Movie Musical

What's your favorite movie musical?




P.S. If you can, post the movie poster for your choice!

I'd also have to say PHANTOM
for a more classic movie, I'd have to say OKLAHOMA
and i really want to see SWEET CHARITY

Cabaret- it's one of the few adaptations from the stage that includes aspects of the stage show, but includes its own aspects. I love it. It's not just the show on screen, a la Phantom and The Producers, it's unique.

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Argh, I have to go with a tie--"West Side Story" and "Rent". These are two that I do not watch frequently, but I was won over instantly when I first saw them and I never get bored when I do watch them. What I like about "West Side Story" and "Rent" is that, despite their imperfections, they are filled with emotion and color and urban beauty and life. They also feature excellent performances (Rita Moreno, George Chakiris; Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Rosario Dawson) that make you wish you knew the characters. Doesn't hurt that both have fantastic (albeit wildly different) music.

Also have to mention "Chicago", which is almost flawlessly executed and I can watch over and over. Others I really like but have issues with: "Cabaret" (it certainly stands apart from the stage show, but I wish they hadn't done away with quite so much music), "Hair" (kind of like "Rent", minus characters I care a lot about), "Phantom" (I went from loving it to hating it to realizing it was really quite good, aside from poor Gerard Butler being totally miscast and ruining a lot of what believability the story ever had).

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Updated On: 9/17/06 at 04:20 PM

Cabaret
Chicago
Little Shop of Horrors (even with the changed ending)

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Updated On: 9/17/06 at 05:25 PM

Reefer Madness... duh haha
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As much as I love Rent, I think the overall best is Chicago. And don't kill me, but I like the movie more than the show.

don't kill me but I loved the RENT Movie. I also loved CABARET, and I really really want to see HAIR

Oliver!

Arguably the best stage to screen adaptation for a musical to date. Also the last G-rated movie to win the Best Picture Oscar.

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Rex Harrison is perfection.

I despise the BYE BYE BIRDIE movie.

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For heavens' sake, people, where's SINGING IN THE RAIN and AMERICAN IN PARIS? Two of the most perfect movie musicals ever made.

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west side story will always hold a special place in my heart because it was the first musical i ever experienced, and i was obsessed with it as a kid. It still gives me chills!

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