Cabaret Blu-Ray Giveaway

As Joel Grey and Liza Minelli sing in Cabaret, Money makes the world go round, but there is something to say about free stuff. To that end the wonderful people at Warner Home Video have been kind enough to allow us to pick two readers to each receive a copy of their new super spectacular Blu-ray of Bob Fosse’s classic Cabaret. This edition is so fantastic (see below for a list of all the goodies on it) that I seriously considered diverting one of the copies my way, but I thought it was better served going your way.

If you’d like a shot at getting one of these Blu-rays’s here’s what to do, either:

--Email us at unseenfilmsinfo@gmail.com with your name and the email you want me to contact you at. Please put Cabaret in the subject line.

-- Leave a comment below with your name and email. The comments are being moderated so they shouldn't appear publicly.

I will email you let you know if you've won and get your  mailing address is so the people at Warner Brothers can send you the Blu-ray.

Now if you want a second shot at winning include your twitter name in the email or in the comment and then either tweet the link to this post or re-tweet one of my tweets (there will be many) about this giveaway. I'll then add you in a second time to the pool of possible winners. Remember you will have to include my twitter handle @unseenfilms so I know you’ve tweeted the giveaway information.

The giveaway is open until the last second of February 5 2013 (the street date for the Blu-ray). Warner Home Video has also informed me that the contest is open to US residents only. Your chances of winning will be determined entirely by the number of people entering. (I was going to make this more difficult but Bully kept guessing how many jelly beans were in the cookie jar)

Good luck.

If you’re curious about all the goodies included on the Cabaret DVD read on

Cabaret, Bob Fosse’s ground-breaking Oscar®-winning musical drama starring Liza Minnelli (Arthur, The Sterile Cuckoo), Michael York (the Austin Powers films), Joel Grey (TV’s “Oz”), Helmut Griem, and Marisa Berenson (I am Love), celebrates its 40th anniversary with a Blu-ray debut on February 5, 2013. Remastered for the first time in over 20 years, Cabaret is presented in its original aspect ratio (16 x 9 format). Winner of eight Academy Awards®, including Director (Fosse), Actress (Minnelli), and Supporting Actor (Grey), the film will be offered in a premium Blu-ray Book format ($27.98 SRP), which contains 40 pages of insightful photos and text. A new documentary, "Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals" will be featured, along with vintage documentaries "Cabaret: A Legend in the Making," "The Recreation of an Era," a multi-part memory gallery and more. A DVD version will also be available ($14.97 SRP).

Cabaret was adapted from the Tony® -winning stage production, which was in turn inspired by Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories and the play and movie I Am a Camera. This remarkable musical turns the pre-war Berlin of 1931 into a sexually charged center of decadence. Liza Minnelli gives a bravura performance as nightclub entertainer Sally Bowles, and Joel Grey is the master of ceremonies at the nightclub, also acting as the storyteller for the audience, exposing the seediness of the cabaret world. The superb songwriting team of Kander and Ebb contributes a string of memorable songs that not only entertain but also provide social commentary on the events of the time. Under the helm of director-choreographer Bob Fosse (All that Jazz), Cabaret becomes both a devastating drama and top-rate entertainment, and the result is one of the most memorable and meaningful screen musicals ever made.

Synopsis:
Flamboyant and eccentric American entertainer Sally Bowles (Minnelli) sings in Berlin’s decadent Kit Kat Club, even as Nazism rises in Germany in 1931. She falls in love with a British language teacher (York) – whom she shares with a homosexual German baron (Griem). But Sally's insular, carefree, tolerant and fragile cabaret world is about to be crushed under the boot of the Nazis as Berlin becomes a trap from which Sally's German friends will not escape.


Special Features:   
Commentary by Stephen Tropiano 
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals New Featurette!           
Cabaret: A Legend in the Making       
The Recreation of an Era  
Marisa's Close-up Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Liza Minnelli Remembers...          
Sally's Look Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Liza Minnelli Remembers...     
Observing the Master Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Liza Minnelli Remembers...       
Challenges Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Joel Grey Reminisces...        
Collective Memory Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Joel Grey Reminisces...   
Strange Inspiration Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Joel Grey Reminisces...           
A Called Bluff Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Michael York Remembers...       
Risk Taking Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Michael York Remembers...         
Rush(es) Hour Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Michael York Remembers...           
A Happy Accident Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Michael York Remembers...  
 Rock 'N' Roll Editing Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Martin Baum Reminisces...
Isherwood's Surprise Reaction Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Martin Baum Reminisces...           Smithsonian Honor Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Martin Baum Reminisces...       
Tomorrow Belongs to Me Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Cy Feuer Remembers...          
Taking on 'The Godfather Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Emanuel L.Wolf Reminisces...           
Timeless Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Emanuel L. Wolf Reminisces...
  Playing 'What If?’ Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery; John Kander Remembers...          
Almost a Nervous Breakdown Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: John Kander Remembers...      
Sneaking a Peek Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: John Kander Remembers...           
Play vs. Book Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Jay Presson Allen Reminisces...        
Recruiting Hugh Wheeler Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Jay Presson Allen Reminisces...
Screening Blues Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Fred Ebb Remembers...            
Screening Hues Kit Kat Klub Memory Gallery: Fred Ebb Remembers...         
Theatrical Trailer

To purchase the Blu-ray from the Warner Brothers Shop go here.
The Cabaret Facebook page is here.

And once more a big thank you to Warner Home Video for making this possible.