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| Peter Bogdanovich has passed - I remember when "Paper Moon" the musical had its sign on Marquis Theater marquee | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:04 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 04:54 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
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| but it closed out of town. I don't know if anyone has ever thought of making an opera or musical of his wonderful "The Last Picture Show" although it is so perfect, a musicalization might by necessity of time and financial constraints mean getting rid of some of the many interesting characters. I doubt if anyone could musicalize "What's Up, Doc?" since the only real musical made of a farce that succeeded is "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"; though it might be really interesting if Julie Taymor could somehow, like she wonderfully did the stampede in "The Lion King", figure out a way to make the chase of the protagonists, partially inside the Chinese dragon on the hills of San Francisco and its dealing with a huge pane of glass, somehow make it onto the lyrical stage! Just imagining that is fun! Of course, Mr. Bogdanovich did try and have a big miss with his Cole Porter musical film "At Long Last Love", but he did later do the movie version of the play "Noises Off" plus "Mask" with Cher (a success) and some other films after his great films in the 1970s. He also appeared as an actor on "The Sopranos" and on a recent podcast associated with TCM. Rest in peace. | |
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| re: Peter Bogdanovich has passed - I remember when "Paper Moon" the musical had its sign on Marquis Theater marquee | |
| Last Edit: preston122 07:42 am EST 01/12/22 | |
| Posted by: preston122 07:39 am EST 01/12/22 | |
| In reply to: Peter Bogdanovich has passed - I remember when "Paper Moon" the musical had its sign on Marquis Theater marquee - PlayWiz 04:54 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
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| I happened upon an image of the Marquis marquee! At about 4:15 on this video, a demo tape for a very early version of High Definition TV. Said, “Huh, I didn’t know they made of musical out of Paper Moon.” So looked it up and found this post. So *that’s* why I never heard of it! Gorgeous footage of New York that early analog HD had a beautiful almost Kodachrome look. https://youtu.be/fT4lDU-QLUY | |
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| NOISES OFF | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 09:52 am EST 01/07/22 | |
| In reply to: Peter Bogdanovich has passed - I remember when "Paper Moon" the musical had its sign on Marquis Theater marquee - PlayWiz 04:54 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
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| I absolutely love his film adaptation of NOISES OFF. It's perfectly cast and really thoughtfully adapted to set the story in the US. It really captures the fun of the play. | |
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| re: NOISES OFF | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 11:40 am EST 01/07/22 | |
| In reply to: NOISES OFF - JereNYC 09:52 am EST 01/07/22 | |
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| "I absolutely love his film adaptation of NOISES OFF. It's perfectly cast and really thoughtfully adapted to set the story in the US. It really captures the fun of the play." You are absolutely rights and he did not get the credit he deserved for this film. |
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| re: NOISES OFF | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 12:36 pm EST 01/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: NOISES OFF - TheOtherOne 11:40 am EST 01/07/22 | |
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| Thanks, TheOtherOne. I also love the coda on the end, when we see the last moments of NOTHING ON and that the play is a huge hit. It always makes me wish we saw the second act. :) And Niki Haris singing some standards on the soundtrack is terrific. |
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| Songs to include of "What's Up, Doc" -- "I'm not A Eunice Burns, I'm THE Eunice Burns!" | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:30 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
| In reply to: Peter Bogdanovich has passed - I remember when "Paper Moon" the musical had its sign on Marquis Theater marquee - PlayWiz 04:54 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
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| "Yes, Eunice." | |
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| “Eunice? That’s a person named Eunice? | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 08:31 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
| In reply to: Songs to include of "What's Up, Doc" -- "I'm not A Eunice Burns, I'm THE Eunice Burns!" - PlayWiz 05:30 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
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| Laura, who has much of this film seared into her brain | |
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