movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

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movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:51pm

I know the common opinion tends to be how horrible and unnecessary most movies turned musicals turn out to be to the point of asking so why bother making them?

but are there any movies you would enjoy seeing turned into a musical stage show?

I was thinking maybe Coyote Ugly if composed by the write people and staged correctly. It could definitely become the next big "Girl Power" musical to hit Broadway.

Another thought was if Pleasentville were to be musical-ified. I'm not sure how the effects could be done, but I don't doubt that they could be. But i think some really great work could come out of that!

#2

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:54pm

I'd love to see Clueless or Enchanted. Coyote Ugly would be nice too

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#3

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:55pm

Mean Girls.
Waitress.
Down with Love.

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#4

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:55pm

sorry. double.

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Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:55pm

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#6

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:56pm

I would LOVE to see Pleasantville musical-ized.

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re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:57pm

With the right people I would imagine practically any film could be musicalized and actually be good. Look at Xanadu. Touted by many as one of the worst movies ever made and it's garnered quite a following on Broadway. Mostly because the right people were involved. If another writer/producer had decided to make Xanadu into a Broadway musical it might not work as well as it does.

A film I think might work on Broadway, with the right people, is Princess Bride.

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re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 5:57pm

shrek....oh wait. they're doing that =]

ditto on enchanted. love that movie
Penelope. that would be so good.

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#9

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:03pm

Mean Girls.

Judge all you want.

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#10

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:09pm

How about Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, or any number of Errol Flynn films?

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re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:13pm

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So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much. I know it's not a perfect show...but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue. Ya know?

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#12

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:18pm

Coyote Ugly
Enchanted

This is kind of weird but

Bennie and Joon

#13

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:26pm

Mean Girls

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#14

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:40pm

No Country for Old Men

Who is with me?!!

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#15

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:53pm

Center Stage!

Also, there needs to be more Horror Musicals. Considering the look and sound its lighting and score gave it, Suspiria seems like a natural fit for the stage.

I just realized that ballet is an important plot point in both of those movies, so I think the best plan is just to combine the two. Just imagine how much more power "I am the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you?" would have if it were being sung to an evil murderous witch.

I am a genius.

#16

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:56pm

Zoolander.

In the style of Legally Blonde, but much better. (No pun intended.)

It practically sings already. It would make an excellent stage musical.

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re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 6:58pm

I like the idea of "Zoolander"

I would say 40 year-old virgin or Knocked Up but a team of writers is already working on a 40 yr Old Virgin meets Knocked Up musical.

supposed to be HILARIOUS!

#18

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:03pm

HOLIDAY INN with the great Berlin songs, but they would have to cut the minstral show for the Lincoln holiday.

Disney's ALADDIN

Arsenic and Old Lace - but I've heard the author has forbidden a musical version

HARVEY - but keep the rabbit invisable.

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#19

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:07pm

I believe POCAHONTAS is the next disney movie to come to the stage...

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re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:09pm

I think "Across the Universe" would be AWESOME too. but (forgive my ignorance) hasn't it been on stage already?

and it doesn't need to be MUSICAL-IZED, but broadway-ized

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#21

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:10pm

Center Stage!

#22

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:11pm

to an extent.

in a seperate thread, I think the majority of us agreed that it just wouldn't work on stage.

you would lose the most important part of the movie if it transferred to the stage... the visual effects and designs. no way you can replicate all of that stuff on the stage

#23

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:14pm

Definitely agree on Enchanted (in my head Haven Burton would be the perfect Giselle)
I also would love to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding as a musical, I think its kinda already written in the vein of one in a way-- I just feel like it would translate so well to stage.

#24

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:15pm

Some I would like to see:

Legally Blonde
Wedding Singer
Saturday Night Fever
Footloose
Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Shrek
Dirty Rotten Scoudrels
Cry Baby
Hairspray
Beauty And The Beast
Grey Gardens
Sunset blvd
Mary Poppins
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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#25

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/6/08 at 7:16pm

Mean Girls
Matilda
Enchanted (I want to be Giselle soooo badly!)
Benny and Joon
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

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