What movie would make a GREAT musical?
What movie would make a GREAT musical?
#0What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/6/06 at 10:44am
So I'm sure there have been threads like this, but out of curiosity, what films would make amazing musicals AND who would write the score? For example, "The Devils Advocate" by Michael John LaChiusa, in my opinion, would be FANTASTIC.
What else?
#1re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/6/06 at 10:50am
"So I'm sure there have been threads like this"
You have no idea how many.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#2re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/6/06 at 11:47amand more horses are getting beaten to death....arrgh
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#3re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 9:54amWith the rush of movies to broadway, I can't believe someone hasn't done "Under the Tuscan" yet. Seems like a natural.
#4re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:47am
Fried Green Tomatoes
Spaceballs
Newsies
American Pie
The Wedding Crashers
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#5re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 9:09pm
The 1978 edition of "Hevaen Can Wait" or "Working Girl" but at the top of my list I would put "Jeane de Forette"/"Manon of
the Spring" and "Il Postino".
Updated On: 8/7/06 at 09:09 PM
#6re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:02pmBig Fish
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#7re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:04pmNow that it's a movie, I'd like to see a musicalization of The Devil Wears Prada.
#8re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:20pm
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN.
C'MON GUYS, WHY NOT
#9re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:35pmI always thought Kill Bill would make a great modern opera, fused with many different styles and dances. And I'm not kidding.
#10re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:42pmNewsies is already a musical...
somebody hold me too close...
#11re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:50pm
Newsies is a movie-musical, it has never been written for live theatre yet, though.
I kind of think Mean Girls would be an intersting one.
#12re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:54pmAmerican Pie? Gives a whole new meaning to "I Put My Hand In". Maybe we can have "Great Big Stuff..ing" And don't even get me started on "The Worst Pies in London"
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#13re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:10pm
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=52955#1888946
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=895635&boardname=off&dt=52
In that second thread justagirl2 said she's been assistant directing Newsies... so is it not a stage show?
somebody hold me too close...
Updated On: 8/7/06 at 11:10 PM
#14re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:34pmMommie Dearest.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
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#15re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:37pmThat post was too hillarious, jason
#16re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:42pm
Oh, I can promise you that Newsies is most definitely a stage show now.
Good work, brdwybound!
#17re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:27amHaha thanks, I knew I remembered someone saying they were working on the show. I hope you didn't get too sick of it though, I loove that show.
somebody hold me too close...
#18re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:16amI was watching Anistasia the movie with my 5 year old niece and I think with some adapting and new songs it could make a really good musical. There are a lot of great songs.
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#19re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:22am
Election
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"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#20re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:56am
The Dead Poets Society
The Family Stone...I would be in tears the whole time.
Nightmare On Elm Street.....I think this would be an AWESOME musical if written.
The Sandlot
The Little Rascals
A Walk To Remeber
The Notebook
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Van Helsing
Thumbalina
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#21re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:08amI really like the idea of The Picture of Dorian Gray...I'm intrigued!
#22re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 5:44am
I believe it's in the works.
Just think - JOHNNY DEPP.
I'd cream.
#23re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 6:50amHasn't there been some kind of musical version of "Dorian Gray" with Max von Essen?
In the real world the only people who burst into song are the hopelessly deranged...
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#24re: What movie would make a GREAT musical?
Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:00am
Yeh, GuyFromGermany, there was, but it seems to have disappeared.
I guess as it was set in New Orleans it was scuppered by Hurricane Katrina. Just a guess.
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