Funny Girl (film) to the film was released by Columbia Records in 1968. Isobel Lennart originally wrote "Funny Girl" as a screenplay for a drama film entitled "My Man" for producer Ray Stark, but when he offered it to Mary Martin, she suggested it might work better as a stage musical. Lennart consequently adapted her script for what eventually became a successful Broadway production starring Barbra Streisand. Although she had not made any films, Streisand was Stark's first and only choice to portray Brice onscreen. "I just felt she was too much a part of Fanny, and Fanny was too much a part
The Girl (2012 independent film) The Girl (2012 independent film) The Girl is an independent film written and directed by David Riker, and starring Abbie Cornish and Will Patton. It debuted at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. It opened in select theaters for a one-week awards-qualifying period on December 14, 2012, and will have a full theatrical release in March 2013. Cornish plays a single mother who helps illegal immigrants to cross the border from Mexico into Texas. A young Mexican girl named Rosa comes into her care. "The Girl" has received generally mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 53% of 17 critics