Music Videos for Musical Movies

I remember that the CHICAGO movie released a music video for "All That Jazz" with Catherine Zata-Jones. Do you think this helped with getting word and exposure for the show out there? Could this have motivated people, who had no idea about the movie, to go see it?

I was wondering because PHANTOM didn't do this and it was a flop at the box office. Had they done this, do you think it would have made a difference?

Do you think this should be done for RENT, THE PRODUCERS, DREAMGIRLS, HAIRSPRAY, etc?

Personally, I say it couldn't hurt and might not be a bad idea for producers to think about.

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Oh no. I don't think that was PHANTOM's sole reason for failing. But I was wondering if it would have helped at all.

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There is a music video for Rent. It's basically the trailer, minus the release dates and stuff, but there is one. I forget where though.

It's available on Apple.com
It's the entire Seasons Of Love cut

And to answer your question, yes, I think future movies ("Dreamgirls" or "Hairspray" ) will benefit greatly from music video exposure.

It's pure speculation on my part, but I think that's why they're writing new songs for Dreamgirls now... to get some "pop hit" songs for the girls to do. After all they're a pop group selling hit records, so it makes sense.

Does anyone remember the music video that played on MTV that was shot of "Rum Tum Tugger" from Cats? It featured Terrance Mann and other Broadway "kitties," and ran on MTV for a few months back in the early '80s. It was a special video shoot and a "pop" arrangement of the song. I haven't seen it since, but (for me at the time) it was very good!

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Updated On: 9/27/05 at 07:04 PM

phantom wasn't that big of a flop it made 154.5 million worldwide..it's budget was 70 million so it profited about 84.5 million.

Let me get this straight: MTV used to play music videos?!?

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keggss that was preeeeeeeety funny.

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