If You Could Turn A Musical Into A Movie...- Page 2

[GoodbyeMyLover]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 9:52pm

"I think Aida could work very well if done in 2-D animation. I was just imagining how the first few scenes in my mind the other day could work."


I could see Adam and Heather doing it too! Maybe!

[gertiecummings]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 11:22pm

Disney would make Aida too happy.

[GoodbyeMyLover]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 11:49pm

Oh yeah they probably wouldn't die in the end.

[Funny Face]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 12:16am

Wicked.
I'd love to see it somehow finally, since at the rate it's going it will be sold out until long after I'm dead.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 4:52pm

Jersey Boys- I think that it would translate well into a film and it would go along with the trend of the biographical films like Ray, Walk The Line, etc. The only thing that would make it go from good to great is if John Lloyd Young, Daniel Reichard, Christian Hoff, J.Robert Spencer, and Michael Longoria were apart of the movie and maybe somewhere in the movie, cameos from Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Joe Pesci.

SpamAlot- It would be a really great film with Tim, Hank, and David and maybe throw in some other great comedic actors like Robin Williams.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- a remake would be great and they should get Norbert to play it in the movie.

Little Shop of Horrors- I would like to see a true to the stage show version with the unhappy ending and more of the score put back in. Have Mushnik sing in this one. It could be more of a made for TV movie and be on Showtime, PBS, or HBO.

Avenue Q- I think it would be a fun movie with like maybe real life and animated characters like in Space Jam.

All Shook Up- more of a made for TV movie.
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[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 4:55pm

Aida - only if it's Verdi's and not the dreadful Elton John's version.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:01pm

Give me the rights to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Color Purple and I'm there. I really would turn these musicals into movies. I'd even direct!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:03pm

The Drowsy Chaperone as written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:07pm

"OH man... I already have Ragtime written as a movie in my head..."

Kudos, my friend. Kudos.

[Wicked_fan]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:13pm

Lippa's Wild Party...

but only because, if filmed and directed correctly, the ending scene of "Make Me Happy" could be absolutely BRILLIANT!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:21pm

I always thought Once on This Island should be a traditionally animated film. It could have stunning colors and visuals.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 5:30pm

The book that Ragtime is based on was turned into a movie in the early 1980s.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 9:31pm

A movie I would love to write and direct would be Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS. Response would REALLY depend on timing of release and all that stuff, but... it's a great story, and it has great music, and people who can't afford the theater deserve to see it.

I would also love to W/D LES MISERABLES for all the same reasons that any fan of the show would. However, I would (I'm going to be lynched for this, but whatever) chuck most of the sung-through dialog because most of it only works on stage; it describes action that you wouldn't necessarily be able to discover if they didn't tell you. For instance:

(after Valjean is invited into the Priest's house at the beginning)

VALJEAN
He let me eat my fill
I had the lion's share
The silver in my hand
Cost twice what I had earned
In all those nineteen years -
That lifetime of despair
And yet he trusted me.
The old fool trusted me -
He'd done his bit of good
I played the grateful serf
And thanked him like I should
But when the house was still,
I got up in the night.
Took the silver
Took my flight!

That scene could EASILY be shown with nothing but action and great acting in a movie.

Updated On: 8/31/06 at 09:31 PM

[Julian2]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:01pm

Seriously, we need to use 'um while we have 'um. Hugh Jackman as Billy Bigelow as already been discussed and announced on PLAYBILL, and I think Megan Mullalay has enough of a fan base to make MAME a feature. And lets not forget about Victor Garber, Kristen Chenoweth, etc. There are all sorts of legit stage actors that have a big enough name for musical feature films. Just as long as there good . . .

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 10:18pm

I would like to see a movie version of Wicked based on the book.

[TheaterAddict7652]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 11:00pm

I think that if a movie was made based on Wicked the book, it should be a mini series for HBO or Showtime. The book is too long to be turned into one movie and its way too dark/sexual (the entire part in the Emerald City with Fiyero?) for basic cable.

[jv92]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 11:04pm

I'd love to see The Light in the Piazza as a film.
For some reason, I could see Nine as a really abstract, conceptual picture.