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(1968)
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Comedy
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Director:
William Wyler
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Omar Sharif,
Kay Medford
A Star Is Born
(1976)
Drama
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Music
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Romance
Director:
Frank Pierson
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Kris Kristofferson,
Gary Busey
Hello, Dolly!
(1969)
Comedy
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Romance
Director:
Gene Kelly
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Walter Matthau,
Michael Crawford
Yentl
(1983)
Drama
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Musical
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Romance
Director:
Barbra Streisand
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Amy Irving,
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The Main Event
(1979)
Comedy
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Sport
Director:
Howard Zieff
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Ryan O'Neal,
Paul Sand
For Pete's Sake
(1974)
Comedy
Director:
Peter Yates
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Michael Sarrazin,
Estelle Parsons
The Owl and the Pussycat
(1970)
Comedy
Director:
Herbert Ross
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
George Segal,
Robert Klein
Nuts
(1987)
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Thriller
Director:
Martin Ritt
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Richard Dreyfuss,
Maureen Stapleton
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Fantasy
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Yves Montand,
Bob Newhart
The Way We Were
(1973)
Certificate: A
Drama
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Director:
Sydney Pollack
Stars:
Barbra Streisand,
Robert Redford,
Bradford Dillman
All Night Long
(1981)
Comedy
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Drama
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Romance
Director:
Jean-Claude Tramont
Stars:
Gene Hackman,
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Diane Ladd
Up the Sandbox
(1972)
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Director:
Irvin Kershner
Stars:
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David Selby,
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The continuing story of Fanny Brice following that depicted in Funny Girl (1968) is presented. An established star on Broadway as a headliner for the Ziegfeld Follies, Fanny and the rest of the world are hitting difficult times entering into the 1930s. Her marriage to Nicky Arnstein, who she still loves is ending in divorce, and even Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is having trouble coming up with money to continue to produce the Follies. Along comes brash nightclub owner, song lyricist and wannabe impresario Billy Rose, who says he can raise the money and has the material to produce his own revue, which he wants to star Fanny. Fanny is both attracted to and repelled by Billy because of his chutzpah, his stubbornness and knowing that underneath his outer veneer is the soul of a true hustler... much like she was when she was first starting out and much like she still is now. Through their professional trials and tribulations, they slowly start to fall for each other. But Fanny admits that Nicky ... Written by Huggo
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15 March 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Fanny Brice: That's the only good news I've heard tonight.
Billy Rose: I'm not kidding.
Fanny Brice: Neither am I.
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(uncredited)
Music by Ben Oakland
Lyrics by Jack Murray
Performed by Barbra Streisand
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After the scene of Brice doing her radio show, there is a shot supposedly of the NBC building in Los Angeles. The building shown is actually the redressed Pan Pacific Auditorium which, while of the correct period, looks nothing like the actually NBC building. The Pan Pacific Auditorium was used in Xanadu (1980) as the nightclub opened at the end of the picture. See more »Goofs
When Fanny Brice takes off, singing, in the yellow biplane, the plane is shown taking off from a runway clearly marked with Instrument Landing System (ILS) bars, which had not yet been developed in the late 1920's when the scene is set. See more »Quotes
Billy Rose: [referring to having borrowed money from the mob to finance his show] They're gonna build me into the West Side Highway.Fanny Brice: That's the only good news I've heard tonight.
Billy Rose: I'm not kidding.
Fanny Brice: Neither am I.
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Soundtracks
If I Love Again(uncredited)
Music by Ben Oakland
Lyrics by Jack Murray
Performed by Barbra Streisand
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Okay sequel to the wonderful Funny Girl is missing several key ingredients that hold it back from the level of the first film. The most important would seem to be director William Wyler, who kept the first film moving even at an extended length this one plods here and there. The supporting characters here aren't as enjoyable or fleshed out as in the first, where is Kay Medford's wonderful mother? Most of the music is excellent, the problem with most is the staging. We only get snippets of many of them like "More Than You Know" and "Am I Blue" and several of the ones we do get full versions of are muddled, the worst is "It's Gonna Be a Great Day". Barbra gives a great rendition of the song but it's drowned mostly in long shots and the sound of the shuffling feet of the surrounding dancers. "Let's Hear It For Me" is a blatant ripoff of "Don't Rain on My Parade". There is a haunting version of "If I Love Again" though. Caan is alright as Billy Rose but he and Babs share little chemistry and he mostly shouts his part hardly making the most romantic leading man. As for Streisand, who made this under duress from a contract obligation, she is of course loaded with talent but seems brittle and haughty, two things Fanny Brice never was. The production design is excellent and some of the costumes are eye popping, the feathered dress in itself is amazing, but they are dressing up an average affair. Not a waste of time just don't go into it expecting the high quality of the first film.