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The Band Wagon is a 1953 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. It tells the story of an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will revive his career.
The Band Wagon: Directed by Vincente Minnelli. With Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray. An aging movie star uncertain of his future teams up with a top ballerina to headline a new Broadway musical, but the pretentiously artistic goals of its director threaten to change it beyond recognition.
Michael Kidd choreography, setting designed by Oliver Smith, Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse generating gangster heat in Vincente Minnelli's THE BAND WAGON ('5...
Mar 27, 2005 · “The Band Wagon” is informed by a Minnelli who, at 50, had logged a long tour of duty in show biz, not least as the husband of the complicated Judy Garland. When Astaire made “The Band Wagon,” he was 54 years old but hardly washed up.
Oscar-winner and legendary hoofer Fred Astaire ("Top Hat") stars in this fun-filled Oscar-nominated musical as a Hollywood celebrity who stumbles into troubl...
The Band Wagon | Rotten Tomatoes. Released Aug 7, 1953 1h 52m Musical. List. NEW. Famous musical movie star Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire) fears his career may be on the skids, but...
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The Band Wagon provides musical theatre buffs with their only opportunity to see Nanette Fabray in a musical, the genre that made her a star on Broadway in such '40s and '50s shows as High Button Shoes and Love Life. by Brian Cady and Frank Miller
Synopsis. Fred Astaire plays song-and-dance man Tony Hunter, whose top-hat-and-tails brand of movie musical has become passé. As the movie opens, a Hollywood memorabilia auctioneer tries to sell off a hat and cane that once belonged to Hunter, but he literally can't get 50 cents for them.
Widely considered one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, Vincent Minnelli's "The Band Wagon" connects a jumble of comedic backstage Broadway shenanigans with mix-matched show tunes via Fred Astaire's impeccable dance routines.
The Band Wagon. OSCARS® 3X nominee. Egos clash between a movie star, his ballerina co-star, and their effete director, causing their show to bomb in out-of-town tryouts. The initial failure convinces the stars to work together - but can they turn their show into a Broadway hit?
