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When this movie came out, I saw it every day for two weeks. I thought — still think — it’s one of the best movies ever made.
I usually went with a friend. I went twice with my mother, but sometimes I went alone. We have a copy on DVD and it gives me shivers.
Who knew that more than 40 years later, the movie would feel relevant in my country?
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SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
Oh! It’s been decades, literally! Thanks so much for reminding me how truly amazing this movie was.
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I think it more or less swept the Oscars that year. I’d have to check but it was a really big deal.
The film earned a total of eight Academy Awards in the 45th Academy Awards:
Best Director (Bob Fosse)
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Liza Minnelli)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joel Grey)
Best Cinematography (Geoffrey Unsworth)
Best Film Editing (David Bretherton)
Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score (Ralph Burns)
Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Rolf Zehetbauer and Hans Jürgen Kiebach; Set Decoration: Herbert Strabel)
Best Sound (Robert Knudson and David Hildyard)
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Yes, I remember that as well. More than the awards though, I think it captured the imagination of everyone who saw it, or heard the songs. Truly one of a kind.
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The performances were amazing, too.
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They were.:)
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I never saw the movie. Perhaps it’s time that changed.
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“Cabaret” is still very powerful and relevant. I’m always bowled over by the “Tomorrow Belongs To Me” number.
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It’s brilliant. In my list of favorite movies, this is in the top five. And it will give you the chills. It isn’t supposed to BE relevant.
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Amazing how that opening line cues the entire song–still humming after all these years. I think I only saw it 3 times.
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I saw it first as a play, and when, at the closing, a bout twelve Nazis in full uniform walked to the front of the stage, I got goosebumps and a real fear that, “My God, they’re here!” It was a frightening experience. Even more so now because they are here.
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OMG – Patricia! That IS frightening!
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Fritz Wepper, a German TV actor was in the film playing a boyfriend of Lisa Minelli. He is a lot older now, but still appears on TV. We thought it might have been his big chance to become internationally known, but it remained as a single appearance
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Still, if he had to appear in ONE movie, THAT was THE move. I don’t think there has ever been a more beautiful and terrifying movie — with fantastic music.
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The fascists never went away. they just changed the colour of their shirts.
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i would have argued with you, but I can’t. I never understood them in the first place and now? No sense at all.
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It still amazes me that it hasn’t been a one-way trip during my lifetime. I naively thought that everyone was on a road to evolution in all ways including wisdom and compassion, and it stuns me that it isn’t like that–
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Me too. I can’t believe that we are fighting the same battle — AGAIN. Does it never end? Can we ever stop fighting the same things over and over?
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It was a good one…
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If you have access to the movie, it’s worth watching. It is a powerful story — with great music.
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I have seen it long ago…
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I think we saw it relatively recently on Netflix. It was still as good as it was when it came out.
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an oldie but a goodie….
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