Chicago (2002 film) explained

Director:Rob Marshall
Screenplay:Bill Condon
Producer:Martin Richards
Cinematography:Dion Beebe
Editing:Martin Walsh
Distributor:Miramax Films
Runtime:113 minutes[1]
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$45 million[2]
Gross:$306.8 million

Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy film based on the 1975 stage musical of the same name which in turn originated in the 1926 play of the same name. It explores the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age.[3] The film stars an ensemble cast led by Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. Chicago centers on Roxie Hart (Zellweger) and Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones), two murderers who find themselves in jail together awaiting trial in 1920s Chicago. Roxie, a housewife, and Velma, a vaudevillian, fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Marshall, who also choreographed the film, and was adapted by screenwriter Bill Condon, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

Chicago received critical acclaim, with particular praise for the performances of the cast. The film went on to win six Academy Awards in 2003, including Best Picture, making it the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1968.[4] For her performance, Zeta-Jones won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.[5] Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and Gere won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Chicago was the tenth-highest-grossing film of the year domestically in the United States.

Plot

In 1924, housewife Roxie Hart watches vaudeville star Velma Kelly perform ("Overture/All That Jazz") at The Onyx, a Chicago nightclub. Seeking stardom, Roxie begins an affair with furniture salesman Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager. After the show, Velma is arrested for killing her husband and sister upon catching them in bed together. A month later, Casely admits to Roxie that he lied about his connections in order to sleep with her. Enraged, she shoots him dead. She convinces her gullible husband, Amos, to take the fall by telling him she killed a burglar in self-defense. However, when evidence of Roxie's infidelity is uncovered, Amos recants and tells the police that Casely was dead when he arrived home ("Funny Honey"). Roxie is arrested, with District Attorney Martin Harrison declaring she faces execution by hanging.

At Cook County Jail, Roxie is sent to Murderess' Row, supervised by the corrupt Matron "Mama" Morton ("When You're Good to Mama"). She learns the backstories of the other women there, including her idol Velma ("Cell Block Tango"), who rebuffs her attempts at friendship. On Morton's advice, Roxie engages Velma's lawyer, the brilliant Billy Flynn ("All I Care About"). Flynn and Roxie manipulate the press, reinventing Roxie as an originally virtuous Southern woman corrupted by the city's decadent nightlife; she claims that she had the affair with Casely because Amos was always working, but repented and left Casely for Amos, and Casely jealously attacked her ("We Both Reached for the Gun"). The press believe the story; praised by the public as a tragic heroine, Roxie becomes an overnight sensation ("Roxie"). Velma, unhappy at losing the public's attention, tries to convince Roxie to join her act, replacing her murdered sister ("I Can't Do It Alone"), but Roxie, now the more popular of the two rivals, snubs her.

Meanwhile, when wealthy heiress Kitty Baxter is arrested for murdering her husband and his two mistresses, the press and Flynn instantly shift their focus to her. To Velma's surprise, Roxie quickly regains the spotlight by claiming pregnancy. Amos is ignored by the press ("Mister Cellophane"), and Flynn, to generate more sympathy for Roxie, convinces him that the child is Casely's, and that he should divorce Roxie in the midst of her predicament. Roxie decides to fire Flynn, believing she can now win on her own. However, when Katalin Helinszki, a Hungarian woman on Murderess' Row (the only inmate who insists on her own innocence), becomes the first woman in Cook County history to be executed by hanging, Roxie realizes the gravity of the situation and rehires Flynn.

Roxie's trial begins, and Flynn turns it into a media spectacle ("Razzle Dazzle") with the help of sensationalist newspaper reporters and radio personality Mary Sunshine. Flynn discredits witnesses, manipulates evidence and even stages a public reconciliation between Amos and Roxie when she claims the child is his. The trial seems to be going well for Roxie until Velma appears with Roxie's diary, reading incriminating entries in exchange for amnesty in her own case. Flynn discredits the diary, implying that Harrison was the one who planted the evidence ("A Tap Dance"). Roxie is acquitted, but her fame is eclipsed moments later when another woman, who had also shot her own husband, shoots her lawyer outside the courthouse. Flynn admits to Roxie that he tampered with her diary himself, in order to incriminate the DA and also free two clients simultaneously. Amos remains loyal and excited to be a father, but Roxie cruelly reveals that she faked her pregnancy.

Roxie continues to pursue a vaudeville career, with limited success ("Nowadays"). The similarly unsuccessful Velma reapproaches Roxie to suggest performing together as a double act consisting of two murderers. Roxie initially refuses, but later accepts when Velma points out that they can perform together despite their mutual resentment. The two stage a spectacular performance ("Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag"), receiving a standing ovation from an enthusiastic audience that includes Flynn, Morton, the jurors, and other acquitted murderesses.

Cast

Production

Development

The film is based on the 1975 Broadway musical of the same name, which ran for 936 performances but was not well received by audiences, partly because of its cynical tone.[8] A film adaptation of Chicago was to have been the next project for Bob Fosse,[9] who had directed and choreographed the original 1975 Broadway production and had won an Oscar for his direction of the film version of Cabaret (1972). Although he died before realizing his version, Fosse's distinctive jazz choreography style is evident throughout the 2002 film, and he is thanked in the credits. The minimalist 1996 revival of the musical proved far more successful, having played more than 10,601 performances (as of December 3, 2023), holding records for longest-running musical revival, longest-running American musical on Broadway and second longest-running show in Broadway history. Its runaway success sparked a greater appreciation of the 1975 original production and renewed stalled interest in a long-anticipated film, which incorporates the influences of both productions.[10]

The original production's musical numbers were staged as vaudeville acts; the film respects this but presents them as cutaway scenes in the mind of the Roxie character, while scenes in "real life" are filmed with a hard-edged grittiness.[11] The musical itself was based on a 1926 Broadway play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a journalist who had found her inspiration in two real-life Chicago trials she had covered for the press, about two real-life Jazz-era murderers Beulah Annan (Roxie Hart) and Belva Gaertner (Velma Kelly). The George Abbott-directed production, starring Francine Larrimore and Juliette Crosby, ran for 172 performances at the Music Box Theatre, and within a year was adapted to a film, in which Gaertner herself had a cameo. Chicago was produced by American companies Miramax Films and The Producers Circle in association with the German company Kallis Productions. Roxie Hart, also known as Chicago or Chicago Gal, is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou and George Montgomery. The film is an adaptation of the 1926 play.

Filming

Principal photography took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The courthouse scene was shot in Osgoode Hall. Other scenes were shot at Queen's Park, the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Casa Loma, the Elgin Theatre, Union Station, the Canada Life Building, the Danforth Music Hall, and the Old City Hall.[12] [13]

Music

See main article: Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture. Several songs from the musical's original score were cut from the film, primarily due to the musical numbers being figments of Roxie's imagination. "Tap Dance", "A Little Bit of Good", "I Can't Do It Alone" (reprise), "My Own Best Friend", "I Know a Girl", "Me and My Baby" and "When Velma Takes the Stand" were removed, and "Class", while filmed and recorded for the soundtrack album, is a deleted scene on the DVD, as well as present as part of an "extended version" from the film's 2005 broadcast premiere on NBC. An instrumental of "Me and My Baby" can be heard in its spot, where Roxie enjoys the renewed fame after claiming she's pregnant.

  1. "Overture / All That Jazz" – Velma, Company
  2. "Funny Honey" – Roxie and Amos
  3. "When You're Good to Mama" – Mama
  4. "Cell Block Tango" – Velma, Cell Block Girls
  5. "All I Care About" – Billy, Chorus Girls
  6. "We Both Reached for the Gun" – Billy, Roxie, Mary, Reporters
  7. "Roxie" – Roxie, Chorus Boys
  8. "I Can't Do It Alone" – Velma
  9. "Chicago After Midnight" (score)
  10. "Mister Cellophane" – Amos
  11. "Razzle Dazzle" – Billy, Company
  12. "Class" (deleted scene) – Velma and Mama
  13. "A Tap Dance" – Billy
  14. "Nowadays" – Roxie
  15. "Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag" – Roxie, Velma
  16. "I Move On" (end credits) – Roxie, Velma
  17. "All That Jazz (reprise)" (end credits) – Velma, Company

Release

Home media

Chicago was released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (under the Miramax Home Entertainment banner) on DVD in Region 1 (USA, Canada, and US territories) on August 19, 2003. It was released in Full Screen and Widescreen. In addition to this release, a two-disc "Razzle Dazzle" Edition was released over two years later on December 20, 2005, and later, on Blu-ray format, in January 2007 and, in an updated release, in May 2011. The release provides a feature-length audio commentary track with director Marshall and screenwriter Condon. There is also a deleted musical number called "Class", performed by Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah.

Reception

Box office

Chicago grossed $170,687,518 in the United States and Canada, as well as $136,089,214 in other territories.[14] Combined, the film grossed $306,776,732 worldwide,[14] which was, at the time, the highest gross of any film never to reach #1 or #2 in the weekly box office charts in the North American markets (Canada and United States—where it peaked at #3). Worldwide, Chicago was the highest grossing live action musical with $306 million, a record that was then broken by Mamma Mia!.[15]

Critical response

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Chicago holds an 86% approval rating, based on 262 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critics consensus states: "A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical, Chicago succeeds on the level of pure spectacle, but provides a surprising level of depth and humor as well."[16] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[17] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[18]

The cast received widespread acclaim for their performances. Tim Robey, reviewer for The Daily Telegraph, labeled Chicago "the best screen musical for 30 years". He also stated that it has taken a "three-step tango for us to welcome back the movie musical as a form". Robey also wrote "this particular Chicago makes the most prolific use it possibly can out of one specific advantage the cinema has over the stage when it comes to song and dance: it's a sustained celebration of parallel montage".[19] Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "big, brassy fun".[20] However, other reviews claimed that there were issues with the film being too streamlined, and minor complaints were made about Marshall's directing influences.[21]

Accolades

AwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
Academy AwardsBest PictureMartin Richards[22]
Best DirectorRob Marshall
Best ActressRenée Zellweger
Best Supporting ActorJohn C. Reilly
Best Supporting ActressQueen Latifah
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Adapted ScreenplayBill Condon
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: John Myhre;
Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Best CinematographyDion Beebe
Best Costume DesignColleen Atwood
Best Film EditingMartin Walsh
Best Original Song"I Move On"
Music by John Kander;
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Best SoundMichael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, and David Lee
AARP Movies for Grownups AwardsBest Breakaway PerformanceRichard Gere[23]
Amanda AwardsBest Foreign Feature FilmRob Marshall
American Choreography AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Feature FilmRob Marshall, John DeLuca, Cynthia Onrubia,
Joey Pizzi, and Denise Faye
American Cinema Editors AwardsBest Edited Feature Film – Comedy or MusicalMartin Walsh
American Film Institute AwardsTop 10 Films
Art Directors Guild AwardsExcellence in Production Design for a Period or Fantasy FilmJohn Myhre[24]
BET AwardsBest ActressQueen Latifah
Black Reel AwardsOutstanding Supporting ActressQueen Latifah[25]
BMI Film & TV AwardsFilm Music AwardDanny Elfman
Boston Society of Film Critics AwardsBest Supporting ActorJohn C. Reilly[26]
Best Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones
British Academy Film AwardsBest FilmMartin Richards[27]
Best DirectionRob Marshall
Best Actress in a Leading RoleRenée Zellweger
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleQueen Latifah
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best CinematographyDion Beebe
Best Costume DesignColleen Atwood
Best EditingMartin Walsh
Best Make-Up and HairJudi Cooper-Sealy
Best Original Film MusicDanny Elfman
Best Production DesignJohn Myhre
Best SoundMichael Minkler, David Lee, and Dominick Tavella
British Society of Cinematographers AwardsBest Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature FilmDion Beebe[28]
Canadian Network of Makeup Artists AwardsBest Make-Up Artist for a Feature FilmJordan Samuel
Best Hairstyling for a Feature FilmJudi Cooper-Sealy
Central Ohio Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorJohn C. Reilly[29]
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActressRenée Zellweger[30]
Cinema Audio Society AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion PicturesMichael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, and David Lee[31]
Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Period/Fantasy FilmColleen Atwood[32]
Critics' Choice AwardsBest Picture[33]
Best Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones
Best Cast
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardsBest Film
Top 10 Films
David di Donatello AwardsBest Foreign FilmRob Marshall
Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesRob Marshall[34]
Edgar Allan Poe AwardsBest Motion PictureBill Condon[35]
Evening Standard British Film AwardsBest ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones
Florida Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Song"Cell Block Tango"[36]
Gold Derby Film AwardsBest Motion PictureMartin Richards[37]
Best DirectorRob Marshall
Best ActressRenée Zellweger
Best Supporting ActorJohn C. Reilly
Best Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones
Best Adapted ScreenplayBill Condon
Best Art DirectionJohn Myhre and Andrew M. Stearn
Best CinematographyDion Beebe
Best Costume DesignColleen Atwood
Best Film EditingMartin Walsh
Best Original Song"I Move On" – John Kander and Fred Ebb
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Motion Picture of the Decade
Best Supporting Actress of the DecadeCatherine Zeta-Jones
Golden Globe AwardsBest Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy[38]
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyRichard Gere
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyRenée Zellweger
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureJohn C. Reilly
Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureQueen Latifah
Best Director – Motion PictureRob Marshall
Best Screenplay – Motion PictureBill Condon
Golden Reel AwardsBest Sound Editing in a Musical Feature Film – MusicAnnette Kudrak, E. Gedney Webb, Ellen Segal,
Kenton Jakub, and Missy Cohen
[39]
Best Sound Editing in Domestic Features – Dialogue & ADRMaurice Schell, Gina Alfano, Laura Civiello,
Hal Levinsohn, and Louis Bertini
Golden Schmoes AwardsBest Actress of the YearRenée Zellweger
Best Supporting Actress of the YearCatherine Zeta-Jones
Best Music in a Movie
Golden Trailer AwardsBest Music
Grammy AwardsBest Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or
Other Visual Media
Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Randy Spendlove, Ric Wake, and Dan Hetzel
[40]
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media"I Move On" – John Kander and Fred Ebb
Japan Academy Film PrizeOutstanding Foreign Language Film
Key Art AwardsStudent Competition: TrailerChicago – Sarah Broshar
Las Vegas Film Critics Society AwardsBest ActressRenée Zellweger[41]
Best Supporting ActorJohn C. Reilly
Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild AwardsBest Period Makeup – FeatureJordan Samuel, Patricia Keighran, and Edelgard K. Pfluegl[42]
MTV Movie AwardsBest Female PerformanceQueen Latifah[43]
National Board of Review AwardsTop 10 Films[44]
Best Directorial DebutRob Marshall
New York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest First Film[45]
New York Film Critics Online AwardsBest Film[46]
Online Film & Television Association AwardsBest Motion PictureMartin Richards and Harvey Weinstein[47]
Best DirectorRob Marshall
Best ActressRenée Zellweger
Best Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones
Best Adapted ScreenplayBill Condon
Best CinematographyDion Beebe
Best Costume DesignColleen Atwood
Best Film EditingMartin Walsh
Best Original Song"I Move On"
Best Adapted Song"All That Jazz"
"Cell Block Tango"
"Mr. Cellophane"
"We Both Reached for the Gun"
"When You're Good to Mama
Best Production DesignJohn Myhre and Gordon Sim
Best First FeatureRob Marshall
Best CastingAli Farrell and Laura Rosenthal
Best Cinematic Moment"Cell Block Tango"
Best Ensemble
Best Makeup
Best Sound
Online Film Critics Society AwardsBest Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones[48]
Best Costume DesignColleen Atwood
Best EditingMartin Walsh
Best Breakthrough FilmmakerRob Marshall
Best Ensemble
Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Picture
Best DirectorRob Marshall
Best ActressRenée Zellweger
Best Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones
Best CinematographyDion Beebe
Best Costume DesignColleen Atwood
Best Film EditingMartin Walsh
Best NewcomerRob Marshall
Best Acting Ensemble
Producers Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion PicturesMartin Richards[49]
Russian Guild of Film Critics AwardsBest Foreign ActorRichard Gere
Best Foreign ActressRenée Zellweger
Satellite AwardsBest Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy[50]
Best Screenplay – AdaptedBill Condon
Best Original Song"Love Is a Crime"
Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureChristine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore,
Richard Gere, Mýa, Lucy Liu, Queen Latifah,
John C. Reilly, Renée Zellweger, and Catherine Zeta-Jones
[51]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleRichard Gere
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleRenée Zellweger
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleQueen Latifah
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Southeastern Film Critics Association AwardsBest Picture[52]
Teen Choice AwardsChoice Movie Actress – Drama/Action AdventureQueen Latifah
Choice Movie Hissy FitLucy Liu
Choice Movie Liar Renée Zellweger
Choice Movie VillainRichard Gere
Choice Breakout Movie Star – FemaleQueen Latifah
Utah Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones[53]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardsBest DirectorRob Marshall[54]
Writers Guild of America AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayBill Condon[55]

Legacy

Along with Moulin Rouge! (2001) and 8 Mile (2002), Chicago is often credited with ushering a re-emergence of the musical film genre in the 21st century.[56] Following the success of Chicago, many musical films have been produced for theatrical release, with several adapted from stage productions of Broadway and the West End, including Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, Rent, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Mamma Mia!, Nine, Les Misérables, Rock of Ages, The Last Five Years, Into the Woods, Cats, and more. The 2013 film Sunshine on Leith was also adapted from a stage production, originating with Scotland's Dundee Repertory Theatre.

Japanese rock band Buck-Tick named their 2010 album Razzle Dazzle after the film's song of the same name.[57]

Many of Chicagos cast and crew have gone on to work in succeeding musicals, including director Marshall (Nine, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns, The Little Mermaid), writer Condon (writer-director of Dreamgirls, director of Beauty and the Beast, writer of The Greatest Showman), costume designer Atwood (Sweeney Todd, Nine, Into the Woods), and actresses Zeta-Jones (Rock of Ages), Latifah (Hairspray), and Baranski (Mamma Mia!, Into the Woods).

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