1. Funny Girl | Rotten Tomatoes
It's hard to think of Funny Girl, in fact, apart from Barbra Streisand. She is the life force. Director William Wyler simply drapes the opulent show around her.
In this bittersweet, classic musical drama, the vibrant and beautiful young Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) starts out as a bit player on the New York City vaudeville stage, but works her way up to stardom on Broadway. Valued for her vocal and comedic talents by the renowned theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon), Fanny thrives, but her relationship with her suave, imprisoned businessman husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), is another story.

2. Funny Girl movie review & film summary (1968) - Roger Ebert
The trouble with "Funny Girl" is almost everything except Barbra Streisand. She is magnificent.

3. FUNNY GIRL, 1968 Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, musical ...
Jan 19, 2022 · Based on a Broadway musical of the same name, both were spearheaded by the film's producer Ray Stark, the real-life son-in-law of Fanny Brice.
A musical feast for the eyes, ears and heart, featuring a breakthrough role for a new kind of starThe musical “Funny Girl” is arguably the last of the outstanding Hollywood studio-type musicals. Its lavish sets, stunning costumes, vivid colors, exquisite lighting, a first-rate script, and songs that have become standards, are all shown through flawless direction. That alone is more than enough to create a classic, yet this biopic about Fanny Brice is best known for launching the film career of a

4. FUNNY GIRL 1968 - DREAMS ARE WHAT LE CINEMA IS FOR...
Jun 29, 2012 · Doubly so when you realize that it is the only musical ever made by veteran and versatile director, William Wyler (65 at the time and hard of ...
Funny Girl (1968) movie. Barbra Streisand & Omar Sharif star in this musical biography of Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice. Directed by William Wyler.
5. Don't Tell Her Not to Live! 'Funny Girl,' the Movie, Gets Re Released Aug. 31
"Funny Girl" was originally released by Columbia Pictures Sept. 19, 1968. Musical supervision was by Walter Scharf. Cinematography was by Harry Stradling, and a ...
Columbia Pictures is hoping people — people who need people — will flock to its Aug. 31 re-release of the movie musical, "Funny Girl," the 1968 picture that won Barbra Streisand her first Academy Award.
6. 8 'Funny Girl' Movie Facts For Every Barbra Streisand Lover
Sep 13, 2024 · Based on the original Broadway production, which was written by Isobel Lennart and composed by Jule Styne, the movie became a smashing success.
Flashback to 1968 and check out these behind-the-scenes secrets and facts about Barbra Streisand’s iconic role in ‘Funny Girl’.

7. Funny Girl | Musical comedy, Barbra Streisand, William Wyler - Britannica
Dec 13, 2024 · Funny Girl, American musical film, released in 1968, that was based on the stage show of the same name about the life and loves of early ...
Funny Girl, American musical film, released in 1968, that was based on the stage show of the same name about the life and loves of early 20th-century film star and comedienne Fanny Brice. It marked the screen debut of Barbra Streisand, who reprised her theatrical role as Brice and earned an Academy

8. Funny Girl (1968) - Theatregold
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Funny Girl (1968) Movie The Story of Fanny Brice
9. the timeless, luminous allure of Barbra Streisand's Funny Girl • Journal
Apr 26, 2024 · To celebrate 100 years of Columbia Pictures, John Forde examines the deep impact of William Wyler's Funny Girl, from the queer appeal of ...
To celebrate 100 years of Columbia Pictures, John Forde examines the deep impact of William Wyler’s Funny Girl, from the queer appeal of Barbra Streisand to the rise and fall of the Hollywood musical.

10. Funny Girl (1968) - Seeing Things Secondhand
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Dir. William Wyler. Starring Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford I will come clean about this movie: I had not seen it until recently, and worse still, I didn’t know much more about it…
