“A Chorus Line”
1985
One of the greatest musicals ever written, “A Chorus Line” was bound to fail as a movie because it’s eminently theatrical in its subject matter and execution. But it didn’t have to be this bad! The show is about an array of show biz hopefuls pouring out their souls in an attempt to land a place in a Broadway chorus line, but here, the best song was scuttled, the roles were unevenly cast, and you didn’t care who got the parts as long as you got the 8:15 train out of there. Whoever thought “Let’s get Sir Richard Attenborough to direct! A ‘Gandhi’ feel would be great” deserves a part in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
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