11 Movies That Should Be Musicals
Films that need to shift from screen to stage...
BY May 19th 2009 12:12PMFILED UNDER: Features
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
The film: Coming-of-age tale set on the last day of high school in 1976.
Why It ought to be a musical: Could be to the '70s what Grease was to the '50s.
High school cliques, muscle cars, girls, hazing and great music - the potential for a smash-hit stage adap is enormous.
We just want to see Adam Goldberg’s character Mike utter the immortal “I wanna dance!” line, and then actually break out in a Footloose-style dance solo.
Music & lyrics by... Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, writing original songs for the stage version, with original director Richard Linklater as consultant.
Hit songs: 'Melba Toast', 'Do The Air Raid', 'The Ballad Of Mitch', 'Dominant Male Monkey Motherfucker', 'Play Ball!', 'Spooky Shit On A Dollar Bill', 'Marijuana On One, Reefer On Two' and the tear-soaked mid-life lament, 'I Get Older, They Stay The Same Age'.
Producer’s notes: A cast of unknowns, with Matthew McConaughey on board to reprise the touchstone role of ageing lothario David Wooderson.
Next: Clerks
Print Comments (10)
1: jollieoldtime says
They totally made Evil Dead a musical off-Broadway.
They basically spent the entire time throwing blood on the audience. It was awesome.
Posted: May 20th 2009 // 8:30PMAlert a moderator
2: mic2803 says
definately 300 the musical starring john barrowman as Leonidas. giant elephants with the same technique as the west-end lion king. music and lyrics by muse perhaps?
Posted: May 20th 2009 // 10:49PMAlert a moderator
3: ebrown2112 says
Kevin Smith's ok, but New Jersey's finest? You're forgetting John Sayles.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 9:35AMAlert a moderator
4: Kelisha888 says
Well, at least you mentioned Sondheim - who at least knows how to write a musical. I can't help but thinking Andrew Lloyd Weber should write the music to Blade Runner.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 12:11PMAlert a moderator
5: jws1272 says
There's a production of Evil Dead:The Musical playing here in Cleveland, Ohio, USA right now. I've got tix for May 29! Not in the Splatter Zone (yes, they do spray blood at the audience), but tix nonetheless. Can't wait to see it. I've seen some footage from the Toronto production, & they DO reference the Boomstick speech from AOD.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 8:01PMAlert a moderator
6: Phoenixtorn says
I saw the Evil Dead musical twice when it was here in Toronto (and saw the cast perform some of the songs at a convention). It was great and so much fun! An army of Darkness Sequel would be pretty spectacular. lol
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 10:28PMAlert a moderator
7: dgoodswen says
It has become an unrelenting priority to get tix to the Evil Dead musical... in the splatter zone!
Posted: May 23rd 2009 // 1:40AMAlert a moderator
8: MovieDearest says
I'm pretty sure I just read recently that "Heathers" is being turned into a musical ... so one down, 10 more to go!
And don't forget the odd rumor that "Fight Club" may be turned into a musical, as well as "Wet Hot American Summer".
Posted: May 23rd 2009 // 7:07AMAlert a moderator
9: shovel says
Heathers! the Musical. awesome. but it can't happen without "cornnuts," either a rock ballad or dancy number for heather's last words. ooh. perhaps the old jingle "bust a nut" can be used.
Posted: May 23rd 2009 // 11:12PMAlert a moderator
10: magic8387 says
"The Jerk". It's already got a couple of musical pieces in it, and room for so many more. Open with his black family singing on the porch, the big dance number where he finds his rythym, along with "I'm somebody now!", "He hates these cans", "I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit", A musical pitch of the Opti-grab, "I AM A n****r!" and of course "All I need is..."
It'd be perfect.
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