Movie Musical

[coolphantom919]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 3:32pm

What's your favorite movie musical?




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

[bschneid76]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 3:36pm

Wow, there are so many to choose from.

I love Mary Poppins, Oklahoma!, The Producers, Annie (1982), A Star is Born, At Long Last Love (only for the Cole Porter songs and some of the actors), a guilty pleasure but an awful movie: Sextette. I totally love Singin in the Rain and Meet Me in St. Louis, and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

There are just way too many to pick one.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 3:40pm

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

[JLY's Jersey Gal]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 3:45pm

All of them!

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 4:03pm

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.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 4:20pm

The 1936 version of Showboat which is one of the most faithful reproductions of a stage musical. Irene Dunne had starred in the lead role of Magnolia, as had Paul Robesom, Helen Morgan and some of the lesser players. The score was pretty faithful and the most amazing this is it was done by Universal, a studio never known for its musicals. The producer, Carl Laemele Jr. retired, literally to his bedroom at age about 35 in disgust of the the way his father, Carl Sr. was treated and never made another film.

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 4:20pm

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).

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

[Sant]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 4:35pm

THE KING AND I and CHICAGO.

[James885]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 5:25pm

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

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

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 5:36pm

Chicago

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 5:40pm

Reefer Madness... duh haha
<--

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 5:44pm

[alliez92092]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 6:00pm

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.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 6:35pm

Seen it twice already and can't wait to see it again once it's officially released.



Updated On: 9/17/06 at 06:35 PM

[smiles]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:11pm

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

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:15pm

Chicago.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:24pm

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.

[think_of_me2007]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:25pm

Chicago definately.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:28pm

Rex Harrison is perfection.

[stephz]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:49pm

Chicago
West Side Story
Bye Bye Birdie

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:51pm

I despise the BYE BYE BIRDIE movie.

[stylinbohemian]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 8:18pm

i think the only one im not too fond of is South Pacific

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 8:29pm

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

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 8:32pm

1776

[Sargar]

Posted: 9/17/06 at 8:39pm

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!