Musicals into Movies- Page 2

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 7/25/04 at 10:51pm

INTO THE WOODS would be difficult to transfer to film, but it sure would be fantastic.

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 7/25/04 at 11:02pm

As long as they have Bernie P. as the witch! HEHE

[broadwayfan24]

Posted: 7/25/04 at 11:16pm

The only problem is sometimes they take out good numbers in the show.

For Example, in Grease they took out "Freddy My Love" and added "Hopelessly Devoted". Freddy my love was my favorite number in the whole show. I mean I like the song hoplessly devoted and all and I love the movie but I hate when they leave out a great number like that.

[shesings]

Posted: 7/25/04 at 11:18pm

I heard from a friend that there was talk of a new Damn Yankees movie. But the cast was going to be very multicultural or something. i know for awhlie people said Guys and Dolls was the next big movie musical, but apparently that fell through. Anyone know if the DY thing is true?

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 7/25/04 at 11:18pm

That's why the 'A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum' movie sucked.

They took out almost the entire score.

[broadwayfan24]

Posted: 7/25/04 at 11:19pm

I hope it is. I like that show. It isn't my favorite but I love the character Lola.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 7/25/04 at 11:22pm

I heard Miramax bought the film rights to 'Damn Yankees' almost a year ago.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:37am

Rent can be done right as a film. It has a brilliant color scheme (read: Moulin Rouge!) and catchy songs (read: Chicago) that lend to adaptation for the cinema. My opinion is that it's the only show currently on Broadway that would make a great film and hasn't already.

I used to support the idea of adapting Ragtime into a movie musical. However, the show is too theatrical (i.e. songs and monologues written in the third person) to be adapted into a film without fundamental rewrites. I'd like to see a Broadway revival complete with lavish sets and costumes. I'd also like to see someone follow through with Robert Altman and EL Doctorow's original idea of adapting the novel into a ten-hour miniseries. Seriously, that's the only way that 90% or more of Doctorow's novel can be adapted. There are tons of characters in the novel that didn't appear in the 1981 movie or the musical, including Freud, Jung, Tom Thumb's wife Lavinia, Jacob Riis, Theodore Dreiser, Mrs. Astor (queen of high society), her nemesis Mrs. Fish and Harry Thaw's Presbyterian-crazy mother.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:41am

There were talks of a Guys and Dolls movie with Vin Diesel as Nathan and Nicole Kidman as Adelaide. Thankfully, that did not happen.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 1:56pm

I have a filmed version of the reunion of the original Into the Woods cast. Whoever doesnt have this tape MUST GET IT! It is so great!

[Plum]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 2:09pm

Guys and Dolls isn't really a favorite of mine, but I think it's pretty well-suited to film. And yes, I know it's been done before. I intend to watch it someday, too. :)

Anyway...with a truly insane and visionary director, Sweeney Todd would make a spectacular movie. Same with Company. The latter, especially, would require a really excellent cast to pull it off, though, since the balance of the show is so delicate.

They really should retry making the movie version of A Little Night Music. Perhaps not now, but someday. Same with A Chorus Line. In ten years or so.

And strangely, I think Caroline, or Change could be adapted into a good, albeit slightly surrealistic movie. I wonder if HBO is thinking the same thing.