FUNNY GIRL
Sunday, February 12
11:00
U.S., 1968
Directed by William Wyler
Starring Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Walter Pidgeon
Approx. 151 min. DCP.
Barbra Streisand as the legendary Fanny Brice sings and clowns her way from the Lower East Side to Ziegfeld stardom, while her marriage to Omar Sharif’s Nicky Arnstein slowly goes sour. William Wyler’s only musical nabbed seven Oscar nominations, with Streisand winning Best Actress in a memorable tie with Katharine Hepburn.
Reviews
“Streisand is stunning.”
– Dave Kehr, The Chicago Reader