ragtime movie

#1

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 3:00pm

I think audiences would fall in love with Ragtime if they would make a movie out of it. i think that it could win oscars. i think the cast should be Jamie Foxx, Meryl Streep,Beyonce and Johnny Depp

#2

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 3:02pm

Can Alice Ripley be involved?

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#3

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 3:17pm

if johnny depp were in it I'd kill myself.

#4

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 3:19pm

Musical couldn't find an audience during its original Broadway run nor its recent Broadway revival. No mass audience appeal equals no money being generated equals no film adaptation in any shape or form by anyone.

#5

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 3:32pm

Who the hell would Meryl Streep or Johnny Depp play?

#6

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 3:50pm

Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett?

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#7

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 3:53pm

Streep can play Evelyn Nesbit and Depp can play Houdini.

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#8

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 4:07pm

There already was a film adaptations in the 80s.

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#9

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 4:08pm

Even the 1981 Ragtime movie didn't exactly set the box office on fire, grossing around $11 million.

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#10

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 4:42pm

Stupidest.

Thread.

Ever.

#11

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 6:26pm

This will happen at the same time as the revival of Lestat.

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#12

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/20/10 at 7:16pm

This was probably never in anyone in Hollywood's heads because it's so theatrical- the opening number is directly to the audience, for 10 minutes. The show is loaded with expository asides- and because it wasn't a Broadway sensation.

And since Nine was an unmitigated disaster financially and critically, producers won't be touching musical adaptations unless they were guaranteed to be a smash.

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#13

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/21/10 at 2:19pm

any new updates lately on the ROA or ITH films?

#14

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/21/10 at 2:47pm

Well, the original post actually got me thinking: wouldn't Streep make a smashing Emma Goldman? Not in an adaptation of the show, but in a biopic or in a historical epic like Reds.

#15

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/21/10 at 3:30pm

i was thinking streep would play mother

#16

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/21/10 at 3:36pm

Streep is on the plus side of sixty, not exactly the right age to play Mother.

#17

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/21/10 at 4:05pm

Kad - regarding the opening number - you coauld say the same about the opening of Fiddler on the Roof, yet they found a way to make it work in the movie.

#18

ragtime movie

Posted: 2/21/10 at 4:26pm

Fiddler On The Roof was the longest running show in Broadway history when it was made into a movie (3242 perf). A Muppet movie version would have worked.

"Ragtime" and "Nine" were not in that league at all (834 perf and 729 perf respectively). In fact, I'd bet few people on the street could identify either one. Why "Nine" was made is a mystery. "Ragtime" would almost be a guaranteed flop.

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