Favorite movie musical?

[terrya]

This has been talked about here before, I'm sure. But I'd like to know.

Mine is "The Bandwagon". Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse (with wonderful chemistry together). Nice score (including "That's Entertainment") Just the perfect musical.

[pistoff democrat]

1. West Side Story

no question

[NightTrain]

12. I second that!

Didn't "West Side Story" win Best Picture for 1961? If not, it deserved to! Terrific, terrific film.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

31. A great combo-Lenny and Steven

I believe it won tons of Academy awards. Didn't Rita Moreno win something for that?

[pistoff democrat]

37. To both of you

West Side Story won 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture
It won for choreography and score
Rita Moreno won as Best Supporting Actress
George Chakiris won as Best Supporting Actor

I don't know the other 5, but best actress that year went to Sophia Loren for "Two Women" and best actor to Burt Lancaster for "Elmer Gantry".


I also hope you got to see it as a play. Not only was it able to be more risque, but there were differences that really enhanced a lot of it. On balance, I'd probably prefer the movie, but that's because I'm not really a 'theater' kinda gal!

[terrya]

41. I don't know if a group of such genius can ever collaborate on another

project like West Side Story.

Leonard Bernstein, the music. Stephen Sondheim, the lyrics. Arthur Laurents the book. Jerome Robbine, the choreography.

Such genius. Gathered together in one show. Unbelievable.

[Bertha Venation]

50. Rita Moreno....

Until last year, Rita Moreno was the only person in history to win an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony, and an Oscar.

Mel Brooks became the second member of the club when he won a Tony for "The Producers." He'd won his Oscar for the film "The Producers."

That year, best supporting actress was Shirley Jones in "Elmer Gantry." Yep, Marion Librarian herself.

[Red State Rebel]

21. Singing In The Rain, Meet Me in St. Louis, Easter Parade, ..........etc.

[mindless]

52. West Side Story

Without a doubt!!!

[XanaDUer]

2. "Singing In the Rain"

Best movie musical, imo.

[AndyP]

5. How to succeed..

My favorite has to be: "How to succeed in business without really trying." I'm more a fan of the comedies than the serious ones. I've been in this musical (on a small scale) and it was my favorite to participate in.

[Cheswick2.0]

39. hey Andy, I played Miss Jones

about 20 years ago. I was to young for the role then but it was a hell of a lot of fun.

[trof]

11. Unsurpassable.

yep

[elperromagico]

38. Agreed.

It's clever, it's peppy, and it is a great representation of the chaos that the change from silents to talkies created in Hollywood.

[fairfaxvadem]

3. Paint Your Wagon!!!

Just love that movie and I'm not a big musical fan...

[trof]

10. Lee Marvin's

rendition of "I Was Born Under a Wandrin' Star".
Or was it Clint Eastwood?
Priceless.

[liberalmuse]

4. 'My Fair Lady'

Then 'West Side Story', 'Oliver' and 'Singing In The Rain'.

[proud patriot]

9. I second "My Fair Lady"

with an honorable mention to "Gypsy"

[Rooktoven]

6. Chicago

Wickedly funny and great tunes.

[SheilaT]

7. Another vote here for Chicago.

I dragged my twenty year old son to it the second time I went, and about of the third of the way through he leaned over to me and whispered, "This is what a musical should be, the songs actually advance the plot!"

[vi5]

8. South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut....

Not only funny as hell but some great tunes.

After that I'll go with Rocky Horror Picture Show or West Side Story.

[K8-EEE]

13. Cyd Charisse!

I last year around this time at a Bev Hills restaurant, WOW!! SHE STILL LOOKS AMAZING!

A good reason to hit the barre ladies...she says she does dance excercises every day. She's an inspiration!

[K8-EEE]

14. American In Paris

Without a doubt!

[K8-EEE]

15. Singin' In the Rain....

Hmmm....def between American In Paris and Singin' In The Rain.

Both have a good Gene!

[acmavm]

16. Little Shop of Horrors, Holiday Inn, White Christmas, Singin' In The Rain

I just loved Little Shop of Horrors. Ellen Green & Levi Stubbs were amazing. And even people who shouldn't normally sing in public (Rick Moranis) were wonderful. The three background singers, superb. Watch it every time it's on. Wish I had the dvd.

There are a lot of movies that had great sound tracks. The Sandlot, Local Hero, and Animal House just to name a few. The music helped to make the movies (Local Hero was done by Mark Knopfler, who is a genius.)

[Nay]

17. Lion in Winter, Camelot, Little Shop of Horrors

I hate musicals, but fell for the ones above.

[mobuto]

22. Lion in Winter a musical?

I must have seen a different version.

[elperromagico]

40. Of course Lion in Winter is a musical!

Don't you remember that wonderful song, "All My Sons Are Bastards," sung by Peter O'Toole (as Henry II)?

[ironflange]

18. Cabaret, Little Shop, Pennies From Heaven

PFH: It's such a shock to see Christopher Walken jump up and do that big tap number, it's so out of character for him. Turns out he started in show biz as a hoofer.

[mobuto]

26. Cabaret: Unintentional Nazi Propaganda

I know the movie was made with the best of intentions, but it really makes the Nazis seem sympathetic. After orgies and transvestites and lewd and lascivious behavior of all sorts, after unhapiness and dark, somber colors, you get that seen with the Nazi boy singing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me." Everything thing is beautiful, the sun is out, and there's a sense of optimism.

Its really nothing less than an unintentional regurgitation of Goebbels' propaganda.

[ironflange]

29. That's the irony of it

In hindsight, we can see what the Nazis really were all about. When the young man sings "Tomorrow Belongs To Me," I want to yell at the people on the screen to not listen to him.

[mobuto]

32. And that's how the movie's unlike the musical

where, at least the way I've seen it put on, Cliff and Sally and friends are fun, exciting, appealing. In the movie, they come across as unhappy degenerates. Its so frustrating.

[proud patriot]

19. oops Sergant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band also

:hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. I know it's an insult to classic movie fans but GREASE!!!

Alan Carr did a great job with the cast, the music and gathering the feel of the James Dean era...I watch that movie as often as it is on :D and the soundtrack is a mainstay.

[Cheswick2.0]

43. "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee.........

lousy with virginity. Won't go to bed till I'm legally wed. I can't, I'm Sandra Dee."

[ForrestGump]

51. I love "Grease"

Can't pick a favorite film for this question, but I've watched Grease a billion or so times, starting with visits to the movie theater when it came out. Maybe it helps that it caught me at the perfect age for the story and the whole mythos, but it still appeals immensely to me today.

Greased Lightning, baby!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

23. "The Blues Brothers"

Yes. I consider it a musical.

[guitar man]

25. I'll second that!

Raises glass....

[TheMightyFavog]

53. Great musical....

You gotta love any musical where a shopping mall gets trashed!

[montana_hazeleyes]

57. I've gotta go with Grease and Blues Brothers!

I thought I'd be the only one.lol

[Character Assassin]

24. Newsies!

Just kidding.

[SiobhanClancy]

27. The Music Man

mostly for the energetic performance of Robert Preston.

[Bertha Venation]

34. Heck yeah, Siobhan. Preston was a god. n/t

[HEyHEY]

28. ANchors away!

[arwalden]

30. Sound Of Music, South Pacific

[chimpymustgo]

33. Finally! The hills are alive!

nt

[Bertha Venation]

48. never seen "South Pacific," but

you have got to be taught to hate and fear
day after day, year after year
it's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
you've got to be carefully taught

and you've got to be taught before it's too late
before you reach six or seven or eight
to hate all the people your relatives hate
you've got to be carefully taught

[Bertha Venation]

35. my picks -- prepare to laugh & then shut up quickly

My faves are "The Music Man" and "Annie."

Yes, "Annie."

Why, you ask?

Not for the kids, especially not for that read-headed child.

But have you ever seen Anne Reinking dance? ooohhhhhh.... sublime....

Have you ever seen Albert Finney do musical comedy? With Carol Burnett, no less?

And have you EVER seen anything more wonderful on film or TV than the Goddess Carol Burnett doing what she does best?!

Yup. "Annie." For Anne Reinking, Albert Finney, and Carol Burnett.

[terrya]

36. I won't laugh, Bertha.

Ann Reinking is WONDERFUL. I agree, she is sublime.

And Carol Burnett is a goddess. A comedienne, actress, musical performer. She does it all...and is the nicest performer around.

I love "The Music Man". I'll always like the Robert Preston/Shirley Jones film. I watched the ABC version with Matthew Broderick as Harold Hill...ok.

[Bertha Venation]

49. Carol Burnett was one of two Carols who saved my life.

What I wouldn't give to meet that woman.

I'm not fishing for "how did she save your life," just telling why she's so special to me. Terry, I'll tell you the story someday.

[Cheswick2.0]

44. have you ever see ALL THAT JAZZ?

If you want to see Ann R. dance, that is one to rent. I saw her three times in the 70s on broadway. I saw her in Pippin, Over Here and in Chorus Line. She was great in Chorus line as Cassie.

[Bertha Venation]

47. Ann Reinking played Cassie?

<swoon>

She sang "What I Did For Love?"

<swooooon>

<running to check my BP>

[philosophie_en_rose]

42. Favorites: Moulin Rouge, Rocky Horror, South Park

Secret Favorites: Yentyl, Annie

Most Hated Musicals: Gigi, Cabaret

[ornotna]

54. I second Rocky Horror

It's interactive.....it's the best.




It's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes its toll.

[carols]

56. Rocky Horror and Jesus Christ Superstar

Are you allowed to like both? Seems a bit contradictory, but there you have it.
Carol

[Cheswick2.0]

45. The King and I and Carousel

Both have glorious music and both rip my heart out.
Carousel because it was dark and about real people who fail miserably and are redeemed by love. Gordon MacRae is no John Raitt, but either one of them can melt glass with their bass/baritone voices.

The King and I is great for so many reasons. There is not a bad song in the show. Yule Brenner is a God and the story.... when the King dies of a broken heart at the end because he is not capable of becoming the modern ruler he wants to be, but he has ensured that his son will do better. Anna realizes she loves him dispite his contradictions of great leader/loving father and brutal dictator.

[tishaLA]

46. High Society, if only one

It has Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Cole Porter songs. What can go wrong?

I'd also name Cabaret, All That Jazz, West Side Story, and Meet Me in St. Louis. Moulin Rouge is a great pomo musical, and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a hoot that has to go on my list because it is directed by Vincente Minnelli, stars Streisand, has Jack Nicholson as Streisand's ex-brother-in-law, and features Yves Montand in some approximation of singing.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

55. Hair

(the movie version is incredible!) followed by Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, and Oklahoma.

Tommy was pretty good, for its time. Pink Floyd's The Wall was great, too!

[angee_is_mad]

58. Purple Rain?