hells Heroes & Tom Brown of Culver. He later signed with Samuel Goldwyn & directed such quality films as These Three, Come & Get It, Dodsworth, Dead End, Jezebel, Wuthering Heights, The Letter, The Westerner & The Little Foxes. Between 1942 & 1945, Wyler served as a major in the US Army Air Corps & directed a pair of documentaries, The Memphis Belle & the Academy Award winning The Fighting Lady. He also directed two key films which first captured the mood of the nation as it prepared for battle and, four years later, peace. Mrs. Posters Of Roman Holiday

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