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#1

Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 4:59pm

There is this one section in the 'Music Man' during 'Marian the Librarian' where everything just works for me.

It begins with group of girls squealing over the book , then to Tommy and Zaneeta's 'Romeo and Juliet' thing and then when Marian points out the chaos- the music swells and the camera pans out to show the whole library.

Since I was like 5 it has given me chills.

Favorite moment in a Movie Musical
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#3

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 5:07pm

I have several:
1) Steppin to the Bad Side in "Dreamgirls" - I really loved the visual feel...I've never been that swept away by a musical sequence before.
2) There are Worse Things I Could Do in "Grease" - Gotta love Stockard.
3) Home in "The Wiz" - the film, and Diana both had some potential...it was lost, but this is a shining moment in it.
4) Sweet Transvestite in "Rocky Horror Picture Show" - Tim Curry. Fishnets. Enough said.
5) Most of "Cabaret"
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#4

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 5:15pm

When "Funny Honey" starts in Chicago, and there's that outline of Renee. Oh, and you've gotta love that moment when the overture changes to the "All That Jazz" music.

Oh, and for as crappy as Rent was, there were some great shots. In "Another Day" when there's that swooping shot that rolls up over Rosario as she's putting her arms up, for example.
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#5

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 5:16pm

I second "Born In A Trunk!" Totally phenomenal. And another from A Star Is Born would have to be the "The Man That Got Away" scene. That song made me a Garland fan.

The Cell Block Tango in the movie version of Chicago gave me chills, especially when the red lights lit up the entire "stage" and you saw all the bars. I get chills every time.

In Funny Girl during "Don't Rain On My Parade" when she's singing on the boat, and the comes around from the side. I just love that shot. It's breathtaking.
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#7

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 5:46pm

The Sound of Music has been playing on ABC family all weekend, and I just love "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" oh so much.

West Side Story - "Somewhere." So amazing, even if they took out the ballet sequence.
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#8

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:08pm

The Money Song in Cabaret with Liza Minnelli

Most of the Wizard of Oz, even though that doesn't fall into movie musical category, I dont think..
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#9

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:11pm

Most of the Wizard of Oz, even though that doesn't fall into movie musical category, I dont think..

how could it not? it's a movie musical...
#10

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:12pm

I get chill every time when watching Cabaret, and at the end of "If you could see her" Joel Grey says "she wouldn't look Jewish at all" Such a powerful moment...
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#11

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:22pm

"Roxanne" in MOULIN ROUGE. The number comes straight out of nowhere and blindsides you, and the execution of the choreography in tandem with the camerawork is unbelievably magnificent. A pivotal moment in an amazing film.
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#12

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:24pm

Most of Singin in the Rain. Specifically, 'Singin in the Rain' and 'You Were Meant for Me'. The whole movie is perfection, though.
#13

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:25pm

DITTO to Roxanne in MOULIN ROUGE. It is my favourite moment in the entire film...

I love Cell Block Tango in CHICAGO... the choreography and just how everything seemlessly ties in together. I'm a sucker for dance numbers.

And in the RENT film, I absolutely adore the deleted ending where the actors re-assembled into their Seasons of Love formation on stage with the spotlights with only Angel's spot empty. And then he walks back on... so cheesy but I honestly loved it.
#14

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:37pm

I'm kind of obsessed with the competition dance between Bob Fosse & Tommy Rall in My Sister Eileen. It's AMAZING.

Pretty much any time Fred Astaire dances, too. I guess if I have to choose I'll go with "One for My Baby" from The Sky's the Limit, an incredibly underrated movie...
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#15

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:41pm

I love the end of My Fair Lady when Eliza comes back to Higgins. It just warms my heart everytime. And though most of the movie wasn't all that great, I still love when the chandelier comes up and the overture blasts during Phantom, although it's more exhilarating on stage.
#16

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:43pm

'pinball wizard' from tommy - it's nuts and i can't say i enjoyed watching the whole film, but this was awsome

and cabaret's 'money song' also xx
#17

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:44pm

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas from Meet Me In St Louis.
Cry every time.

Also,
I Got Life-Hair
Mein Herr, Canaret-Cabaret
Love Duet-Moulin Rouge
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#19

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:46pm

Two- When Audrey Hepburn decsends the flight of stairs in her fabulous red dress and scarf in Funny Face and is shouting "Take the picture! Take the picture!" That whole segment where she's modeling, really, is great. My other ultimate favorite is in Oliver! when Oliver is coming out of the cabbage wagon and seeing London for the first time. The color, the music and the actor's expression all blend together so beautifully. It showed a child's innocent reaction to such an overwhelming environment. Just one of the many reasons why Oliver! deservedly won Best Picture.
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#20

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:52pm

Donald O'Conner's "Make 'Em Laugh" number in Singin' In The Rain. Impossibly entertaining. The "Moses Supposes" number too, actually. Every time I watch them, it's like there's nothing else in the world I'd rather be doing.
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#21

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:57pm

definetly Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!
also The One That Got Away from A Star is Born
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#22

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 6:58pm

I love it when the camera sweeps up during the street scene in "who will buy" in OLIVER!
the whole song production is incredible, but that camera motion just passes shivers down my spine.
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#23

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:02pm

"The Man That Got Away" from "A Star is Born" and Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse dancing to "Dancing in the Dark" from "The Bandwagon."
#24

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:02pm

ANY Busby Berkley of the 1920s-30s is brilliant (and hilarious. Giant heads of Ruby Keeler twirling about in one movie...)

Also, the song "Isn't It Romantic" from the film Love Me Tonight starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald is BRILLIANT!
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#25

re: Favorite moment in a Movie Musical

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:05pm

SeanMartin: OMG, how could I forget "Roxanne" from Moulin Rouge? That scene is breathtaking.
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