All That Jazz (1979) 'Hospital Hallucination, Take 1' scene HD

The 4 musical numbers from the Hospital Hallucination scene in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz - one of my favorite movies.

Please forgive me for only recording screen, not editing/cutting the intro&outro exactly - it would have taken forever to render that :D

[sharoncasey]

Erzebet Foldi was only 13 when she played daughter Michelle, yet she held her own with the likes of Leland Palmer and Ann Reinking-pretty impressive.

[StevenSeanGarland]

The exact moment in my life when I knew I had to commit to being an artist. The entire last half hour of this film exploded my cranium. I literally remember sitting there at 13 forcibly resisting the urge to get up out of my seat and somehow, some way be a part of the electricity on screen.

[mrrysngstrss]

All That Jazz - aka "How many layers of meta can we get in this picture"?

[LauraS]

This movie records some of Ann Reinking's absolute peak dancing and thank God for it. She was, after Gwen Verdon, THE female Fosse dancer. The funny bit is that she was Fosse's real life girlfriend during this movie. He also had his real life daughter as one of the younger dancers toward the beginning, too. The girl playing his daughter wasn't her. Gwen, his wife at the time, was also not in the movie but was a major consultant on it for him. They had an amazing working relationship outside the personal one, which was fractured at the best of times and painful at the worst. Nicole, his daughter, wrote in a memoir that after his funeral, the three of them, Gwen, Ann, and herself, just kind of holed up on Long Island together, grieving as one. Gwen and Ann had a decent relationship even though they were romantic rivals. They respected each other a lot and were a lot alike as well. Ann got me into dancing and the jazz/modern dance world. I wanted to be like her, to dance like her. LOL That didn't happen but it was fun at the time, not to mention a hell of a lot of hard work and hard dancing until the money for dance lessons ran out. That's a different story, though. 😉

[regress-ct]

Can we take a moment to appreciate these costumes? Stunning.

[haroldhoot]

I think I am going to take a little time every single day of the rest of my life to watch this again and again. Such incredible perfection I can hardly breath until it ends.

[jlymenb]

RIP Ann Reiking, an epitome of health. Too, too young to be taken at 71. Thank you for the beauty that you shared with this world.

[aestroai]

This film was genius. I wish I knew people who get this. This and A Clockwork Orange are a mirror held up to my subconscious!

[stephaniestanley]

❤no words for the artistry, the talent or the beauty of the women in this cast. Ann was stunning.

[johnstumpf]

RIP Ann Reinking

What a great dancer - especially in this role

[astaraoneill]

The 2 ballet dancers in that number took 10 years off the life of their knees with that choreography.

[AndersPuschel]

In case anyone's interested, the nurse towards the end of the scene is played by Catherine Shirriff, Canadian (former) actress. Wikipedia has an entry for her.

[terellchapman]

I see where Bojack got his inspiration from

[averagejoe]

Maybe the best musical sequence I've ever seen. It's like the ending of 2001 mixed with a meta song and dance scene.

[jan_phd]

Incredible dancing, choreography, bodies... the top.

[smurf]

Literally NOBODY ELSE ive ever seen (including Gwen) married the sexiness, the absolute precision, and stunning beauty the way Ann Reinking did here for Bob's choreography. She was sizzling hot. Looking fantastic. This is the best quality I've seen of the digital transfer on YouTube. Thank you! im only sorry i never got to see Ann live. I did see the show twice (Chicago) when she starred in her own production but she was out the first time (saw Nancy Hess) and then saw Marilu Henner second time with Nancy as Velma that time. Wanted to meet Ann to tell her how fabulous she was but didn't get the chance.

[Robert-sisu]

This is the best edited film I’ve ever seen

[OreadNYC]

I'm looking at Ann Reinking and Erzebet Foldi (the ballet dancers in the "After You've Gone" sequence) nearly down on their knees while still en pointe.

Mind. Blown.

[anthonykimball]

Jessica lange absolutely NEVER EVER looked hotter than she did here.

[palmereldritch]

and let's have some love for Leland a very difficult part....