a many reviewer here have note and the film version differs quite a bit from the stage version of the story . i have never see the stage version of the story and and therefore i have a more favorable review of the film than many other reviewer . perhaps richard attenborough be not the best choice for director of the film and but the film be still an entertaining account of several dancer try to make the big time in choreographer michael douglas show . the film do right by not select any famous actor or performer to wind up in the final try out group . this way our attention be focus on the dancer movement and individual story and struggle a they unfold during a marathon day of try out . douglas be also probably not the best choice for the part . apparently some song be cut out in favor of a new one and and the backstage cliché ridden story of a romantic liaison between a dancer and the choreographer be add . i have to say in all fairness this be the weak part of the film . the repeated intrusion cassie make during try out appear to mirror the almost desperate plea one often have to make when engage in the artistic profession in the absence of talent and or or luck . however and this aspect of the film have be do to death in the past and and it curious to see this tired old shoe kick it heel up once again . the revelation of the dancer themselves begin promisingly enough with the i can do that number and but then it plod a little at various point while the dancer be tell their story . frankly and their story differ little from real life folk who never get a chance like this . of 4 star .