LAST SHOWN 06/23/2024

Sweet Charity

‘It’s Showtime at the AC!’
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DIRECTOR
Bob Fosse
FORMAT
DCP
RUNTIME
2h 33m
RATING
G
CAST
Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban
SYNOPSIS
Shirley MacLaine gives one of her most winning performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon’s smash Broadway hit. Director and ever-innovative choreographer Bob Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually dazzling story of a lovelorn New York City dance-hall hostess, Charity Hope Valentine, who dreams of old-fashioned romance but gives her heart to one undeserving man after another.
CAST
Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban
SYNOPSIS
Shirley MacLaine gives one of her most winning performances in this spectacular musical based on Neil Simon’s smash Broadway hit. Director and ever-innovative choreographer Bob Fosse broke new cinematic ground with this freewheeling, visually dazzling story of a lovelorn New York City dance-hall hostess, Charity Hope Valentine, who dreams of old-fashioned romance but gives her heart to one undeserving man after another.
This film is a presentation of the American Cinematheque. Tickets for this (or any other) American Cinematheque screenings at the Egyptian are only available through their site, here.
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AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTS 'IT'S SHOWTIME AT THE AC!'
ALL THAT JAZZ, CABARET, THE SOUND OF MUSIC in 70mm, HELLO, DOLLY! in 70mm, ANNIE in 70mm, SWEET CHARITY
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