Funny Girl (1968)

In FUNNY GIRL, the highly fictionalized musical biopic, Barbara Streisand makes her film debut in a reprisal of her Broadway role as Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice. Brice, a poor Jewish girl from New York's Lower East Side, rose to fame and won audience's hearts everywhere with her comic antics and powerful singing. Unfortunately, she had far less success in her personal life, and the film focuses on her doomed romance with her first husband, gambler Nicky Arnstein.

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"Hello, gorgeous!" was Barbra Streisand's first comment to the Oscar statuette which she won for her performance in this biopic of entertainer Fanny Brice. This is also her first line in the film itself, the catalyst for a movie-long flashback. Repeating her Broadway role, Streisand stars as legendary comedienne Brice (1891-1951), whose life until the mid-1920s is romanticized herein. A gawky New Yawker, Brice fast-talks her way into show business, certain that she's destined to be "The Greatest Star." Hired as a "dramatic" singer by impresario Flo Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon), Brice defies orders to play it straigh...
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t, turning a "Beautiful Bride" tableau into a laugh riot by dressing herself up as an extremely pregnant newlywed. The stratagem turns Brice into an overnight star and the toast of Broadway. But all is not roses for Brice, especially in her turbulent private life as the wife of big-time gambler Nicky Arnstein (Omar Sharif). Nicky at first finds it amusing to be referred to as "Mr. Brice," but he begins to resent his wife's fame and fortune and starts taking foolish risks with other people's money. The film was nominated for 8 Oscars, including Best Picture and Kay Medford for her portrayal of Brice's mother, Rose. Funny Girl was produced by Ray Stark, Brice's real-life son-in-law, who had enough material left over for a sequel, 1975's Funny Lady.
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In het begin van haar loopbaan is alleen Fanny's moeder ervan overtuigd dat haar dochter Fanny Brice het als comediènne gaat maken in de showbusiness. Op een dag krijgt ze de kans om op te treden in Keeney's Music Hall. Fanny's hilarische debuut als een showballetmeisje op rollerskates zorgt ervoor dat ze een contract krijgt als comediènne. Een jaar later staat ze onder contract bij Florenz Ziegfeld in zijn wereldvermaarde Follies. Ze groeit uit tot een ster, wordt verliefd op de aantrekkelijke beroepsgokker Nick Arnstein en trouwt met hem. Het geluk is echter niet met Nick en hij raakt betrokken bij een duistere...
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deal. Uiteindelijk wordt hij veroordeeld tot anderhalf jaar gevangenisstraf, maar Fanny weigert zich van hem te laten scheiden, ondanks de negatieve publiciteit rond het schandaal.
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