What film would be a bad idea for a Broadway musical?

[terrya]

There has been a trend in recent years to adapt films as stage musicals..."The Producers" "Hairspray" "The Color Purple" "Legally Blonde"...even "Sweet Smell of Success". There is going to be a musical version of "Young Frankenstein" opening soon.

What film would be a bad idea for a musical adapation?

I think "Saw...the Musical" would probably be unwatchable.

[JVS]

1. 2001 a space odyssey

[SoxFan]

2. My Dinner With Andre

[JVS]

4. LOL

[flvegan]

3. The Terminator Musical would suck.

[edbermac]

5. Eraserhead.

Or any other film made by David Lynch.

[Swede]

6. The Fast and the Furious would be tough.

The Hulk might just work.

[HamdenRice]

7. Springtime For Hitler and Germany

Oh, I forgot. That turned out to be a good idea for a musical.

[Kutjara]

8. Tommy.

It was bad enough as a movie. On the plus side, though, if it was a live musical, the audience would at least be able to get up on stage and strangle the cast.

[lost-in-nj]

25. Tommy was a live musical

in 1993

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(rock_opera)

all the way down at the bottom...

lost

:hi:

[Kutjara]

28. If I remember correctly, it was more of a concert than a "musical."

The Who were onstage the whole time in their normal band setup, while various guest singers came on to perform particular songs. There were no sets or scenery and there was no attempt to act out the story.

This was "rectified" in the movie, alas, which contained more ham than a Danish abattoir.

It's the possibility of a live staging of the movie that keeps me awake at night. Can you imagine who'd they'd cast from today's crew of "stars"? It makes my blood run cold.

:hi:

[meegbear]

9. Apocalypse Now

You'll Laugh!
You'll Cry!
You'll Stand up and cheer!

[HERVEPA]

10. Zentropa

[Critters2]

11. Hannibal. nt

[KitchenWitch]

12. Fargo

[Felix Mala]

13. Night of the Living Dead

[NYCGirl]

14. There was a musical version of "The Evil Dead" off Broadway — and that film's much

gorier than "Night of..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4bzbG4sW70

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evil_Dead

http://www.evildeadthemusical.com/node/2

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Johnny Mnemonic. THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE that wasn't meant to be funny.

[bif]

16. The Passion of the Christ

[HughBeaumont]

17. Roadhouse!!!

Macho Swayze vs Macho Marshall Teague!
Macho Swayze vs Super CowWrestler Terry Funk!
Macho Swayze vs 6000 year old Badass Ben Gazarra!
Sam Elliot!
Kevin Tighe!

Could you see this as a musical number -

"I . . . used to fuck guys like you in . . . Prizzzinnnnn . . ."
"You're SUCH an asshole."

[underpants]

18. Tron

but then it was a bad idea for a movie

[madinmaryland]

19. Caligula?

:puke:

[NYCGirl]

20. Fail Safe

[MrCoffee]

21. Bowling for Columbine

[mitchum]

22. The Zapruder film...over by the first chorus

[begin_within]

23. Men Behind the Sun

[Initech]

24. Bad Santa... The Musical

[unpossibles]

26. Requiem For A Dream: the musical! nt

[MrCoffee]

33. that's the scariest thing i've ever read on the DU...and i go to GD occasionally

so, you know, good job.


:scared:

[MissMillie]

38. I agree

then again, I can't help but wonder who would write the score...

[MrCoffee]

42. for the ultimate in abomination...Andrew Lloyd Webber

oh god...i'm not going to sleep a wink tonight just having that in my head.

[lost-in-nj]

27. Planet of the Apes...

lost

[Felix Mala]

29. Starring Troy McClure!!!

[bertha katzenengel]

30. I love you, Dr. Zaius!

[bertha katzenengel]

31. I love you, Dr. Zaius!

[Felix Mala]

34. C'mon 'n' rock me Dr. Zaius...

And the classic: "You have a made a monkey out of me..."

[ruiner4u]

32. Saving Private Ryan

[eyesroll]

35. Koyaanisqatsi.

:scared:

[Fire Walk With Me]

36. Caligula.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

37. Manos: The Hands of Fate

With Ed Norton as Torgo singing his big number "Master Would Not Approve", and the show-stopping Dance of the Six Wives.

[Mad_Dem_X]

39. Brokeback Mountain. n/t

[ChickMagic]

40. The Matrix n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[baldguy]

43. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Kahn

Starring The Shat, of course.