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I just watched 'Rent' for the first time. What a GREAT musical movie! Now let me backtrack here... I LOVE musicals. And so I am VERY interested in hearing from other musical movie (or play) fans, in terms of what their favourite musical(s) might be.
So.... I'll start.
No. 1 - Paint Your Wagon (That Clint sure could sing!)
No. 2 - Moulin Rouge (Talk about a PRODUCTION!)
But there's 'The Sound of Music,' 'Jesus Chris Superstar,' 'Hair' and SO MUCH MORE!!! What's your most memorable?
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"Musicals", huh Keith?! Saaaay, all that time you were gone around here, you didn't happen to visit San Francisco, did ya?!   (...okay, now that I've got that whole "musicals are gay" joke outta the way...) Yeah, okay, MY favorite old musicals are: No. 1 - "Singin' in the Rain" No. 2 - "The Music Man"
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Top Hat with Fred Astaire should get mention
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Oh yeah and Cat Ballou, but I'm still not Fonda Jane and never will
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Top Hat with Fred Astaire should get mention
Yeah, "Top Hat". That's a good one!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Watched Hair when it opened in Sydney in 1969. Great music and a great show-the nudity way back then really rattled the cage of the establishment at the time. Have seen the Phantom etc but Hair is still my favorite! 
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"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" totally weird, but entertaining
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"RENT!" hmm you say !!Now Keith there is SOMETHING I can agree with "RENT" love that one !! 1. RENT 2. Grease 3. The Blues Brothers(some say not really musical but what do they know) 4. Sweeney Todd 5. Little Shop Of Horrors 6. Moulin Rouge Keith do every get a chance to watch GLEE on FOX they do some GREAT Remixes!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_DaoA_mheM  
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"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" totally weird, but entertaining
My favorite, too!
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Last edited by JasonSonOfEd; 10/18/2011 4:37 AM.
Are we there YET? I gotta go pee!!
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I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Wizard of Oz, Unsinkable Molly Brown
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Avenue Q is great! It's sesame street for adults basically. I recommend it if you want to laugh your azz off.
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The Producers is good too.
I have to say... I'm a little surprised to see some of you guys throwing down with Sound of Mucus, Wizard of Blahs, and West Side Boring and the like. The musicals are much different than the movies are and some of the songs are just aweful. For example, Wizard of Blahs has this song called the Jitterbug in the musical that makes me want to shoot myself. Oh well, to each their own, right?
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Wait a minute, Chris. I'm pretty sure the jitterbug number was cut from the final version of "The Wizard of Oz"!
Btw, did you know that "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was also almost cut out too?! The producers thought it "slowed down" the film.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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1. Another vote for Paint Your Wagon (I prefer Lee Marvin) 2. Fiddler on the Roof
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Great googley moogley , its not even winter yet . Anyways Tommy and Quadraphenia,
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Wow... some movie titles coming out here I'd completely forgotten about! Here's another I really like...
- Chicago.
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another vote for fiddler on the roof. in my opinion the greatest musical of all time, the only one i care to watch. i am not a fan of musicals, i have always had a hard time understanding the concept of breaking out in song for no real reason but i soooo get fiddler and the man from la moncha and i really dont know why  some people might say west side story but see, i dont get that at all hahahaha lets rumble oh no lets sing first  
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While not a big fan I did have the opportunity to see some of the musicals named on Broadway as a kid. My Dad traveled to the Big A for business and I'd get tickets to keep me out of his hair for a few hours. Unfortunately, my sister loved them and played the albums until I was pleading for death.
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I thought about "Jesus Christ Superstar" today for some reason. (I'm at a state Baptist association meeting)
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Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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Porgy and Bess
West Side Story
Our Town
1776
Guys and Dolls
Bye Bye Birdie
That's all I got right now,
still think'n
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Movies? I thought you meant stage shows. Saw most of what I mentioned on or off Broadway as a kid. The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Not a musical, but 1 of my fav movies: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058092/Uncle Charlie
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Godspell is back on Broadway.
Oh Happy Day. Original in 1971.
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How could I forget "Houseboat"
Cary Grant and Sophia Loren
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Here's my list(not in any particular order)
Miss Saigon
The Producers
Avenue Q
Chicago
Spamalot
Putnam County Spelling Bee
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Ummmm...Charlie. I don't think "Houseboat" is a musical, strictly speaking. (...but then again, I guess I can imagine watching a 24 y/o Sophia Loren on screen would make ANYBODY break into a rousing rendition of "Bella Donna, Mi Amore", eh?!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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And "O Brother, Where Art Thou" may not be, strictly speaking; but still a favorite.
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Blues Brothers
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
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Nope Bill and Scott, O Brother and Blues Brothers were not musicals, but GREAT movies nevertheless. Man, what a list we have going here... it's about time to compile a list and make sure Netflix is working for this winter!!
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And "O Brother, Where Art Thou" may not be, strictly speaking; but still a favorite.
One of my favs too, Bill.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Nope Bill and Scott, O Brother and Blues Brothers were not musicals, but GREAT movies nevertheless. Man, what a list we have going here... it's about time to compile a list and make sure Netflix is working for this winter!!
That's about as "musical" it gets for me!
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That's about as "musical" it gets for me!
Fair enough, lol!
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Gotta say I'm really surprised there aren't more "Singin' in the Rain" fans here. I mean, c'mon...some of the greatest talents of all time like Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds singin' and dancin' up a storm, great songs, Hollywood making fun of itself, romance, comedy everywhere with a great performance by Jean Hagen as the full-of-herself actress Lina Lamont, and, well...I could go on and on here. What?! Haven't you folks ever seen this movie which is considered THE greatest musical of all time by almost every cinephile out there?! Here, watch REAL talent at work... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3YWWfnWBJM&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW02c5UNGl0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0j3-tmQLjg&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ&feature=fvwrel(...and I defy anyone who watches this movie start to finish to not have a big ol' smile plastered on their face when it's over)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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High School Musical 1, 2 and 3.
hey i have little kids....what do you expect.
Grown up movies
Grease
Mama Mia
Phantom of the Opera
Spinal Tap (not sure if that classifies as a musical)
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