Sweet Charity (1969) Blu-ray

The feature debut of the great Bob Fosse based on the Broadway hit, Sweet Charity is a musical re-imagining of Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria, starring the wonderful Shirley MacLaine as a taxi dancer looking for love and escape in hippy-era New York.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

4K restoration of the 157-minute Roadshow version, complete with Overture, Entr’acte and Exit Music

4K restoration of the general release version, with the original and alternative endings

Alternative 2.0 stereo, 4.0 stereo and 5.1 surround soundtrack options

Audio commentary with film historians Lee Gambin, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Cara Mitchell (2020)

The John Player Lecture with Shirley MacLaine (1971): archival audio recording of the celebrated actor in conversation at London’s National Film Theatre

From Stage to Screen: A Director’s Dilemma (1969): original promotional film featuring interview material with Bob Fosse and rare behind-the-scenes footage

The Art of Exaggeration (1969): original promotional film profiling the work of famed costume designer Edith Head

Interview with Sonja Haney (2020): audio recording of the dance assistant in conversation with Lee Gambin

Now and Then: Sammy Davis Jr (1968): archival interview featuring the actor and singer in conversation with broadcaster Bernard Braden

Super 8 version: original cut-down home-cinema presentation

Image gallery: publicity and promotional material

Original theatrical trailer

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with new essays by Pamela Hutchinson and Bill Rosenfield, Neil Simon on Sweet Charity, archival press coverage of the film’s release including an interview with Shirley MacLaine, extracts from the pressbook, Federico Fellini on Sweet Charity, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits