Posts Tagged ‘based-on-musical’

Chicago (2002)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Musical
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Taye Diggs | Cliff Saunders | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Renée Zellweger | Dominic West | Richard Gere | Jayne Eastwood | Bruce Beaton | Christine Baranski | Roman Podhora | John C. Reilly | Colm Feore | Rob Smith | Shawn Wayne Doyle | Steve Behal | Robbie Rox | Chita Rivera
Directors: Rob Marshall
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Fame hungry Roxie Hart dreams of a life on the Vaudville stage, and spends her nights jazzing it up in the bright lights of Chicago, continually hoping that she’ll find her lucky break, and be shot into 1920’s stardom, so able to flee her boring husband Amos. In awe of seductive club singer Velma Kelly (who is subsequantly arrested for the murder of her husband and sister - after discovering their affair), Roxie meets Fred Cassely a man who convinces her he can ‘make her showbiz career take off’. However after Roxie has undergone the ‘casting couch’ treatment, and Fred has had his wicked way with her, he reveals that he has no more connections in showbusiness than she does. This is the final straw for Roxie, and her constant anger at rejection explodes. She shoots Fred Cassely and kills him. Upon discovering her infidelity, Roxie’s husband Amos refuses to take the blame for the murder and Roxie is sent to jail, pending hanging. In jail she finally meets tabloid darling Velma Kelly, currently receiving huge media attention for the double murder she committed earlier in the tale. Sharing the clink with Velma, are a collection of other sly females, all awaiting trial for the murders of their own partners. Velma is aloof to Roxie, however the prison Warden Mrs Morton offers Roxie the opportunity of representation by slick Chicago lawyer Billy Flynn. Billy is more a showbiz P. R agent than a legal lawyer and minipulates the tabloids into thinking Roxie is no more than an innocent ‘good time girl’ who took the wrong path, than a scheming murderess. The tabloids go crazy for the new girl on the cell block, and Roxie finally becomes a star. However due to Roxie’s new found fame, Velma is forgotten about. She is forced to approach Roxie with an offer of a part in her Vaudville act (filling the gap left by her murdered sister), but Roxie turns down her offer flat, thinking she needs no support in topping the bill. However, just as Velma’s star fell, so does Roxie’s, when Go-to-hell Kitty arrives at the jail on a multiple murder charge, the press forget Roxie and now she and Velma are in the same boat. With one more trick up her sleave Roxie manages to bring the media attention back onto her, and her day in court arrives. Billy is now ready to play the ultimate showman!

Paint Your Wagon (1969)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Lee Marvin | Clint Eastwood | Harve Presnell | Ray Walston | Tom Ligon | Alan Dexter | William O'Connell | Benny Baker | Alan Baxter | Robert Easton | Geoffrey Norman | H.B. Haggerty | Terry Jenkins | Karl Bruck | John Mitchum
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A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnaping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boomtown. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.

The Producers (2005)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Nathan Lane | Matthew Broderick | Uma Thurman | Will Ferrell | Gary Beach | Roger Bart | Eileen Essell | Michael McKean | David Huddleston | Debra Monk | Andrea Martin | Jon Lovitz | Bryn Dowling | Meg Gillentine | Kevin Ligon
Directors: Susan Stroman
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New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he’s visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there’s no accounting for taste…

The King and I (1956)

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Deborah Kerr | Yul Brynner | Rita Moreno | Martin Benson | Terry Saunders | Rex Thompson | Carlos Rivas | Patrick Adiarte | Alan Mowbray | Geoffrey Toone | Robert Banas | Dennis Bonilla | Thomas Bonilla | Reuben Fuentes | Charles Irwin
Directors: Walter Lang
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After the death of her husband, Anna Owens moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king. However, after some time they find themselves getting along much better.

West Side Story (1961)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Natalie Wood | Richard Beymer | Russ Tamblyn | Rita Moreno | George Chakiris | Simon Oakland | Ned Glass | William Bramley | Tucker Smith | Tony Mordente | David Winters | Eliot Feld | Bert Michaels | David Bean | Robert Banas
Directors: Jerome Robbins
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This movie transplants the classic tale of “Romeo and Juliet” to New York City in the 1950s. The two feuding families are replaced by brawling street gangs. The Montagues become the Anglo Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Capulets become the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris). At a dance, Tony (Richard Beymer), former leader of the Jets and Riff’s best friend, and Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, see each other across the room and it’s love at first sight. With opposition from both sides, they meet secretly and their love grows deeper. However, the gangs are plotting one last rumble, a fight that will finally end the battle for control of the streets. Will Tony and Maria’s love carry through a battle that threatens to destroy the people they love around them? With a young, talented cast, a gorgeous score and dance sequences that need to be seen to believe, West Side Story is a must-see!

Evita (1996)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Madonna | Antonio Banderas | Jonathan Pryce | Jimmy Nail | Victoria Sus | Julian Littman | Olga Merediz | Laura Pallas | Julia Worsley | María Luján Hidalgo | Servando Villamil | Andrea Corr | Peter Polycarpou | Gary Brooker | Maite Yerro
Directors: Alan Parker
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Based on the incredible true story, Eva (Evita) Peron, starts out life as a poor girl who goes on to become an actress and then become the wife of the president of Argentina, Juan Peron. The musical is a story of love and politics, showing all the battles and triumphs Evita has in her short, but amazing life.

Grease (1978)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Olivia Newton-John | Stockard Channing | Jeff Conaway | Barry Pearl | Michael Tucci | Kelly Ward | Didi Conn | Jamie Donnelly | Dinah Manoff | Eve Arden | Frankie Avalon | Joan Blondell | Edd Byrnes | Sid Caesar
Directors: Randal Kleiser
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What, you haven’t seen it? Danny is the ‘coolest’ of the T Birds, a group of High School guys, they hang out with the Pink Ladies. Danny met Sandy during the summer holiday and now she’s moved to the area and to his school, Rydell High. Sandy doesn’t fit in with the ‘cool’ scene, and the Pink ladies, “Look at me I’m Sandra Dee, Blessed with my virginity” sings Rizzo, the Pink Ladies leader. A rival gang Scorpians want to race the T Birds car (”Go Greased Lightening …”). Also there’s a National Dance TV show coming to Rydall High … There are a couple of rival suitors to Sandy and Danny, to liven the relationship up. And ‘oh yes’ - Graduation.

Hairspray (2007)

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Nikki Blonsky | Christopher Walken | Amanda Bynes | Zac Efron | Elijah Kelley | Queen Latifah | Michelle Pfeiffer | James Marsden | Allison Janney | Jesse Weafer | Taylor Parks | J.P. Ferreri | Shane Simpson | Jerry Stiller
Directors: Adam Shankman
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Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad (Nicole Blonsky) and her best friend Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes) audition to be on The Corny Collins Show and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle (Brittany Snow) and her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos. With Queen Latifah as hip DJ Motormouth Maybelle, John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, James Marsden as show host Corny Collins, and Zac Efron as Amber/Tracy’s boyfriend, the popular and cute Link Larkin.

Rent (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Anthony Rapp | Adam Pascal | Rosario Dawson | Jesse L. Martin | Wilson Jermaine Heredia | Idina Menzel | Tracie Thoms | Taye Diggs | Julia Roth | Porscha Radcliffe | Stephen Payne | Darryl Chan | Ken Clark | Julia Ormond | David Fine
Directors: Chris Columbus
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This film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark (Anthony Rapp) and Roger (Adam Pascal), two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Tracie Thoms, and Taye Diggs also star.