Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE- Page 7

[Michael Bennett]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#150

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:27am

Kidman is also superb in the upcoming Noah Baumbach movie, in which she is incredibly strong and sympathetic.

They'd be a lot smarter to cast people like Kidman and Cate Blanchett than people like Lindsay Lohan or Demi Moore - I'm not sure if Marshall is a brilliant enough director to make that kind of casting not seem laughable in the eyes of most critics.

[munkustrap178]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#151

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:38am

That's true.

Well, just some thoughts - singing aside:

Luisa
Naomi Watts
Diane Lane
Juliette Binoche
Joan Allen
Cate Blanchett
Michelle Pfeiffer
Catherine Keener
Virginia Madsen
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Toni Collette
Mercedes Ruehl
Anjelica Huston
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Claudia
Penelope Cruz
Cate Blanchett
Kristin Scott Thomas
Natalie Portman
Virginia Madsen

Carla
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Kristin Scott Thomas
Natalie Portman
Lindsay Lohan
Virginia Madsen
Marisa Tomei
Jennifer Connelly
Chloe Sevigny
Angelina Jolie
Uma Thurman
Anna Paquin
Eva Green
Sienna Miller

La Fleur
Chita Rivera
Glenn Close
Catherine Deneuve

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

Updated On: 4/13/07 at 02:38 AM

[VIETgrlTerifa]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#152

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:40am

I applaud Kidman's efforts to be warm and vulnerable, but I'm never convinced. Her demeanor and breathy execution makes her always seem so distant to me. Plus, she always seems like she's obviously trying to show us that she's working on her craft that it all seems too methodological rather than natural and convincing.

"I've got to get me out of here This place is full of dirty old men And the navigators and their mappy maps And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes While you stare at your books."

[TonyaFanatic]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#153

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:40am

I actually agree with Munk. Kidman can read really ice queenish. but she's an actress, give her a chance

"Girl, this cupcake is the jumpoff"- Adriane Lenox

[C is for Company]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#154

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:41am

I like the Catherine Keener and Carla Guigino ideas! I also don't think I would object to some new talent in a role or two, hopefully getting to see some new talent along with the old.

[munkustrap178]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#155

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:50am

And let's just say...

As you're all perusing my list, keep in mind, I imagined them being filmed in black and white with a SH*TLOAD of eyeliner...

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[VIETgrlTerifa]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#156

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:52am

Maybe this movie SHOULD be in black and white.

"I've got to get me out of here This place is full of dirty old men And the navigators and their mappy maps And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes While you stare at your books."

[somethingwicked]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#157

Posted: 4/13/07 at 2:57am

munk-- I like a lot of your suggestions, but Cruz is more of a Claudia than a Carla.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[munkustrap178]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#158

Posted: 4/13/07 at 3:00am

Oh, thanks for pointing that out. I ****ed it up, and forgot to separate it.

Hold on.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#159

Posted: 4/13/07 at 4:14am

RE: NINE cast recording. I don't think anything beats the OBCR, every single performer is amazing and I love how they did two takes in which the performers sang the whole show. It's great, I love it. The revival has a more "modern" feeling to it and the cast is excellent of course (except for the great Chita Rivera who is a bit irritating in this cast recording). I cannot stand Jonathan Pryce as Guido in the London concert.

RE: Movie. Cruz NEEDS to play Claudia, I highly doubt Cruz can sing "Unusual Way" as high as Ms.Benanti did in the revival, but if you hear Shelly Burch's original version, it is a lot more simple and in a way nicer. I prefer it. Toni Collette is the one actress I've heard whom I think could make a brilliant, efficient, and show-stealing Luisa. I think Kidman wouldn't be a bad choice, but Collette would be much better. When Krakowski is passed for Carla, Marshall should try to get Salma Hayek (I suggested her for Luisa but thinking about she'd make a better Carla). I think Serraghena, Liliane Le Fleur, and Guido's mother will be a bit harder to cast though.

"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"

[Unknown User]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#160

Posted: 4/13/07 at 5:59am

One thing about recordings--isn't the Revival essentially a highlights one now that the OBCR has been restored to fill 2 CDs? Or am I wrong? I admit I don't knwo the show as well as I should

[singingwendy]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#161

Posted: 4/13/07 at 7:18am

"I think Kidman's pretty ideal for Luisa. We know she has the voice,"

I am going to totally disagree with you here. I love Nicole Kidman, but she is not an alto. And Luisa is an ALTO. Not a mezzo soprano..ALTO. We're talking notes in the bass clef alto. The score even comes with Luisa's songs transposed up a step as an option because they are so low. Unless they raise the vocal part significantly, there is no way Kidman can sing it. She's a soprano....a mezzo at best. So, maybe I'm the only one, but I could see her as Claudia.

And EricMontreal--Neither of the recordings are the entire show. The remastered OBCR is nearly all of it, but there are parts of Grand Canal on the Revival CD that dont' appear on the OBCR. I just did this show in the fall, and there's no recording out there that has it all!

[Unknown User]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#162

Posted: 4/13/07 at 7:48am

Thanks for the clarification--All I knew was a lot of music was added ("restored") for the remaster CD--pity it's still nto complete

[Yankeefan007]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#163

Posted: 4/13/07 at 8:34am

Let's just hope they don't kill the Overture - one of my favorite things about 9....however, it's safe to assume that it'll be cut, no?

My casting choices:
Carla - Scarlett Johansson

Luisa - Nicoletta Braschi

Claudia - Rose McGowan

Lillianne - Jennifer Coolidge

[wickedfan]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#164

Posted: 4/13/07 at 9:10am

Munk-It's funny. You have Kristn Scott Thomas down for two roles, both of which I don't think she's entirely right for. I think she would actually make a great Luisa, if she can hit those notes. Also, I think that Joely Richardson would be great in this. I think her beauty is perfect for the look of this. And speaking of Nip/Tuck, I think Famke Janssen would be a great Carla.

"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

[FOAnatic]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#165

Posted: 4/13/07 at 9:17am

I don't know if she has name recognition enough to sell.

But, I just envisioned Sara Ramirez singing "Be Italian" and I think I wet myself.

She would be an amazing Saraghina.

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[devonian.t]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#166

Posted: 4/13/07 at 9:29am

I know I'm being silly, but i'd like to see Barbra Streisand as LaFleur- even if she changed nationalities.

PS I love the orchestral production on the revival cd.

PPS In the London concert, wasn't Elaine Paige replaiced at short notice by Sarah Brightman, or was it the other way round?

[best12bars]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#167

Posted: 4/13/07 at 9:58am

I'm really looking forward to this! I hope they shoot some of it on location in Venice.

I also would love it if they utilized a few choice cinematic techniques/devices. I can see several of the flashback or fantasy scenes playing out in Black & White.

They need to think like Fellini. Not (necessarily) like Tommy Tune.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

---

blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

[Michael Bennett]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#168

Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:09am

The keys of the songs will be surely be altered for the movie, Wendy - don't you think? I can't imagine a star who can sing being passed up for the role because the actress can't do the notes in Karen Akers key.

Yes, I definitely hope its at least partly filmed in black and white. Maybe the Grand Canal sequence in blazing color?

I don't think NINE is a a good project for Toni Collette. I do love the idea of Catherine Keener.

[sparrman]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#169

Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:20am

Assuming Guido is 40 or 41 ("My body's clearing forty..."), I think I'd buy the spectacularly-in-shape Mr. Banderas at 46 as a man having a mid-life crisis rather than Mr. McGregor, who's a bit too young at 36.

[Mister Matt]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#170

Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:25am

Saraghina - Bette Midler

No one else would be better.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[best12bars]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#171

Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:28am

Rob Marshall is already quoted as saying:

"This one needs to be created specifically for the talent involved, to suit their strengths."

The characters and material will be altered to fit the actors chosen to play the parts, not vice versa.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

---

blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

[queenbee2]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#172

Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:43am

I thought Mr. Marshall did an extraordinary job with Chicago, and personally, I liked the film a lot more than I liked the stage show.

Nine isn't one of my favorite musicals, but I will be anxiously awaiting its release to see what he comes up with. I think he is a gifted director, and even though Geisha wasn't a complete financial success, I hope he continues to take on more film projects. It would also be nice if he would come back to Broadway once in a while!

-QB

[best12bars]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#173

Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:43am

"Maybe the Grand Canal sequence in blazing color?" I agree, MB! A perfect spot for the Technicolor treatment.

I also don't mean to imply that the film needs to be filled with with cinematic gimmicks. Just a few good choice decisions here and there. It shouldn't be "Baz Luhrmann-ized."

Baz's approach works very well when his story and the emotions are very simple, strong and straight-forward. Then, they can be embellished and enhanced with innovative visual and aural "candy."

But NINE has a complex, non-linear storyline and multi-layered emotions from most of the characters. Too much "candy" will only confuse it.

I hope Marshall also takes the time to "linger" on the actors' faces. Show the raw emotion of each of these characters. THAT (to me) is were the wow-factor will come in. Not in running the camera around or in playing with VFX or SFX.

But seeing Louisa's face in stark, gritty, harshly-lit Black & White, lingering... while she sings, "Long ago... Someone else ago..."

...could be devastating.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

---

blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

[PalJoey]

re: Rob Marshall to direct film version of NINE#174

Posted: 4/13/07 at 11:01am

Can I put in a vote for Leslie Caron as Lillian?