Chicago

Chicago is a 2002 musical film adapted from the satirical stage musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Jazz-age Chicago. Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, and adapted by screenwriter Bill Condon, Chicago won six Academy Awards in 2003, including Best Picture. The film was the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1969. Chicago centers on Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two murder... More

Initial release date:

  • Dec 26, 2002

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PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 53 min

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Also known as:

  • Chicago: The Musical

Film

Directed by

Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American theater director, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and four-time Emmy winner whose most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award for Best Picture winner Chicago. Marshall...

Tagline:

  • If you can't be famous, be infamous
  • With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder.
  • It's Just A Noisy Hall Where There's A Nightly Brawl...and All That Jazz
  • In a city where everyone loves a legend, there's only room for one.

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Dec 27, 2002
  • 2002
  • Dec 20, 2005
  • Aug 19, 2003
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Runtime:

Runtime Film release region Note
  • 1 h 53 min
  • 1 h 20 min
  • TV version
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 45,000,000

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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Film Winners

Academy Award for Best Director Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year
  • 12
  • 2006

AFI's 100 Years of Musicals of 2006

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Media

Adapted From

Chicago

Chicago is a 1926 play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins. It was based on two unrelated 1924 cases of two women, Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner, who were both suspected and later acquitted for murder, that Watkins had covered for the Chicago Tribune as a reporter. The play would later inspire a...

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