Product: Funny Girl [VHS] (1968)
Rating: 5.0
"Barbra At Her Best"
By the mid sixties Barbra Streisand was one of the world's biggest singers, selling more albums than any female vocalist of her era, sometimes selling more records than the Beatles and Elvis. She also had made a name for herself on Broadway in "Funny Girl". So, it was only natural that when "Funny Girl" hit the big screen Barbra would be cast again in the role of Fanny Brice, a stage comedian who makes it big on the New York stage while attempting to have a relationship with Nick Arnstein, a handsome man who gambles.Probably one of the biggest movie musicals in the history of the American cinema, "Funny Girl" solidified Streisand as a bonafied movie star. This title was even more cemented when she won the Academy Award in 1968 for Best Actress, making this one of the rare occurences when a singer won an Oscar. The film would go on to be the top money making movie of the year eventually accumulating over $50,000,000 at the boxoffice.Some of the more popular songs in "Funny Girl" are Streisand's signature songs, and they include "People", "Don't Rain On My Parade", "My Man", and "Secondhand Rose".Bonuses on the DVD include Song Highlights, Bonus Trailers, and the featurettes "Barbra in Movieland" and "This Is Streisand".A sequel to "Funny Girl" called "Funny Lady" was released in 1975 and starred Barbra and James Caan, but was far less successful.