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re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie
Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 01:04 pm EDT 10/24/17
In reply to: re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie - winters 06:12 pm EDT 10/23/17

I am almost certain, without having any specific knowledge, that Zellweger will lip-sync to Garland's actual recordings.

Garland's is such a specific voice that I would pity any performer trying to mimic it, especially an untrained singer like Zellweger. Of course, Zellweger did a great job in the CHICAGO film, but her singing there was reportedly assembled note-by-note in the studio and she has said in interviews that singing (especially live) terrifies her. I can't imagine that she would be tasked with approximating Garland's singing voice in addition to her speaking voice.
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re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie
Posted by: StanS 02:34 pm EDT 10/24/17
In reply to: re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie - JereNYC 01:04 pm EDT 10/24/17

What do you mean by "assembled note-by-note"? I could possibly believe phrase-by-phrase, but I don't see how she could have come up with these wonderful renditions without phrase continuity. I mean, she really puts these songs over spectacularly. I would rather listen to her renditions of Funny Honey, Roxie, and Nowadays than Verdon's or Reinking's on their OBCRs.
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re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie
Last Edit: KingSpeed 06:36 pm EDT 10/24/17
Posted by: KingSpeed 06:34 pm EDT 10/24/17
In reply to: re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie - StanS 02:34 pm EDT 10/24/17

Maybe she can assemble Judy's voice note by note. Traci/Tracy Bennett did it live! And if Renee pulls it off on screen? Instant Oscar!
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re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie
Posted by: JohnDunlop 08:20 pm EDT 10/24/17
In reply to: re: Judy, Judy, Judy: Renee Zellweger to play Garland in new movie - KingSpeed 06:34 pm EDT 10/24/17

Except that Traci/Tracy Bennett was no match for Garland circa 1961 when I saw her perform at Boston Garden. That was the year "Judy at Carnegie Hall" was recorded.
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