Rob Marshall's new movie musical- Page 2

[kyle.]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 12:30am

Company could work VERY well under the right direction and casting.

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 1:03am

I believe when Chicago came out I read an interview with Rob Marshall on some Broadway-related web site (broadway.com or playbill.com, can't remember) and when asked about what musical he wanted to adapt to the stage, he replied that he was surprised no Sondheim show had been adapted for the screen (I assume he preferred to ignore the infamous A Little Night Music) and that he believed Into the Woods was the one he thought more viable for a film.
Company is too theatrical to work on film in my opinion, and though Follies could probably be flawless on screen, I doubt it could attract many audiences.

[mateo]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 1:12am

company wuld require a great deal of tweaking... but could be done very well.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 4:23pm

Just as a side note, MGM talked about a film version of FOLLIES in the mid 70s, with the conceit that it was a studio being torn down (of course). The kicker is that they wanted to jettison *all* of the pastiche numbers and most of the book songs and replace them with 30s-era film musicals sequences.

Thank God we dodged that bullet...

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 4:31pm

Found the interview, it is that Ask a Star feature on broadway.com, when asked whether it is true he'd like to direct Follies he replied:
"It's interesting that you ask about Follies. I have been thinking about some of the Sondheim musicals because they haven't really been taken to film yet. There are some stunning possibilities since they're so rich with great character and story and, of course, brilliant scores. The ones that come to mind are Follies, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods. Those are the three that I've been thinking about."

Rob Marshall Interview

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 4:31pm

That's not quite right, Sean. They wanted to film the pastiche numbers as if they were numbers from old movie musicals. They weren't going to replace the numbers from the stage production. I've read that film script, and most of the pastiche numbers were not only in it, but were given a fascinating interpretation within that context (film studio being torn down) - I may be in the minority, but I thought it was probably a viable way to film a movie of FOLLIES.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/3/06 at 4:33pm

I just don't know who would pay to see it... considering the amount of money it would take to produce something like that.