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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: GUEST,Zoe Bremer Date: 07 Jul 07 - 11:29 AM How about the Blues Brothers singing "Stand By Your Man"? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: cetmst Date: 07 Jul 07 - 07:43 AM Marlene Dietrich singing "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have" and "Little Joe" was fun. Chilling was Robert Mitchum singing "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" as he pursued the escaping children in "Night of the Hunter" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 06 Jul 07 - 11:37 AM First, I believe it was Harry Dean Stanton, hisownself, singing "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" in Cool Hand Luke. Second, how about the late Frankie Laine (one of my neighbors for years)belting out the "Blazing Saddles" theme song during the credits. Mel Brooks said that had placed an ad in the "trades" looking for a vocalist. Frankie Laine answered the ad and was never told the music would be for a comedy, let alone anything like "Blazing Saddles." He did the song 'straight' and the rest, as they say, is history. He did not know, until he saw the film, what he had lent his voice to. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Jim Lad Date: 06 Jul 07 - 02:20 AM "Going My Way" again for the "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral" scene. I can still see Barry Fitzgeralds mother, stumbling down the aisle, arms wide open. God I thought she was going to die before she reached him. The made for TV movie "Sunshine" featured John Denver's music and there isn't a bad song in the bunch. "My Sweet Lady" was sung by the lead male at a coffee house (I had never even heard of those) and is by far the most memorable. Frankie & Johnny, my favourite movie, has an excellent early morning scene where a radio announcer plays a request for them as they stare out out at the empty streets. No dialogue. The camera and the music are left to tell the story. Silence of the Lambs was fine but I didn't think the movie was as funny as the book. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: pattyClink Date: 05 Jul 07 - 09:41 PM The Madeleine Kahn performance (yes, I know the post was '99 and you're not there any more!) was "I'm Tired", right? But the coolest musical moment still has to be Frankie Laine singing the title song. I have 2 nominations: In the biopic "Great Balls of Fire" the young Jerry Lee Lewis sneaks a peak in the window of a juke joint where a really fine blues singer played by Valerie Wellington tears the house down. All the sweeter to see on film since the young lady has died since. The end of the old Tom Skerritt/Pierce Brosnan film 'The Heist'-- at the culmination of an elaborate plan, Pierce gets to watch the ex-friend who framed him get framed himself trying to leave the country at the San Diego border stop with stolen stuff, while the Gipsy Kings sing "A Mi Manera", Pierce smiling in sweet revenge. Anybody remember John Cullum breaking into song in Northern Exposure, was it at his wedding? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: GUEST,Edthefolkie Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:54 AM "Genevieve" - Kay Kendall, drunk as a skunk, playing the eponymous "Genevieve" on the trumpet. Doris Day, "The Deadwood Stage". At Cropredy festival (UK) a few years ago, the madman who was doing the entr'acte records stuck this on. Of course, the 40 million watt PA wafted it across the whole of Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. I think he played "Nellie the Elephant" as well - far out man. Julie Christie singing Bushes and Briars in "Far from the Madding Crowd". Terence Stamp performing Jolly Tinker in the same film, accompanied by Dave Swarbrick. And...Swarb and others (including Martin Carthy?)doing the dance music for the Harvest Home in the mediaeval barn. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Trevor Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:13 AM Great thread! The sound track from Arizona Dream. 76 Trombones from The Music Man. The song that the boy sings in Empire of the Sun is Suo Gân - we sing it sometimes as part of our set. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Jul 07 - 02:23 AM This thread deserved resurrection. When I saw it, the scene that came to mind was Ann Miller singing (and dancing) "Too Darn Hot" in Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate. She was really obnoxious in the scene - but her legs were amazingly memorable, and she sure knew how to use them. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 04 Jul 07 - 11:53 PM There is now an anniversary DVD available of the First Nudie Musical!! |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Steve Latimer Date: 16 Jul 99 - 09:54 AM I don't recall it being mentioned earlier, but what about Madelyn Kahn's Stage Performance in "Blazing Saddles" complete with one liners to the audience? I wish I could remember it all, but I know I thought it was hilarious.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 15 Jul 99 - 12:38 PM In the film YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN when Madelyn Kahn, after sleeping with the monster, joyously sings to CLIMAX the film, "Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life At Last I've Found You..." Quite moving! Art |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: The Shambles Date: 14 Jul 99 - 05:52 PM I had forgotten (to my shame), that wonderful bit in 2001. The bit where you fly through the space-station, to the sound of 'The Blue Danube'. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: MAG (inactive) Date: 01 Jul 99 - 11:27 PM Glad, glad somebody mentioned *Hallelujah Trail,* for purely personal reasons -- Bill gulick (novelist and film consultant) is a Walla Walla native, still very much alive and kicking. And who WAS that Black blues singer in *Cookie's Fortune;* please please please. It was NOT Koko Taylor. Tangent: I love those old hoofer bits in movies; anything with Anne Miller; the other dancer who did that bit with kicking over all the suitcases set up in a circle. I thought of this because I am with Peter T. on most musicals; I hate pretentious musicals. Can't discuss *My Fair Lady* with my best friend. --MA |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lowcountry Date: 29 Jun 99 - 09:43 AM "Everybody's Talking At Me," from the opening credits, sweeps one right into the mood and story of "Midnight Cowboy." Good movie, nearly a perfect theme song. "River of No Return," the lovely and haunting theme song of the movie of the same name. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: WyoWoman Date: 29 Jun 99 - 12:03 AM Oh, yes, yes, YES!!! (That was my "When Harry Met Sally" impression), Steve T. The entire soundtrack to "Love You 'til the End of the World...." I have the tape of that and have played it so much it's practically worn thin. Finally ordered the CD so I can play it in my house as well as my truck. One of my favorites from that is T-Bone Burnett's "Humans from Earth," and one I'm learning is the duet Jane Siberry (Sp?) does with k.d. lang, "Calling All Angels..." absolutely luscious lyrics. And "The Adversary" and, as you say, the pygmy music. And... The movie ("Love You 'til the End of the World") was about 30 minutes too long, however, don't you think? KC |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Rita64 Date: 28 Jun 99 - 02:48 AM "Moon River" - Breakfast at Tiffany's Lovely dewy-eyed Audrey sitting at the window strumming on that plunkin' guitar gets me every time *sniff sniff*. The music in the wonderful Australian film "My Brilliant Career" is stunning.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: steve in ottawa Date: 28 Jun 99 - 02:02 AM Interested folks should check out the Internet Movie Database. Play around with the extended search engine. http://us.imdb.com
Not mentioned yet: I have the feeling this thread is going to bat around in my head for a few days at least. A TV moment: last? Olympics when the 'Mericans had a young female gymnast who was trying to perform injured, someone had the bright idea to close the night with a collection of snippets of the young gymnasts as they messed up and hurt themselves, playing Amazing Grace simultaneously. It was perfect. Sure didn't expect that from U.S. commercial TV.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Cap't Bob Date: 28 Jun 99 - 12:18 AM In the movie TESS there was a scene where a little band was leading a march to a field. I would love to know the tune the band was playing. There were a few other instrumental numbers that were played during dances. Cap't Bob |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lonesome EJ Date: 27 Jun 99 - 10:38 PM Yeah, Mudjack. That was The Flight of the Valkyrie . " I love the smell of napalm in the morning...smells like...Victory!" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Mudjack Date: 27 Jun 99 - 08:07 PM Some more came to mind after reading all these again. We can't forget the Grey Fox where "The Chieftains" had their music intertwined throughout the whole movie. Another classic scene was Appocalpse Now made the attack on a Viet Village with their speakers wide open playing Wagner(I think since I don't know the classical stuff). It had an overwhelming effect on the enemy and the theatre audiences. Great thread, I'm gong to dig out a few old movies and indulge myself into some magic music moments. M |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: thosp Date: 27 Jun 99 - 05:26 PM well there are so many great moments mentioned previously--- i'd just like to add the sound track to "the good,the bad and the ugly" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 27 Jun 99 - 03:18 AM How could we have forgotten "Little Shop of Horrors", brilliant.. and yes there was music "Be a dentist", "Mean green mother from outer space",and "Suppertime" spring to mind. The film has a different ending to the stage musical...... I like Gordon McCrae...... especially in "The Desert Song" but I like Carousel too*grin* slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Alice Date: 27 Jun 99 - 01:24 AM Danny Kaye - The Inspector General Danny Kaye - The Court Jester "The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon, the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true." |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 26 Jun 99 - 11:24 PM Another great bit is the three black women acting as a Greek chorus in the musical version of "The Little Shop of Horrors," and, of course, from the same movie the duet that Seymour does with the carnivorous plant (Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist and Bill Murray as a masochistic patient--I don't remember if there was any music, but a great comedy skit). --seed (and the Walrus knows: it was "The Victors.") |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: o'hanrahan Date: 26 Jun 99 - 10:52 PM Donald O'Connor's "Make 'em Laugh" in Singin' in the Rain. Unbelievable! Just about anything by Ry Cooder. And Randy Newman. The Commitments. The Secret of Roan Innish. The Music Man. Fiddler on the Roof. Jonathan Richman's folksinger in a bar scene from Kingpin is a gas. So are the songs from Spinal Tap. The Muppet Movie. American Graffiti. The Five Heartbeats. Crossroads. Most Gene Kelly and Fred Astair films. I loved the doo-wop street singing scene in Rocky.
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: guy wolff Date: 26 Jun 99 - 06:13 PM Speaking of Danny Kay I love " Everything is TicktyBoo " as heard on Merry Andrew, one of my faverites!"Bonna Fortuna" was also wanderfull in that show.I do fast forward the song about Pan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: guy wolff Date: 26 Jun 99 - 06:01 PM Speaking of Danny Kay I love " Everything is TicktyBoo " as heard on Merry Andrew, one of my faverites!"Bonna Fortuna" was also wanderfull in that show.I do fast forward the song about Pan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 25 Jun 99 - 06:57 PM After seeing the Vikings I wanted to write a parody of "Ragmop" using the name of the Viking "Ragnar". I can hear it now... Art |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: The Shambles Date: 25 Jun 99 - 05:28 PM From my most favourite film ever, The Vikings. The bit where the ship is sighted and the horn is blown to tell the village they have returned from a pillage...... Sorry about that it just wrote itself. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Walrus Date: 25 Jun 99 - 01:38 PM Thanks everybody, This thread had brought back so many movie memories, especially "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" firing squad scene from (I think) "The Victors" (not the nicest thing to remember, but certainly an effective scene). Might I nominat both the "Non Nobis" from the Branagh version of "Henry V" and "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" from "Cabaret" Regards Walrus |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Art Thieme Date: 25 Jun 99 - 12:10 PM Annap---The NO EXIT COFFEEHOUSE is in Chicago---far North side o' town---6970 N. Glenwood. When I began singing there in 1960 it was in Evanston, IL--the first suburb N of Chicago. They've had 4 sets of owners over the years in 3 locations. Shambles---Yes, there should've been more music as well as more of the No Exit. We only got a glimpse of the coffeehouse--and one quick shot outside of it. And it was Mad. Stowe as a blind girl who, while recovering from surgery to bring her eyesight back, "witnessed" a murder through the fog of recovery. Some good shots of Chicago in the film too. But too little music. Another great soundtrack album is __PAPER MOON__---all old 78s---Blue Sky Boys, Hoagy Carmichale-all depression era gems. Art
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Alice Date: 25 Jun 99 - 10:30 AM The children singing Risselty Rosselty in the schoolhouse, while outside in the playground, crows gradually come to perch until they cover the jungle jim, fences, swings, and phone lines. - Hitchcock's "The Birds" |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S Date: 25 Jun 99 - 07:14 AM Hallelujah Trail? |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: alison Date: 25 Jun 99 - 04:53 AM If we're into Westerns..... "How the West was won" gets my vote for best tune....... although "The Big Country" is a close second. slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lonesome EJ Date: 25 Jun 99 - 01:11 AM Kat... Was that in The Blue Angel ? That was a fascinating movie, a study of an addictive, destructive relationship, and a film much more powerful than I had anticipated. I love Western Movie theme music that has the big orchestral sweeping sound that seems to conjure the big sky and sprawling landscape of the west. The theme from The Magnificent Seven was a great example of this, but I think the very best was from The Big Country , a great Western starring another favorite actor of mine, Gregory Peck. Brings out the old goose bumps. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: katlaughing Date: 24 Jun 99 - 09:10 PM How about "Falling in Love Again" sung by the great and gorgeous Marlene Dietrich in, I think it was, My Blue Heaven? When my brother was stationed in Germany he brought back several albums. One of them was of her in the sities. My gawd! What a voice and figure! I can still hear her singing that in my mind. katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DougR Date: 24 Jun 99 - 08:27 PM The soundtrack to John Ford's "The Quiet Man," gets my vote as one of the best. Anne, I certainly agree with you about "Cookie's Fortune." I thought it was a fine movie. I like the soundtrack of a recent movie, "You've Got Mail," also. Particularly Roy Orbison's "Dream," and Jimmy Durante's "You Made Me Love You." But, one of my all time favorites is the soundtrack to "Brassed Off!" DougR |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Peter T. Date: 24 Jun 99 - 11:28 AM Dear Mark, every foot of film with Louis Armstrong in it should be revered, but the film is really irritating to me. The Philadelphia Story is about rich people, but it makes fun of them, or makes them human. Philip Barry was a fine craftsman. High Society does nothing with this; his deft comedy is turned to dust. Also perhaps having Louis around, even treated decently (as this film sort of does to some marginal credit), makes one tire very quickly of all these rich talented white folks. The songs are fine. The songs in "Oklahoma" are fine, the show is terrific, the movie stinks. The songs in "Carousel" are wonderful, the show is terrific, and the movie is a disaster (Don't get me started on Gordon McRae and Shirley Jones -- the whitebread twins). South Pacific! On The Town! Guys and Dolls!!!! (grim travesties all!) . Sorry, where was I? Yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Steve Latimer Date: 24 Jun 99 - 10:37 AM I can't remember the tune, but there was some really nice Five String Banjo running throughout "Raising Arizona" When they rolled the credits the player switched from this traditional bluegrass tune to a very uptempo Bluegrassy version of "Ode To Joy." Also, Holly Hunter singing the very morbid but beautiful Willow Garden as a lullaby. What a great movie. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Easy Rider Date: 24 Jun 99 - 10:09 AM In the movie "New York, New York", There is a cabaret scene where this beautiful, Black woman just stands in front of a microphone and sings a VERY SEXY "Honeysuckle rose" with a jazz combo accompanying her. Who was that woman? It was NOT Lisa Minelli, the star of the movie. EZR |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Mark Roffe Date: 23 Jun 99 - 11:16 PM Well, Did You Evah?, the wonderful song in High Society was written by Cole Porter for the 1939 show, DuBarry Was A Lady, starring Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr. I think Betty Grable and Charles Walters sang this song in it. Well, Did You Evah? was delightfully done in High Society, as was every moment of Louis Armstrong on-camera. Pete T., you may be right about the ripoff of Philadelphia Story, but I see you do agree that the music was great fun. Thanks for reminding me of that musical (you too, Emily Rain and Bseed). Bark Woof |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DonMeixner Date: 23 Jun 99 - 11:10 PM I have to admit how surprised I am to note that Danny Kaye was mentioned once for what I view as a marginal song. Just my opinion. But every show he was in had some of the best music in hollywood. Most of which was arranged or written by his wife , Sylvia Fine. Lets don't forget: Gene Autry Movies, Roy Rogers Movies. My favorite stuff: The Sons of the Pioneers in "Rio Grande" singing "Kathleen", San "Antone", and "Down By The Gleenside" Anyone ever see "The Massacre at Marble City" ? It opens with a wagon train massacre and the standard musical device of Spaghetti westerns, The singular trumpet and electric guitar playing "The Party's Over" Don |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: MAG (inactive) Date: 23 Jun 99 - 10:53 PM Second to Cookie's Fortune; it was PATRICIA Neal playing cookie, and if you have the name of the opening scene blues song, puhleeze post it; it was nowhere in the credits, and I saw it again just to make sure. -- MA |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Anne Date: 23 Jun 99 - 08:19 PM The lately released "Cookie's Fortune." A Robert Altman flick set in Mississippi. It is set in a small town, with the usual cast of eccentric characters. The deep blues riff that is the constant score of the movie keeps on adding to the drama. The cast includes Ann Neal playing the matriarch Aunt Cookie, Liv Tyler playing the niece, Glenn Close as an aunt and of course, Ned Beatty as the southern sheriff. Lyle Lovett plays an odd fishmonger. A great, great movie-- I saw it twice. SEE IT! Anne |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: DWDitty Date: 23 Jun 99 - 07:33 PM I got a good chuckle at the end of Die Hard when Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow came on after 2 hours of intense violence. Just took me by surprise. Amedeus, when Mozart "improves" the emporer's march. I can't remember jack about the music, but one of my all-time favorite movies is Birdy (not Bird) - came out in mid 80's - Matthew Modine and Nicholas Cage. Check it out. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Penny S. Date: 23 Jun 99 - 07:26 PM "Brush up your Shakespeare...." from Kiss Me Kate - just an excuse to bring up "Midsummer Night's Dream" Have a good one! And hey, the fernseed doesn't work! Penny |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: emily rain Date: 23 Jun 99 - 06:29 PM "Jamie Baby" from Truly Madly Deeply alan rickman playing his cello as if it were a bass guitar, juliet stevens dancing and whooping and singing lustily, then the rousing piano-duet-finale, suddenly inturrupted by the obnoxious sister ringing the obnoxious doorbell! quick! hide under the piano! |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Mr. D. Date: 23 Jun 99 - 04:31 PM In one of the Pink Panther movies, the one about the swimming pool, etc., a transvestite sings an absolutley gorgeous love song in a caberet. Great song, great voice, great scene. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: Lowcountry Date: 23 Jun 99 - 09:48 AM The waltz scene in "Age of Innocence", shot from overhead, was mezmerizing. |
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Subject: RE: Great musical movie scenes From: AndyG Date: 23 Jun 99 - 07:00 AM
Restless Natives (mentioned above);
Oh What a Lovely War (the film) is more like a multi-media presentation of "Perceptions of WWI" than a musical but the audio/visual contrasts are sometimes stunning. Especially Maggie Smith's "On Sunday I Walk Out with a Soldier" from the opening and "And When The Ask Us" at the close.
Does anybody other than me remember the hurdy-gurdy music that scores The Duelist. Just perfect for the film.
Then, of course, there's What's Opera Doc
AndyG |
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