When John Ford screened his final cut for Republic's top brass they liked it, but it was 129 minutes long--they reminded him that the studio would not release a film over 120 minutes, claiming that audiences could not or would not sit in a theater for over two hours. Ford staunchly objected, claiming he already cut out "all the fat" and there was nothing left to cut. They stood their ground and sent him back to cut nine minutes. Ford did his best to contain his ire as he collected his film and fumed out the door. As the story goes, a few days later he called the brass and informed them "the final print" was ready for screening. When the last man took his seat Ford signaled the projectionist to dim the lights and run it. Then, at exactly 120 minutes, right in the middle of the climactic fight, the screen goes white and the house lights came up. There followed a deafening silence. Ford said something like, "As you can plainly see, there is nothing left to cut out. So, I give you 'The Quiet Man' at exactly 120 minutes! Now, you're begging me for the last nine minutes! Do you honestly think the audience will be any different?' He got his extra nine minutes.
Cabaret - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Some people assert the Emcee is a personification of Bob Fosse himself. Though the Emcee is bisexual, Fosse was straight behind the scenes and his heterosexual promiscuity was satirized in the semi-autobiographical All That Jazz (1979) starring Roy Scheider. But Fosse admitted to being attracted to men in interviews; he just never acted on it. Joel Grey, on the other hand, came out as gay in his memoir. He was also briefly married and fathered a child, Jennifer Grey, who starred in Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
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Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey would have major roles in adaptations of The Wizard of Oz. Liza Minnelli (whose mother Judy Garland played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939)) played Dorothy in the animated film Journey Back to Oz (1972). While Joel Grey played the wizard in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) as well as the Broadway musical adaptation of Wicked.
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In a 1972 interview with Dick Cavett, Liza Minnelli said that she learned Sally Bowles was a real person, so she put personal ads in newspapers in a futile attempt to meet her. Presumably Minnelli was unaware at the time that Sally Bowles wasn't her real name as the character was based on Jean Ross.
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There is continued speculation about the identity of the singer of "Tomorrow Belongs to Me." Bob Fosse's biography states that the song was recorded for the film by Broadway actor-singer called Mark Lambert. This actor is said to have refused to bleach his hair blond so a German extra (the "Nazi youth") stood in for him on camera.
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Cabaret - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Cabaret - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Cabaret - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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