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Funny Girl is a 1968 American romantic comedy and musical film directed by William Wyler. The cast includes Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, and Anne Francis. The screenplay was written by Isobel Lennart, with music composed by Jule Styne. Produced by Ray Stark and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was shot in New Jersey and Santa Monica, with narrative locations in New York City and Baltimore.
The movie has a runtime of 151 minutes according to IMDb, though TMDb lists it as 155 minutes. It received a budget of $14,100,000 and generated revenue of $58,707,416. The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Actress, for which Barbra Streisand won. It holds a rating of 7.4 on IMDb and 7.2 on TMDb.
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7.2The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
Cast
- Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice
- Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein
- Kay Medford as Rose Brice
- Anne Francis as Georgia James
- Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld
- Lee Allen as Eddie Ryan
Themes
- marriage
- comedian
- musical
- divorce
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Key facts
- Directed by
- William Wyler
- Screenplay by
- Isobel Lennart
- Based on
- Funny Girl , 1964 musical, by Isobel Lennart Jule Styne Bob Merrill
- Produced by
- Ray Stark
- Starring
- Barbra Streisand Omar Sharif Kay Medford Anne Francis Walter Pidgeon
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling
- Edited by
- Maury Winetrobe William Sands Robert Swink (supervising film editor)
- Music by
- Jule Styne Bob Merrill
- Production company
- Rastar
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- Release date
- September 18, 1968 ( 1968-09-18 )
- Running time
- 149 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $14.1 million
- Box office
- $58.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Funny Girl
- Director
- William Wyler
- Screenwriter
- Isobel Lennart
- Cast member
- Lee Allen
- Composer
- Jule Styne
- Producer
- Ray Stark
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- Baltimore
- Filming location
- Santa Monica
- Duration
- 151
- FilmAffinity ID
- 294802
- Performer
- Barbra Streisand
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- FunnyGirl.png
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- Commons category
- Funny Girl (film)
- publication date
- 1968-09-19
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- title
- Funny Girl
- production designer
- Gene Callahan
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Irene Sharaff
- capital cost
- 14100000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 88/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by William Wyler and written by Isobel Lennart, adapted from her book for the stage musical of the same title. It is loosely based on the life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein.
Produced by Brice's son-in-law Ray Stark (and the first film by his company Rastar), with music and lyrics by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, the film stars Barbra Streisand (in her film debut reprising her Broadway role) as Brice and Omar Sharif as Arnstein, with a supporting cast featuring Kay Medford (also reprising her Broadway role), Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Allen and Mae Questel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Funny Girl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.