Another biographical film/mini-series that borders between interesting and sheer boredom. Sam Rockwell plays director/choreographer Bob Fosse, and Michelle Williams plays actress Gwen Verdon. Fosse and Verdon eventually married each other, and with some difficulty in the conception they eventually had a daughter together. This TV mini-series is sprinkled with a bit too much of on stage musical rehearsals, but minimal full end song and dance numbers as the finished product.
In real life actress Gwen Verdon had flaming red hair and a quaver in her voice which Michelle Williams tried to impersonate. As far as Michelle Williams appearance with wig of red hair she kept reminding me more of Shirley MacLaine than Gwen Verdon. What was most irritating throughout this mini-series was Michelle Williams attempting to nail down Gwen Verdon's quavering voice characteristic. Instead though Michelle Williams was either whispering through half the film, or sounding more like an aging Katherine Hepburn.
Love, music, dance, marriage, Broadway awards, birth of a daughter, extra-marital affairs, mental illness, divorce, friendship, health problems and hardship follows throughout their complicated relationship. All in all it is worth watching, but by no means is this a memorable award winning TV mini-series.
In real life actress Gwen Verdon had flaming red hair and a quaver in her voice which Michelle Williams tried to impersonate. As far as Michelle Williams appearance with wig of red hair she kept reminding me more of Shirley MacLaine than Gwen Verdon. What was most irritating throughout this mini-series was Michelle Williams attempting to nail down Gwen Verdon's quavering voice characteristic. Instead though Michelle Williams was either whispering through half the film, or sounding more like an aging Katherine Hepburn.
Love, music, dance, marriage, Broadway awards, birth of a daughter, extra-marital affairs, mental illness, divorce, friendship, health problems and hardship follows throughout their complicated relationship. All in all it is worth watching, but by no means is this a memorable award winning TV mini-series.