OLD MOVIE MUSICALS???

[bernadette88]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:00am

hey guys with all the talk about new movie musicals coming out what do you think about redoing something like The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Carousel, basically all R and H stuff, there are some great classics out there....but they would have to be well thought out...i would hate to see some of those shows destroyed though...any thoughts??: Updated On: 8/24/03 at 12:00 AM

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:06am

I think that the only movie musicals that need to be remade are the not so good musicals. The Sound of Music is an AMAZING movie. I wouldn't mind if they made a GOOD remake, but it doesn't need one. I think that a movie like Hairspray could use a musical remake. The Rodgers and Hammerstein movies are all great, in my opinion.

[bernadette88]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:08am

very true....the are masterpieces...but...with todays audiences those shows aren't very appealing anymore...if there were to happen to do a GOOD remake of Carousel, and then tried to revive it, i bet it would do a lot better...i would just hope and pray they wouldn't update it to much to where it is set like 30 yrs later...but see where i am getting at??:)

[bernadette88]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:11am

for instance they tried to revive Oklahoma just recently and while i thoughtit was very good, it just was appealing to todays audience like a big upbeat show(ex:Hairspray) then they did Flower Drum Song, which i thought was GOOD but not great....i think if they really put thought into making them then they would bring back audiences!!!!

[sondheimfreak]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:26am

Well, Harvey Weinstein, the "King" of movie musicals, said that he'll never remake Sound of Music, Fiddler, or Cabaret because they were done right the first time. And I agree about Sound of Music and Fiddler. They're both amazing films, but as I and many others have posted before, I want a remake of Cabaret like the revival.

[Sally]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:27am

I'd like to see a better film version of South Pacific without the annoying (to me) color effects and with both the actors playing Nellie and Emile capable of singing.

[sondheimfreak]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:27am

Ooooh I hate South Pacific. Talk about BORING! Some of the songs are good, but the movie is HORRIBLE!

[PennyLou]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:42am

Yea some things just shouldn't be touched Like The Wizard Of OZ and Grease when there where talks of remaking them I was pissed I grew of on these 2 movies watching them religiously at different points of my childhood that would be offal if they remade them. It would be worse then the new Music Man and that takes a lot to be that bad lol

[bernadette88]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:42am

i agree....sound of music should never ever be redone...but south pacific wouldn't be bad....or oklahoma...i mean it was good but not SPECTACULAR!...okay now BL....i was trying to stay away from Hairspray and all them...even though it was an old John Waters film...but while we are at it...how about a remake of Gypsy.......with........drum role please.......BERNADETTE PETERS....okay okay im soooooooo sorry for that...im just kidding....no reason to slam me now.....it was just a joke...lol

[bernadette88]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:44am

ooooh...good one pennylou

[ShineOn]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 12:54am

I'm so anti-Rodgers&Hammerstein.

RODGERS AND HART ALL THE WAY!


I say lets make a movie of On Your Toes!

[Hello Gorgeous]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 5:30pm

I love the Sound of Music, and it should NEVER EVER be remade. Nothing can compare to Julie Andrews (before her horrible surgery) and Christopher Plumber.

While I don't think a remake could be as good as the original of this movie musical either, FUNNY GIRL would be terrible if the actress who played Fanny wasn't up to par.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 6:09pm

With all of the new technology in movies (ex:Chicago), I think they could make an awesome remake of Grease. The only hard part would be the casting.

Updated On: 8/24/03 at 06:09 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 6:28pm

No it wouldn't. Sutton and Gavin. But Grease doesn't actually lend itself to technological advancement. It's about the 1950s. Black and white television was the advancement.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 6:40pm

You are being sarcastic, right? (about Gavin and Sutton) What about Matthew Morrison or Kristen Chenoweuth (sp)???

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 8:16pm

None of these actors and actresses would be cast in a movie musical. Only broadway fans know these actors. The movie wouldn't draw in that big of a crowd, unless there are actors cast that other people, not only people in theater, know about. Like Chicago. If Deidre Goodwin and Amy Spanger were cast as Velma and Roxie respectively in Chicago, it would not have been as popular. Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zellwegger and well known actresses, that draw moviegoers to see it.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 10:14pm

I know Billy. I was being sarcastic.

Posted: 8/24/03 at 10:26pm

A CHORUS LINE should definitely be remade. It was so poorly done the first time around. A definitive film version is a must for posterity. There is still relevance. Plus it would be a wonderful opportunity to display a fresh group of musical and dancing talent. (People none of know about yet!)

Yours for a Broadway full of chorus lines!

Posted: 8/24/03 at 10:29pm

As for remaking films which were done right the first time....do you ever hear of anyone rewriting MOBY DICK, or A TALE OF TWO CITIES, or WAR and PEACE?

Just a thought.

Yours for doing it right the first time.

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 10:42pm

A Chorus Line definitely needs a remake. That could be amazing as well. But the musical I definitely want to see remade the most is Godspell. I have yet to see the movie but I saw a 5 minute preview and it doesn't look like much. The tour in 2001 had a great modern take on the musical, you could take that further in a modern day movie!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 10:42pm

I agree with you about remaking ACL, Bulldog. AND (stick with me on this one), Bravo or A+E could do a reality series about the casting of the movie. This would pay honor to one of Michael Bennet's ideas for the screenplay that got rejected, which was to make the movie about the making of the movie of A Chorus Line and to have original actors trying out for their roles in the movie, and some not getting them.

The movie is RIPE for remaking, and really, it needn't cost a skajillion dollars. A reality series about people trying out for it would generate interest too.

Is somebody writing this great idea down? Have Meron and Zadan's people get in touch with my people. Tell Harvey Weinstein I gotta billion dollar idea. Quick! Quick!

[kec]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 11:32pm

What about a remake of the film version of A Little Night Music? I haven't seen it, but I have heard that it was just terrible. Maybe cast Judi Dench as Desiree?

[kec]

Posted: 8/24/03 at 11:32pm

What about a remake of the film version of A Little Night Music? I haven't seen it, but I have heard that it was just terrible. Maybe cast Judi Dench as Desiree?

[jo]

Posted: 8/25/03 at 1:02am

Ironically ( and I don't mean to be picky ), many of the ones cited here as movie musicals started their lives as stage musicals first - Oklahoma, South Pacific, Carousel, Cabaret, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, etc... Is it remakes of the movies that we want or of the stage musicals ( which were equally well-received)?

Talking of classic movie musicals -- do you remember Singing in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Guys and Dolls ( I hope I'm right here that this was a movie before it became a stage musical )? I have always thought High Society started life as a movie musical, but I've read somewhere that there was a stage musical before that.

jo

Posted: 8/25/03 at 1:05am

Jo.

GUYS AND DOLLS was indeed a stage musical before the film version. It has been revived several times, including an all-black version. Most recently it was on B'way in 1992 with Nathan Lane.

HIGH SOCIETY was a film musical version of Phillip Barry's stage comedy PHILADELPHIA STORY, which was also filmed. Yes, the one with Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart. About 20 odd years after the film of HIGH SOCIETY a stage musical version was created, and not well recieved.


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