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#4

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim’s Musical ‘Company’

Posted: 11/26/10 at 7:04am

So in this version, Bobby will be more of a misanthropic masochistic misogynist than he already is, no?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#7

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 12:18pm

I think it would work deliciously if they kept it in its original time period: 1969-1970.

As a period musical it would add an extra element to the score, the plot, the costumes, the entire 'look', etc. Recreating the Manhattan of the late 1960's-early 1970's would also be a treat.
#8

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 12:30pm

Neil LaBute directed an incredibly misogynistic re-make of THE WICKER MAN which is not only notorious for it's blatant misogyny but because it's one of the worst movies that have come out in recent years. His version of Bobby would be completely misguided, and it's a shame that Sondheim would allow him to get anywhere near COMPANY. I love the idea of a movie version of COMPANY, just not one directed by LaBute whose politics I just simply can't stand.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#10

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 1:17pm

The Sweeney movie is actually quite good. They actually did a good job of being faithful to the source material. When the movie was announced, no one and I mean NO ONE expected them to keep "Wait" and "By The Sea" - and they did. Sure cutting all choral singing was a bit ridiculous though.

Anyway, I would rather see Follies than Company.

Updated On: 11/26/10 at 01:17 PM

#11

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 1:45pm

I semi-agree with ljay. SWEENEY is not a bad film because of the direction or the design elements. And the faithfulness to the source material is excellent (though I sorely missed the "Ballad" and its reprises). The problem with the film came from the casting of two inappropriate singers for the leads. That's where it all fell apart.

I don't see why Neil LaBute would direct COMPANY on film. It just... doesn't seem to fit his niche. Not to mention that he's the brains behind the abomination that it is "The Wicker Man" as someone else said. I'm morbidly curious, however.
#13

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 2:30pm

Sweeney is hardly an example of a bad musical adaptation to the screen of Sondheim. That said, Neil Labute should stay away from a film about male and female relationships that were not written by him. There are times when I think he is fully aware of what he is doing but I don't want him to use Company as an example and I can only imagine how uncomfortable he could make Company on film. Surely better directors have inquired about bringing this to the screen.
#15

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 2:44pm

Overkill, you forgot the movie version of Night Music...directed by Hal Prince for God's sake!
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#16

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 3:10pm

Sweeney Todd was well-received by critics (86% on Rotten Tomatoes), won an Oscar and Stephen Sondheim himself loved it, so I sincerely doubt he would have a problem if a Company movie did turn out like Sweeney Todd.
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#17

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 4:59pm

I like Neil LaBute but I don't like the possibility of him as the director of a film version of Company. Tom Ford is an very interesting choice but I read he has plans to work on another movie which would make him unavailable. I do agree with the previous poster's idea of the film taking place in its original time period.

On the other hand I agree that Follies screams to be made into film.
#18

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/26/10 at 11:32pm

I feel like anyone making a follies film will keep the songs in the past and will keep the songs they sing in the party but might do away with the book songs. I wouldn't want that to happen AT ALL, but I feel like that's the "safest" way to turn Follies into a film.
#20

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/27/10 at 12:24am

I don't think we can judge a movie that hasn't been made yet.

Having said that, I abhor the talentless hack, Neil LaBute and would much prefer he star in an actual snuff film directed by Eli Roth. "Hostile 1" it could be called.
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#23

Neil LaBute May Direct Film Version Of Stephen Sondheim?s Musical ?Company?

Posted: 11/27/10 at 2:39am


Company
Directed by: Wes Anderson

Adrien Brody as Robert
Christine Baranski as Joanne
Bill Murray as Larry
John C. McGinley as Harry
Amy Poehler as Sarah
Jason Bateman as David
Amy Adams as Jenny
Steven Weber as Paul
Toni Collette as Amy
Jason Schwartzman as Peter
Kristin Chenoweth as Susan
Natalie Portman as Kathy
Zooey Deschanel as Marta
Malin Akerman as April


...Please?

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