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| re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 10:41 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
| In reply to: Broadway and Off-Broadway Musicals That Were Filmed With Virtually Their Entire Casts - Dawson 01:52 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| ... which was a flop. Doesn't matter if you loved it. It was a flop. They couldnt sell tickets. Usually a film is made from a hit musical, because people all over America who cant get to NYC want to see it, and there are $ to be made. Here is a musical that no one outside tri State had heard of (not no one - dont yell at me - but you know what I mean), and that there is no clamor from across the Globe to memorialize this show on film. I hope its wonderful. I'm curious to see how much of script and score they use! |
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| re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... | |
| Posted by: Ann 11:26 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... - NewtonUK 10:41 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
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| I've also wondered how much of the score will be used. I think they're going with it as an inspiring story on it's own, since they're putting out the novel, too. |
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| re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 11:54 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... - Ann 11:26 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
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| Since the score hasn’t been heard by enough people or been around long enough to be cemented in the minds of the masses, it seems they have the opportunity to revisit and make the film its own animal. They have some natural opportunities for “performing” songs since so many of the characters are musical theatre performers. Maybe they will go that route and remove some of the book songs. | |
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| re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... | |
| Posted by: Ann 12:49 pm EDT 06/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... - EvFoDr 11:54 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
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| That makes perfect sense. | |
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| Film Versions of Flop Musicals | |
| Posted by: Dawson 10:53 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ISn;t it interesting that THE PROM is the only musical among the lists of those filmed .... - NewtonUK 10:41 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
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| Paint Your Wagon, Hazel Flagg (as Living it Up ), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Not all film versions of musicals are from hits. |
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| Fixing 'Your Wagon' | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:05 pm EDT 06/26/19 | |
| In reply to: Film Versions of Flop Musicals - Dawson 10:53 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
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| ''Paint Your Wagon'' is a strange case. The plot of the 1969 movie, starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, seems to bear little resemblance to the 1951 Broadway musical. In the stage version, Ben Rumson, a crusty old miner, has a 16-year-old daughter, Jennifer, who falls in love with a Mexican prospector named Julio. in the film version, adapted by Paddy Chayefsky, Ben and a younger miner, Pardner, fight over the affections of Elizabeth, a wife that Ben has bought from a Mormon. Lerner & Loewe's original songs, like ''Wand'rin Star,'' ''I Talk to the Trees,'' ''I Still See Elisa,'' etc., are in the movie but often in a different context, and other tunes have been dropped in favor of new ones by Lerner and Andre Previn. | |
| Link | 'Paint Your Wagon': Trailer |
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| Analysis of the film version of PAINT YOUR WAGON | |
| Posted by: Alcindoro 02:46 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: Fixing 'Your Wagon' - WaymanWong 12:05 pm EDT 06/26/19 | |
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| Film critic Nathan Rabin's essay on the PAINT YOUR WAGON film is highly amusing and even thought-provoking. It's linked below. It's also included in his book MY YEAR OF FLOPS, in which he takes another look at some of the classic Hollywood bombs of the 60s through the 90s. The whole book is extremely entertaining and may actually make you consider reassessing certain films you may have long ago dismissed. Of special interest to this group might be his appraisal of the film version of MAME. I highly recommend it. | |
| Link | CASE #50 PAINT YOUR WAGON |
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| That was great! Thanks for posting. n/m | |
| Posted by: Dawson 03:18 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: Analysis of the film version of PAINT YOUR WAGON - Alcindoro 02:46 pm EDT 06/28/19 | |
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