Chicago: The Movie and Lyrics

by Rob Marshall, Martin Richards, Bill Condon

A magnificent visual book in full color with over 120 photos about the making of the major feature film Chicago , based on the award-winning musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse. Everyone loves a legend, but in Chicago, there's only room for one. Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) burns in the spotlight as a nightclub sensation. When she shoots her philandering husband, she lands on Chicago's famed murderess row, retains Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), and is the center of the town's most notorious murder case, only increasing her celebrity. Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger), seduced by the city's promise of style and adventure, dreams of singing and dancing her way to stardom. When Roxie's abusive lover tries to walk out on her, and she, too, ends up in prison. Billy recognizes a made-for-tabloids story, and postpones Velma's court date to take on Roxie's case. Infamy is Roxie's ticket to stardom. Billy turns her crime of passion into celebrity headlines, and in this town, where murder is a form of entertainment, she becomes a bona fide star—much to Velma's chagrin. As Roxie fashions herself as America's sweetheart, Velma has more than a few surprises in store, and the two women stop at nothing to outdo each other in their pursuit of fame and celebrity. A new interpretation that takes the award-winning Broadway show into fresh and expansive cinematic realms, Chicago shifts adroitly from the reality of intrigue, rivalry and betrayal to spectacular fantasies of music and dance, offering tongue-in-cheek commentary on the cult of celebrity and the scandalous lengths to which people will go to attain it.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published March 7, 2003

About the author

ROB MARSHALL has vast experience in the outdoors and has enjoyed tramping, hunting and fishing for many years. I have had a love of New Zealand’s native bush and our beautiful mountains and rivers all my life. I was inspired to write a hunting novel based on my adventures hunting and tramping in the wilderness. My inspiration was driven by a desire to share descriptions of New Zealand’s native bush, mountains and rivers with people who are not able to see it for themselves. As a hunter and tramper you are always looking into the next valley or over to the next mountain or peak to see what is there, knowing that you will have to go and have a look. New Zealanders are fortunate to have such a readily accessible, beautiful environment which we can explore whenever we want to. It is a Paradise which I treasure. There seemed to be quite a few books about hunting around at the time so I thought I would do something different and created the novel, Paradise Broken. It is set in the magnificent New Zealand bush adventuring up a big wild river. My experiences provided me with the opportunity to develop a story line and share descriptions of the beautiful scenery and the wildlife in the bush that I have enjoyed over many years. The characters are inspired by people I have met in the bush on my hunting trips.
Rob Marshall – author of Paradise Broken

Reviews

[Nick Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

some guys just can't hold their arsenic

[homeatreides · Rating 5 out of 5]

I ❤️ Velma Kelly