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Emerald Ghost
03-22-2006, 06:55 PM
My choice for best: Newsies.

Runner-up: Little Shop of Horrors

What are your choices?
DDM
03-22-2006, 07:01 PM
Grease (1978)
Xanadu (1980)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Beauty & the Beast (Disney animated musical movie)
Alice in Wonderland (Disney)
Emerald Ghost
03-22-2006, 07:03 PM
Grease (1978)
Xanadu (1980)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Beauty & the Beast (Disney animated musical movie)
Alice in Wonderland (Disney)

Oooh, forgot about Grease. I hereby promise to do penance and punish myself for that. (Though it doesn't change my list. Newsies has a warm spot in my heart.)
Eric_Carnaby
03-22-2006, 09:41 PM
Fame,Popeye (Shelley Long, Robin Williams)
mgs
03-22-2006, 10:07 PM
Grease
West Side Story (not so good, but great musical for theatre)
Beauty and the Beast (almost a tie for most Disney films in which there is always singing)
Fame
Popeye
The Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins
The King and I
Annie
The Sound of Music


But the absolute BEST of all time is:

Singing in the Rain

Classic, a Must see. Amusing, entertaining, set the bar for all musical films since.
Chiasm
03-22-2006, 10:11 PM
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. :D
Lubichev
03-22-2006, 10:25 PM
Guys and Dolls (Sinatra & Brando?! Yes, BRANDO)
Singin In the Rain
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Camelot
My Fair Lady
marshal99
03-22-2006, 10:34 PM
Happiness of the Katakuris - a bizarre offbeat musical dark comedy from Takashi Miike
Buzz Dixon
03-22-2006, 11:13 PM
All good recommendations -- but I'd like to add:
42nd STREET
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS
STORMY WEATHER
JAILHOUSE ROCK
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
Weapon Ick
03-22-2006, 11:38 PM
I like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rocky Horror Picture Show and South Park.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast was the last good animated film they made.
Bouncing Boy
03-23-2006, 02:10 AM
I have to agree that Singin' in the Rain is probably the best. I really liked the recent musical movie of Producers. Chicago was also really good. I loved South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, they did some great spoofs of stuff from the stage musical of Les Miserable. Guys and Dolls is pretty good, Brando actually pulled off the singing parts pretty well (though I'm guessing the reason they cut "My Time of Day" was because he couldn't sing it). I love Little Shop of Horrors, but I wish they had kept the original ending.

I didn't care for the movie version of Camelot, they changed too much from the stage version. Same with Cabaret (though I understand that with Cabaret, they went back to the source material to get stuff for the movie). I also don't care for the movie of Grease (though I liked it more as a kid).

I enjoyed the movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, but I wish they had gone back to the source material and make some stuff closer to the book. I understand why they had to change some of that stuff for the stage version, but they could have easily made the movie closer to the book, and still kept the same music as the stage version.

Oh, some other really good ones:

The Muppet Movie
The Great Muppet Caper
Muppets Take Manhatten
Muppet Christmas Carrol
Scrooge (With Albert Finney)

Annie was definately a favorite of mine as a kid, but I haven't seen it in years. I've been thinking about buying the Special Edition DVD though.

Wizard of Oz almost goes without saying as being one of my favorites.
Oklahoma was pretty good (though Eddie Albert was miscast as the pedler in my opinion. I love Eddie Albert, but he wasn't right for that part)

I'll definately put Disney's Beauty and the Beast up there, but I'd like to add Disney's Jungle Book, and Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame to the list too.
Cactusakic
03-23-2006, 08:19 AM
Jungle Book
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Phantom Of The Opera
Chicago
White Christmas
Ed Cunard
03-23-2006, 08:28 AM
That's tough... I love so many.

GUYS AND DOLLS
HOLIDAY INN
FUNNY FACE (hell, any flick with Fred Astaire)
RENT (the movie itself isn't so great, but it hits me in certain places)
THE MUSIC MAN (I tried serenading my wife with "Goodnight, My Someone," but then she reminded me that I can't sing at all)
CABARET

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN may be my all time favorite, though.
i_mmmchocolate
03-23-2006, 10:26 AM
I agree with a lot that have been mentioned already.

I also like Yentl, Fiddler on the Roof, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Agent Cooper
03-23-2006, 02:13 PM
Guys and Dolls and Singin' in the Rain -- I go back and forth over which one I like better. On balance, probably Singin' in the Rain.

For modern musicals, I love Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Man, that is one fun movie. Who knew Charles Durning could be so light on his feet?

I'm actually slowly working on writing a stage musical about the town of Moose Jaw, Sask., set during the Prohibition Era. Good fun.
hulahulk
03-23-2006, 04:57 PM
Aww, hell. I'll throw in a vote for Grease, if only because it's a strong memory from my childhood.
SnowTrooper
03-23-2006, 05:01 PM
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. :D
Thats my vote too, that is just a cool musical.
ponset
03-24-2006, 01:39 AM
"The Bandwagon" with Fred Astaire.
"Easter Parade" with Astaire and Judy Garland.
"On the Town" with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.
"High Society" with Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Grace kelly, and Louis Armstrong.
"Meet Me St. Louis" with Judy Garland.
Kirayoshi
03-24-2006, 02:13 AM
Singin' in the Rain. Easily the best movie musical of all time, and a thorougly hysterical look at the transition from silent film to talkies.

Guys 'n' Dolls. Another gem, with some great moments throughout. And hey, Brando actually had a decent singing voice!

Fiddler on the Roof. Arguably the best adaptation from stage to screen. And one of a very few movies that made me cry(I was twelve at the time).

Chicago. Best recent musical.

Holiday Inn. Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, singin' and dancin' through the holidays, in pursuit of the same woman. The movie that introduced the songs "White Christmas" and "Easter Parade". (OT: Anyone else find it funny that the most famous contemporary Christmas song was written by a Jewish kid from the Bronx?)

Evita. Underrated and compelling pic. Madonna was destined to pull off one truly great acting job in her life and this was it. Oh, and Antonio Banderas ruled as Che.

Beauty and the Beast(Disney version). Best of the Disney renaissance. Dynamite stuff, especially "Be Our Guest", "Gaston" and the title dance in the ballroom.

I'm still waiting for someone to make a "Mamma Mia" movie. Oh come on, you know you want it!
howyadoin
03-24-2006, 02:39 AM
The Kids Are Alright.

Quadrophenia.

End of the Century.

Singles.

24 Hour Party People.



Yes, I know I'm cheating.
Kirayoshi
03-24-2006, 12:14 PM
The Kids Are Alright.

Quadrophenia.

End of the Century.

Singles.

24 Hour Party People.



Yes, I know I'm cheating.Well, if we're gonna include concert films in the mix, I'd go with Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense. The cameras got up close and personal with the band without feeling intrusive during the show. And the band was well and truly rocking that night!
Slam_Bradley
03-24-2006, 01:06 PM
I also like Yentl,


So you're the one.
Corsair
03-24-2006, 01:30 PM
Guys & Dolls came to mind instantly when I saw the thread title.

Always liked Fiddler on the Roof.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is another favorite, even though it isn't all that good.

I seem to remember liking 1776, but I haven't seen it since I was very young so I couldn't tell you why.
howyadoin
03-24-2006, 07:11 PM
Well, if we're gonna include concert films in the mix, I'd go with Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense. The cameras got up close and personal with the band without feeling intrusive during the show. And the band was well and truly rocking that night!Which one of those are you considering to be a concert film?
Matt
03-24-2006, 07:38 PM
Blues Brothers.

An absolute classic. Which has no sequel. No sequel was ever made to it.
Emerald Ghost
03-24-2006, 07:59 PM
Blues Brothers.

An absolute classic. Which has no sequel. No sequel was ever made to it.

I liked 2000. The kid was cute.
Ontir
03-24-2006, 10:19 PM
the Rocky Horror Picture Show I love this film, and it still holds up.

the Apple This film sucks, and it didn't hold up on opening day. It's truly the cream of the crap!

West Side Story Great all the way around.

Chicago Aside from the mis-cast Richard Gere, it's brilliant!

Moulin Rouge Another Baz Lurman wild ride!
StoneGold
03-24-2006, 10:22 PM
Shaft.

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Bouncing Boy
03-24-2006, 11:24 PM
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is another favorite, even though it isn't all that good.


I love A Funny Thing Happend on the Way to the Forum, but the stage version is much better. I was so excited to be in a production of the stage version in college in the Zero Mostel role.
pauwoo
03-25-2006, 06:15 AM
On the town one of my favourite films of all time.

Singin in the rain

Seven brides for seven brothers

West side story

Grease
Ontir
03-26-2006, 08:38 PM
I forgot to list Hedwig and the Angry Inch in there. That film ROCKS!


There's a new live version of it, opening at the Roxy this coming week. I've got to go see it!
Kirayoshi
03-26-2006, 10:13 PM
I seem to remember liking 1776, but I haven't seen it since I was very young so I couldn't tell you why.I always enjoyed 1776 too. Best moments included any scene with Howard De Silva as Ben Franklin, the Continental soldier singing 'Mama Look Sharp' and John Cullum as Edward Rutlidge singing 'Molasses to Rum to Slaves'.