Streep's new song reportedly cut from final film- Page 4

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 2:22pm

Showface - feel free to PM me about the Rapunzel issue.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 2:22pm

^How was his performance in "Hello Little Girl"?

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 2:23pm

How broad....

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 2:32pm

There's a reason I'm being "broad." I signed a confidentiality agreement at the industry screening. I have no desire to give Disney any reason of going after me through legal recourse. Nice try, though.

Those who are curious enough to hear more details can always PM me. Adios.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 2:36pm

"Head and shoulders knees and toes,
Eyes ears mouth and nose."

"I've had it right up to here"
Literally?

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 2:52pm

Liza: How creepy was Hello Little Girl? You know, a 40 year old "hungry" for a 12 year old girl...

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:20pm

I'm glad that Rob Marshall understands of what makes the piece an amazing musical. If only the same thing happened to NINE, but no, the Weinsteins and the screenwriters wanted it to be another CHICAGO.

[musikman]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:20pm

Saw her at King Lear about 2 weeks ago or so. Her daughter and my brother did shows at college together so we had things to talk about, instead of just "OMG I LOVED YOU IN THAT MOVIE CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH YOU'RE THE BEST!!!"

She said she was excited for the film and that it was "very good."

Side note: She's incredibly kind and gracious.

Updated On: 8/14/14 at 03:20 PM

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:23pm

Well, Rob Marshall's kind of hog-tied, Musical Master; however dark the film may be, it's a fairy tale, and more than that, a Disney fairy tale. He couldn't use the Chicago/Nine "it's all in my head" trick and expect to live past the premiere screening. He was forced to treat it like an actual film musical for the first time since the 1999 Annie.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:26pm

^I don't think he was "forced" to not use the "it's all in my head" concept, I think at least he saw that it was a fairy tale piece and wanted to treat it like a traditional musical anyway.

[Showface]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:29pm

@disneybroadwayfan22

Johnny Depp's actually 50!

[Will42]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:30pm

"Good. The less I hear of her singing, the better."

You can say it again. #ShouldHaveGoneWithGlennClose

[Showface]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:32pm

You Can Always Watch The Bernadette Recording

Updated On: 8/14/14 at 03:32 PM

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:36pm

^I don't think he was "forced" to not use the "it's all in my head" concept, I think at least he saw that it was a fairy tale piece and wanted to treat it like a traditional musical anyway.

Two of the three musical films he has made so far have used this device, so you'll forgive me if I'm a little skeptical.

[meyerd584]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:40pm

Incorrect, songs in the credits are always eligible.

[matttaylorr021]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:45pm

"As for the songs and scenes that some fans worried about—the Baker’s Wife’s tryst, the creep-tastic Wolf, Rapunzel’s death-by-giant-foot—Marshall promises, “All of those things are in the film. ‘Any Moment’ is in the film…Rapunzel’s end is still pretty dark, it’s just a different kind of dark, and it’s just as harrowing, and just as sad."

So I'm confused. Rapunzel DOES get crushed but in a different way? It says straight from the article that "Rapunzel's death-by-giant-foot - Marshall promises, "All of those things are in the film".





Updated On: 8/14/14 at 03:45 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:48pm

Except with NINE, I would still argue that it was written that way, from the beginning of the Overture Delle Donne when he "conducts" all of the women in his life in a chorus that defies time. It's all happening in his head.

[Kad]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 3:51pm

I never thought I'd get sick of discussions about Into the Woods. And yet...

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 4:21pm

^^I think so too. NINE could be considered a "concept musical" much like CHICAGO is but the writing in the NINE film is quite bad and not to mention that the producers forced it to become another CHICAGO which resulted in a loud thunderous thud.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 4:44pm

There's no question that NINE and CHICAGO are conceptual in nature and didn't naturally lend themselves to translation on film. NINE, in particular, is such a theatrical beast that I'm not sure it would have translated well as a film at all (which is funny, since it's source is one of the 20th century's greatest films). INTO THE WOODS is pretty straightforward in its storytelling. It would be absurd to play around too much to find a 'way in' if you will.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 4:52pm

I think NINE's big mistake (other than the casting of its leading man, and I LOVE Daniel, but not in this film) ... is that all of the songs take place as isolated pieces on a movie sound stage.

They had a few flashes of chorus girls and Mama and Claudia in his "real life" settings around Rome, but that was it. A mistake not to do it more. I still do think the numbers take place in his head. Just not all on a sound stage.

8 1/2 figured out how to do that mix of reality and fantasy. Nine didn't.

EDIT: I think "Unusual Way" mixed it a bit, although the stuff around the fountain was the sound stage. Still, by that point in the movie, it was too late. The songs felt disjointed, and the leading man was morose. The end.

Updated On: 8/14/14 at 04:52 PM

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 5:01pm

^It would've been amazing if the songs in Guido's mind took place in real life and no one notices at all that these women appeared in Rome. But no, the screenwriters felt restricted to a "soundstage" because they felt it was the only way to make it "believeable" which isn't so.

I wish Gudio was played by either Javier Bardem or Antonio Banderas for they could've brought warmth and joy to the part.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 5:24pm

My first choice was and is Robert Downey, Jr.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 5:26pm

^Wasn't he one of the names considered to play Guido? He would've been really good in it.

[BobbyBubbi]

Posted: 8/14/14 at 5:28pm