Chicago

Crime, Musical

Lucy Liu	Go-to-Hell-Kitty
Christine Baranski	Mary Sunshine
Catherine Zeta-Jones	Velma Kelly
Renee Zellweger	Roxie Hart
Colm Feore	Martin Harrison
Richard Gere	Billy Flynn
Queen Latifah	Matron Mama Morton
Chita Rivera	Annie
Dominic West	Fred Caseley
John C. Reilly	Amos Hart
Taye Diggs	Bandleader
Cliff Saunders	Stage Manager
Renée Zellweger	Roxie Hart
Jayne Eastwood	Mrs. Borusewicz
Bruce Beaton	Police Photographer
Roman Podhora	Sergeant Fogarty

Director	Rob Marshall
Producer	Bill Condon; Martin Richards; Jennifer Berman; Don Carmody
Writer	Bob Fosse; Bill Condon; Maurine Dallas Watkins
Cinematography	Dion Beebe; James Chressanthis
Musician	Danny Elfman; Fred Ebb; John Kander; David Krane

A musical comedy drama set in 1920's Jazz-era Chicago, this movie tells the story of Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) and Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), each in the Cook County jail for murder. The block is presided over by Matron Mama Morton (Queen Latifah), who consoles and advises the prisoners on death row, for a price. Celebrity lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) spins their stories and works the press and public sympathy to influence the jury's verdict. The two women compete for the spotlight by ever-escalating sob-stories, but in the end their new-found celebrity is overtaken by the next sensational crime. A remake of the Bob Fosse stage play, Chicago won the Academy Award for Best Picture.