The Hours...?
The Hours...?
teebz
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#0The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:06pm
Besides the fact that this is my favorite movie of all time-does anyone else think that this would make a brilliant translation to the stage?
I think it would be perfection.
#1re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:11pmI think it could be a brilliant play, no music, no musical. Imagine if all three film leads resumed the roles. Oh sweet Jesus, talk about perfection and stage door mania.
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#2re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:12pmI agree it might make an interesting play
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#3re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:37pmThey would have to station half the army at the stage door if all three leads were in the show! Julia Robert's crowd would have nothing on it.
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Broadway Star Joined: 7/6/06
#4re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:42pm
For some reason I like the idea of movies as straight plays less than I do musicals, especially ones like The Hours, where the feeling is very stage-bound. At least if you turn into a musical you have all of the creative possibilities of writing songs to fit in with the existing storyline and such, but with a play I feel like if you don't have an extremely creative and original director it's just a live version of the movie.
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#5re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:50pmI said in a thread several months ago that I felt Adam Guettel could handle this BEAUTIFULLY as a musical.
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FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#6re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 6:45pmI actually re-watched the film not too long ago and thought that if Stephen Sondheim passed on helming an adaptation, then Adam Guettel could do wonders with it. The scene with the three women getting ready after waking up always felt like a musical opening number to me. If it were to be translated to the stage I definitely see it as a musical, especially if Donna Murphy played Virginia Woolf or Laura Brown.
#7re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 6:47pmThis is my all-time favorite movie and I would love to see it as a Piazza-esque musical. Adam Guettel would be the perfect choice to write this score.
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#8re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 6:47pmI have to agree, hand it to Guettel or Sondheim and I think it would make a brilliant musical.
#9re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 6:49pm
I totally agree, though if it were done as a straight play, I would love for Philip Glass' remarkably haunting score to be kept intact.
This film changed my life - literally. I'm obsessed with it. I love the book, the score, the performances, everything. I own both versions of the soundtrack, a poster, the score for piano, and the screenplay. Obsessed.
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#11re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 7:00pm
Not to threadjack, but ALL of Michael Cunningham's books are brilliant. I've read every book the man has ever written and anxiously await his next effort.
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#12re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 7:10pm
I agree that Philip Glass' score is perfection. One of my favorite film scores of all times. Actually it'd be interesting to see if he could compose the music for a musical based on the film/book. I've read the novel and though I find it brilliant, I believe David Hare's script is just as good, and it adds some dialogue that create new layers in the characters that are not as accentuated in the book.
A show based on The Hours directed by either George C. Wolfe or Tommy Tune (if he decided to return to Broadway), with a score by Guettel, and a book by James Lapine or Tony Kushner would be simply perfect. Does anyone have any ideas on the casting choices?
teebz
Featured Actor Joined: 5/1/06
#13re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 7:11pm
WOW--I didn't know I had so many fellow fans along with me.
I was talking about just a straight play for it. BUT--the score is beautiful and if it was handeled correctly I think it could work.
#15re: The Hours...?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 9:54pm
I have always wanted to see this done as a play, especially using Glass's score. But I also feel it could be one of the most amazing musicals ever created if in the right hands.
Another film I would kill to see in a stage adaptation is American Beauty. Alan Ball originally started writing it as a play, but decided the story would work better on film.
Alan Ball writing the script, Sam Mendes directing again, perhaps Kevin and Annette coming back to the stage to reprise their roles of a lifetime....
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