Sunset Blvd - Movie musical- Page 8
Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
phantom_tenor
Leading Actor Joined: 1/11/05
#175re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 4/7/05 at 10:58pmIf it has star power, it's like any film. Had you heard of Ghostbusters before it came out?
LA Guy
Stand-by Joined: 12/1/03
#176re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 4/8/05 at 3:01pmJust so you know - ALW can not see this project through without the blessing of Paramount, as they own the underlying rights. They were a co-producer of the musical, because of this, so to assume that ALW can do it just because he puts up the money is wrong.
#177re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 4/8/05 at 4:05pm
Bette as Norma!!!!
**chokes on vomit**
no thanks, beside, she already has Gypsy under her belt as a movie musical.
#178re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 4/8/05 at 4:24pm
LIZA LIZA LIZA
Please not Glenn....please....
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#179re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 5/7/05 at 2:03amAnybody heard any more about this supposed project?
#180re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 5/31/05 at 11:18am
Hi guys!
ANYONE HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT?
*BUMP*
:)
Fan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#181re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 5/31/05 at 11:34am
Good question - Andrew Lloyd Webber's "three month" quote from February 26 is up LOL.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=2352
>Asked what his next film was going to be, and when, he answered that it was Sunset Boulevard and that it would "probably be announced in the next three months."
#182re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 5/31/05 at 11:36am
right. That's why i asked.
Times up, Webber.
#183re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/20/05 at 4:58pm
*bump*
Does anyone know anymore information about this project?
#184re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/20/05 at 5:11pmI saw Patti and Betty in London. Glen, Betty and Elaine on Broadway. Patti was amazing but Betty WAS Norma to me. She was brilliant!!! I really like the idea of Liza playing Norma even though it is awfully close to her own life in many aspects. Liza or Betty for me hands down. With the movie musical making a comeback I think SUNSET BOULEVARD would make a great transfer to the big screen.
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#185re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/20/05 at 5:13pm
Well I tthink its safe to say that Betty won't be doing the movie...
I don't think there is any new word on this project. Perhaps Paramount is still negotiating with ALW on a distribution deal.
#186re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/20/05 at 6:03pm
You're very persistent, aren't you Adam Chris. 
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#187re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/20/05 at 6:24pm
yes, i am! ...in almost everything.
i love this show, and i feel teased.
Updated On: 6/20/05 at 06:24 PM
#188re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/21/05 at 5:08amMe too... I really really want this movie to happen.
"Curse you, Lady Glyde!"
#189re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/21/05 at 6:43amOne evening this spring, joeyjoe and I were watching a DVD from the library called Divas Are Forever - starring, you guessed it - Shirley Bassey. About three numbers into it, I couldn't help feeling she'd make the perfect Norma Desmond. She is completely over the top, has the vocal chops and is a delight to watch.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#190re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 6/21/05 at 7:46am
Shirley recorded an ALW album maybe 10 years ago, where she sang a couple of songs from Sunset. I can't say I was impressed. But then again I only listened to the album once or twice. I do remember that she used her own name in the end of With One Look:
"They'll say Shirley's back at last"
But it sounded like her tongue was swollen or something, because it sounded more like
"They'll say Chili's back at last"
I guess she thought she was pretty hot?
Anyway, I think she's a little too old to play Norma. Maybe she could have pulled it off 10 years ago?
"Curse you, Lady Glyde!"
Updated On: 6/21/05 at 07:46 AM
#191re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:07am
Glenn Close and Ewan McGregor! I love it! This is going to be great!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=3910
#192re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 2:44amI'm hoping we will be pleasantly surprised at the outcome with Close as Norma.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
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#193re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 2:49am
Let's all shed one silent tear for Liza...
THEN rejoice about this movie being made! LOVE Ewan.
etoile
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/03
#194re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 2:58amWill someone please explain the attraction for Ewan McGregor because it totally escapes me. Totally!
Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.
#195re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 3:02am
I wish I knew how to add a pic to the message.
"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."
-- Author Unknown
Updated On: 7/10/05 at 03:02 AM
etoile
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/03
#196re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 3:05amI've seen his picture. I've seen his movies. That's why I asked.
Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.
#197re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 5:03amI was also thinking about Shirley Bassey! I think, for a box office draw AND good singing AND good acting, I think Shirley or Liza! Can't choose both, LOVE them both! But it's not for us to decide! But I am still VERY excited about the idea of Ewan, esp after seeing him as Sky!!!!!!!
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#198re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 5:56am
Has there ever been a moment with so much to live for?
I'm glad they went with Ewan over Hugh, though. And Glenn will be a huge box office draw.
Let's just hope there's some truth to this news!
"Curse you, Lady Glyde!"
Updated On: 7/10/05 at 05:56 AM
#199re: Sunset Blvd - Movie musical
Posted: 7/10/05 at 6:11am
I know we're just dredging through back-catalogues, but of the "old-timers", I think Shirley Maclaine would do a good job.
Knowing ALW's way of thinking, Close is inevitable, though.
Incidentally it would be a crime not to cast John Barrowman, rather than Ewan.
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