Favorite moment in a Movie Musical- Page 2

[Weez]

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

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.

Seconded. This type of OTT physical humour should be cringeworthy, but O'Conner pulls it off amazingly and always cracks me up. :3

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:18pm

i second many of these. especially funny girl and chicago!

i love most things about singin' in the rain as well.

for me, in west side story the whole opening with the jets and the sharks, with the fighting as dancing. ah, it's just gorgeous. AND dance at the gym. that entire sequence is pure magic. one of my favorite musical scenes ever. and america. the dancing in that is flawless. rita morena is perfect!

and in my fair lady, in the beginning with the street vendors entering and then freezing and repeating that. i love that. so musical theatre. haha.

i love i enjoy being a girl in flower drum song as well. i love nancy kwon.

and since i just watched easter parade.. i the scene with garland and astaire dressed as hobos singing "we're a couple of swells" haha just love it.

in brigadoon, the macconnachy square sequence and the bonnie jean dancing as well. love it.

and OH! in an american in paris.. well i love everything there, but mainly the american in paris ballet at the very end. and with the introduction of leslie caron when they're describing they're perfect girl and she is embodying them towards the beginning. i love that as well.

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Updated On: 4/8/07 at 07:18 PM

[nztheatreluva]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:18pm

Oh I love those songs! So cheesy, but so funny anyway! Especially Make 'Em Laugh

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:24pm

From EASTER PARADE, which just played on TCM, the number "Shakin' The Blues Away" as sung and danced by the incomparable Ann Miller, who incidentally steals the whole movie from Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. Viva Ann Miller!!!

I was fortunate in seeing Ann Miller starring on Broadway in MAME, following Angela Lansbury. The creators wrote a specialty tap dance number for her, added to the regular score. I also enjoyed seeing her in SUGAR BABIES with Micky Rooney. What a talent!

Updated On: 4/8/07 at 07:24 PM

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:24pm

The whole gym scene in West Side Story, particularly when Maria and Tony get lost in a dream of Maria, along with soft finger snaps and blurry, colorful modernism.

America.

Cell Block Tango.

In an otherwise miserable movie, "A weekend in the Country" does suggest the wit and verve of the stage version.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:27pm

Viva Ann Miller indeed! She's a favorite of mine.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:32pm

All of the Cabaret musical numbers. I love them all. Fantastic.

Also: Cool, The Dance at the Gym, and America in WSS. Such amazing performances.

Mr. Cellophane in Chicago. Love that.


And, the best moment for me, Ray Bolger singing "If I Only Had a Brain" in The Wizard of Oz. That is possibly my favorite moment in a movie ever.

[RevolutionaryCostume]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:41pm

"Champagne" from Tommy. . I think Ann Margaret IS the quintessential drunken whore mother.

I love the split second when Taye Diggs in Chicago says "Miss Velma Kelly in . . an act of desperation"

The Cell Block Tango rocks my world as well.

I hate Moulin Rouge for many reasons, but Roxanne is a perfect scene. . it's the only saving grace in that movie for me.

The minstrel number in "White Christmas"

Richard Harris singing "Camelot"

Tevye's dream in "Fiddler on the Roof"

Sm**chies!

Jacob.

[glimpseofstocking]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 7:49pm

I just finished watching "Easter Parade" and was coming here to post abput Shakin' The Blues Away. Gypsy9 beat me to it!

A few others:
That's Entertainment in The Bandwagon
The Trolley Song in Meet Me In St. Louis
Liza singing New York, New York in New York, New York
Two Lost Souls in the Damn Yankees movie.

Updated On: 4/8/07 at 07:49 PM

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 8:00pm

Recent greats: The cuts to Roxie and Fred throughout "All That Jazz" in Chicago are exciting. A lot of moments in Moulin Rouge...I think I'll go with the part when "Your Song" really picks up and they go into the fantasy "Eiffel Tower" sequence. And something always makes me laugh when I see that little snippet in the first dance hall scene after Satine has been carried off unconcious and Zidler starts the "Hunkadola".

As for some less-adored movie musicals of recent years...the "post-prologue" opening numbers of both The Phantom of the Opera and Rent (the Overture and "Rent", respectively) were just explosive and awesome (the true meaning of that word) on the big screen. Many other moments in those two were just beautiful to look at, if nothing else. In Phantom, I love the curtain flying open behind the iron gate in the lake sequence of the title song, and in Rent there are just countless looks and gestures the cast give each other that make you know they're really old friends.

Classics: I love the opening "red carpet" sequence of Singin' in the Rain, as well as the moment Debbie Reynolds pops out of the giant cake and sees Gene Kelly. Tons in West Side Story, especially Rita Moreno's skirt swish in "America" and a few quick, exciting shots near the end of the prologue where the Sharks and the Jets all descend on the playground.

My current favorite is the entire Central Park "Be-In" in Hair. The song "Initials", and the moments that follow leading up to the exciting beginning of "Electric Blues", are brilliant scene-setters. I especially love the spastic woman in white and the group that dances as if they are suspended from balloons.

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 8:01pm

White Christmas: "You'll Fall Asleep Counting Your Blessings." Or whatever the real title is.

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 8:04pm

"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."

I agree with this, and when I saw this on the DVD, I was so angry that Columbus chose the ending that actually appeared in the film over this one. The deleted version is SO much more moving, and perfectly bookended the opening shot.

A few other favorite musical numbers, some of which have been mentioned:

'Cell Block Tango' - Chicago
'Put On Your Sunday Clothes' and 'Dancing' - Hello, Dolly!
'There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This' and 'Rich Man's Frug' - Sweet Charity
'The Saga of Jenny' - Star!
'Somewhere That's Green' - Little Shop of Horrors

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 1:42pm

Most of mine have been said, but I actually really liked the whole "Listen" part of the Dreamgirls movie.
Oh and "Tom, Dick, or Harry" from Kiss Me Kate

[bwaybound865]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 4:22pm

Yeah I have to say that my favorite part of any movie ever is "Roxanne" in Moulin Rouge, the whole number is incredible.

Also, Wizard of Oz, there is something about "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" that I love right at the end when she kinda pets Toto and everyone is just reveling from her performance!! LOVE

[WordedGrace]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 4:34pm

Lena Horne performing, "Stormy Weather." was pretty moving to me. I have to say the OZ sequence in the Wiz. Cell block Tango from Chicago was amazing, great looking women with amazing legs. Hehe. Roxanne from Moulin Rouge was brilliant and powerful..summed up the movie..can be no love when there is no trust. Too many others to name.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 4:37pm

Mama Cass singing "Different" in "Puffnstuff."

If they ever do it onstage I want to see Debra Monk in the role.

[Paulyd]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 5:54pm

You stepped out of a dream from Ziegfeld Girl(Pure Class)

Judy singing By Myself from I Could Go On Singing (Couldnt be better)

Rich Man's Frug from Sweet Charity (Amazingly shot)

The Red Blues from Silk Stockings (Charrise at her best)

[Paulyd]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 5:54pm

You stepped out of a dream from Ziegfeld Girl(Pure Class)

Judy singing By Myself from I Could Go On Singing (Couldnt be better)

Rich Man's Frug from Sweet Charity (Amazingly shot)

The Red Blues from Silk Stockings (Charrise at her best)

[G_Schlozinski2]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 6:02pm

Twiggy singing the title song in Ken Russell's "The Boyfriend."

"Mein Lieber Herr" from "Cabaret"

Judy Holliday's "The Party's Over" in "Bells are Ringing"

Either "Cool" or "Something's Coming" from "West Side Story"

And although it's not in a movie musical per se, Marlene Dietrich's "Hot Voodoo" number.

Updated On: 4/9/07 at 06:02 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 6:04pm

Enough said.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 6:06pm

I think my top five are as follows:
1) AIATY in Dreamgirls
2) The Sound of Music in TSOM
3) Cabaret in CABARET
4) The final scene(s) of WEST SIDE STORY
5) All That Jazz in CHICAGO

[G_Schlozinski2]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 6:07pm

enough said? don't you see that same moment every week on "american idol" at least four or five times?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 6:22pm

Um...no.

[wickedfreak]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 7:16pm

Cell Block Tango from the Chicago Movie

Every second of the Dreamgirls Movie

America from the WSS Movie

Prima Donna from the Phantom Movie (love Minnie Driver!)

[wickedfan]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 7:22pm

RevolutionaryCostume-"Champagne" is absolutely brilliant. I love Ann Margaret's expression of ecstasy as she wallows in baked beans, bubbles, and melted chocolate.