Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

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Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 3:38pm

There are usually posts about who your dream casts are for movie musicals, but not so much on your dream director. So, who would be your dream director to have for the movie of your favorite musicals.

For me, I can see either Des McAnuff or Martin Scorese doing Jersey Boys, Tim Burton is already doing Sweeney and he could probably do another one, but I don't know which one, Terry Gilliam or Terry Jones or Mike Nichols should do SpamAlot, and Chris Nolan should do one, but again I don't know which one would be good for him(Urinetown maybe??)

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 3:41pm

Wes Anderson for Company

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#3

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 4:54pm

Bernardo Bertolucci for Pacific Overtures.

#4

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 4:59pm

As soon as I saw the title I thought...

Martin Scorsese or Quentin Tarantino for WEST SIDE STORY.

I'd love that.

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#5

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 5:11pm

Rob Marshall for GYPSY.

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#6

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 5:14pm

Bill Condon- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

It would never happen.

#7

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 9:03pm

i would love to see tim burton do a remake of little shop of horrors

#8

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 9:15pm

Purpleprince,

Do you REALLY wanna see Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter as Seymour and Audrey (actuall I think she could make a cute Audrey, hah...altghough we'll see if she can sing once Sweeney comes out).

Akiva

#9

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 9:19pm

lol

#10

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 10:38pm

I still would have liked to see Spike Lee's version of Rent.

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 3/31/07 at 11:01pm

I second Tim Burton doing Little Shop! He would do a lot of justice to that film over the one that came out in the 80's..although the one that came out in the 80's was good, Tim could do far better! To me, Ellen Greene was the best part of the 80's movie!

Updated On: 3/31/07 at 11:01 PM

#12

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:16am

"Bill Condon- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
It would never happen."

Why not?

I second Scorscese for Jersey Boys. I'd like to see Baz Lurhman do Rent.
Rob Marshall for ANY MUSICAL.
Someone whose well-versed in epics for Les Mis.

#13

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:19am

Me for Miss Saigon & Sunset Blvd.

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#14

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:25am

Tim Burton for "State Fair"

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:26am

I know a perfect one! Chris Columbus for Rent! He'd be great!








Oh, wait.








Never mind.

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:26am

Bill Condon in '08!



ETA:

Chris Colombus for 13

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Updated On: 4/1/07 at 02:26 AM

#17

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 4:16am

Steven Spielberg for Miss Saigon!

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:00pm

"i would love to see tim burton do a remake of little shop of horrors"

I have to say that I think that Little Shop of Horrors would be a musical that Burton could do, since like Sweeney, it's right up his alley, it's dark and quirky. I wouldn't want to see Johnny Depp as Seymour, more like Zach Braff.

I heard this thing on IMDB about Burton and Depp maybe doing a Threepenny Opera movie.

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:05pm

I would love to see Tim Burton do a stop motion animation (like The Nightmare Before Christmas) of INTO THE WOODS...but that's just me. lol.

Also, I WISH Mel Brooks would have directed The Producers movie.

and I second Wes Anderson with Company.

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#20

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 2:15pm

ROB MARSHALL:
Miss Saigon
Evita
Les Miserables
Sunset Blvd.
Wicked

MARTIN OR STEVEN:
Les Miserables

PETER JACKSON:
Wicked

#21

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 6:13pm

I wanted Neil Jordan for Sweeney--I'm still pretty nervous to see if Burton has the depth to pull it off. I have my doubts people seem to think it's a perfect fit but then never realize that Burton has never made one of his infamous "cute-goth" films with the elements Sweeney has

David Fincher with anything dark which has dance--he proved himself as one of the few music video directors who really can film dance coherently (Madonna's Vogue, Express yOurself, the Fosse hommage in Paula's Cold Hearted Snake etc etc) and has said repeatedly how much he likes and wants to do a musical (I know he really wanted to do Evita, with his Madonna connections I'm surprised he didn't get a better shot).

Updated On: 4/1/07 at 06:13 PM

#22

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 6:15pm

ohmygosh. Wes Anderson directing Company would be fantastico!

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 6:17pm

I don't get the ROb Marshall love. He did a *good* but not more musical with Chicago, the best moments of which were watered down Fosse and then proved with Geisha that he could make gorgeous imagery that neither elevated a poor script or had much depth or context to it. Not what I think we need for new move musicals.

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#24

re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 6:23pm

caroline- I know right!

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-E!'s "The Soup"

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re: Dream Directors For Movie Musicals

Posted: 4/1/07 at 6:37pm

I love Wes and I love Company but my problem is I can't really see his JD Salinger approach working for the show--or his *only* ironic use of music (so far, to be fair)