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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0758445116120
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Showtime Entertainment
Manufacturer: Showtime Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Showtime Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 04, 2006
Running Time: 55 minutes
Sales Rank: 11787
Studio: Showtime Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1972
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Shot in 1972 for a TV special this Liza Minnelli concert shows her at the peak of her career. A medley from CABARET is among the songs and Minnelli demonstrates her impressive vocal prowess throughout.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: NR UPC: 758445116120 Manufacturer No: SHO1161D
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The DVD Holy Grail for Liza Minnelli fans finally surfaces after 30-some years: Liza with a "Z", a splashy TV special from 1972. And wow, is it ever a product of its era. Minnelli and director-choreographer Bob Fosse were at the top of their popularity in 1972, having just made Cabaret, the blockbuster musical for which both won Oscars. Liza with a "Z" places the still-coltish Minnelli on the stage of the Lyceum Theater, in a one-night-only performance covered by Fosse's eight cameras. Songs by Cabaret composers John Kander and Fred Ebb provide a spine for the show, including a breathless rendition of "Ring Them Bells" and the tongue-twisting "Say Liza (Liza with a 'Z')," a goofball number that sounds more like one of Danny Kaye's patter songs than a tune for Liza Minnelli.
Liza treats each song as an emotional Mount Everest, never holding back a thing, and the result is a psychodrama played out in the klieg lights. (The outrageous costumes by Halston don't hold back a thing, either; Studio 54, here we come!) Memories of the all-or-nothing style of her mother, Judy Garland, are already heavy in the air by the time Minnelli reaches "My Mammy," and workouts on "God Bless the Child" and "Son of a Preacher Man" confirm the singer's approach.
As for Fosse's choreography, there are signature moves aplenty--his dancing so frequently suggested a choreographer lusting for actual sex to break out on stage. "Bye Bye Blackbird" gives Minnelli and her backup dancers a chance to stretch out in an echt-Fosse feast of bowler hats and white gloves. The bell-and-booty shaking in "Ring Them Bells" and the loony tuxedo-clad cowpokes in "I Gotcha" hint that Fosse was in the midst of a manic phase. Speaking of which, Minnelli tackling Joe Tex's "I Gotcha" is one of those jaw-dropping mismatches that she salvages only through dint of daft commitment. No quarreling with the Cabaret medley; say want you want about Liza, she owns those songs. Minnelli and Fosse won Emmys for the show. The restoration of the original materials looks about as good as can be expected, with the spirit of a glitzy seventies TV variety special quite intact. --Robert Horton
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Wow. What a disappointment.
I watched this earlier tonight on "Great Performances". Perhaps it was an edited version?
Most important criticism: Um, this whole thing was lip-synced??? How come no one who talks about how great it is, ever mentions this??? When people talk about Britney Spears they say she does the same thing and she gets flack for it ... (yes, probably the only time the two will ever be compared ...).
Liza does half the concert away from her ... Read More
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Perhaps one of the greatest TV specials ever done. All Fosse, all Liza. It has the charm, the innovation and that 70's taste that put on stage some of the good cliches that signed many shows. Filled with extras specially designed for Liza's fans or newcommer fans. Don't missed it. This was a classical lost do not loose it again buy it.
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This is the best put together DVD of a television special I have ever seen. Perfect digital transfer with amazing audio, "Liza with a Z" is spectacular! The DVD comes with a slew of bonus features including some great interviews with Liza Minnelli. The special looks like it was filmed yesterday. In one word AMAZING! The packaging of the disc is also great. A wonderful job by Liza's company.
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If you love musicals, or Broadway, or Liza Minnelli, or Bob Fosse, you need this DVD. It's a terrifically remastered production of the original "Liza with a 'Z'" television special that captivated audiences, and has been out of circulation for some time. (Amazingly, Liza herself owned the rights to the original program, and had superb expert help in bringing it out of the vault).
This DVD captures Liza Minnelli at the height of her career and prodigious talent. Coming off her Oscar for ... Read More
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Is there anything better than an Amazon package arriving from the USA containing a magnificently put together DVD with really interesting extra's ? I think not.
When ever I think about this live to air concert from the glorious seventies, I am in awe of the preparedness of all concerned (Liza, Fosse, and a great team of dancers) to take such a risk, and I'm in even greater awe that they pulled it off so brilliantly.
This was the Liza Minnelli we lucky baby boomers remember so clearly ... Read More
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