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| Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:03 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| I'm seeing the musical next month, and recently watched the movie (which is brutal, but, I think, a great film). I don't mind spoilers on this one, if someone can outline what some of the differences are. I'm disappointed in the disappointing reports. |
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| Which movie? | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:17 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? - Ann 08:03 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| The 1962 jack lemon movie or the cliff robertson 1956 tv playhouse version? | |
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| re: Which movie? | |
| Posted by: Thom915 11:45 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: Which movie? - dramedy 02:17 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| To be technical and occasionally on this board we do get technical ( ahem) the Cliff Robertson/Piper Laurie version was not a movie but a live telecast which has been preserved. | |
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| re: Which movie? | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 08:55 am EDT 05/28/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Which movie? - Thom915 11:45 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| Good as it is, there are moments in the Edwards film, particularly involving Lemmon's alcohol-fueled meltdowns, which feel unnecessarily padded in comparison to the earlier, leaner live broadcast. Lee Remick's speech about the world being too dirty remains one of the most haunting moments I have ever seen in anything. I hope Lucas and Guettel have given O'Hara a comparable moment. |
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| Posted by: Chazwaza 03:44 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: Which movie? - dramedy 02:17 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| I would guess when someone says "the movie" they don't mean the rarely seen or discussed 1956 tv movie, but rather the widely known 1962 cinema-released and Oscar nominated film starring one of the biggest actors in hollywood history (and directed by one of the biggest directors)... ;) But maybe not! |
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| re: Which movie? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:46 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Which movie? - Chazwaza 03:44 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| The '62 film is still considered a classic today. Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick were Oscar nominated and both gave powerful, harrowing performances. Mancini's title song won the Oscar. His full score is haunting, but surprisingly did not get a soundtrack release on LP. In 2013 Intrada Records released the film's complete original soundtrack on CD. Blake Edwards directed the film. |
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| re: Which movie? | |
| Posted by: jjhbb340 06:45 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Which movie? - BroadwayTonyJ 05:46 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| I remember reading that Bette Davis said if she had to lose for Baby Jane,she felt Lee Remick should have won over Anne Bancroft. Lemmon and Remick were giving career best work,and were extraordinary,as Davis said. Cliff Robertson and Piper Laurie were also giving career best work in the Playhouse 90 TV version that is still on YouTube-a little grainy,but really worthwhile-both of them were Emmy nominated. | |
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| Posted by: larry13 10:44 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Which movie? - jjhbb340 06:45 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| MAYBE Davis was prejudiced because Joan Crawford picked up the Oscar for Bancroft. | |
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| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:52 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Which movie? - BroadwayTonyJ 05:46 pm EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| yep... that's why i cited those things for why that would obviously be the movie Ann was referring to. | |
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| re: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 10:47 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? - Ann 08:03 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| The musical does a worse job setting up Joe and Kirsten as people. However, does a better job than the movie does setting up the daughter as a real, three dimensional person. |
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| re: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? | |
| Posted by: Ann 10:40 am EDT 05/29/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? - Ncassidine 10:47 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| Thanks! The daughter is very young for most of the movie. So I'm going in thinking I'll just enjoy their singing, but then not to expect too much from the music (I love love Piazza and Floyd Collins). It's one of my favorite films, as gut-wrenching as it is, and I think it has some of the finest acting of that era. That's the 1962 movie. I'm not even sure how/when I first saw it - probably not in the movie theater at age 8, but I think it was kept off of TV for some time, due to the adult nature of the plot. |
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| re: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 09:29 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
| In reply to: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? - Ann 08:03 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| I know this will sound a bit snarky (sorry) but the major difference between the film and the musical is that the film is good. This is (IMHO) a story that resolutely does not want to sing. | |
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| re: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? | |
| Posted by: Melissa 02:24 am EDT 05/29/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Differences between Days of Wine and Roses movie / musical? - NewtonUK 09:29 am EDT 05/27/23 | |
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| I completely agree with you. I felt that I would have preferred to see O’Hara and Darcy-James just act and not sing. They were very good but the music was a chore to sit through. | |
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