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songs cut from producers movie?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#25re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/7/04 at 6:11am
To Plum
Problem is Betrayed is not weak but one of the best & most pivotal songs in the whole score
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alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#26re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/7/04 at 10:14amBetrayed can be a tour-de-force onstage but would it work on film?
BroadwayPhil
Understudy Joined: 11/6/03
#27re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/7/04 at 10:33am
Intermission ........................................
This is going to be a tough movie to make. The original movie is a classic. The broadway show is a classic. The Original Cast recording is a classic.
I would just love a quality DVD of the stage version with Orignal cast. Now that would be a classic.
Don't be the Bunny ....
CaTheatreGirl
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#28re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/7/04 at 11:35amI'd also be happy with a good OBC stage version.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#29re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/7/04 at 1:50pmBetrayed is definitely not weak- I was just saying that cutting the weak songs in a score is par for the course in movie adaptations of musicals. :)
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#30re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/7/04 at 4:48pmI think Nathan would walk off the movie if they cut Betrayed. In fact, he only agreed to do the role on Broadway is they added a big solo number for Max in the second act.
wickedrawbrt
Stand-by Joined: 3/26/04
#31re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/7/04 at 5:47pmI love this score as much as anyone, but in the context of a film some of it doesn't work. They don't just cut songs because they are weak, but they can replace them with a bit of dialogue and visuals. As I'm sure many of you know, this is common in adapting musicals to film.
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#32re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/8/04 at 6:18pm
Ah, another movie musical...what a wonderful world. I can't wait to see this, as I was THRILLED with the OBC. In terms of cuts, I could definitely see the Franz stuff getting trimmed ( it was among the weakest stuff to me) and "Bad Luck/Opening Night."
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Carol Channing
#33re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/8/04 at 6:47pmI would just like to throw out there that while I enjoy some of Kidman's movies, I was EXTREMELY disappointed to hear she is playing Ulla. I mean, come on!
"First up was Max who sang "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" [...] I haven't seen that big of a reaction to a stair descent since Audra left the attic in Ragtime." --Seth Rudetsky
#34re: songs cut from producers movie?
Posted: 5/8/04 at 7:18pm
does anyone know what jeffry durnam is doing right now- i hope he is successful, he could at least write another book if nothing else. though i never saw him, i get the impression he is extremely talented- he must be if he was in the OBC of producers and the last cast of cats
and as i said, i agree with you about nicole- i dont she she'll be as good as cady
Updated On: 5/8/04 at 07:18 PM
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