Cabaret, the Oscar winning movie starring Liza Minnelli and Michael York, has hit the big 4-0. The movie is a loose adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, which was itself adaptated from a play which was originally based on the stories of Christopher Isherwood.<br/> <br />To celebrate forty years of fishnet tights and big musical numbers, Liza Minnelli turned out in New York with her co-stars but sadly without director Bob Fosse who died in 1987.<br/> <br />Liza Minnelli: "Just being together again is so much fun, you know. And I think we're all excited. Cause Fosse's work was so brilliant. Well he put the musical numbers back in the cabaret. So it was very realistic."<br/> <br />The film won eight Academy Awards but was pipped to the Best Picture Oscar by The Godfather. According to lead actor Michael York, the classic shows no sign of aging.<br/> <br />Michael York: "We're all here, the film looks better than ever. And it really is a sense of something to celebrate. So I'm thrilled I can be here too."<br/> <br />Cabaret explores the end of the bohemian way of life in Berlin as the Nazis took power in the early 1930s - in case you haven't seen it.<br/> <br />Liza Minnelli: "You have to see it, it's very strange and dark and sexy and sensual. It's a wonderful film."<br/> <br />To commemorate the anniversary, a Blu-Ray of the movie complete with a book of behind the scenes material is being released on February 5th.
