Funny Lady (1975)
Director:
Herbert Ross
Tagline:
« Streisand & Caan – How Lucky Can You Get! »
Actors:
Fanny Brice
Billy Rose
Nick Arnstein
Bobby
Bert Robbins
Rating:
(6’219 votes)
(6’219 votes)
Quotes:
« Fanny Brice: [at her first meeting Billy Rose] If we hate the same people and you get your suit cleaned, it's a match.
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« Billy Rose: [referring to having borrowed money from the mob to finance his show] They're gonna build me into the West Side Highway.
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« Fanny Brice: That's the only good news I've heard tonight.
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« Billy Rose: I'm not kidding.
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« Fanny Brice: Neither am I.
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Trailer:
Trailer
Runtime:136 minutes
Plots:
Story of singer Fanny Brice’s stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
The continuing story of Fanny Brice following that depicted in Funny Girl (1968) is presented. An established star on Broadway as a headliner for the Ziegfeld Follies, Fanny and the rest of the world are hitting difficult times entering into the 1930s. Her marriage to Nicky Arnstein, who she still loves is ending in divorce, and even Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is having trouble coming up with money to continue to produce the Follies. Along comes brash nightclub owner, song lyricist and wannabe impresario Billy Rose, who says he can raise the money and has the material to produce his own revue, which he wants to star Fanny. Fanny is both attracted to and repelled by Billy because of his chutzpah, his stubbornness and knowing that underneath his outer veneer is the soul of a true hustler… much like she was when she was first starting out and much like she still is now. Through their professional trials and tribulations, they slowly start to fall for each other. But Fanny admits that Nicky is still never far from her mind…
Official website:
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