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Please don't turn these movies into musicals

Pasdechat

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#1
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:47pm

Turning a blockbuster movie into a musical might seem a sure-win. if a story drew billions into the cinemas, it will surely attract millions into a Broadway theater, right?!

Something like that must have gone through the minds of people behind "Spiderman - turn off the dark", "Tarzan" or "Flashdance" (to name but a few).

Yessss, I know there are great counter examples. But let's have some fun: what other movies should never be turned into a musical? I throw in:

- Planet of the Apes (why they think it might work: "it could be a mash up of "Cats", "Rocky" and "Tarzan": dancing and fighting monkeys! Costumes by Julie Taymor!")
- Avatar ("like 'Wicked' but with blue [man group] body paint and Cirque du Soleil backdrops!")

Updated On: 7/30/14 at 02:47 PM

Jordan Catalano

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#2
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:49pm

I'm right on top of that, Rose.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#2
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:49pm

I had to.

Updated On: 7/30/14 at 02:49 PM

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#3
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:50pm

Updated On: 7/30/14 at 02:50 PM

Pasdechat

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#4
Posted: 7/30/14 at 2:52pm

Finebydesign: haha, didn't know that, thank you!

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#5
Posted: 7/30/14 at 3:27pm

Any film can be a musical - most films could probably be good musicals - it's just our bad luck that they keep producing garbage. I mean, I'd watch the heck out of a Planet of the Apes musical if it was well-done. Whether "musical" is the best medium by which to tell the story is another matter, but let's be honest, Turn Off The Dark sucking has a lot less to do with its origin than with its production.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#6
Posted: 7/30/14 at 3:31pm

Human Centipede: The Musical

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#7
Posted: 7/30/14 at 3:35pm

Koyaanisqatsi.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#8
Posted: 7/30/14 at 3:43pm

ok finebydesign - here's one in a parker/stone kind of musical.
I didn't have to...but I did it anyway

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#9
Posted: 7/30/14 at 5:13pm

Jurassic Park

Everything in life...is only for now.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#10
Posted: 7/30/14 at 5:24pm

Wymbish, just imagine the wonderful kick-line number though!

The Serbian Movie.

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#11
Posted: 7/30/14 at 5:41pm

NO to any musicals associated with any Adam Sandler film. UGH.

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#12
Posted: 7/30/14 at 5:42pm

BILLY MADISON: THE OPERA

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#13
Posted: 7/30/14 at 6:49pm

Planet of the Apes, the second film, could be rather brilliant. Only two apes.

Why don't you go? Why don't you leave Manderley? He doesn't need you... he's got his memories. He doesn't love you, he wants to be alone again with her. You've nothing to stay for. You've nothing to live for really, have you?

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#14
Posted: 7/30/14 at 8:09pm

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#15
Posted: 7/30/14 at 10:27pm

MURIEL'S WEDDING
THE BIG CHILL, etc.

Such movies are ALREADY musicals; even though the music is largely in the underscoring, it is as central to the story of such films as any character. The fact that the characters don't sing while walking down the street is beside the point.

And, yes, I know P.J. Hogan has announced a stage version of MURIEL. The man needs to be convinced that while lighting doesn't strike twice in the same place, an artist with his talent can come up with one more good idea.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#16
Posted: 7/31/14 at 12:09am

Psycho
Although it would be nice in the final scene where Norman Bates is given a blanket and says "thank you" in his mother's voice, if he sang a "Liaison" type song:
"At the villa of the Baron De Signac, Where I spent a somewhat infamous year ...etc."

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#17
Posted: 7/31/14 at 12:30am

The Room! I don't need to hear a five minute ballad called "You Ah Tearing Me Apaht, Lisa".

Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you. --Cartman: South Park ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#18
Posted: 7/31/14 at 12:45am

Truman Capote's:

IN COLD BLOOD

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#19
Posted: 7/31/14 at 12:47am

M*A*S*H the musical.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#20
Posted: 7/31/14 at 4:12am

The Pianist
Antichrist
The 400 Blows
Dr. Strangelove
Rosemary's Baby
Y Tu Mamá También
La Vie d'Adèle
The Social Network
Fight Club
Requiem for a Dream
etc. etc.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#21
Posted: 7/31/14 at 4:12am

The Pianist
Antichrist
The 400 Blows
Dr. Strangelove
Rosemary's Baby
Y Tu Mamá También
La Vie d'Adèle
The Social Network
Fight Club
Requiem for a Dream
etc. etc.

Anything regarding shows stated by this account is an attempt to convey opinion and not fact.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#22
Posted: 7/31/14 at 4:40am

Bowling for Columbine, sung through of course.

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Please don't turn these movies into musicals#23
Posted: 7/31/14 at 6:16am

Cameron Macintosh presents

SAMANTHA BARKS WILL CHASE

BREAKING THE WAVES

a new musical