Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
Roy Scheider
as Joe Gideon
Jessica Lange
as Angelique
Ann Reinking
as Kate Jagger
Leland Palmer
as Audrey Paris
Cliff Gorman
as Davis Newman
Ben Vereen
as O'Connor Flood
Erzsebet Foldi
as Michelle
Michael Tolan
as Dr. Ballinger
Max Wright
as Joshua Penn
William LeMassena
as Jonesy Hecht
jjvanrensburg
From the opening sequence of Joe Gideon auditioning hopeful young dancers, to the last, ingenious depiction of his heart attack, presented as a showbiz spectacle, this film is at times darkly fascinating and then exuberant in its depiction of a self-destructive song and dance man at the pinnacle of ...