DramaMusic

A Chorus Line

- One singular sensation!

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.

Release Date : 1985-12-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Polygram PicturesEmbassy Films AssociatesColumbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Zach

Original Name : Michael Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cassie

Original Name : Alyson Reed

Gender : Female

Character Name : Larry

Original Name : Terrence Mann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richie Walters

Original Name : Gregg Burge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheila Bryant

Original Name : Vicki Frederick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Beatrice Ann 'Bebe' Benson

Original Name : Michelle Johnston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Val Clarke

Original Name : Audrey Landers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judy Monroe

Original Name : Janet Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maggie Winslow

Original Name : Pam Klinger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul San Marco

Original Name : Cameron English

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diana Morales

Original Name : Yamil Borges

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kristine Evelyn Erlich-DeLuca

Original Name : Nicole Fosse

Gender : Female

Character Name : Al DeLuca

Original Name : Tony Fields

Gender : Male

Character Name : Greg Gardner

Original Name : Justin Ross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Connie Wong

Original Name : Jan Gan Boyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kim

Original Name : Sharon Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Khandi Alexander

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bobby Mills III

Original Name : Matt West

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Cass

Original Name : Charles McGowan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer with Gum

Original Name : Peter Fitzgerald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mark Tobori

Original Name : Michael Blevins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Don

Original Name : Blane Savage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robbie

Original Name : Pat McNamara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorman

Original Name : Sammy Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy with Headband

Original Name : Timothy Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Yellow Trunks

Original Name : Bambi Jordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Mansoor Najee-Ullah

Gender : Male

Character Name : Advertising Executive

Original Name : John Hammil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Posterman

Original Name : Jack Lehnert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taxi Passenger

Original Name : Gloria Lynch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Misfit Boy Dancer

Original Name : Gregg Huffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Eric Aaron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Jeff Adkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : David Askler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : AnneMarie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Michele Assaf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Bryant Baldwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Buddy Balou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Carol Baxter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Tina Bellis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Ida Broughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Robin Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Anna Bruno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Brian Bullard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Cheryl Burr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Bill Bushnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Sergio Cal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reject Dancer

Original Name : Cole Carpenter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Joe Anthony Cavise

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Linda Cholodenko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Cheryl Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Christine Colby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Alex Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Anne Connors

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Leslie Cook

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Jeffrey Cornell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Alicia Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Frank Cruz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Roxann Dawson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reject Dancer

Original Name : Richard DeFabees

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Eldo Ray Estes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Sandra Gray

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Niki Haris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Reed Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reject Dancer

Original Name : Jennifer Kent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Barbara Lavorato

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Felix Montano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Alan Onickel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Scott Plank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reject Dancer

Original Name : Karen Prunczik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Rhett Pyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reject Dancer

Original Name : Melissa Randel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Elissa Rosati

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Leslie Stevens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Mary Ellen Stuart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Scott Wise

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Kim Smith Yandow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Barbara Yeager

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Yvonne Farrow

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Monique Mannen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : Keith Nisonoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : John DeLuca

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Michael Scott Gregory

Gender : Male

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

For what it is--a slice-of-life of a group of people, trying to make the big-time and at least be able to say that they were on Broadway--it's a fine work. I admit I haven't seen the stage play--which many sources say is far superior to this filmic adaptation. I'm rather surprised that: a) Michael Douglas gets star status here, or is even involved. He doesn't dance here. The film would have worked so much better if it showed his character showing some dance moves and getting across to the dancers what he wanted. Both his character would have connected better with the dancers, and he would have connected better with filmgoers; and b) that Lord Richard Attenborough got involved with this: It's definitely not his forte or cup of tea. Perhaps he wanted to expand his directorial palette, or that some of his influences were masters of the genre, such as Lubitsch or Minnelli. Personally, I wish I knew, for he has done much better work in his career. Overall, not one of the better of contemporary (post-1970) musicals, but worth seeing once, if renting or seeing that it's coming on TV. Not a top purchase priority, unless you are a Douglas or Attenborough completest, and then prepare to be disappointed.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-21

Were it not for Marvin Hamlisch's "Surprise, Surprise" then I think this film would be even more forgettable than it actually is. Michael Douglas is the hard-to-please Broadway director "Zach" who is casting the dance ensemble for his latest production. Aided by his sidekick "Larry" (Terrence Mann) he pits the would-be's through their paces with rigorous routines and some rather invasive questioning about their lives, families and peccadilloes. I did see this on stage and felt it a rather flat and introspective of an industry that should usually keep it's casting practices under wraps. Here, Richard Attenborough attempts to lay these bare for the big screen and ends up with a rather dull, processional series of footwork demonstrations and sob-stories that are pretty wearisome to endure after a repetitive first half an hour. Alyson Reed clutters the thing up further as the down-on-her-luck "Cassie" who is looking for favours from a man who seems pretty impervious to many of the decent aspects of human nature. The stage setting is too sterile to engage for long, and the characterisations fit just about every stereotype in the book as these youngsters vie for this latest opportunity to shine (and eat!). I didn't hate this, but it's really a rather disappointing foray into the potentially fascinating world of who wins and who doesn't in this highly competitive and fickle environment!