HAIRSPRAY Questions answered here! (inevitable Spoilers)- Page 15

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 7:50pm

Great HQ pics! Thanks! I have been dying to see "the cube"!

[Anakela]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 7:57pm

For those who have seen both, which is better, the movie or the the Broadway show?

I don't like to use the term 'better' in this context- I have seen both, and I prefer the Broadway show.

(I will probably be in the minority in this opinion in this thread.)

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 8:02pm

ARTICLE ABOUT 'THE CUBE'

[mateo]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 8:09pm

thanks anakela.

[JP2]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 8:27pm

Whoa, I need to check out that cube!

[mateo]

Posted: 8/2/07 at 8:31pm

ooo someone go at night- and see if the whole thing lights up.

I bet it dooooes.

[Out In The Sticks]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 9:49am

Hi I just wanted to say an amazing film.

My question is, how do you as a composer make a song like You Can't Stop The Beat so infectious? When I get in the car and listen to it I am just bouncing up and down (literally) and just keep repeating it. What makes me do that?

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 11:14am

Out In The Sticks, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does that.

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 1:29pm

I really don't have a question, although I really am enjoying this thread! It's fun to learn some of this stuff. I would like to say, though, that I LOVE the Hairspray movie! I NEVER see movies more than once (rarely) and I have already seen Hairspray three times, and as I was leaving the theatre for the third time, I already was ready to see it again. It is magnificent! SOOOOO well done. Everyone is great in their roles, and all the music is great. Some of the best music is the underscore stuff when there is no singing, it really makes the scenes exciting!

I am also soooo excited about Catch Me If You Can! I really hope the Doctor's Orders song makes the final cut, it is DEFINITELY in my top five all time songs!

[amoni]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 2:34pm

Hey, Mr. S

I know, from dozens of DVD commentaries that they record them them either before or right around the time of the theatrical release. Maybe, because if a film does bomb, the commentary stays upbeat. So have they asked you and Scott (they better!), or have you already recorded a commentary for the long long away DVD?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 3:13pm

Marc and Scott on the audio commentary for the DVD edition? Though I would LOVE this as well, it seems unlikely. They didn't direct HAIRSPRAY -- Adam Shankman did. Generally the director of the the film does an audio commentary, sometimes joined by the screenwriter and/or the producer of the film. For example, CHICAGO's DVD audio commentary is by director Rob Marshall and screenwriter Bill Condon. John Kander and Fred Ebb didn't do an audio commentary for CHICAGO. They also didn't one for the film NEW YORK, NEW YORK or the re-issue of the CABARET DVD.

Hopefully Adam Shankman will have Marc and Scott JOIN him on the commentary, then have another commentary track with Adam and the stars of the film: Nikki, John, Michelle, Latifah, etc.

[mateo]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 3:26pm

I doubt they will get any of the BIG names or adult ensemble for a commentary.

I'd love if we had an Adam/Leslie/Craig/Scott one.

and then a young ensemble Nikki/Zac/Amanda/Elijah/Brittany one.

[SCBWannabe]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 7:29pm

Just bought the soundtrack today...and noticed "It Takes Two" on there. Is it me, or was that not in the movie? I have a hard time believing I missed it...since it involved Zac! :) Sorry if this was answered, but the thread is entirely too long (albeit interesting from what I have read...thanks Marc!) to sift through
Updated On: 8/3/07 at 07:29 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 7:37pm

It was in the movie at the beginning of the scene where Tracy and Penny are in front of the TV store. The movie only features the end of the song.

[thejcm]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 9:21pm

Marc, first of all, your music is effing amazing. Every day at work, without fail, SOME song from Hairspray gets stuck in my head and I end up singing it at my desk for quite some time. (Usually it's "You Can't Stop the Beat", "Big, Blonde, and Beautiful", "Baltimore Crabs", or "Welcome to the 60's".)

Anyway, I know that the solos from "Welcome to the 60's" are Shayna, Kamilah, and Terita; And then you just recently said that Shayna was singing the "I Know Where I've Been" back-up solo. Did they also sing "New Girl in Town"?

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 9:52pm

Hi Marc!

I wanted to say when I first heard about this becoming a movie ... I was ecstatic! When I saw some of the casting, I was a little upset. Listening to the music online (I'm sorry I won't do it again!!!!) I became upset that it did not sound right to me. HOWEVER, I don't want this to turn into a negative comment, so I will just say ... I LOVED THE MOVIE. I woke up early to see the first showing the day it opened in Cleveland. I was singing quietly and tapping my feet ... I also left the theatre dancing. I was part of an audience that gave a round of applause when it was over. Thank you for this movie!

Now to my question. If this has already been asked I'm sorry. But --

As an actor interested in persuing musical theatre and film, with an interest in movie musicals, what are the steps in getting the music in the film? Is it pre-recorded? Are the actors lipsyncing to the music during filming? Are they actually singing with background music as you are filming and then during final editing, put in the pre-recorded music? I would love to know how this works.

Thank you again! BTW ... I do want to say that the casting turned out to be amazing!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 9:53pm

Marc, just wanted to tell you that when Tracy gets her spot on the Corny Collins Show, it touches me deeply every time I see the movie.
And congratulations on being the # 2 movie in the USA, as well as the # 2 CD on Billboard, AND the # 6 most successful movie musical of all times(after 1974), hopefully it will climb even more in the chart!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 10:52pm

Marc, Thanks for telling us about sound level 7.

I just came in from the movie in DC (it was playing at a different theater within the same complex that I went to last week), and I knew from the very beginning that the sound was off. You couldn't even hear the drum beat at the beginning of Good Morning Baltimore. When Tracy started singing the sound was absolutely flat.

I immediately left my seat and found someone who worked at the theater. I told the person emphatically that the sound level should be set at 7. They questioned how I would know, I just replied, "trust me". The correct sound finally kicked in, in the middle of "Miss Baltimore Crabs". What a huge difference it made. My co-worker at first didn't know what I was talking about, but then she realized why I was making such a fuss.

[mateo]

Posted: 8/3/07 at 11:01pm

I did that too!

I told the technician before I went in to the theatre.. real directly and quickly "I work for Newline, we request Hairspray be played at a sound level of 7." and he was like "oh ok!" and did just that.

My friend said he could hear NEW GIRL IN TOWN in the bathroom down and across the hall.

haha

[DramaQueen700]

Posted: 8/4/07 at 4:08am

Hello, Marc!

I don't have a question, but I DID want to tell you a little story.

Tonight, my friends and I were thinking about going to see a movie. What would we see? Instantly everyone said Hairspray! The great and funny thing was...we had all already seen it before. Multiple times. None of these 5 friends of mine are musical fans, and yet everyone was willing to fork over 10 dollars to see the movie for the third/fourth time. Thats how great they all thought it was!

Congrats on making converts out of millions of people! Every day, more and more people are beginning to appreciate the brilliance of musical theater, because of your hard work.

Im sure more amazing projects are still to come!

Thanks again!

Updated On: 8/4/07 at 04:08 AM

[mateo]

Posted: 8/4/07 at 4:09am

how was the audience size drama?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/4/07 at 7:33am

Mateo, I should have done that before the movie began. I learned my lesson because there most definitely will be a 5th time for this movie and I'll make sure they check the sound before I even take my seat!!

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 8/4/07 at 9:58am

Watched the film for the 4th time and its still as great as the first time

Oh and here in the UK people are loving Hairspray wooh wooh

[turquoisefish]

Posted: 8/4/07 at 12:21pm

People really are loving Hairspray here in the UK. I left the cinema after seeing The Simpsons Movie and saw that the showing of Hairspray was sold out - i have never seen that before at that cinema. (Its OK, I have seen Hairspray twice, and want to go again)

I am so thankful we got it at the same time as America, I hate waiting.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 8/4/07 at 12:31pm

According to my online friend from the UK, they showed the scene with Little Inez auditioning in MBC.