The Fantasticks on TV last night
The Fantasticks on TV last night
bwaylyric
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/22/03
#0The Fantasticks on TV last night
Posted: 1/5/04 at 11:57amAnyone watch The Fantasticks movie starring Joey McIntyre? It was on channel 9 in the NY metro-area last night. Let me just say that some stage shows should not be produced for the screen - big or small. This was one of them. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
WhatDoINeedWithLove?
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/03
#1re: The Fantasticks on TV last night
Posted: 1/5/04 at 11:59ami tried watching it but my digital cable was being weird
#2re: re: The Fantasticks on TV last night
Posted: 1/5/04 at 12:07pmBelieve me, you didn't miss much. The only highlights in this dreary film are Joel Grey and Joey McIntyre. Got the DVD for my birthday 2 years ago and was extremely dissapointed. Even if the writers did do the screenplay, they didn't do a very good job. And let the record state that I HATED that El Gallo was traveling around with a carnival--it was completely unnecessary.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#3re: re: re: The Fantasticks on TV last night
Posted: 1/5/04 at 12:20pmThere was a very nice black and white TV version of it with Ricardo Montebalm, John Davidson, Susan Watson and Bert Lahr and Stanley Holloway doubling as the fathers and the actors. It was performed similiarly to the stage version, on a simple set and cut to 90 minutes.
NativeNewYorker
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#4re: re: re: re: The Fantasticks on TV last night
Posted: 1/5/04 at 1:41pm
I bought the movie when it was released on video a few years ago. (I'm a die-hard Fantasticks fan).
It's just not the same AT ALL as a movie. And it's certainly not the same without the dude holding up his arm pretending to be a wall. Sheesh!
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