Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
This musical treat about murder, celebrity, adultery, flashy lawyers, starry-eyed chorines and all that jazz won Best Picture (and five other Academy Awards). Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Best Supporting Actress) do their own singing and dancing, while Richard Gere hoofs and croons as shady mouthpiece Billy Flynn. Chita Rivera, who starred in the original 1975 Broadway production, has a cameo as Nickie.