Craig Zadan Quotations

When Fosse died (in 1987), a lot of people who loved his film work felt very sad because in his career he didn't do very many of them. This is truly a lost Bob Fosse movie.

His reputation, in terms of going into the editing room and working on the pictures himself, was much less with this picture.

There are so many psychological and deep ramifications to this story -- that's why Neil and I were attracted to it. Like (Storyline's 'Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'), this is not just another biopic.

We believe, for the first time, this project is viable. We are getting nothing but enthusiasm from Warner Bros. ... Big actors all over town are wanting to make this movie. Our timing couldn't be better.

We feel like we've been dating New Line on 'Hairspray' and we are ready to get married. We want to make a very diverse slate of films for them.

It was all washed-out. The original broadcast did not capture the actual excitement and energy and feeling of being there. Now, for the first time, you can actually see the way Fosse intended it to look because the technology has caught up.

Now, for the first time you can actually see the way Fosse intended it to look because the technology has caught up. And as a result, it looks like it did and it feels like it did by being in the theater that night.

This is a story about friendship, about this amazing relationship between two guys who were so brilliant together but couldn't be together because of their incompatibility as people,

The way Rob Marshall has edited this movie, you can't just go in there and say take this out or take that out. It was all constructed so intricately.

Its original broadcast did not capture the actual excitement and energy and feeling of being there. Now, with the restoration, it's exactly what it was like being there.

Then Oliver got attacked by gay groups over his portrayal of gay characters in JFK and said, 'I just can't go into another project and go through that again.

He's got a great talent for picking good films and developing them, ... Chicago.

The door is now open for discussion. More studios will consider them (movie musicals), but it doesn't mean they are going to rush out and make those movies. But at least there's consideration.