{"id":76469,"date":"2021-09-26T19:36:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T02:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76469"},"modified":"2021-12-26T13:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T20:22:10","slug":"cabaret-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76469","title":{"rendered":"Cabaret (1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s me, darling: unusual places, unusual love affairs. I am a most strange and extraordinary person.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-76477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Poster-675x1024.png 675w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Poster.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn early 1930s Berlin, aspiring movie star and cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) begins an affair with her new housemate Brian, a bisexual British academic (Michael York) who earns money by tutoring a Jewish heiress (Marisa Berenson) and a gigolo (Fritz Wepper) seeking her attention. Meanwhile, both Sally and Brian become involved with a wealthy baron (Helmut Griem) while Nazism rises insidiously all around them.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Bob Fosse Films<\/li>\n<li>Expatriates<\/li>\n<li>Historical Dramas<\/li>\n<li>Liza Minnelli Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Michael York Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Nightclubs<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;Bob Fosse&#8217;s stylish political musical&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;adapted by Jay Presson Allen (and Hugh Wheeler) from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Am_a_Camera\">John van Druten&#8217;s play <em>I Am a Camera<\/em><\/a>, which had been based on Christopher Isherwood&#8217;s autobiographical <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Berlin_Stories\"><em>Goodbye to Berlin<\/em> stories<\/a>, and the Broadway musical&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;looks better all the time.&#8221; He notes that &#8220;what the film shows us is that decadence of the type that distinguishes Berlin in 1931 (as seen in the cabaret acts, as seen in Sally&#8217;s experiences)&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Helmets.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;has a seductive power, that violence is a natural [?] outgrowth of perversion:&#8221; [?!?!?!?!]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Violence.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;that Nazism was nurtured by moral decay.&#8221; (Perhaps so, given society&#8217;s broader reactionary response to it; but he neglects to add the important caveat that this supposed &#8216;moral decay&#8217; &#8212; actually LGBTQ+ sex-positivity &#8212; was far from innately harmful.)  He adds that the &#8220;film went back to old-style musicals in that all the songs (Fred Ebb and John Kander won an Oscar) are performed on the cabaret stage, except &#8216;Tomorrow Belongs to Me,&#8217; which is eerily sung in an open-air cafe by young Nazis and exuberant Germans who join in.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Tomorrow-Belongs-to-Me.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that the songs &#8212; including &#8220;Cabaret,&#8221; &#8220;Money,&#8221; and &#8220;Two Ladies&#8221; &#8212; are &#8220;unforgettably performed by Minnelli and cabaret emcee Joel Grey (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) and a group of gyrating chorus girls,&#8221; with &#8220;these stunningly choreographed numbers&#8230; photographed (by Geoffrey Unsworth, who won an Oscar) in a stylized manner that emphasizes the performers&#8217; sexuality and lewdness.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-1536x854.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Sets-Costumes.png 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>, Peary agrees with the actual Academy in awarding Minnelli the Best Actress of the Year award, noting that while &#8220;it&#8217;s possible she would have won with just a mediocre performance because the Academy wanted to make up for its slight of her mother [Judy Garland],&#8221; &#8220;Minnelli gave such a dynamic performance that no one questioned her victory over a weak field of nominees.&#8221; He writes that &#8220;with those big, soulful eyes that flood her face with tears without need of a cue, a stunned, open-mouthed, little-girl pout, and a tries-too-hard-and-makes-a-fool-of-herself manner, Liza Minnelli was peerless at seducing audience pity for her characters,&#8221; as she had in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2440\"><em>The Sterile Cuckoo<\/em><\/a> and would again in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42082\"><em>New York, New York<\/em><\/a>. He adds that &#8220;it is during Fosse&#8217;s stylized musical numbers that Minnelli completely amazes us, whether singing marvelous solos, or duets with Joel Grey&#8230; We are jolted by these performances, suddenly remembering that her acting, as fine as it is, is only her second-best talent.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-Singing.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m not particularly enamored by the sub-plots involving more peripheral players (i.e., Berenson and Wepper&#8217;s romance): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me-1536x848.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Marry-Me.png 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the songs and visuals keep one consistently engaged, and better able to stomach the film&#8217;s sobering historical context. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Minnelli.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michael York as Brian<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York-1536x847.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-York.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joel Grey as the Kit Kat&#8217;s M.C.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Two-For-One.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enjoyable musical numbers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2-1536x839.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Money-Money-Money2.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine direction, cinematography, sets, and costumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-1536x851.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Still.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Cabaret-Trio.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an Oscar-winning classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0068327\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/cabaret\/review\/2000105338\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/21780\/cabaret#articles-reviews?articleId=25853\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/caba.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2000\/11\/17\/cabaret\/\">Salon Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/cabaret\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s me, darling: unusual places, unusual love affairs. I am a most strange and extraordinary person.&#8221; Synopsis: In early 1930s Berlin, aspiring movie star and cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) begins an affair with her new housemate Brian, a bisexual British academic (Michael York) who earns money by tutoring a Jewish heiress (Marisa Berenson) and a gigolo (Fritz Wepper) seeking her attention. 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