576. Chicago (2002)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s wearing a black tuxedo and Gargoyle shades while holding a mug of Pepsi*

W: Welcome to my lair…welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock makes the ground rumble before walking inside*

W: Welcome back to Oscar’s Month here at Warlock’s Movie Realm. For the first time since Titanic, tonight’s movie is something Neyzor Blades here likes more than me.

*Neyzor Blades is in the recliner wearing standard attire*

Neyz: What’s that?

W: Tonight’s movie is the winner of Best Picture in 2002, the 2 hour musical CHICAGO.

N: THAT won Best Picture?

W: Apparently. First the accolades, John C Reilly was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Renee Zellweger was nominated for Best Actress, Catherine Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress, Queen Latifa was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, the movie won Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Editing and Best Sound, it was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Adaptation and Best Original Song plus Rob Marshall was nominated for Best Director. Now for the competition, CHICAGO beat out Gangs of New York, The Hours, Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers and The Pianist. Other movies that weren’t nominated include Road To Perdition, Catch Me If You Can, 8 Mile, Spiderman and Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of The Clones. I can watch any of the movies not nominated again and again so that’s a tall hill for CHICAGO to climb.

*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch*

W: So what’s the movie about? Its a musical set in Chicago during gangster times apparently. Sounds like Road To Perdition with music actually.

N: What??

W: Either way I like musicals so hopefully this can keep my attention for 2 hours. It should, since it has a great cast. The only way to find out if this deserved to win Best Picture is to actually watch the movie. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for CHICAGO.

Written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse and Bill Condon

Directed by Rob Marshall

Cast:

Taye Diggs	…	Bandleader
	Cliff Saunders	…	Stage Manager
	Catherine Zeta-Jones	…	Velma Kelly
	Renée Zellweger	…	Roxie Hart
	Dominic West	…	Fred Casely
	Jayne Eastwood	…	Mrs. Borusewicz
	Bruce Beaton	…	Police Photographer
	Roman Podhora	…	Sergeant Fogarty
	John C. Reilly	…	Amos Hart
	Colm Feore	…	Harrison
	Rob Smith	…	Newspaper Photographer
	Sean Wayne Doyle	…	Reporter
	Steve Behal	…	Prison Clerk
	Robbie Rox	…	Prison Guard
	Chita Rivera	…	Nickie
	Queen Latifah	…	Matron Mama Morton
	Susan Misner	…	Liz
	Denise Faye	…	Annie
	Deidre Goodwin	…	June
	Ekaterina Chtchelkanova	…	Hunyak
	Mya	…	Mona (as Mýa Harrison)
	Joey Pizzi	…	Bernie
	Scott Wise	…	Ezekial Young
	Ken Ard	…	Wilbur
	Marc Calamia	…	Hunyak’s Husband
	Niki Wray	…	Veronica
	Gregory Mitchell	…	Charlie (as Greg Mitchell)
	Sebastian La Cause	…	Al Lipschitz (as Sebastian LaCause)
	Richard Gere	…	Billy Flynn
	Christine Baranski	…	Mary Sunshine
	Brendan Wall	…	Billy’s Assistant
	Cleve Asbury	…	‘Gun’ Reporter #1
	Rick Negron	…	‘Gun’ Reporter #2
	Shaun Amyot	…	‘Gun’ Reporter #3
	Eve Crawford	…	Billy’s Secretary
	Bill Corsair	…	Newsreel Announcer (voice)
	Bill Britt	…	Auctioneer
	Gerry Fiorini	…	Sailor
	Elizabeth Law	…	Perfume Lady
	Lucy Liu	…	Kitty Baxter
	Joseph Scoren	…	Harry
	Monique Ganderton	…	Bare Woman #1
	April Morgan	…	Bare Woman #2
	Marty Moreau	…	Groin Reporter (as Martin Moreau)
	Conrad Dunn	…	Doctor
	Jonathan Whittaker	…	Bailiff
	Rod Campbell	…	Jury Foreman
	Brett Caruso	…	Harrison’s Assistant
	Sean McCann	…	Judge
	Jeff Clarke	…	Court Clerk
	Patrick Salvagna	…	Newsboy
	Kathryn Zenna	…	Woman Shooter
	Jeff Pustil	…	Club Owner
	Roxane Barlow	…	Female Dancer
	Jocelyn Dowling	…	Female Dancer (as Joey Dowling)
	Melanie A. Gage	…	Female Dancer (as Melanie Gage)
	Michelle Johnston	…	Female Dancer
	Charley King	…	Female Dancer
	Mary Ann Lamb	…	Female Dancer
	Vicky Lambert	…	Female Dancer
	Tara Nicole Hughes	…	Female Dancer (as Tara Nicole)
	Cynthia Onrubia	…	Female Dancer
	Karine Plantadit	…	Female Dancer (as Karine Plantadit-Bageot)
	Jennifer Savelli	…	Female Dancer
	Natalie Willes	…	Female Dancer
	Karen Andrew	…	Female Dancer
	Kelsey Chace	…	Female Dancer
	Catherine Chiarelli	…	Female Dancer
	Theresa Coombe	…	Female Dancer
	Lisa Ferguson	…	Female Dancer
	Melissa Flerangile	…	Female Dancer
	Michelle Galati	…	Female Dancer
	Sheri Godfrey	…	Female Dancer
	Brittany Gray	…	Female Dancer
	Karen Holness	…	Female Dancer
	Amber-Kelly Mackereth	…	Female Dancer
	Jodi McFadden	…	Female Dancer (as Jodi-Lynn McFadden)
	Faye Rauw	…	Female Dancer
	Rhonda Roberts	…	Female Dancer
	Leigh Torlage	…	Female Dancer
	Robyn Wong	…	Female Dancer
	Ted Banfalvi	…	Male Dancer
	Harrison Beal	…	Male Dancer
	Paul Becker	…	Male Dancer
	Jean-Luc Côté	…	Male Dancer (as Jean-Luke Coté)
	Scott Fowler	…	Male Dancer
	Edgar Godineaux	…	Male Dancer
	Bill Hartung	…	Male Dancer (as Billy Hartung)
	Darren Lee	…	Male Dancer
	Troy P. Liddell	…	Male Dancer (as Troy Liddell)
	Blake McGrath	…	Male Dancer
	Robert Montano	…	Male Dancer
	Sean Palmer	…	Male Dancer
	Desmond Richardson	…	Male Dancer
	Martin Samuel	…	Male Dancer
	Jason Sermonia	…	Male Dancer
	Jeff Siebert	…	Male Dancer
	Sergio Trujillo	…	Male Dancer
	Stacy Clark Baisley	…	Acrobat
	Megan Fehlberg	…	Acrobat
	Rachel Jacobs	…	Acrobat
	Rebecca Leonard	…	Acrobat
	Erin Michie	…	Acrobat
	Danielle Rueda-Watts	…	Acrobat
	Dana Calitri	…	Female Ensemble
	Kate Coffman-Lloyd	…	Female Ensemble
	Curtis King Jr.	…	Male Ensemble (as Curtis King)
	Laura Dean	…	Female Ensemble
	Margaret Dorn	…	Female Ensemble
	Capathia Jenkins	…	Female Ensemble
	Audrey Martells	…	Female Ensemble
	Sara Ramirez	…	Female Ensemble
	Nicki Richards	…	Female Ensemble (as Nicky Richards)
	Dennis Collins	…	Male Ensemble
	Darius de Haas	…	Male Ensemble (as Darius De Haas)
	Willie Falk	…	Male Ensemble
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Timothy Shew	…	Male Ensemble
	Alfonzo Thornton	…	Male Ensemble (as Fonzie Thornton)
	Eric Troyer	…	Male Ensemble
	Mikie Da Poet	…	Man in suit (uncredited)
	Michael Sercerchi	…	Theatre Personnel (uncredited)

*Neyz reads the tag-line*

N: “Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer’s attention.”

W: Sounds like my kind of debauchery.