Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:35pm
On A Clear Day
A Funny Thing .....
A Chorus Line
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:38pmMan of La Mancha!!!!
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Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#2re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:41pmAs much as I loved The Producers, I actually wish I could see a less stagy version and also a remake of Rent that DOESN'T have the original cast. And I liked these movies.
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#3re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:44pm
Mame
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
One Touch Of Venus
....but the world goes 'round
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:44pm
You know it was gonna bite it when you had two non singers in the 2 top roles.
O"Toole singing Impossible Dream was like Jessie Ventura doing opera.
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#5re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:46pmCabaret was a great film but I wish we could see a film more faithful to the stage show.
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
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"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#6re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:49pm
Man of La Mancha has potential to be a great movie that stands alone from its stage counterpart, much like Sweeney Todd or Cabaret.
The Man of La Mancha movie was not that movie.
#7re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:52pm
A Chorus Line
West Side Story... can't STAND the movie! Love the show though
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#8re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:55pm
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RagzJr
Understudy Joined: 8/14/07
#9re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 6:57pm
A Little Night Music... That movie was (for the most part... love Diana Rigg) a tragedy. I would LOOOOVE to see this done well (with a cast that can actually sing the score, etc).
My dream (clearly something that would never happen:
Desiree - Goldie Hawn
Frederik - Kevin Kline
Madame Armfeldt - Judy Dench
Carl-Magnus - Hugh Jackman
Charlotte - Toni Collette
Anne - Anne Hathaway
Henrik - Jake Gyllenhaal
Petra - Brittany Murphy
snarkywannabedreamer
Leading Actor Joined: 2/12/09
#10re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:00pm
I'd love to see a better adaptation of A Chorus Line but I think it's a hard show to capture on film. The power is in the intimacy of the theater.
I totally disagree with West Side Story. That film is perfect and actually made great improvements to the stage production, in my opinion.
#11re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:05pmI would just like to have the original ending of Little Shop restored. Other than that, I think the movie version of it is fab.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#12re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:08pmMame
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#13re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:24pmI think A Chorus Line just does not work on film. It's magic on the stage, but on film, it's just nothing that special.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
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heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#14re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:30pmRent, with more songs.The movie makes me hate the show.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#15re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:42pm
The Annie film is much truer to the strip it's based on, which I highly approve of.
I rather like Mame, but a remake would be nice.
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#16re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:43pmWith MORE songs? They do the majority of the songs from the show. The problem isn't with what songs they do, it's with everything else about the film.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#17re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 7:54pmYeah, like Christmas Bells and Happy New Year. Since the majority of the stage show is sung through, I just hated how they turned some lyrics into dialogue, it was so awkward. But agreed, the cut songs were certainly not the only problem with the film.
#18re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 8:39pm
I would love to see a definitive faithful film adaptation of the granddaddy of great musicals, SHOW BOAT, especially since its 3 hour running time would not be a problem today when the average superhero movie approaches and sometime exceeds that length. The previous film versions all had good and bad points: The 1929 version was largely a silent film with only one song; the 1936 film was like a Cliff Notes version of the show and changed the ending. The 1951 version concentrated only on a portion of the stage story, leaving out key characters and songs, but was visually stunning in Technicolor but even this version was made over 50 years ago.
SHOW BOAT still has a far superior score and story than 90 per cent of today's musicals and the only obstacle might be that, with very few exceptions, we don't have any singers on stage or in films good enough to do justice to the score.
My dream cast for a remake within say the next couple of years is:
Julie: LAURA BENTANI or TAMMY BLANCHARD
Magnolia: NADIA BJORLIN or KELLY O'HARA
Ravenal: JAMES ANEST
Queenie: AUDRA McDONALD
Joe: BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL
Ellie: KRISTIN CHENOWETH
Frank: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Cap'n Andy: CHRISTOPHER WALKEN
Parthy: KATHLEEN TURNER
Steven Baker: TOM WELLING
Kim: ANNE HATHAWAY
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Updated On: 5/15/09 at 08:39 PM
#19re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 8:49pm
Rent
A Chorus Line
Gypsy
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#20re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 9:13pmRent and Producers were the first to come to mind. I enjoyed Hairspray, but I wish it was more faithful to the stage version.
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AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#21re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 9:16pmI never saw the Producers on stage, but after I saw the movie I had no desire to... so maybe they should redo it. Rent probably ties for my favorite musical, and the movie is just so poorly done... a remake is needed. One of the most unpopular opinions I hold is my hatred for the Cabaret film, a remake would greatly satisfy me.
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Muhlethaler
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#22re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 9:18pmUpdated On: 6/18/20 at 09:18 PM
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#23re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 9:22pmOOOOO! Count me in for little shop of horrors.
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#24re: Movie Musicals You Wish They Would Do Again & Right This Time
Posted: 5/15/09 at 9:23pm
Camelot, Camelot, Camelot. I've been dying for a good film version of it for years.
I wouldn't mind if they went ahead with the rumored Carousel remake. The original wasn't bad, but it could be better.
I liked Funny Thing. Of course I'm crazy about Michael Crawford. 
But I liked the other performances too.
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