Funny Girl
Funny Girl (La Graciosa and Rare Girl in Latin America and A funny girl b> in Spain), is a 1968 musical film directed by William Wyler and based on the homonymous play by Isobel Lennart. The film is especially remembered for being her debut in the cinema of Barbra Streisand, with the role of her that she had made her famous in the theaters of Broadway (New York) and London. It had its sequel in 1975's Funny Lady.
Plot
The film follows the life of comedian Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand), from her days in the lower-class Jewish neighborhoods of New York to the height of her artistic career with the Ziegfeld Follies. During this time, Fanny marries Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), from whom she ends up divorcing.
Production
In the original Broadway musical, Anne Bancroft would be cast to star in the musical, but she didn't like the songs they proposed to her, so they looked for Barbra Streisand and Sidney Chaplin, she got the second Tony nomination for best actress in a musical, who lost to Hello Dolly star Carol Channing.
Cast
- Barbra Streisand is Fanny Brice.
- Omar Sharif is Nick Arnstein.
- Kay Medford is Rose Brice.
- Anne Francis is Georgia James.
- Walter Pidgeon is Florenz Ziegfeld.
- Lee Allen is Eddie Ryan.
- Mae Questel is Mrs. Strakosh
Musical numbers
- "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" - Funny, Rose, and Mrs. Strakosh
- "I'm the Greatest Star" - Fanny
- "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You" - Fanny
- "Rollerskate Rag" - Fanny and the Coristas
- "Secondhand Rose" - Fanny
- "His Love Makes Me Beautiful" - Fanny and theatre cast
- "People" - Fanny
- "You Are Woman, I Am Man" - Nick and Fanny
- "Don't Rain on My Parade" - Fanny
- "Sadie, Sadie" - Fanny and Nick
- "Funny Girl" - Fanny
- "My Man" - Fanny
Awards
Oscar
| Year | Category | Person | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Best movie | Candidate | |
| 1968 | Best actress | Barbra Streisand | Winner (shared with Katharine Hepburn by The Lion in Winter) |
| 1968 | Best cast actress | Kay Medford | Candidate |
| 1968 | Best soundtrack - Adapted | Walter Scharf | Candidate |
| 1968 | Best original song Funny Girl | Jule Styne Bob Merrill | Candidates |
| 1968 | Better photograph | Harry Stradling Henry Alekan | Candidates |
| 1968 | Better assembly | Robert Swink Mauri Winetrobe William Sands | Candidates |
| 1968 | Better sound | Jack Solomon | Candidates |
Golden Globes
| Year | Category | Person | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Golden Globe to the best movie - Comedy or musical | Candidate | |
| 1969 | Golden Globe to the best director | William Wyler | Candidate |
| 1969 | Golden Globe to the best actress - Comedy or musical | Barbra Streisand | Winner |
| 1969 | Golden Globe to the Best Original Song | Jule Styne Bob Merrill Funny Girl | Candidate |