Archive for the ‘Musical’ Category
“We coulda been anything that we wanted to be/But don’t it make your heart glad/That we decided/A fact we take pride in/We became the best at bein’ bad!” 
The Scoop: 1976 G, directed by Alan Parker and starring Scott Baio, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, and Paul Murphy.
Tagline: Every year brings a great movie. Every decade a great movie musical!
Summary Capsule: To my knowledge, the world’s only gangster musical that couldn’t get served at a bar. Read the rest of this entry »
“You are all weirdos!”
The Scoop: 1981 G, directed by Jim Henson and starring Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Charles Grodin
Tagline: N/A
Summary Capsule: On-the-go felt try to solve a string of jewel robberies
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“Are you the spirit whose coming was foretold to me?”
The Scoop: PG 1992, directed by Brian Henson and starring Michael Caine, Kermit the Frog and The Great Gonzo.
Tagline: N/A
Summary Capsule: Basically, the Muppets, right? Do A Christmas Carol.
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“Organized nerd singing? This is great!”
The Scoop: 2012, rated PG-13, directed by Jason Moore and starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and Rebel Wilson.
Tagline: Get Pitch Slapped.
Summary Capsule: Social rebel leads misfits to a cappella glory in musically epic battle-of-the-sexes. Read the rest of this entry »
“I think I need a root canal. I definitely need a long, slow root canal.”
The Scoop: 1986 PG-13, directed by Frank Oz and starring Levi Stubbs, Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin
Tagline: A singing plant. A daring hero. A sweet girl. A demented dentist.
Summary Capsule: A stirring musical that deals with love, loss, and ritualistic murder at the behest of a talking plant.
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“We’re rough, we’re tough, we’re on the ball/We’re gruesome one, we’re gruesome all/Unthinkable, stinkable, horrible us/Hooray!/We are victorious (victorious)!”
The Scoop: 1953 Approved (whatever that means), directed by Roy Rowland and starring Tommy Rettig, Hans Conreid, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Jack Heasley, Robert Heasley and Noel Cravat.
Tagline: The Wonder Musical of the Future!
Summary Capsule: Dr. Seuss had a fever dream and slapped it onto the big screen for us to see. At certain points, pianos are involved. Read the rest of this entry »
“This country was built on bandanas.”
The Scoop: 2011 12A, directed by Craig Brewer and starring Kenny Wormald, Dennis Quaid and Miles Teller.
Tagline: It’s time to cut loose.
Summary Capsule: City boy comes to small town and starts dancing in the streets, and the sheets, and the school, and a warehouse, and just about everywhere else.
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“There is a time to dance, and this is ours.”
The Scoop: 1984 PG-13, directed by Herbert Ross and starring Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow and Diane Wiest.
Tagline: He’s a big-city kid in a small town. They said he wouldn’t win. He knew he had to.
Summary Capsule: Dislocated high school student (Bacon) rebels against anti-dance law instituted by Baptist preacher (Lithgow).
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“I hate Illinois Nazis.”
The Scoop: 1980 R, directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown
Tagline: They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.
Summary Capsule: Two blues musicians run from the law, rednecks, the army, and Illinois Nazis in an effort to save an orphanage.
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“This is a revolution, dammit! We’re going to have to offend SOMEbody!”
The Scoop: 1972 G, directed by Peter H. Hunt and starring William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, and David Ford
Tagline: The Award Winning Musical Comes To The Screen!
Summary Capsule: Founding Fathers quibble, make love AND war, and get drunk very early in the morning. It makes ya proud to be an American.
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