#126
Posted: 12/16/07 at 8:00pm
Sally Field is WAY TOO OLD.
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#127
Posted: 12/16/07 at 9:10pm
Don't diss my favorite book, TheEnchantedHunter.
#128
Posted: 12/16/07 at 10:06pm
I liked the book, but I think it's a terrible basis for a movie.
#129
Posted: 12/16/07 at 10:35pm
I want this movie to have a strong focus on the romantic aspects of the story. I find FOLLIES to be such a romantic story in a f*cked-up kinda way.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#130
Posted: 12/17/07 at 2:44pm
I could almost see Sally being a little older than Phyllis. Maybe Sally had been in the Follies a few years and perhaps that's how she wound up as Phyllis's roommate.
I just don't get the idea of all these sixty-plus year old women getting bounced around for Phyllis and Sally. Unless a Sally Field or a Glenn Close can pull off late 40s/Early 50s (and I don't think any of these older women mentioned can), does that mean that they were 30 year old chorus girls, dating 30 year old law students who were being shipped off to war?
I just don't get the idea of all these sixty-plus year old women getting bounced around for Phyllis and Sally. Unless a Sally Field or a Glenn Close can pull off late 40s/Early 50s (and I don't think any of these older women mentioned can), does that mean that they were 30 year old chorus girls, dating 30 year old law students who were being shipped off to war?
Updated On: 12/17/07 at 02:44 PM
#131
Posted: 12/17/07 at 2:54pm
Follies can be filmed in Chicago at the Uptown Theatre. It will need to happen before the theatre is restored.
From Wikipedia:
The Uptown Theatre is a massive, ornate movie palace in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.
The largest in Chicago, it boasts 4,381 seats and its interior size (volume) is said to be larger than any other movie palace in the United States, including Radio City Music Hall in New York. It occupies over 46,000 square feet (4,300 m²) of land. The mammoth theater has an ornate five story entrance lobby with an eight story façade.
Rehabilitation efforts are needed to restore and reopen this historic landmark, which has been closed to regular audiences since 1981.
Other pictures of the theatre can be viewed at :
http://www.undercity.org/photos/Chicago_Uptown/index.htm
From Wikipedia:
The Uptown Theatre is a massive, ornate movie palace in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.
The largest in Chicago, it boasts 4,381 seats and its interior size (volume) is said to be larger than any other movie palace in the United States, including Radio City Music Hall in New York. It occupies over 46,000 square feet (4,300 m²) of land. The mammoth theater has an ornate five story entrance lobby with an eight story façade.
Rehabilitation efforts are needed to restore and reopen this historic landmark, which has been closed to regular audiences since 1981.
Other pictures of the theatre can be viewed at :
http://www.undercity.org/photos/Chicago_Uptown/index.htm
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#132
Posted: 12/17/07 at 3:01pm
What about Vanessa Williams as Phyllis?
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#133
Posted: 12/17/07 at 4:35pm
I love that idea. I suggested it ages ago and people on this board FLIPPED OUT at the thought of black people playing the leads in Follies.
#134
Posted: 12/17/07 at 4:36pm
Ah yes....
#135
Posted: 12/18/07 at 7:09pm
Joan Allen would be a first rate Phyllis.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#136
Posted: 12/18/07 at 7:44pm
I see her more as Sally, but I'm kind of indifferent to her as it is.
#137
Posted: 12/18/07 at 9:49pm
i think they should just go back in time & film the original.
you could never know what it meant to be a Weissman Girl.
you could never know what it meant to be a Weissman Girl.
#138
Posted: 12/18/07 at 10:04pm
"I like Streep but some people believe she can play any and every role out there."
I pretty much do. Well...maybe not a 10 year old Asian little person, but you know what I mean. She is incredibly versatile.
I pretty much do. Well...maybe not a 10 year old Asian little person, but you know what I mean. She is incredibly versatile.
"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea."
-Marie Christine
#139
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:12pm
I came on here to say I'd love to see Vanessa Williams as Phylllis. And I was prepared to be stoned to death by everyone.
Glad to see someone else thought of it, too.
I'd think the role would be challenging for her vocally, but not for a film...
Glad to see someone else thought of it, too.
I'd think the role would be challenging for her vocally, but not for a film...
#140
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:22pm
I don't see how Phyllis could be more challenging, vocally, for Ms. Williams than the Spider Woman, Della Green, Rosie, or The Witch. I think she would have to stretch herself dramatically, but she seems pretty perfect for the role.
Updated On: 12/18/07 at 11:22 PM
#141
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:57pm
After what he did to Gypsy, I'm surprised Mendes is being allowed anywhere near a musical.
#142
Posted: 12/19/07 at 12:09am
I wish Mike Nichols directed this, I usually love the way he casts his movies (and that will probably guarantee Meryl as one of the major girls) and I love how he works flashbacks/time transitions.
I have yet to see anything Mendes has done that would make him suitable for FOLLIES.
I suggested Vanessa Williams in my dream cast post too, she'd be fierce. I'm not sure she could play the vulnerable side of Phyllis, but I sure would love to see her have a go at it.
I have yet to see anything Mendes has done that would make him suitable for FOLLIES.
I suggested Vanessa Williams in my dream cast post too, she'd be fierce. I'm not sure she could play the vulnerable side of Phyllis, but I sure would love to see her have a go at it.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#143
Posted: 12/19/07 at 12:15am
I just don't believe Phyllis has gone through menopause yet.
#144
Posted: 12/19/07 at 12:24am
Well, if she had that would at least explain why Phyllis said it is too late to have kids 
You see?
I see your point, Phyllis. Like I said before, I'm biased because I would love to see my favorite actress in my favorite musical.
I don't see Megan Mullally working as film Sally though.
You see? I see your point, Phyllis. Like I said before, I'm biased because I would love to see my favorite actress in my favorite musical.
I don't see Megan Mullally working as film Sally though.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#145
Posted: 12/19/07 at 12:27am
Of my dream cast, she's the one I'm least committed to. I liked the suggestion of Catherine O'Hara, but I'm not sure if she'd work against Michelle. And Phyllis has to be Michelle. I've started employing The Secret to make it happen.
#146
Posted: 12/19/07 at 7:18am
You all are going to laugh at my weirdo idea, but a few years ago, I was watching the movie version of Grease, and I wondered if any of those guys can fit into a Follies movie. I came up with:
Phyllis: Stockard Channing
Sally: Olivia Newton-John
Buddy: John Travolta
Ben: stuck on this one, I guess that's as far as I can go with the Grease thing.
If they were casting Carlotta a little older, I would have wanted Liza Minnelli (well, her from a few years ago). She tends to slur out her "S" in a funny way, where I can totally imagine her saying "I'm schtilll heeeerrrreeee!"
Phyllis: Stockard Channing
Sally: Olivia Newton-John
Buddy: John Travolta
Ben: stuck on this one, I guess that's as far as I can go with the Grease thing.
If they were casting Carlotta a little older, I would have wanted Liza Minnelli (well, her from a few years ago). She tends to slur out her "S" in a funny way, where I can totally imagine her saying "I'm schtilll heeeerrrreeee!"
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#147
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:57am
John Travolta might make a very good Buddy. And I could see Channing as Carlotta more than Phyllis.
Updated On: 12/19/07 at 08:57 AM
#148
Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:08am
Channing is too old for Phyllis, but she'd make a terrific Carlotta.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#149
Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:35am
I can definitely see Shirley McClaine wanting to be a part of this if it comes to fruition. Carlotta maybe?
#150
Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:50am
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