What movies would make good plays NOT musicals- Page 2
What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
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#25re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/24/06 at 8:34pm
Or we could the HILLS HAVE EYES... Or CUJO...
no but seriously...
I think Love Actually would be hard to do as a play. It is too large and scoping...And it is my all time favorite movie!!! But Maybe Four Weddings and a Funeral... That might be cool.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#26re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/24/06 at 8:39pm
When I first got it on DVD, I thought Meet the Parents would be a great play. I even thought it could play what is now the Schoenfeld.
I think Crash would come off as a bit didactic on the stage.
Actrzz
Swing Joined: 8/14/05
#27re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/24/06 at 10:03pmActually, I think Color Purple would have made a better play than a musical. Of course there could be music in the play when needed, but in seeing the current musical production, I'm missing the intensity of the story, which could be the acting, but I think if it were done as a play, there would be more focus on the beautiful story of these characters, not just the music. And granted I have seen musicals were both were done well, but in this case, I think they missed the boat on the storytelling part, or I wasn't as engaged as I thought I would be. I love LaChanze, but other things are lacking. Sorry if this offends anyone, but I just think, the story could be told more effectively had it been done in play format.
#28re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/24/06 at 11:22pmYou know, Saw could be a good play. concidering most of the movie is in a small cube of a room. Could be interesting.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#29re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/24/06 at 11:23pmSaw could be done in a similar way Pillowman was...
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#30re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/25/06 at 2:40amI don't get why you would want to see a movie done as a play? Aren't they basically the same thing, except one is live?
#31re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/25/06 at 8:04pm
Divine Secrets of the Ya-ya Sisterhood
Serendipity
Sweet Home Alabama (maybe a musical?)
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#32re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/25/06 at 8:15pm
The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants
Ghosthost999
Understudy Joined: 4/5/06
#33re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:33pmI agree about Saw, it could be interesting...
#34re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/25/06 at 9:42pm
Stella
The War of the Roses
The Broken Hearts Club
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#35re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/26/06 at 1:36amI swear, I'm the only 24 year old I know that likes the Sisterhood books/Movie :)
#36re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/26/06 at 2:39amThe War
#37re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/26/06 at 3:03am
My Dinner With Andre
"'I called. I justed called ahead.' They don't actually say that in the movie but you get the idea."
#38re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/26/06 at 7:14am
According to the special features, the screenplay for HARD CANDY was written by a playwright.
But, if it's turned into a play, cut out the neighbor. Sandra Oh's character was useless in the movie.
fachedaluna
Stand-by Joined: 3/12/06
#39re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 9/26/06 at 9:43am
I'd like to see:
" Under the Tuscan Sun "
" Working Girl"
" Runaway Bride"
" Casablanca"
" Sherlock Holmes"
and I second Shawshank Redemption & Sweet Home Alabama
Updated On: 9/26/06 at 09:43 AM
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#40re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 10:29pm
Dolores Claiborne
The Last Supper (1995)
#41re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 10:41pmI really hope Mean Girls was a joke...
actor
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/06
#42re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 10:45pm
Any Alfred Hitchcock movies.
Any Agatha Christie books.
#43re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 10:52pmSybil
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TheMecca
Stand-by Joined: 3/19/06
#44re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 11:02pm
Doing a movie as a play would be rather redundant, don't you think?
Now Saw: The MUSICAL...
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#45re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 11:13pm
I don't get why you would want to see a movie done as a play? Aren't they basically the same thing, except one is live?
Doing a movie as a play would be rather redundant, don't you think?
*GASP* Dost not thou recognize the many inherent distinctions between the two media? Dost not thou understand why stories presented upon a stage and stories presented upon a screen are different beasts altogether??
For shame.
EdmundOG
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/05
#46re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 11:34pmClerks. One set, small cast. I think it'd work very well.
EdmundOG
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/05
#47re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/11/06 at 11:43pmOh, and Reservoir Dogs could easily be adapted to reduce the flashbacks, and the ones that are still there are just held in the same warehouse, Joe's initial interviews, and going over the crime/assigning names. The only ones that would have to be cut are Mr. Orange's backstory,and the getaway. The initial diner scene could be done in front of the curtain, or with the rest of the set unlit.
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#48re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/12/06 at 10:07am
Whoever mentioned Mean Girls...
I disagree... I think it would work so much better as a musical than a play. It would be so campy and fun, if done right. Obviously nothing deep, I know everyone's seen the movie... I'm actually surprised, what with the success of the movie, that it hasn't been turned into a musical yet.
The whole bus thing would be a bit tricky on stage though...
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
Isabella2
Broadway Star Joined: 10/6/05
#49re: What movies would make good plays NOT musicals
Posted: 10/12/06 at 12:58pm
batman.
kidding kidding,
would it be too off the wall to suggest Mrs. Doubtfire?
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