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The Band Wagon (1953)

NR ★ 7.2/10 112 min Music, Comedy, Romance United States English
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Story by: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Screenplay by: Adolph Green, Betty Comden
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Description

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

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Top Cast

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire Tony Hunter
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse Gabrielle Gerard
Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant Lester Marton
Nanette Fabray
Nanette Fabray Lily Marton
Jack Buchanan
Jack Buchanan Jeffrey Cordova
James Mitchell
James Mitchell Paul Byrd
Robert Gist
Robert Gist Hal
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner Ava Gardner (uncredited)

The Band Wagon Appears on 16 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #751
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #185
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #118
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #47

Critic Curated

50 Best Movies Youve Never Seen from USA Today
USA Today #29
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films
BBC #70
Indiewire's 65 Best Musical Movies Of All Time
IndieWire #59
Paste Magazines 100 Best Films Of The 1950s
Paste Magazine #38
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #33

Filmmaker Curation

Baz Luhrmann's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #10
Damien Chazelle's Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #17
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #157
Martin Scorsese's Alternative List of Favorite Films
LaCinetek #87
Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #17
William Friedkin's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #30

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown All The Right Moves
Letterboxd Showdown #18

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