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Fave movie musical?
#25re: Fave movie musical?
Posted: 11/12/06 at 11:05amReefer Madness
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#26re: Fave movie musical?
Posted: 11/12/06 at 11:15am
The Wizard of Oz
Beauty and the Beast
The Sound of Music
My Fair Lady
Little Shop of Horrors
Funny Girl
Footloose
Strictly Ballroom
Waiting for Guffman
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
There's No Business Like Show Business
A Mighty Wind
Top Hat
Holiday Inn
Camp
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Posted: 11/12/06 at 11:39am
Those are all nice movies folks, but for me there is only one choice:
"South Park, Bigger Longer and Uncut"
Seriously, Marc Shaiman is a genius.
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Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:14pmBut Singin' in the Rain is a must. When I was 9 years old I planned my wedding to Gene Kelly. That's not weird is it? I didn't think so.
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Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:29pm
HELLO, DOLLY!
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Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:32pm
Yes! "Hello, Dolly!" actually is a very promising movie musical! It's good to watch when you just want to relax!
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Updated On: 11/12/06 at 12:32 PM
#33fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 2:16pm
i have to also say Cabaret. Any director who can through out the original book, and score and start from scratch has got to be brave. Fosse was a master at doin that. I never really felt that Cabaret was a real musical, more like a drama with songs.
I would be interesting to see what kind of movie we would have seen if Fosse had stuck with the original score. Rememeber that without the movie we wouldnt have had Mein Herr, Two Ladies or even Maybe this time, which in my opionion is one of the best Kander & Ebb songs ever.
I have seen the original show, and yes it is fantastic. The movie is just another interpritation of that.
In my view thats what they should do with Wicked if they decide to turn it into a film. Through out the score and the book and start from scratch.
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#34fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 2:44pm
Obvious, but Chicago and Sound of Music.
I thought the Chicago movie was far superior to the musical. The movie was quite impressive, while the show bored me.
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#35fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 2:52pmOMG! You said this? What cast did you watch? And you think Bob Fosse's choreography is no way compare to Rob Marshall's?
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#36fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 3:14pm
While I love almost all of the movies that you have mentioned (except for "Rent" and "The Producers" which I haven't seen), but, when I read the title of this thread, one title leapt to my mind and heart.
'Lil Abner
You can practically feel yourself sitting in the St. James Theater while you watch it.
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#37fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 3:31pm
Some of my faves include:
Singin in the Rain
Call Me Madam
Funny Girl
Gypsy (1962)
The Producers
Cabaret
Funny Face
Easter Parade
Meet Me in St. Louis
and many many others
Yes I even enjoyed (not saying it's great) but enjoyed MAME
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#38fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 3:50pmI saw LI'L ABNER at the St. James when I was in high school, in 1957. It was my 2nd Broadway show(PETER PAN was my first), and I loved it. I recently bought the DVD of the movie and agree that it pretty much replicates the Broadway show, most importantly with the dancing which was based on the famous Michael Kidd's original choreography--it is real Broadway style dancing, not "movie style" dancing. I only regret that Edie Adams, the Broadway Daisy Mae, wasn't in the movie. She had a great voice.But the other two leads, Peter Palmer and Stubby Kaye, are from the Broadway show. The movie of LI'L ABNER comes closest to its Broadway predecessor than any other movie I can think of. It is not overblown Hollywood.
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#39fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 3:55pmEvita. I really liked it, plus it's the only thing from Madonna that I can bring myself to listen to.
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#40fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 4:09pm
Hello Dolly!
And from the clips on Le Site Forbidden, Mame looks enjoyable.
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P.S. Two Ladies was in the original broadway production, and Maybe This Time was a K/E trunk song Liza had been singing for some time. Only Mein Herr, the new Money song, and maybe The Tiller Girls was written for the movie.
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#41fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 4:45pm
Funny Girl, West Side Story, Chicago.
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#42fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 5:02pm
My apologies Julian2, but you've got to agree it's a pretty good movie.
I must bring up Bugsy Malone, which is a guilty pleasure from being a child. I still love it now.
bwaylvsong
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#43fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 5:40pm
Chicago
Kiss Me, Kate (both well-known versions)
Oklahoma! (ditto)
Hello, Dolly!
The Producers
Carousel
Guys & Dolls
Evita
TSoM
MFL
and many Disney ones
#45fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 6:06pmAmen to that, Brother Scarey. "Sinin' in the Rain" is IMHO the best musical ever filmed. "An Amreican in Paris" is second. It's interesting that Gene Kelly did so little Broadway (one lead, one straight play, twice in the chorus, three direction/choreography) yet he so utterly mastered the medium on film. After that, I would nominate anything Fred Astaire moved his left foot in. AND OF COURSE THE WIZARD OF OZ which is the greatest cross-appeal musical ever filmed: kids, adults, men, women, gay, straight... Hell, I bet it's enjoyed on other planets, we've been broadcasting it so long.....
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#46fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:06pm
HELLO, DOLLY!
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I love the Hello, Dolly movie!!!! Even if Barbra Streisand was too young, I still think she was great in it. But then again, she's great in practically everything...
There wouldn't be lights bright enough!
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#47fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:11pm
My apologies Julian2, but you've got to agree it's a pretty good movie.
You will get no argument from me!
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#48fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:17pmMoulin Rouge is very good... has it ever been turned itno a stage musical? Do you think it might work?
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#49fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:32pm
AFAIK, Gene Kelly directed one Broadway musical and choreographed another, that was it. That choreography listing for Singin' in the Rain was just a contractual acknowledgement type of thing. It really was mostly Tharp. I wouldn't particularly count the choreography credit for The Time of Your Life, since it was just the bits of hoofing that Kelly created for himself in the Saroyan play.
Haven't seen the Cabaret movie in a while, but IIRC that "Tiller Girls" arrangement is pretty close to what's in the show at the top of Act Two.
And the choreography in the Chicago revival is not Fosse (except for "Hot Honey Rag," also used in the film), though it's "in the style" of Fosse.
Updated On: 11/12/06 at 07:32 PM
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