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#26

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:48am

JulesReverie:

I can almost hear the Wagnerian crescendos during Darth Vader's solo.

I just saw a promo for the new Dukes of Hazzard movie and think I now have a new number one film I'd never want to see in a Broadway musical. I'm just imagining lot's of line dancing and choreographed bar brawls.

If we expanded this to TV, the list could grow exponentially larger. Anyone up for A-Team: The Musical? (Maybe Michel Bell could play Mr. T.)
#28

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 2:00am

How about Dragon Ball: Z: The Musical?

Over half of it is just Goku and his enemy standing around singing, "You're no match for me - I've trained for 12 years just for you!"

And of course, Goku's 11 O'Clock number, "Super Sayine Time!"

(maybe an animi person can correct my spelling)
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"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay

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#29

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 2:16am

Lord of the Rings should never be turned into a musical. Hobbit should not be turned into a musical. Anything J.R.R. Tolkien wrote should not be turned into a musical. Don't play with a perfect masterpiece.

Harry Potter.

Moulin Rouge (well, should not be turned into a show).

About 99% of movies should not be turned into musicals.
Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde.
#32

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 9:00am

Has anyone seen Myra Breckinridge ..... if they have they will understand why it shouldn't be on stage....accept i probally wouold pee with laughter and see it if it did come out
#33

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 9:19am

i think EVERYTHING should be a musical.. but i'll go out on a limb and say Das Boot --although i can hear the strains of the "Submergence Waltz" as i type...
Mind is Mantra.

Updated On: 8/2/05 at 09:19 AM

#34

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 10:51am

Movies that should *not* be made into musicals...but I somehow I wouldn't be completely surprised if they were...

Boogie Nights
The Notebook
Punch Drunk Love
Passion of the Christ (Bible stories make for popular musicals...but this would be just awful)

#35

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 10:56am

There was actually a show called "Jedi! The Musical" in Chicago about eight years ago and ran until Lucas sent a cease-and-desist letter.

Really, I think any movie could be made into a good musical, as long as they know what to do with it. I don't know, who'd've thunk Pygmalion or Anna and the King of Siam could be musicalized?

However, there's no way a musical should be made of Andy Warhol's Empire.

Rob
#36

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 10:57am

Me and my friends sometimes kid about writing "The Passion of the Christ: The Musical!" But you're right - it'd be almost as bad as the actual movie, though that's another topic for another thread.
"Who is Stephen Sondheim?" -roninjoey
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay

GO CARDINALS!!!
#38

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:04am

Imagine working on "Passion of the Christ: THE MUSICAL!" Wow. Imagine being Jesus in that one - talk about typecasting, you'd never work again. Never.
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#40

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:22am

"7)Gone with the Wind (Did you see Irreconcilable Differences?)" ~ TennesseeTwang

I love you SO much for mentioning that movie! "Dottie I need a TAB! This isn't cold! Get me a cold Tab!"

Didn't Leslie Ann Warren play Scarlett in the musical version of GWTW? I actually heard that it was a very promising show and had a great score. Anyone have the Japanese recording of it?
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#41

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 11:37am

Jaws
Amityville Horror
1941
Van Helsing (no matter how good looking Hugh is!)
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#42

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 12:43pm

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#43

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:09pm

Ghostbusters-nothing musical should happen to it(there has already been a tragic Ghostbusters street show with music and Beetlejuice involved at Universal Orlando that just closed).
Beetlejuice
Jaws
Psycho
The Birds
And Now For Something Completely Different-no real story or plot
Meaning Of Life-still no real story or plot
Constantine
The Mask or Son of the Mask
War of the Worlds
King Kong
Anchorman
Police Academy
Star Wars
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#44

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 1:14pm

Oh, there are so many that should never see the lights of Broadway - or anywhere else. I second (or third) Casablanca, any Star Wars, any Star Trek (dancing Klingons!Please NO!), anything that starred Johnny Depp or Al Pacino, any westerns (please, no REAL horse-operas), "Saving Private Ryan", or other war movies, definitely not "The Passion of the Christ". That's all the horrific ideas I can take for the moment.
Oh wait a minute: AI, ET, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Blob. I'll stop now.
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#48

re: Movies that should NEVER be turned into Broadway musicals

Posted: 8/2/05 at 4:49pm

There are two movies that I just don't think would make it on Broadway. The first is Jaws. Can you just see the opening number with the chorus dressed in swimsuits singing Foot Foot Footsie.......Goodbye. Now the other one the other one is MArch Of The Penguins. Something tells me that all these penguins would be running all over the theater.
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Updated On: 8/2/05 at 04:49 PM

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