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A Chorus Line Movie on Blu Ray
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#75
Posted: 11/11/13 at 10:33pm
Gothampc wrote:It's a hard piece to put on film because the individual stories connect better with a live audience.
And yet, the very thing that makes reality television connect with its audience is the individual stories. I'm not saying that A CHORUS LINE wouldn't be a hard piece to put on film, but there are ways it could be done well. This wasn't it.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#76
Posted: 11/12/13 at 3:50pm
"I went to the premiere at Radio City Music Hall and when the movie ended there was a deafening silence and you knew that everyone was thinking "WTF did I just see?"
Why would you state something so disingenuous? I was there too. As with Opening Nights on Broadway, there is a tradition of showing respect for the creators. "A Chorus Line" had it's World Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on December 9th 1985 and it was attended by Sir Richard Attenborough, Michael Douglas, Audrey Landers, the rest of the cast and New York crew and some six thousand people. It wasn't some private critic screening or a some Bum****e multiplex. The film most certainly did not end to silence, no matter what YOU thought of it.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#77
Posted: 11/12/13 at 4:48pmLord knows it should have.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#78
Posted: 8/8/14 at 3:21pmI got the Blu-ray of this movie, and yes it's quite bad as everyone says. But for some odd reason, I sort of think that there's a lot of good moments in it that it's not the worst musical film out there. To me the honor goes to THE FANTASTICKS, god now THAT is an awful cringeworthy movie.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#79
Posted: 8/13/14 at 7:42pm
You know.. Out of all the Broadway to film adaptations out there today, A CHORUS LINE needs a remake the most. Michael Bennett's original concept for the CHORUS LINE film could be used, it's a rather brilliant one.
Updated On: 8/13/14 at 07:42 PM
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A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#80
Posted: 8/13/14 at 7:47pm
They want to remake WSS but not this?
WTF
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#81
Posted: 8/13/14 at 8:03pm^I know right? A remake using Michael Bennett's original film concept which was the main characters auditioning for remaining 8 roles for the film version of A CHORUS LINE sounds amazing.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#82
Posted: 8/13/14 at 8:05pmof course it would still need to be done with the correct team. should they update ACL?? Do they add a few "names" to the movie?? Do they do the original Bennett choreography?? Lots of questions.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#83
Posted: 8/13/14 at 8:38pm^If the new movie needed a "name" then Catherine Zeta-Jones would make a perfect Sheila.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#84
Posted: 8/13/14 at 8:45pm
"They want to remake WSS but not this? "
Who is "they," it's not like there's a single committee who decide what can become a movie. One director has a vision to retell WSS, so they are... no one is being prevented from doing the same with ACL.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#85
Posted: 8/13/14 at 9:47pm^I think he's referring to "Hollywood suits". But Steven Spielberg could do wonders with WEST SIDE STORY.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#86
Posted: 8/13/14 at 9:58pm
If the new movie needed a "name" then Catherine Zeta-Jones would make a perfect Sheila.
Well, except for the fact that Catherine Zeta-Jones hasn't looked 29 since the first time she was 29.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#87
Posted: 8/13/14 at 10:20pm^Is Sheila really 29? I though that was joke for she looks older than 29.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#88
Posted: 8/13/14 at 11:29pmSheila is probably shaving off a year or four but she's certainly not CZJ's age, very nearly 45.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#89
Posted: 8/13/14 at 11:32pm^I wonder who could play Sheila and Cassie then.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#90
Posted: 8/13/14 at 11:41pm
Kelly Bishop was only 31 when the show opened on Broadway, so I've never assumed that Sheila is shaving years off her age when she says she's going to be 30 soon.
This is a case where I say if you're going to do this movie and do it right you need to cast dancers. Not movie stars who can dance. A star throws the balance of the entire piece right off, as we saw with the film version that currently exists when they tried to make it clear that Cassie was supposed to be the "star" of the movie.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#91
Posted: 8/14/14 at 12:04am^Personally, it would be amazing if a new A CHORUS LINE film will cast unknowns as the auditioning dancers.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#92
Posted: 8/14/14 at 4:42am
"A remake using Michael Bennett's original film concept which was the main characters auditioning for remaining 8 roles for the film version of A CHORUS LINE sounds amazing."
We pretty much got that with the film Every Little Step, and that is a very enjoyable film. When I want to watch a film version of A Chorus Line, I watch that documentary instead of Attenborough's crappy movie.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#93
Posted: 8/14/14 at 9:25amThis film is such a horrifying guilty pleasure for my friends and I - it has provided the lifetime of memories the film makers always dreamed of but never realized they were gifting. I'm personally obsessed with Alyson Reed's asymmetrical hair cut and all of the 'looks' she sports in the "Let Me Dance for You" flashback. We've even named them (the "Woodland Sprite" and the "Heidi"). But boy could she dance.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#94
Posted: 8/14/14 at 10:25am
To me the honor goes to THE FANTASTICKS, god now THAT is an awful cringeworthy movie.
I think the films of Godspell and Jacques Brel make A Chorus Line and The Fantasticks seem Oscar worthy.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#95
Posted: 8/14/14 at 11:39am^Oh lord, don't remind me of GODSPELL.... What an AWFUL movie.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#96
Posted: 8/14/14 at 11:54amI never miss a Richard Attenborough muical.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#97
Posted: 8/14/14 at 1:16pm
And who could forget this delightful bit of absurdity.
"Watch this. This is right..."
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#98
Posted: 8/14/14 at 1:20pm^Not to mention the Tarzan yell and swing in "I Can Do That". That was REALLY absurd.
A CHORUS LINE Movie on Blu Ray#99
Posted: 8/14/14 at 1:28pmI would almost go so far as to say, WHEN did you EVER see dancing like that in a Broadway musical, but I think there actually was something like that in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES.
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