Gypsy

Based On “Gypsy: A Musical Fable”

Gypsy is a 1993 American made-for-television biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by Emile Ardolino. The teleplay by Arthur Laurents is an adaptation of his book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy, which was based on the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy Rose Lee's son, Erik Lee Preminger, was instrumental in getting the film in production and was the main source for research. He had tried to get the musical filmed with Bette Midler, who had always wanted to play Rose Hovick, in the principal role 10 years earlier, but it required the approval of five entities to obtain the rights.

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Release date:

December 12, 1993

Director:

Emile Ardolino

Cast:

Bette Midler, Cynthia Gibb, Peter Riegert, Ed Asner

Genre:

Drama, Musical, Comedy drama, Biographical

Country:

United States

Language:

French

Year page:

1993 in adaptations