Sentences with phrase «for filming musicals»

Part of the success of the performances in the film owes greatly to Hooper's decision to record the actors singing on set, rather than have them lip - sync to pre-recorded tracks, the usual method for filming musicals.

In 2007 she turned Johnny Depp into the infamous Butcher Barber of Fleet Street for the film musical «Sweeney Todd» and transformed Mike Myers into the «The Love Guru».

Not exact matches

The two big winners, with 12 nominations apiece, were the musical productions of «Mean Girls» and «SpongeBob SquarePants,» earning Tina Fey a nod for her adaptation of her wickedly funny 2004 film of the same name.

The song was first written for a 1933 film, but is perhaps most famously used in the musical «42nd Street.»

The film, however, is only half the story the stage musical on which it's based has been playing continually in the West End for 28 years, making it London's longest running show.

Last night, the 31 - year - old won the prize for Best Screenplay and Best Director, with his film winning Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, and its stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, winning Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

Still another trend — and this one should have caught Easum's attention, given his interest in «sound tracks» — is the use of music that draws on classical idioms in the composition of musical scores for films of high drama, serious feeling or intense introspection.

Starring former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the musical tells the story of two struggling lovers in modern day L.A.. From striking visuals to inspiring musical sets, the film has already won awards at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for best ensemble cast and best film score.

Possible themes for a baby shower could take their inspiration from a favourite book, musical, film or television series.

Part of musical performance involves narcissism, just as some part of writing or acting or painting or sculpting or making film is deeply self - absorbed, but we don't condemn musicians or artists for daring to put their creations out in public for people to see.

Already moving on from La La Land, the romantic musical which is picking up nominations and awards left right and centre this year, Emma needed to prepare for her role as tennis player Billie Jean King in Fox Searchlight's up - coming film Battle of the Sexes.

The Oscar - winning 1936 musical film The Great Ziegfeld depicts this beginning of modern bodybuilding, when Sandow began to display his body for carnivals.

Indian cinema is mainly known for making passionate romantic movies, romantic musicals, romantic comedies, action films.

A staunch vegetarian and PETA supporter, Stella McCartney's ethical fashion, fur - free apparel and vegan shoes constantly make headlines, while costume creation for musical tours and Hollywood films leave everybody talking.

I thought the choice to open a musical about LA on a jammed highway was hilarious and refreshing, but for me, the film's novelty ended there.

I didn't wait for him to contact me — in fact five minutes after we left each other on the Tube, I texted him with details of the musicals, films and TV shows we'd been talking about that he'd never heard of before.

Members of the public should always remain alert to the danger of terrorism and report any suspicious activity to the police on 999 or the anti-terrorist You Were Meant for Me is a 1948 musical film, released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dan Dailey and Jeanne Crain as a bandleader

A song from a stage musical or film musical written for the show but unused or dropped from the production.

You Were Meant for Me is a 1948 musical film, released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dan Dailey and Jeanne Crain as a bandleader Dotard definition, a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak - minded or foolish old person.

Once the fear has passed, just in time for nap, visual and musical style are sometimes played in an immersive fashion by highlights in a directorial performance by Nicolas Winding Refn that bring some life to the film, though not as much as John Turturro's inspired lead performance, which does about as much as anything in bring the final product to the brink of decency, which is ultimately defied by the serious underdevelopment, overambition, monotonously unfocused dragging and near - punishingly dull atmospheric dryness that back a questionable drawn non-plot concept, and drive «Fear X» into mediocrity, in spite of highlights than can't quite obscure the many shortcomings.

This peculiar low - budget children's musical fantasy was directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, who was best known for horror films like Blood Feast.

The filmmakers went into this project insisting that all the actors do their own singing, and while «crooners» like Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth (let alone Stellan Skarsgård, who is very, very brave to have done his own singing) are not going to go down in history as much more than barely competent, star Meryl Streep, who has already proven her musical chops theatrically and previously in such films as Postcards from the Edge, is marvelous, if a bit too country - yodelish for this patently pop score.

Steele was popular in England during the time this film was released, and the movie is mainly a showcase for its star's musical talents, with songs including the title tune and others such as Little White Bull.

The film is by no means terribly long, at least when you compare it to its 1969 musical counterpart, so it's not like storytelling drags its feet for ages, but make no mistake, the fact of the matter is that plotting's structure is something of a mess that meanders along repetitiously and, well, is to be expected, because, really, where does this story have to go?

While it's not a perfect film by any means — a lack of catchy musical numbers and a questionable shift of focus in the film's latter half knock Megamind down a few pegs — the lively cast and interesting flip on the superhero concept make it a fun time at the movies for viewers of all ages.

In terms of the visuals, Noxon and cinematographer Richard Wong (Colma: The Musical) opt for a simple but elegant metaphorical solution, with much of the home, where Ellen struggles with her issues, filmed in dimly lit, heavily shadowed shots and moments of hope or grace often taking place outdoors or in brighter light.

While retaining many of the Broadway show's musical numbers, the film enlisted the stage production's Tony - winning composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to write additional material for the film, though their new songs failed to earn any Oscar nominations.

The movie was nominated for an impressive 13 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielburg), Best Actor (Danny Glover), Best Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), Best Supporting Actress Nominations for Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, along with Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar), and Best Original Musical Score for a Motion Picture (Quincy Jones) which was the first time in any Spielburg produced film that composer John Williams did not compose a film score for a Spielburg movie.

The musical film version of The Producers is, for better or worse, a faithful record of the stage production, adhering to the same if - it - ain «t - broke - don «t - fix - it philosophy that informed the recent «Rent.»

For Disney to duplicate its 2013 success, it will need films like Sleeping Beauty spin - off Maleficent, video game adaptation Need for Speed, and musical Into the Woods to be major hits, and that doesn't seem likeFor Disney to duplicate its 2013 success, it will need films like Sleeping Beauty spin - off Maleficent, video game adaptation Need for Speed, and musical Into the Woods to be major hits, and that doesn't seem likefor Speed, and musical Into the Woods to be major hits, and that doesn't seem likely.

It does come down to the script, which is so flawed, and fitting for a lesser film, one that isn't rewarding inspired in most every other department, including the musical one.

Be forewarned that the musical number that closes the film is guaranteed to have you reaching for the Kleenex.

The wacky «Un Poco Loco» serves as the basis for the film's most purely joyful sequence, a show - stopping musical performance featuring Héctor whisking his bones around like a deranged marionette.

I'm not sure how people who are not musical obsessives will react to the film — it takes the form very seriously — but for those with any decent amount of showtune-itis in their blood, Les Misérables is, I'm surprised to find myself saying, something of a must - see.

It's like they saw Idlewild and thought the idea of a «hip - hop musical» was good, so all of a sudden everyone in the film starts breakdancing for no reason, scratch decks materialise out of thin air and everyone starts rapping.

I've said it before, but for those who haven't read my reviews previously, I'll preface this one by stating I generally dislike film musicals.

Adapting hit stage musicals for film is always a risky business, with far more getting it wrong than right (witness Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Nine, etc.), so give Mackintosh (the producer here), director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) and the cast full credit for commitment to the cause.

The two films have in common a structural formlessness which, in Sarah Marshall's case, felt freewheeling and fun: When the boy - gets - girl plot would suddenly pause for a music - video parody or a number from a puppet musical, it was all part of the movie's loosey - goosey charm.

For starters, the film is often at odds with its musical theater roots.

But the film also has too many memorable vignettes to count: Haven Hamilton's prickly recording session, where he mercilessly browbeats a hippie pianist; Barbara Jean's squirmily uncomfortable, rambling psychological meltdown while performing live for an impatient, unforgiving audience; Sueleen's conflicted ambitions when her «big break» devolves into a cheap striptease act; gentle Mr. Green's quiet suffering at the hands of his flakey niece; John Triplette's negotiations with various talent, buttering each of them up with compliments while at the same time insulting the musical form (and its admirers) in which they practice.

A largely self - congratulatory promotion for the musical, the video features interviews with film screenwriter Herlihy, Broadway director John Rando, choreographer Rob Ashford and stage star Stephen Lynch.

The biggest surprise for Miike fans and musical lovers alike is that for all the black humor of this deliriously bizarre fantasy «Happiness» is a warmhearted film about sacrifice, support and four generations of family togetherness.

Though Nashville won just a single Oscar and a single Golden Globe, each for Best Original Song (for «I'm Easy», written and performed by Carradine), it was nominated for five of the former and eleven of the latter, which even bestowed two nominations each on Tomlin and Blakley, actresses making their film debuts, while classifying the film as a drama (back when true musicals weren't so rare).

This film is a compelling and provocative look at John Lennon's transformation from beloved musical artist to anti-war activist to iconic inspiration for peace that also reveals the true story of why and how the U.S. Government tried to silence him.

«Birdman» leads film nominees at this year's Golden Globe Awards with seven bids, including best picture (musical or comedy), best actor for star Michael Keaton, and supporting actor nods for Emma Stone and Edward Norton.

Though it lost Best Picture to The Godfather (fair enough), Bob Fosse's movie musical holds the record for most Academy Awards won by a film that did not also win the big prize.

Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»

But upon further reflection, I'm not sure how much of that reaction was due to the fact that I could still recite almost all of the film in my head (much of the dialogue is the same), that I will always love its songs (except for the new ones, which added nothing), and that Condon knows his way around a lavish musical.

For as good as Isaac is in the role, however, it wouldn't be nearly as effective without T - Bone Burnett's excellent soundtrack, especially when such a large chunk of the film is dedicated to the musical performances.

Sparse in dialogue (save for explanatory purposes), the film also has a very spare musical soundtrack save for its theme, composed by long - time musical collaborator Stuart Staples from Tindersticks.