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starring: Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges, Jan Gan Boyd, Sharon Brown, Gregg Burgedirected by: Richard Attenborough
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300147980
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6300147983
Label: Nelson Entertainment
Manufacturer: Nelson Entertainment
Publisher: Nelson Entertainment
Sales Rank: 16593
Studio: Nelson Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1985
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
If you've never seen this popular production performed on stage in its original form as one of the longest-running musicals in Broadway history, the movie version is probably your next best option--heck, it's your only option! But beware the major difference between the experience of stage and screen, because A Chorus Line is a perfect example of a show that doesn't translate well from one medium to another. Director Richard Attenborough gives it his best shot, cutting some of the production numbers and adding new ones while 'opening up' the show to explore the off-stage lives of struggling performers as they prepare for another grueling audition. Michael Douglas plays the harsh, workaholic director who puts the auditioning 'gypsies' through the paces, winnowing a large group of hopefuls down to eight lucky cast members for his next big show. There's a subplot about the director's former girlfriend, who returns for the big audition, and along the way the other hopefuls sing and dance while revealing their various hopes and fears. On screen, the musical works best when focused on its dramatic passages; otherwise it's impossible to escape the fact that this material is best suited to live performance. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Chorus Line
I was fortunate enough to see the original Broadway Play and I was captivated by the story line and the fantastic, heart warming characters in the play. Too bad the Movie Directors and Script Writers had to do a hack job of the play by changing the plot, changing character plots, and adding way too much to the story and settings.
When will they ever learn that if a Broadway Play is a huge success like "A Chorus Line" was, you don't mess with it and destroy the whole meaning of the ... Read More
Rating: - Good Show
Pretty much a must-have for the musical buff. High points: Audrey Landers, several good dancing numbers, Michael Douglas. Negatives: A bit on the campy side at times, but still a fun movie to watch.
Rating: - Please, just the song and dance
Spectacular. . .when there is singing and dancing; tedious (pretentious, trite, self-absorbed. . .so 1980's) when there is talking. Fast forward through Michael Douglas and you have yourself an enjoyable movie.
Rating:  - I love dance movies!
Especially ones from the eighties! Its not even the story line, the actors, the acting or productions value...its the dancing. I love to watch real dancers rehearsing, auditioning and just dancing. It is so inspiring! Pick this up if you are a true dance lover!
Rating: - Must have been great on Broadway...
I've never seen this on stage so I can't compare the film to the original production. I can imagine that it must have been dazzling at the time. The concept of introducing the dancers as real people is great and enables us to care about them over and beyond their ability to dance. The whole Broadway mystique is evoked and one is amazed at the sacrifices these people make for the love of dance and the theater.
Most of the cast was good. I can understand that the choices were for excellent ... Read More
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