Chicago (film musical)

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Chicago (film musical) is a 2002 Oscar-winning film adaptation of the Broadway musical, known for its jazz-age setting, stylized musical numbers, and satirical take on celebrity and crime.

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instanceOf crime comedy-drama film
film adaptation
musical film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Sound
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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surface form: Chicago (musical)
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide over $300 million
castMember Christine Baranski
John C. Reilly
Queen Latifah
Taye Diggs
character Amos Hart
Billy Flynn
Matron "Mama" Morton
Roxie Hart
Velma Kelly
cinematographyBy Dion Beebe
composer Danny Elfman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Rob Marshall
distributedBy Miramax Films
editedBy Martin Walsh
filmingLocation Los Angeles
Toronto
genre comedy-drama
crime
musical
leadActor Catherine Zeta-Jones
Renée Zellweger
Richard Gere
lyricsBy Fred Ebb
MPAARating PG-13
musicBy John Kander
narrativeTheme crime and media sensationalism
satire of celebrity culture
notableFor revival of the movie musical genre in the 2000s
stylized musical numbers framed as stage performances
notableSong All That Jazz
Cell Block Tango
Razzle Dazzle
originalLanguage English
producer Martin Richards
productionCompany Kander & Ebb Productions
Miramax Films
releaseDate 2002-12-27
releaseYear 2002
runtimeMinutes 113
screenwriter Bill Condon
settingPeriod Roaring Twenties
surface form: Jazz Age
settingPlace Chicago
title Chicago

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Renée Zellweger notableWork Chicago (film musical)
Jerry Orbach performedIn Chicago (film musical)
this entity surface form: Chicago (Broadway musical)
John DeLuca notableWork Chicago (film musical)
this entity surface form: Chicago (stage musical to film adaptation)
Chicago (film musical) basedOn Chicago (film musical) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Chicago (film)
this entity surface form: Chicago (musical)
Martin Richards notableWork Chicago (film musical)
this entity surface form: Chicago (musical, film adaptation producer)
Chicago (2002 film) basedOn Chicago (film musical)
this entity surface form: Chicago (musical)
Chicago (1926 play) hasAdaptation Chicago (film musical)
this entity surface form: Chicago (musical)