Title: Bob Fosse
Content: Winchell starring Robert De Niro as Winchell, which, like "Star 80", would have dealt with the dark side of fame, the underbelly of show business, and portraying a Svengali-like character much like Paul Snider. However, Fosse died before starting the Winchell project. Prior to 1983, Fosse was approached by Arnon Milchan and Paul D. Zimmerman to direct Zimmerman's script "The King of Comedy" (1983), which would have starred Andy Kaufman, Sandra Bernhard, and Sammy Davis Jr., among others. Although the subject matter and the script itself intrigued him, Fosse passed on the project. Warren Beatty approached Fosse twice to direct

Title: John Lithgow
Content: Lithgow portrayed Lucas Sergeant in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical movie "All That Jazz". The character was loosely based on the real-life director/choreographer Michael Bennett, best known for his work on "Dreamgirls" and "A Chorus Line". In 1983 and 1984, Lithgow was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as Roberta Muldoon in "The World According to Garp" and as Sam Burns in "Terms of Endearment". Both films were screen adaptations of popular novels. Lithgow originated the character of Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin, an Italian physicist inhabited by an evil alien, which he played in the

Title: Bob Fosse
Content: Fosse performed a song and dance number in Stanley Donen's 1974 film version of "The Little Prince". According to "AllMusic", "Bob Fosse stops the show with a slithery dance routine." In 1977, Fosse had a small role in the romantic comedy "Thieves". Fosse directed five feature films. His first, "Sweet Charity" (1969), starring Shirley MacLaine, is an adaptation of the Broadway musical he had directed and choreographed. Fosse shot the film largely on location in Manhattan. His second film, "Cabaret" (1972), won eight Academy Awards, including Best Director, which he won over Francis Ford Coppola for "The Godfather", starring Marlon

Title: Bob Fosse
Content: Bob Fosse Robert Louis Fosse (June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American dancer, musical theatre choreographer, director and film director. He won eight Tony Awards for choreography, more than anyone else, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning for his direction of "Cabaret". Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927, to a Norwegian American father, Cyril K. Fosse, a traveling salesman for The Hershey Company, and Irish-born mother, Sara Alice Fosse (née Stanton), the second youngest of six. He teamed up with Charles Grass, another young dancer,

Title: Bob Fosse
Content: documentary research for a follow-up feature having to do with the motivations that compel people to become performers, but he found the results uninspiring and abandoned the project. Fosse's final film, "Star 80" (1983), was a controversial biographical movie about slain "Playboy" Playmate Dorothy Stratten. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning article on the same topic. The film was nominated for several awards, and was screened out of competition at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. During this time, Fosse also considered directing more motion pictures. He was close to filming the life of controversial gossip columnist Walter

Question: Who played a character based on Bob Fosse in a 1979 Oscar winning film?
Answer: Roy Scheider