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A 1982 musical adaptation of Federico Fellini's classic ''[[Eight and A Half (Film)|Eight and A Half]]''. ''Nine'' was conceived by librettists Arthur Kopit and Mario Fratti, and songwriter Maury Yeston. The story is that of world-famous film writer/director Guido Contini, a man who's facing a midlife crisis on many fronts as he turns forty. On one hand, he can't come up with a script for his latest film. On another hand, his marriage to his wife Luisa is on shaky ground. Factor in the ''other women'' in his life, including his mistress, his confidant and costume designer, his film star muse, and his mother, and Guido's [[Man Child|got]] [[Casanova|some]] issues.
Not to be confused with the film ''[[
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* [[Age Lift]]: For the film version, Guido's age was changed to fifty. (Daniel Day-Lewis was 52 in 2009, when the film was released.)
* [[All Musicals Are Adaptations]]
* [[All
* [[All Take and No Give]]: Guido.
* [[Casanova]]: Deconstructed (although Guido is definitely more in the [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places]] category) and lampshaded with Guido's film, a filmed opera version about the [[Trope Namer]] starring Guido himself that resembles Gudio's own life a little too closely.
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* [[Ghost Song]]: Technically, anything Mama Contini sings. The film version's "Guarda la Luna" counts especially.
* [[Intercourse With You]]
* [["I Want" Song]] / [["I Am" Song]]: "Guido's Song".
* [[Movie Bonus Song]]: Three of 'em!
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMIt8dhh4pg "Cinema Italiano"], a solo for Stephanie Necrophorus, establishing both her character and the popularity of Italian movies in the 1960s for the audience's benefit.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zpr-Iz_fFI "Guarda la Luna"], replacing the show's titular song as the solo for Guido's mother. Based on the "Waltz for Nine" instrumental from the second act.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Scm2dlDg-g "Take It All"], which replaces Luisa's "Be On Your Own", since Yeston believed the latter to be to inactive and stage-y for film. Originally conceived as a trio for her, Carla, and Claudia.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: He realizes what a jerk he's been, and says the line, when {{spoiler|Luisa leaves him and the film dies.}}
* [[Oscar Bait]]: Oh yes, very much so. In fact, take a look at the film's cast: All but ''two'' of the film's main stars have won Oscars. That's to say nothing of the Oscar winners and nominees on the crew. In the end, it could only manage four nominations at the Oscars, far less than the ''thirteen'' raked in by Chicago seven years earlier.
* [[Patter Song]]: "Contini Submits", Stephanie Necrophorus' section of "Follies Bergeres".
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* [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]]: And back again with Rob Marshall's film.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Guido's film of ''Casanova''.
* [[Solo Duet]]: Lampshaded by Guido during his [["I Am" Song]] as he sings how much he'd "like another me to travel along with myself/I would like to be able to sing a duet with myself."
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Luisa delivers one very powerful one imbetween lines of her song "Take it All" {{spoiler|Thank you...for reminding me I'm not special. You don't even see what you do. Even the moments I think are ours, it's just you working to get what you want... You're just an appetite, and if you stop being greedy you die. You take everything and I'm empty. You know, I'm glad I came. I can see now it's hopeless.}}
* [[Troubled Production]]: In-universe. The production of Guido's future masterpiece ''Italia'' is, to put it very mildly, a living hell: no script, no cast, outrageous sets and costumes, and one crazy director.
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