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“People who see FUNNY GIRL are the luckiest people in the world!”
Funny Girl (1968)
September 19, 19682h 35mEN
7.2
422 votes
Overview
The 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.
Director
William WylerWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$14.1M
Revenue
$58.7M
Production Companies
Columbia PicturesRastar Productions
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7.0Barbra Streisand is simply superb in this depiction of the early life of Vaudeville girl and more Fanny Brice. From her humble beginnings, and with the help of her friend Eddie Ryan (Lee Allen) we see her come to the attention of the mighty Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon) before her career becomes the stuff of legend. Streisand's characterisation is authentic - her stoic Jewish antecedence, her less-than-pin-up looks; her sassiness are all charmingly captured as she gradually falls for her debonaire, if somewhat flawed, beau Omar Sharif - who is also very effective as her rakish love Nicky A…
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