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Fave movie musical?
#50fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:44pmJustaBroadwayBaby, there hasn't been but there were talks of making one in London. I think it would work really well, I love that movie. Only problem is I think it might be too late. There are die hard fans of Moulin Rouge, but I get the feeling that if they dont have Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman reprise their roles, tickets would be hard to sell because people don't seem to be interested anymore. Besides, I don't think Nicole Kidman would really be up for singing in front of people. Correct me if I'm wrong, anybody, but I think she said that she didn't like singing in front of large crowds?
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lostgirl
Understudy Joined: 10/13/06
#51fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:47pm
I'm one of the few people who really wasn't thrilled by Chicago I'd go with these as faves:
West Side Story (it's my all time favorite musical so how could it not be a favorite movie?!)
Sound of Music
Carousel
I think that Moulin Rouge was wonderful exploration of what the musical can be on film that it can't in the theater.
JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#52fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:50pm
But I mean Broadway is taking all these movies that had no signing and making them into musicals, so why not one that actually had songs?
Whatever. Chicago was good, and I love Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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#53fav movie musical
Posted: 11/12/06 at 7:55pmBroadway's done that several times with such shows as Gigi, Singin' in the Rain, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (and some others, I think), and it's never worked out too well.
#54fav movie musical
Posted: 12/23/06 at 10:48pmMoulin Rouge Rent and Phantom are my favorite.
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#55fav movie musical
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:18pmSinging In The Rain
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galindagirl2
Stand-by Joined: 12/22/06
#56fav movie musical
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:26pm
Ooh! Good question! I thrive on movie musicals. Hmmm...
1. Sound of Music (I will always be faithful to this one, because Julie Andrews was one of my biggest inspirations to pursue musical theater).
And then, in no particular order..
Singin' in the Rain, Mary Poppins, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Prince of Egypt, Beauty and the Beast, For Me and My Gal
Oh! And The Preacher's Wife! Does that count?
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#57fav movie musical
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:30pm
I think Chicago and Moulin Rouge are probably the best MADE movie musicals I've seen- just in terms of over all effect. The performances in them were just astounding (Catherine Zeta-Jones is... a goddess, basically), and the cinematography and all that stuff were just flawless. And the choreography in chicago was incredible. Also, chicago wins for being the SMARTEST movie musical made. And by that I mean, they found the PERFECT vantage point by making all the musical numbers figments of Roxie's imagination. That allowed them to do SO MUCH more than the could have gotten away with otherwise. And I think it also made people who wouldn't ordinarily like movie musicals accept it.
That said, I think I probably have the most ATTACHMENT to RENT :) its just.. sentimental reasons. The fact that I'm so attached to the cast, the fact that I'm so attached to the story of Jonathon Larson, all that stuff. But I really do think it was amazingly made as well.
and my favorite CLASSIC movie musical is Sound of Music. You really cant beat it. Its amazing.
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Updated On: 12/23/06 at 11:30 PM
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Stand-by Joined: 9/17/06
#58fav movie musical
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:32pm
- Chicago (Catherine Zeta-Jones = love)
- Rent ... cha (it could have been better, but I still love it - as snl89 said "sentimental reasons")
- Sound of Music - a classic
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#59fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 1:06am
(1) sound of music
(2) wizard of oz
(3) singin in the rain
(4) disneys beauty & the beast
(5) mary poppins
chicago was great, and if Dancer in the Dark counted, i might vote that top five.
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Updated On: 12/24/06 at 01:06 AM
being.jeremiah
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#60fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 2:19am
The Sound of Music and Moulin Rouge, then and now.
I remember whenever I was sick in grade school, I'd stay in bed and watch multiple runs of Sound. Hahahaha, oh my Julie.
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Featured Actor Joined: 10/13/06
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#62fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 8:20am
FUNNY GIRL (most favorite)
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
CHICAGO
and EVITA
#63fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 8:39am
Cabaret
Chicago
The Wizard of Oz
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#64fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 8:43am
Fiddler on the Roof
1776
Hair
Little Shop of Horrors
Chicago
The Phantom of the Opera
Rent
The Producers
Dreamgirls...will shortly be added to this list
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#65fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 8:59amDefinently RENT. I know a lot of people don't like it, but it's the first musical that I ever saw and I just LOVE Idina Menzel to death.
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Broadway Star Joined: 8/21/05
Lizzya9
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/06
#67fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 9:13am
All Disney Film Musicals
Chicago
All ABC TV movie musicals, like Annie and Mrs. Santa Claus
LaurenB
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/04
#68fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 10:00am
This one's a toughie. After reading the responses, I think I have to go with "moments on film", where if the movie is playing on TV while I'm channel surfing, I have to wait for the particular "moment" to watch:
West Side Story - love the America rooftop number
Hello Dolly - parade number
Top Hat - I find Fred Astaire utterly charming as he's singing "Isn't it a Lovely Day"
Oklahoma - June is Busting Out All Over, love the dancing (do I have the right musical? it's at the train station)
Kiss Me Kate - Too Darn Hot number in the recent filmed play
Kiss Me Kate - older film, I think it's the Tom, Dick, Harry number, love the dancing
The Pirate - love the number where Gene Kelly is dancing with the Nicholas Brothers (sp?)
Funny Face - worth it to watch Audrey Hepburn in the beatnik cafe
My Fair Lady
#69fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 10:31amI have tons, but some of the top are Rent, POTO, West Side Story, Grease, Singin' in the Rain, Chicago, etc...
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Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/06
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#72fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 12:04pm
Dreamgirls is definitely #1 (no joke--wait till you all see it)
But close seconds are Chicago, Sound of Music and Evita.
#73fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 12:26pm
*West Side Story
*Oklahoma (I grew up watching this)
*Chicago
*Moulin Rouge
*Little Shop of Horrors (amazing!)
*Phantom of the Opera
*RENT (for the "sentimental reasons" as described by snl89)
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Wild Roses
Understudy Joined: 10/23/06
#74fav movie musical
Posted: 12/24/06 at 12:29pm
movie musicals:
Top Hat....really any Fred and Ginger movie
Funny Face
Singin' in the Rain
Meet Me in St. Louis
Moulin Rouge
stage-to-screen musicals:
The Sound of Music
The King and I
My Fair Lady
RENT
Kiss Me Kate
West Side Story
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