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''All That Jazz'' (1979) is Bob Fosse's gimlet-eyed take on an especially hectic moment in his creative life: directing and choreographing the Broadway musical ''[[Chicago]]'' while also directing the film version of ''[[Lenny]]''. Fosse's [[Author Avatar]], Joe Gideon, spends the film smoking, drinking, womanizing, and popping pills, all the while flirting with the [[Angel of Death]]. The various women in his life look on with love, helplessness, or just plain exasperation. Between bouts of indulgence, he tirelessly works on his film, ''The Stand-Up'', and choreographs some brilliant musical numbers.▼
▲'''''All That Jazz''
The opening audition sequence, set to George Benson's rendition of "On Broadway", has been endlessly imitated (''Staying Alive'', the film version of ''[[A Chorus Line]]'', etc., etc., etc.). One of Paula Abdul's music videos paid homage to "Airotica", the second half of the "NY/LA" number.
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Written by Fosse and Robert Alan Aurthur, directed and choreographed by Fosse. It won Academy Awards for Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, and Score. It was also nominated for Best Picture, Director (Fosse), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, and Actor ([[Roy Scheider]] as Gideon).
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* [[Angel of Death]]: Angelique.
* [[As Himself]]: Lighting designer Jules Fisher.
** Ann Reinking as Kate Jagger. {{context|reason=How is this an example of the trope as written?}}
** Fosse's regular assistant choreographer Kathryn Doby.
* [[Author Avatar]]: Joe Gideon.
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* [[Hopeless Auditionees]]: There are several in the chorus call sequence.
* [[Informed Flaw]]: Victoria is supposed to be the weakest dancer in the cast, but doesn't always look like it (Victoria can't sing, either, but we only get to ''see'' the composer's agonized reaction).
* [[It's Showtime!]]: "It's showtime, folks!" is Rob Gideon's [[Catch Phrase]].
* [[Mating Dance]]: The "Airotica" ballet. "I think we just lost the family audience."
* [[Muse Abuse]]: Joe Gideon is portrayed as blatantly using the suffering his inveterate womanizing and over-the-top lifestyle causes for his friends, family, and lovers as inspiration for his work. They react pretty much as expected.
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