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Chicago (Blu-ray)

"Winner of 6 Academy Awards, Including Best Picture."

Winner of six Academy Awards (2003) including Best Picture, and starring Academy Award nominee (Best Actress, Chicago) and Golden Globe winner (Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, Chicago) Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary), Academy Award winner (Best Supporting Actress, Chicago) Catherine Zeta-Jones (Traffic), Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actress, Chicago) Queen Latifah (Bringing Down the House), Golden Globe winner (Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, Chicago) Richard Gere (Unfaithful), and Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actor, Chicago) John C. Reilly (Gangs of New York) -- Chicago is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago, there's only room for one legend! Also starring Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels).

"...uniformly splendid, right down to Gere's tap dancing."  Bill Gallo, Dallas Observer
"Queen Latifah is sensational!"  Dallas Morning News
"...eye-popping color, bold personality and snazzy tunes...a breathtaking experience."  Kim Morgan, Portland Oregonian
"...the zingiest, most inventive movie of its kind since "Cabaret.""  Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
"The best picture of the year!"  USA Today

Editor's Note

This Hollywood adaptation of the classic Broadway musical sparkles with glamour and reverberates with the energy of good, old-fashioned song and dance. As the film leaps into its first riveting act, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), one half of the famous number she performs with her sister, arrives at the night club late, disheveled, and with blood on her hands. Nonetheless, she goes onstage unhindered and wows the crowd with her shimmying rendition of "All That Jazz." Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) a young blond who dreams of someday being famous like Velma, watches from the audience with eyes full of envy. Later, as the cops pick up Velma for the murder of her sister, sending her fame to all-time heights as she becomes a tabloid sensation, Roxie also commits a crime of passion--shooting a lover who falsely promised to secure her cabaret debut. The girls wind up together in jail, where Mama Morton (Queen Latifah), a compassionate guard, is their only hope of redemption; and Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) is the lawyer who can get them out. There, through wonderfully familiar songs like "Razzle Dazzle," "Cell-Block Tango," and "Cellophane Man" Roxie and Velma tell their story of competing for bad-girl celebrity.

Director Rob Marshall presents a loveable CHICAGO that shares all the grit and grime of the Bob Fosse Broadway original with phenomenal performances by this grouping of Hollywood stars. The dizzying camerawork and dazzling sets make an easy transition from stage to film.

Features

	Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
	Interactive Menus
	Scene Selection
	This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture And Sound

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Buena Vista
	Release Date: 11/21/2006
	Running Time: 113 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2002
	Catalog ID: 5353203
	UPC: 00786936725575
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Dubbed
	Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Widescreen 1.85:1

Cast & Crew

	Catherine Zeta-Jones
	Christine Baranski
	John C. Reilly
	Lucy Liu
	Queen Latifah
	Renee Zellweger
	Richard Gere
	Taye Diggs
	Andrew M. Stearn - Art Director
	Bill Condon - Screenplay
	Dion Beebe - Cinematographer
	Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer
	Martin Richards - Producer
	Martin Walsh - Editor
	Maurine Dallas Watkins - Based On Play By
	Perry Cavari, et. al. - Original Music By
	Rob Marshall - Director

Awards


Winner (2003)
	Golden Globe, Chicago, Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
	Golden Globe, Richard Gere, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
	Golden Globe, Renee Zellweger, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
	Oscar, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Best Actress in a Supporting Role
	Oscar, Martin Richards, Best Picture
	Oscar, John Myhre, Gordon Sim, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
	Oscar, Colleen Atwood, Best Costume Design
	Oscar, Martin Walsh, Best Editing
	Oscar, Michael Minkler, et. al., Best Sound