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"Surprise, Surprise" – Richie and dancers-replaces " Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love" and "Gimme the Ball", although one verse of the song is heard in the film." At the Ballet" – Sheila, Bebe and Maggie-the soundtrack contains an extended version not heard in the film."Who Am I Anyway?" – Paul-his solo, originally part of "I Hope I Get It"." I Hope I Get It" – Entire cast-Contains new sections of music not in the original stage version.Michelle Johnston as Beatrice Ann "Bebe" Benson.Nicole Fosse as Kristine Evelyn Erlich-DeLuca.Terrence Mann as Larry, assistant choreographer.As the credits roll, the song's tag vamps as the dancers continue dancing in a giant Kickline. The dancer's reflections from the mirror joins them and soon the stage is filled with hundreds of dancers. As the song progresses, the cut dancers also appear onstage and it becomes harder to identify each dancer. Months later, the eight performers are seen performing "One" in front of an audience. Zach chooses Val, Cassie, Bebe, Diana, Mike, Mark, Richie, and Bobby to be in his line. Diana is the only one that can truly answer the question, telling him that she wants to be remembered, even just for dancing in a chorus, which all the hopefuls seem to agree with. As he is rushed to the hospital, Zach asks the dancers what they will do once they can no longer perform. Suddenly, Paul slips, falls and injures his knee. They argue about their past romantic relationship while Larry leads the group in a tap combination. Zach shouts at Cassie, as she cannot blend in. Larry brings the dancers back onstage to perform the newly learned routine. Zach embraces Paul, showing compassion for the first time in the audition. When his parents found out that he was gay and performing in drag, they couldn't look him in the eye. Paul describes his first job at a drag cabaret. Paul re-enters the stage and tells Zach about how he was sexually molested as a child while watching musicals on 42nd Street. Zach relents and sends her to learn the routine with everyone else. Through their stories, the group reveals how being a performer is a difficult profession.Īs Cassie enters the stage, Zach tells Larry to take all the dancers to a rehearsal room. This includes how they began dancing, first sexual experiences, their families, and hardships they've faced. As they each step forward, he interviews them and coaxes the dancers into talking about a variety of topics. Zach is looking for eight dancers (four men and four women) and has them introduce themselves. Now she has not worked in over a year, and is desperate enough to be part of the chorus line. Arriving late is former lead dancer Cassie ( Alyson Reed) who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach but left him for Hollywood. After initial eliminations, sixteen hopefuls remain. In a Broadway theater, from a darkened place in the audience, director Zach ( Michael Douglas) judges dozens of dancers and their performances. Released theatrically on December 13, 1985, by Columbia Pictures, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who compared it unfavorably with the musical, and was a box office bomb, grossing only $14 million from a $25 million budget. The plot centers on a group of dancers auditioning for a part in a new Broadway musical. The songs were composed by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban. The screenplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the book of the 1975 stage production of the same name by James Kirkwood Jr. A Chorus Line is a 1985 American musical drama film directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Michael Douglas.