Funny Girl

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film musical film romantic drama film

Funny Girl is a 1968 musical romantic drama film starring Barbra Streisand as comedian Fanny Brice, noted for its hit songs and Streisand’s Oscar-winning performance.

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Funny Girl (1968 film) 2
Funny Girl (1964 Broadway musical role) 1
Funny Girl (1964 stage musical) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
academyAwardsNominations 8 ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Barbra Streisand ⓘ
basedOn Funny Girl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Funny Girl (1964 stage musical)

the life of Fanny Brice ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance major commercial success ⓘ
character Fanny Brice ⓘ
Nicky Arnstein ⓘ
cinematography Harry Stradling Sr. ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director William Wyler ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion theatrical release in the United States ⓘ
editedBy William H. Ziegler NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingProcess shot in 35 mm Panavision ⓘ
genre musical ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
leadPerformanceRecognizedAs one of Barbra Streisand’s signature roles ⓘ
lyricsBy Bob Merrill ⓘ
musicBy Jule Styne ⓘ
narrativeFocus career and personal life of Fanny Brice ⓘ
notableFor Barbra Streisand’s feature film debut in a leading role ⓘ
adaptation of the Broadway musical Funny Girl ⓘ
notableSong Don’t Rain on My Parade ⓘ
I’m the Greatest Star ⓘ
My Man ⓘ
People ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarWinningPerformance Fanny Brice ⓘ
surface form: Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice
producer Ray Stark ⓘ
productionCompany Rastar Productions ⓘ
releaseDate September 19, 1968 ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 151 ⓘ
screenwriter Isobel Lennart ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
starring Anne Francis ⓘ
Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Kay Medford ⓘ
Omar Sharif ⓘ
Walter Pidgeon ⓘ
subjectMatter romantic relationship between Fanny Brice and Nicky Arnstein ⓘ
show business and vaudeville ⓘ

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Omar Sharif → notableWork → Funny Girl ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Funny Girl (stage musical)
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this entity surface form: Funny Girl (1968 film)