Jackman has clearly been dying to make
an original film musical for years (his yearning spills over to the semi-musical Pan and the carnie - barker stylings of Real Steel), and seems excited to return to the genre after Les Misérables.
A lot of modern,
original film musicals are as much about the feeling of their forbearers as anything else.
Not exact matches
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 slow, strange rhythm is very unsettling and takes some getting used to, but it's an altogether amazing, sunsuous
film; it even has an element of science fiction and some creepy
musical numbers, and the soundtrack is as
original and peculiar as the imagery.
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).
The
film is rumored to be keeping the
original musical songs with some addition by Alan Menken.
Unlike other recent Disney adaptation, Beauty and The Beast is rumored to keep the
original film's
musical numbers as well as add some new songs.
The iconic
original film means so much to me personally, and I look forward to creating an
original movie
musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of times, to a whole new generation,» said Rob Marshall in a statement.
Chenoweth, on the other hand, is much more naked in her ego - driven ambitions than Carole Lombard in the
film or even Madeline Kahn in the
original Broadway production of this
musical, in which Kevin Kline gave the first of his many Errol Flynn impersonations (and Kahn got fired for missing too many performances).
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The
original was a
musical with no less than 12
musical numbers throughout the
film.
The harsh, violin - heavy
original score is rigid and haunting, accompanied late in the
film by a heavy dose of the symbolic title song from the
musical «Camelot», which became forever connected with the Kennedy family.
In hindsight, the 1984 hit Footloose — starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Herbert Ross — along with its contemporary Flashdance, can be seen as the link between the old Hollywood model of a let's - put - on - a-show
musical, based on
original songs brought to life in elaborate choreographed numbers, and the later Hollywood model of youth
films, perfected in the»80s by John Hughes and terminally calcified over the decades to follow, in which a contemporary pop music soundtrack serves as both a structural backbone to the
film itself and an ancillary product that can outgross and outlive the
film that spawned it.
Meanwhile, the 1980s
musical version of Little Shop of Horrors gets all the attention, and deservedly so, but how many people have seen the 1960
original film, directed by Roger Corman?
The results have been encouraging, with Disney both embracing its tradition of fairy tale
musicals and also succeeding with creative
original storytelling on less conventional
films like Wreck - It Ralph and Big Hero 6.
With access to James Brown's
original multitrack recordings, the Get on Up team was able to remix those tracks to create state - of - the - art surround sound for the
film's audience — and tailor any given
musical performance to the
film's dramatic needs.
In an
original and electrifying
film loaded with live
musical performances, Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock - and - roll stardom.
Initially it looked like «Anchorman 2» was going to have life as a Broadway
musical (though quite how anyone thought they were going to make a glitzy stage show about the cutthroat rough - and - tumble of television news and the sobering questions of journalistic ethics the
original film raised is beyond us), but thankfully sanity prevailed and we get to revisit the Channel Four News team nearly one decade on, as they face the challenges of a new era with hope, integrity and, probably, scotch.
Now with a scene - stealing breakthrough on the big screen as the Bearded Lady in 20th Century Fox's «The Greatest Showman,» the
original movie
musical premiering Dec. 20 and starring Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum, Settle is about to win over
film audiences as well.
That Thing You Do is another
film that creates a bygone
musical era and parodies its sound with an
original score.
Hugely successful upon their
original release, thanks in part to the skilled direction of Duccio Tessari («The Bloodstained Butterfly,» «Death Occurred Last Night»), the Ringo
films proved influential on the Italian Western, spawning numerous unofficial sequels, due to their gripping set - pieces and unforgettable
musical scoring by Ennio Morricone.
The new
film, which opens Friday nationwide, is cut from cinematic cloth gathered more from «E.T. the Extraterrestrial» than the
original musical.
The Greatest Showman (2017) Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, the
film is an
original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation: the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Rob Marshall, the talented filmmaker behind the Academy Award ® - winning
musical «Chicago» and Disney's «Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,» helms the
film, which is based on the Tony ® - winning
original musical by James Lapine, who also penned the screenplay, and legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, who provides the music and lyrics — including an all - new song for the big - screen adaptation.
The iconic
original film means so much to me personally, and I look forward to creating an
original movie
musical that can bring Mary Poppins, and her message that childlike wonder can be found in even the most challenging of times, to a whole new generation,» says Marshall in the news release.
Director Adam Shankman's
film (a remake of the ’88
original and based on the ’02 Tony - Winning Broadway
musical) shows that people of any age, size, race or gender matter — when it comes to pursuing your dreams, falling in love, and making a difference in society.
Produced by Eddie Alcazar, and featuring Hannibal Buress (Broad City), Anders Holm (The Mindy Project), Tim Heidecker (Eastbound and Down), and iconic Funk musician George Clinton, the
film also includes an
original score and
musical collaborations with Aphex Twin and Akira Yamaoka.
The
film's
original screenwriter and director, PJ Hogan, will write the
musical's book, giving the story a contemporary update for its stage debut.
But while more subversive elements of John Waters»
original film were buried, Shankman unearthed the Zeroes» bounciest, bubbliest movie
musical.
Ever since the French filmmaker Leos Carax announced Annette as his next
film, the project has seemed just too strange to survive the often perilous road to financing and production: an English - language
musical from the director of The Lovers On The Bridge and Holy Motors, with
original songs by the cult art - pop duo...
But this
film seemed more focused on duplicating the
original (come on guys - the jungle, booby traps,
musical score, the Yakuza's last stand with the sword, the big ass gun, Adrien Brody covering his body in mud and screaming «kill me!
She always knew she wanted to tell the story with
original songs, so the
musical direction was key in making the
film work.
A sizable contingent of silent -
film fans has always insisted on
musical accompaniment that feels contemporaneous with the
original release, and if you're one of those people, you need never click over to the KTL score.
In dramatizing Mathison's script, Spielberg and his usual army of key collaborators — led by Janusz Kaminski (director of photography), Rick Carter (production design), Michael Kahn (
film editing), and John Williams (
original musical score)-- have fashioned a movie for children that looks at home in modern cinemas while retaining an «old - fashioned» pacing and temperament.
His irreverent combinations of
musical styles soon earned him a reputation as a wholly
original composer and he became the favorite of iconoclastic
film - makers.
Other winners in the
film categories were Lady Bird for Best Picture (Comedy or
Musical); Guillermo del Toro for Best Director for The Shape of Water; Gary Oldman for Best Actor (Drama) for Darkest Hour; Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress (Comedy or
Musical) for Lady Bird; James Franco for Best Actor (Comedy or
Musical) for The Disaster Artist; Allison Janney for Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya; In the Fade for Best Foreign Feature; Coco for Best Animated Feature; Alexandre Desplat for Best
Original Score for The Shape of Water; and «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman for Best
Original Song.
That
film is «La La Land,» an
original movie
musical by Damien Chazelle, whose last
film was the Oscar - winning «Whiplash.»
Filmed and broadcast live from New York, this wondrous adaptation of the
original Broadway
musical tells the beloved story of Peter Pan (Allison Williams, HBO's Girls), a mischievous boy who ran away to have adventures in Neverland and never grow up!
These featurette videos include a look at the
original planning and production,
filming, and the process of actually creating and delivering a big screen
musical.
Olivia Newton - John and John Travolta capture the 1950s era well, and the
film's soundtrack is one of the most enjoyable movie soundtracks of any year or genre, including the title track, «Summer Nights,» «You're the One that I Want» (which wasn't in the
original stage
musical), and «Greased Lightnin».»
The songs from the
original film (by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman), too, remain as nimble and catchy as they were before, even with some new verses and plenty of vamping to accommodate the longer
musical sequences.
It's a faithful remake of the
original film, in that it maintains the same plot beats, the same songs, and even the same editorial pacing in the
musical numbers, as well as some of the same shot setups.
Hopefully he does get to do the score, his
musical work on the
original Halloween
film as well as Halloween III: Season of the Witch is simply amazing.
Original music for «Muriel's Wedding the
Musical» is being written by award - winning singer - songwriters Kate Miller - Heidke and Keir Nuttall, as their songs will be joined by the ABBA tunes so famously featured in popular Australian
film (which were originally written for ABBA by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson).
· The 1972
original, which has never before been the subject of a feature
film, was adapted to the small screen in 1990 as an HBO animated
musical with music by composer Charles Strouse..
The
original film was a quirky
musical directed by Roger Corman that featured a florist who discovers success with a human - eating plant.
The
film is an
original musical written by Bill Condon («Dreamgirls») and Jenny Bicks («Sex and the City») with lyrics from Oscar winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul («La La Land»).
Taylor's
original choice of composer was Carter Burwell who didn't seem the most natural of choices, so it wasn't entirely a surprise when he departed the project (seemingly not the director's choice, but the studio's); a very capable replacement was hired in the form of Brian Tyler, who also scored the previous
film in the franchise, Iron Man 3, and just maybe he will become the «house composer» for this series, which has so far failed to establish any kind of distinctive
musical identity.
In that
film, more the
original rather than the
musical remake, we were delighted by the inspired but appalling behavior of producer Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, his hapless accountant turned... Read More»
Described as a
musical about a stand - up comedian, the
film stars Adam Driver and features
original songs by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, also known as the cult art - pop duo Sparks.