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Music Movie | New York City
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Best Foreign Director Migliore Regista Straniero | 1979 | Miloš
Best Foreign Music Migliore Musica Straniera | 1979 | Galt
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1980
New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture Male | 1980 | Treat
Best Foreign Film | 1983
Best Foreign Film Meilleur film tranger | 1980 | Miloš
Best Musical Entertainment Featuring Youth TV or Motion Picture | 1980
Budget 11,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 15,313,606 USD
During the closing number, when Berger sings the third verse, background singers are singing lines from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. "Eyes, Look your Last, Arms take your last embrace" and "The lips, oh you the doors, of breath, sealed with a righteous kiss" are all from Romeo's final monologue. It's followed by "The rest is silence," the prince's last line in Hamlet.
According to Emily Soares at the Turner Classic Movies website, Milos Forman's only casting regret was Nicholas Ray as The General. "Though he performed well, Ray had to endure clouds of heavy smoke for his big scene, and it was only weeks later that Forman learned he was dying of lung cancer".
Although the film is based on the stage musical, the plot is different, songs are sung in a different order, and characters are portrayed differently.
Cheryl Barnes had previously appeared in the Broadway stage productions of "Godspell" and "Jesus Christ Superstar." In the magazine 'Turnaround', director Milos Forman said of Barnes' audition, "As she started to sing the tune she had prepared, a hush came over the room. She had a voice like a bell, flawless musicality, and great presence."
Over 20,000 extras and background artists participated in the musical numbers "3-5-0-0" and "Let the Sun Shine In," which were both staged at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
"Hippy: The draft is white people sending black people to make war on the yellow people to defend the land they stole from the red people!"
"Prison Psychiatrist: And men? Woof: What do you mean...? Prison Psychiatrist: You have any sexual attraction towards men? Woof: You mean if I'm a homosexual or something like that? Prison Psychiatrist: Yeah. Woof: Well, I wouldn't kick Mick Jagger out of my bed, but uh, I'm not a homosexual, no."
