Funny Girl [Blu-ray]

I cannot resist writing a review: Of course, "Funny Girl" is a classic which launched the film career of "La Streisand" (as they say in Italy). I just wanted to point out how good Omar Sharif is, too. It's a difficult role. He has to have real screen chemistry with Barbra and obvious charm. There is a subtlety about his performance. He never upstages Streisand. Yet his portrayal manifests a real human being. He's not just a "coat-rack". The audience seems to understand him. I can't think of any other actor who could have done as well. So, of course, it's Barbra's film but she had a good co-star, too.

Streisand and Sharif are marvelous in this movie! I can't imagine that any other actors could have played their roles with such passion and believability. I have seen this movie over and over again and 3 times within the last week! The supporting cast are to be commended as well. It's always great to see Walter Pidgeon perform. I'm not a big fan of movies with 'singing' but Streisand is the exception to my rule. I read background information on some of the movies I watch and it was good to read that Francis apologized to Streisand and came clean about who was responsible for cutting some of her scenes in the movie......the Director of course. See this movie for yourself and enjoy!

Hello, gorgeous. Funny Girl is the ultimate Streisand film. Barbra's Oscar winning film debut as the Ziegfeld star Fannie Brice has never been in better form. After a frame-by-frame image restoration and digitally remastered audio, this popular musical packs all the glitter of its 1968 premiere.Ray Stark, son-in-law to the legendary Brice, first began working on a screen biography of his famous mother-in-law in 1948, but Brice herself rejected several scripts. Nearly a decade later, he commissioned a new screenplay from Isobel Lennart. When studios didn't bite, Lennart adapted her script for Broadway, with Jule Styne and Bob Merrill getting the nod to write the songs. Stark tapped a young Barbra Streisand, already a Broadway sensation in "I can get it for you wholesale" to play the Brice. The rest is entertainment history.This DVD presentation is spectacular in quality, but its "Special Features" pale in comparison to those of "The Way We Were." The documentaries "Barbra in Movieland" and "This is Streisand" are almost camp in their approach and scope, and I long for a present-day interview (better yet, audio commentary) with la Streisand that would have put the making of this film in better context. I'm hoping her future films, especially her directorial efforts, include a director commentary and background footage. (Barbra, can you hear me?)That said, Funny Girl is still the centerpiece any Streisand fan's collection. A must have.

The ultimate showcase for an actress, Barbra Streisand's highly publicized film debut in FUNNY GIRL met every single expectation and then some. The film was the highest-grossing film of 1968, and it's very easy to see why. The film has many great qualities: It's expertly directed by three-time Academy Award winner William Wyler (the finale of the "Don't Rain On My Parade" number is just as astonishing as the chariot race in Wyler's BEN HUR), the storyline is extremely compelling, Omar Sharif is an incredibly suave and charismatic leading man, the supporting players are perfectly cast (particularly Kay Medford, Lee Allen, and Walter Pidgeon), and the song score (primarily by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill) is first-rate.However, virtually everything that FUNNY GIRL has working for it would be worthless without Barbra Streisand's absolutely phenomenal performance. I honestly cannot think of enough good descriptive adjectives to do justice to her amazing performance in this film. She handles drama, comedy, music numbers, and tearjerking sentiment with equal aplomb, and she does it all better than any actress before or since. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had no choice but to honor her with the Oscar for Best Actress (in an extremely rare tie with academy favorite Katherine Hepburn; only the second tie in Oscar history to date), it is a performance that is nothing less than perfect.About the DVD: Columbia-Tristar has done an excellent job in bringing FUNNY GIRL to DVD. The restoration of the original source elements may have taken nearly three years to complete, but it was time well spent - the picture quality is gorgeous! Sure, there are a few nicks on the print, but the color, sharpness, and virtually everything else is nearly flawless. Quite possibly one of the best vintage transfers yet. The sound is also excellent, and while there are no new features included (only vintage featurettes - I expect we'll see a special edition re-issue in the future) the menu design is fantastic.

i got mine from inetvideo for like $3.80 still in wrapping and was brand new, works perfectly, and got here quick too! the movie is excellent, with amazing songs and costumes. definitely one of my top two favorite musicals. and for all of you who aren't big on barbra streisand, i must admit, i used to be the same way. yes,, she was great in hello dolly, but she just kinda blipped off my radar, and this turned it around. her acting is superb, as well as her singing, no doubt. it's a very entertaining funny movie that will weave itself through your heart strings.

Arrived perfectly, no damage on the recording perfect view on the TV screen, love her movies.

Wonderfully entertaining film. Great story, great cast, great music.BUT be warned some numpty has screwed around with the presentation on Bluray. So when you hit play, the music starts, but the screen remains blank. 'To give you that real cinema experience!' What it actually does is convince you the disc is faulty. Patience is rewarded eventually and the screen comes to life. But the stupidity is not over, in the middle of the movie, there is an intermission! Obviously they forgot about the pause button.

Firstly I dislike how the DVD has been formatted as if for a theater/cinema audience with the long overture then an interval all on a blank screen which I couldn't skip. Unnecessary I think.It was also tricky navigating and not user friendly.Still, it is nice to have the great value DVD to compliment the original cast vinyl recording that I have.Having seen the show when it opened in the '60's it was good to see Streisand in Funny Girl again after so many years.I had also seen the original movie years ago and it reminded me how much they partly ruined the theatre version upon transferring it to film.Some new scenes are great but I hate the new ballet scene inserted at the time and it is also a shame that 2 numbers were dropped from the original theatre production.On balance a good enough buy at the price.

Having showed Funny giril in 1968 in 70mm 6 track magnectic sound at the columbia theatre shaftsbury avenue for 1 year 6months i can say that the picture at 1080plooks great the DTS HD MASTER 5,0 sounds very good but could do with subwofferthe audio track was taken from the original 6 track mag remixed 5,0 its good to have the orginal play in intermission title playin the music at the endis the play out in all a exelent 4k restoration

Waited 3 weeks for delivery. Then it wouldn't play on 3 different sources, DVD player, PlayStation or Laptop. It cost nearly as muchto send it back as I didn't realise it was coming from Canada!

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