History Film / AllThatJazz

* HollywoodHeartAttack: Averted. Gideon's symptoms are extremely realistic.

* ArcWords: “It’s showtime folks!”

* AuthorAvatar: Joe Gideon.

* TheHeroDies

* GallowsHumor: [[spoiler: A dying Joe stumbles into the morgue, where he's met by a couple of confused morticians. He turns to them, smirks, and says "I'll be back" before turning and walking out]]

** Davis Newman, played by Cliff Gorman, sends up Dustin Hoffman, who was Lenny Bruce in the film version of ''Lenny''. On Broadway, Lenny had been played by...Cliff Gorman.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In addition to Joe Gideon being Bob Foss's AuthorAvatar, Cliff Gorman's Davis Newman is clearly based on Creator/LennyBruce.

* DeathSeeker: Gideon spends the entire film flirting with Angelique, the Angel of Death herself. Most of the plot revolves around the likelihood of him experiencing AuthorExistenceFailure.

* PrimaDonnaDirector: Lucas Sargent has shades of this, especially during one scene in the diner - he's approached by a fan, who tells him "Next to Joe Gideon you're my favourite director. I'm sorry your show was a flop". He [[SmallNameBigEgo bitterly signs her autograph, before violently insisting that he'll get the cheque]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Joe doesn't seem like it at first, but as the movie goes on, you see he does genuinely care deeply for [[MoralityPet his daughter, Michelle]]. This even comes to play with Audrey (his ex-wife), who he [[AmicableExes has taken on directing]] ''[[ShowWithinAShow NY/LA]]'' [[AmicableExes for]], and Kate (his current-girlfriend), at least a little, despite his constant unfaithfulness. It's even implied in the final number that [[spoiler:the reason Joe finally did die is that Kate had left him for someone else, and didn't love him anymore]].

* AmicableExes: Joe and Audrey seem to get along quite well - he's directing [[ShowWithinAShow NY/LA]] so that she can star in it, and while they have a sort of a combative relationship, it's Audrey who [[spoiler: stays with Joe in the hospital and takes care of him until his death.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''DyingDream!Joe''': At least I won't have to lie to you anymore!]]

--> '''Kate Jagger''': "You can [[ReallyGetsAround go out]] with any girl, ''any'' girl in town!"
--> '''Joe Gideon''': "[points to Kate] That's right. I go out with any girl in town! [silence], I stay in with you."

--> '''Dancer #1''': "Fuck him, he never picks me!"
--> '''Dancer #2''': "I did fuck him, and he never picks me either''

* DeadpanSnarker: Dr. Ballinger has shades of this
--> '''Dr. Ballinger''': Mr. Gideon is having severe attacks of angina, they could possibly lead to a massive coronary.
--> '''Joe Gideon''': Aw shit, I've gotta get back to rehearsals! I'm fine! What do doctors know?
--> '''Dr. Ballinger''': [[SnarkToSnarkCombat About angina? Just a little more than show-people, Mr. Gideon]]. Now if you wanna leave that's fine, but I think you'll die if you do.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Joe doesn't seem like it at first, but as the movie goes on, you see he does genuinely care deeply for [[MoralityPet his daughter, Michelle]]. This even comes to play with Audrey (his ex-wife), who he [[AmicableExes has taken on directing]] [[ShowWithinAShow NY/LA]] [[AmicableExes for]], and Kate (his current-girlfriend), at least a little, despite his constant unfaithfulness. It's even implied in the final number that [[spoiler: the reason Joe finally did die is that Kate had left him for someone else, and didn't love him anymore.]]
--> '''Joe Gideon''': (''to Audrey'') If I die, I'm sorry for all the bad things I did to you. {''to Kate'') And if I live, I'm sorry for all the bad things I'm gonna do to you.

--> '''Executive''': [[OhCrap Uh-oh]], I think we just [[{{Understatement}} lost the family audience]].

--> '''Audrey Paris''': "Well, I don't know about the others; but I think it's the best work you've ever done," [in tears] "you son of a bitch!"

--> '''O'Connor Flood''': "Ladies and gentlemen, let me lay on you a so-so entertainer, not much of a humanitarian, and this cat was never *nobody's* friend. In his final appearance on the great stage of life - uh, you can applaud if you want to - Mr. Joe Gideon!"

--> '''O'Connor Flood''': "This cat allowed himself to be adored, but not loved, and his success in showbusiness was matched by failure in his personal relationship bag, now that's where he really bombed. And he came to believe that work, showbusiness, love, his whole life, even himself, and '''all that jazz''', was bullshit"

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The producers seem more interested in profits than anything else, and, when [[spoiler: Joe is hospitalized, they start betting on him dying for an insurance payoff, while courting [[Creator/JohnLithgow Lucas Sargent, another director]], as a contingency]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Joe doesn't seem like it at first, but as the movie goes on, you see he does genuinely care deeply for [[MoralityPet his daughter, Michelle]]. This even comes to play with Audrey (his ex-wife), who he [[AmicableExes has taken on directing]] [[ShowWithinAShow NY/LA]] [[AmicableExes for]], and Kate (his current-girlfriend), at least a little, despite his [[YourCheatingHeart constant unfaithfulness]]. It's even implied in the final number that [[spoiler: the reason Joe finally did die is that Kate had left him for someone else, and didn't love him anymore.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: If you're female, and you're in a relationship with Joe Gideon, prepare for him to cheat.
** Near the end, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Kate started having an affair]]. It's implied in the final number that this is the reason [[spoiler: Joe lost the will to live]]
--> '''O'Connor Flood''': "And here's the reason / That he's so free / [[spoiler: his loving baby]]
--> '''Joe Gideon''': [[spoiler: She's through with me]]

* MorningRoutine: Joe Gideon's morning routine includes Vivaldi's "Concerto Alla Rustica" on cassette tape, eyedrops, smoking in the shower, taking pills with Alka-Seltzer, and finally declaring into a mirror: "It's showtime, folks!"

* FaceDeathWithDignity[=/=]GoOutWithASmile: Joe, when the Angel of Death comes to collect him.

--> '''Dr. Ballinger''': ''Mr. Gideon is having severe attacks of angina, they could possibly lead to a massive coronary.''
--> '''Joe Gideon''': ''Aw shit, I've gotta get back to rehearsals! I'm fine! What do doctors know?''
--> '''Dr. Ballinger''': ''[[SnarkToSnarkCombat About angina? Just a little more than show-people, Mr. Gideon]]. Now if you wanna leave that's fine, but I think you'll die if you do.''

''All That Jazz'' (1979) is Creator/BobFosse's gimlet-eyed take on an especially hectic moment in his creative life: the period in the mid-'70s when he was directing and choreographing the Broadway musical ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' while also directing the film version of ''Lenny''. Fosse's AuthorAvatar, Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), spends the film smoking, drinking, womanizing, and popping pills, all the while flirting with the Angel of Death (Creator/JessicaLange), while the various women in his life look on with love, helplessness, or just plain exasperation. Between bouts of indulgence, he tirelessly works on his film, ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Stand-Up]]'', and choreographs some brilliant musical numbers.

--> '''Executive''': [[OhCrap Uh-oh]], i think we just [[{{Understatement}} lost the family audience]].

* JerkWithTheHeartOfAJerk: Joe Gideon.

Written by Fosse and Robert Alan Aurthur, directed and choreographed by Fosse. It won {{Academy Award}}s for Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, and Score. It was also nominated for Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, and Actor (Scheider).

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2e9acreKmQ The opening]] is effectively Bob Fosse declaring that he can do ''Theatre/AChorusLine'' better than Creator/MarvinHamlisch could.