Factual error: In the scene where Roxie is placed in the "paddy wagon" to be taken to Cook County Jail, the prosecutor refers to himself as District Attorney Harrison. However, the court system in Illinois doesn't have district attorneys; rather, they have state's attorneys. The original play by Maureen Watkins correctly calls him a state's attorney.
Chicago (2002)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Starring: Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs
Roxie is cleared (thanks to Billy Flynn), but no reporters cover her story because something more interesting came up. Velma is cleared of all charges too (thanks to Billy Flynn). Roxie tries to make it in showbiz but nobody cares about her anymore so she teams up with Velma, they have a sucessful routine together and they live happily ever after.
Kirsty Bart
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Billy Flynn: Now look, I don't like to blow my own horn. But believe me. If Jesus Christ lived in Chicago today and if he had $5,000 and he'd come to me, things would have turned out differently.
Trivia: Hunyák's story in the cell block tango (translated from Hungarian) is "What am I doing here? They say my famous lover held down my husband while I chopped off his head. But it isn't true, I am innocent. I don't know why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain it at the police station but they did not understand me."
Question: Does Roxie get back together with her husband at the end? We see him leave, but they don't explain it. Perhaps the stage play explains this.
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Answer: Amos wants to reconcile when the trial ends but Roxie walks away. (The end of their marriage is not explained in the stage play, either.) One is led to believe Roxie leaves Amos and goes on to stardom.
JustJudy