A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin? — Page 5

I think Midler would be better leading the "Who's That Woman?" number.

Yes!

I'd say this:

Sally: Meryl Streep
Phyllis: Annette Benning
Carlotta: Bernadette Peters

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I don't see Meryl as Sally at all.

I'd like to see Beverly D'Angelo somewhere in this movie. She did her own vocals in Coal Miner's Daughter. Perhaps as Sally?

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I would not mind it at all if Sally weren't a soprano anymore. Mrs.Lovett was completely changed (vocally-wise) and if the NINE film happens, the vocals are expected to be completely altered to suit the actors. I think if you have seen SOPHIE'S CHOICE and MUSIC OF THE HEART (the beginning at least), you can see how some of us think Streep could make a great Sally.
Laura Linney obviously doesn't have the soprano of a Vicki Clark or a Dorothy COllins. So what? This is a completely different animal. She would be thrilling to watch.
Jewishboy, the reason I think Krakowski would work as Carlotta (and this is of course with the movie going into production sometime in late '08/'09), is precisely because she is older and looks younger. Carlotta is not a washed-out old lady like the productions with Ann Miller and Donna McKechnie in the role make it seem. She was a chorus girl just like Phyllis and Sally, she was the girl having affairs with all the other taken guys, she is living with a 27 year-old. I can totally see Krakowski in the role, of course if she were made-up and costumed to look a certain way. In 30 ROCK they have managed the nearly-impossible task to make Krakowski incredibly un-sexy and grotesque, so she has it in her.
If they go for people like Linney and Marissa Tomei or Vanessa Williams, Krakowski would fit right in. If they go more towards Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, et al, then she wouldn't make much sense.

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Assemble a good screenwriter, Mendes & Sondheim to get the ball rolling.

You than get the whole lot of them in one of the abandoned theaters that populate the city. You get atmosphere you cannot buy for all the money in the world. There is one on main street Flushing which would be perfect. Do it right & you would have possibly the greatest stage to screen adaptations ever

Just imagine seeing the old theater morph into what it was & than go back & forth.

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Updated On: 12/16/07 at 04:15 PM

Jewishboy, we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one :)
Ljay, I get your point re Streep. Personally, FOLLIES is on my top 3 favorite musicals and Meryl Streep is my top favorite actress so you can see why I'd want the marriage of the two. She isn't my number one choice (that goes to Linney) but I think she'd be fabulous.

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Folks, don't hold your breath until this actually happens. Being developed and actually being made as a film are two very different things. This will probably be allowed to fade away unmade.

Aaron Sorkin? Feh.

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If it happens, than you have to deal with the inevitable cutting of musical numbers

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OK Ray. Singing aside I think that Sally Field could make a fantastic Sally. And if they need to, just dub her.

Updated On: 12/16/07 at 06:58 PM

It' Sally Field.

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I wish Chapin had written more about process than how Yvonne De Carlo kept on making passes at him. Given its subject, I found it very disappointing.




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Updated On: 4/29/08 at 07:58 PM