"DREAMGIRLS" film is EW's Cover Story this week!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 12:25pm

It's the HOLIDAY MOVIE PREVIEW issue and the cover story is DREAMGIRLS with a lengthy article inside about the film and predictions about Oscar nominations (they give three locks and other possibilities...DREAMGIRLS, they predict, is a lock for Best Supporting Actress *Hudson*, Best Supporting Actor *Murphy*, Best Director, and Best Picture of the Year!!!!). Also, pick up this week's PREMIERE MAGAZINE (Oscar predictions, also including multiple DREAMGIRLS nods).

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 1:36pm

A link to the complete article (and more) is below.

Enjoy!


ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - Article Link

[thejcm]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 1:49pm

Anika looks STUNNING in the picture of her laying across the stage. As does Jennifer in her close up. I am so excited for this movie.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 1:53pm

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 5:12pm

Wow.
Great photos.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 5:17pm

Am I the only one who thinks that the cover shot of Jennifer with Beyonce and Anika is badly re-touched? It looks like they slimmed her down..

[wickedfan]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 5:27pm

That's because she IS slimmed down. Jennifer has been losing weight since the wrapping of Dreamgirls. You can see that she's a lot slimmer in other pictures, such as in Fashion Magazine, Ebony, and others.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 11/10/06 at 7:33pm

I was sooo happy when I went to get my mail today and this was there!

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 3:25pm

"Meantime, Condon is fiddling with the myriad fine-tuning adjustments any movie needs but a musical, especially, demands. In a couple of scenes involving sung dialogue that tripped up early test audiences, he's made a few brief trims and substitutions — putting dialogue in place of melody — to help ease the potential discordancy of watching characters who sometimes sing directly to each other, not simply from a stage (as in Ray and Walk the Line)."

*tries not to let that part of the article worry him*

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 8:47pm

All three of them are extremely lickable!

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 8:56pm

ead the issue last night in one sitting. I especially loved the Dreamgirls feature article. I’m going to see it next moth at the Zigfeld. I cant wait I’m thinking its going to be the next Chicago!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 9:00pm

For those worried -- an Extended Director's Cut of DREAMGIRLS is going to be released in theatres Christmas 2007.

Bill Condon has had to trim certains bits here and there that were indeed filmed but due to test screening audiences reactions not being too positive, he's chosen to fix the moments. From what I understand, the sung-thru sequences were always in question, therefore they were filmed 2 ways -- in their original musical form and as regular dialogue scenes (with different dialogue than the lyrics). One sequence that is indeed confirmed 'cut' is the Effie/C.C. reunion "Effie Sing My Song". The scene is still there, but not in musical form.

Next Christmas we'll get the full-version Bill Condon filmed and always intended. Maybe he'll go back and film "Ain't No Party" -- a number which was never included in the film; it was never filmed nor recorded nor included at all in the script.

At least we'll get DREAMGIRLS the way we always wanted. Not now...but later.

[Plum]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 9:49pm

If I'm interpreting word from the test screenings correctly, "It's All Over" is still sung-through, at least. Anyway, film != stage, so some conversion to dialogue doesn't bug me that much. It's good that Condon is going with what works rather than standing on the false principle of perfect source adherence.

Great article, great photos, and it's not like I needed more encouragement to look forward to this film. :)

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/11/06 at 10:15pm

Though all the sung-thru sections were filmed in the 2 different ways, "It's All Over" was only shot one way: in it's original sung-thru form, so need to worry about that one.

Only the "Effie Sing My Song" section is now a dialogue scene in the film, though the sung-thru version will be included on the soundtrack recording coming out on December 5th.

Phew! I leaking too much info here. Hahahahaha.

[catstagestud]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:45am

Keep goin' Brody! I'm so excited for this film!!

Cheers,

Christopher

[jwsel]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:51am

I'm so sorry to see Effie Sing My Song taken out. I listened to the clip off the Sony website and it sounded great. Plus, it doesn't sound like CC gets much singing time and I suspect that was Keith Robinson's big musical moment.
Updated On: 11/12/06 at 12:51 AM

[wickedfan]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 1:47am

that and "family"

[jwsel]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 2:15am

That's true. For some reason, when I listened to the clips on Sony's website (before they were removed), it didn't register as strongly as a CC number as the clip from Effie, Sing My Song.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 9:25am

"It's good that Condon is going with what works rather than standing on the false principle of perfect source adherence."

I just wonder if it really works better, or if it just will work better for people who aren't huge fans of musicals in the first place.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 9:35am

Just confirmed -- "Ain't No Party" will never be included in the film-adaption of DREAMGIRLS, so there goes any hope that Bill would go back and shoot it for inclusion in next Christmas' Extended Version.

Bummers.

PS: ...and yes, I'll be seeing the final 'release' version of the film this Wednesday night. Whoo-hoo! Word to your mother!

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 9:40am

This is Off-Topic.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 10:57am

Thank you so much for the wonderful pictures and information

I've been waiting for this movie for years and I can't even express how happy I am that it's finally coming

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 11:39am

Who's the kid in that picture?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 11:57am

Jordan Wright playing Teddy Campbell of the Campbell Connection, a Michael Jackson/Jackson Five-type group on Curtis Taylor Jr.'s Rainbow Records label.

They're only seen in a background performance taking place at a Rainbow Records 10th Anniversary Gala -- they're not 'new' characters added to the plot.

They perform "Perfect World", one of the four new songs written by the show's original composer, Henry Krieger, for the film-adaption.

[StephenSondheimWHOO]

Posted: 11/12/06 at 12:13pm

anika.. wow