Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:09pm
Who else thinks that a remake of Annie Get Your Gun would be a great film? I think Anna Kendrick as the title role would be awesome, or Megan Hilty since she did awesome at Encores!
Let me know what you guys think!
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:11pm
Why?
You would get the pc version . In addition, the one that we have was fine. It would have been dynamite with the original star Judy Garland.
Updated On: 2/23/16 at 12:11 PM
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:14pm
If there's one thing I hate on this planet, it's agreeing with Roxy.
But you could never remake that musical now without it being so politically correct, that it would fundamentally change the piece. A remake would be an absolutely terrible idea.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:19pm
"If there's one thing I hate on this planet, it's agreeing with Roxy."
Did we just witness Hell freezing over?
By the way, I agree -- horrible idea.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:21pm
Oh my god. Jordan agrees with me. Can mideast peace be far behind?
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:33pm
But you could never remake that musical now without it being so politically correct, that it would fundamentally change the piece. A remake would be an absolutely terrible idea
Didn't they revise it for the revival?
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:39pm
Much as I enjoy and admire the show, I don't see a movie remake being a success.
If they did, while Kendrick and Hilty are fine ideas, I'd want Annaleigh Ashford.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:44pm
Movies of current shows are one thing. Movies of shows more than 60 years old I doubt would have much of a market.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 12:55pm
CBS was interested in doing their film adaptation around 2001 with Reba McEntire after her enormously well-received run in the Broadway revival.
THIS is the remake that should have been done. Period.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 1:40pm
Who else thinks that a remake of Annie Get Your Gun would be a great film?
No one. Next question.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 5:43pm
Its a meh show (with a knockout score) and is so old-fashioned that a new film would just be silly.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 6:03pm
"Didn't they revise it for the revival?"
Yes, they PC'd it up.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 6:05pm
I would not consider it "meh" show.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 6:23pm
I read recently in a bio that Barbara Streisand briefly optioned the rights to ANNIE GET YOUR GUN in the late 70s and planned to star in a film remake after A STAR IS BORN. Can you imagine?
Posted: 2/23/16 at 6:50pm
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Posted: 2/23/16 at 7:57pm
What was fundamentally changed about the revival?
Posted: 2/23/16 at 11:04pm
From Wikipedia:
For the 1999 revival, Peter Stone revised the libretto, eliminating what were considered insensitive references to American Indians, including the songs "Colonel Buffalo Bill" and "I'm An Indian Too".[10] Stone said, "The big challenge is taking a book that was wonderfully crafted for its time and make it wonderfully crafted for our time... It was terribly insensitive...to Indians.... But it had to be dealt with in a way that was heartfelt and not obvious... In this case, it was with the permission of the heirs. They're terribly pleased with it."[11] Stone also altered the structure of the musical, beginning it with "There's No Business Like Show Business" and presenting the musical as a "show within a show".[9]
Posted: 2/23/16 at 11:23pm
I didn't say it was good or bad...just different. I enjoyed the revival and I'm not old enough to have seen the original.
