I recently read that the movie Ghost is coming to Broadway as a musical. It seems most musicals these days are based on movies. They've done Billy Elliot, Sister Act, Legally Blonde, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mary Poppins (all Disney movies)... the list goes on and on. It got me thinking what other movies would be fun to make into musicals. Here are my top 10.
10. Sling Blade
9. Ernest Goes to Jail
8. The Birds
7. Jack and Jill
6. Forrest Gump (with the big hit song, "Life is Like a Box of Chocolates")
5. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Jaws
3. Cannonball Run
2. The Exorcist
and the number one movie to make into a musical is...
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| The Human Centipede--The Musical! |
4 comments:
At first I thought "impossible", particularly with regard to your #s 8, 4 & 2, but then I thought that as they managed it with 'Carrie', then why not?
Yes, I agree, the dark plots can lead to very atmospheric music. That's gold for musical theater! Phantom of the Opera, move over, here comes The Exorcist! :)
Some of those are winners: The Birds? I'd be there.
But, um, Ernest? Oh, honey, no........no.
I wouldn't be surprised if they made a Twilight musical. Good god they made musicals out of Lord of the Rings and Catch Me If You Can...they can turn anything into a musical these days.
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