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I'm Not There

Rated: 0 | 189 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages in the musician's life. Chronicling Dylan's rise from unknown folksinger to international icon, the film reveals how he reinvented himself many times. Todd Haynes directs this stylized portrait, the first biography approved by the singer-songwriter. Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere and Cate Blanchett (in an Oscar-nominated role) star.
URL: I'm Not There

Everyone Says I Love You

Rated: 0 | 162 Views Released Year: 1996

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: In director Woody Allen's Golden Globe-nominated musical comedy of intertwining stories, Steffi (Goldie Hawn) marries Bob (Alan Alda) after her divorce from Joe (Woody Allen), whose attempt to win the heart of Von (Julia Roberts) takes him to Europe. This is all told through the eyes of narrator DJ (Natasha Lyonne), Joe and Steffi's daughter, who's dealing with her own family issues as new stepsister Skylar's (Drew Barrymore) wedding is postponed.
URL: Everyone Says I Love You

Mama, I Want to Sing!

Rated: 0 | 172 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: Talented young singer Amara (portrayed by Grammy winner Ciara) is torn between her newfound desire to perform secular music and her love for her family and the religious music she grew up with. After her preacher father dies, Amara gives up singing -- and when she's finally able to overcome her grief and remember his advice to follow her dream, her mother (Lynn Whitfield) disapproves of her career choice. Patti LaBelle and Billy Zane co-star.
URL: Mama, I Want to Sing!

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Rated: 0 | 156 Views Released Year: 1978

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: Beatlemania hits Manhattan in director Robert Zemeckis's debut film. The comedy follows six teens on the day of the Beatles' 1964 premiere on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Bride-to-be Pam (Nancy Allen) wants a night of passion with one of the Fab Four; photographer Grace (Teresa Saldana) hopes to take the photo of her career; Rosie (Wendy Jo Sperber) and Richard (Eddie Deezen) are hysterical fans; and the other two are out to ruin the mop-tops' show.
URL: I Wanna Hold Your Hand

I'll Be There

Rated: 0 | 153 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: In this British comedy, a pop star has-been (Craig Ferguson) discovers he has a teenage daughter -- the fruit of a long-forgotten weekend tryst -- living in Wales. His attempts to be a father to her give him reason to pull himself together. Not only that, but it seems his child (played by Charlotte Church, a famous singer in real life) inherited his musical genes and is poised for fame herself.
URL: I'll Be There

That's the Way I Like It

Rated: 0 | 110 Views Released Year: 1999

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: This comic take on the international success of Saturday Night Fever comes from an unexpected location: Singapore. A young grocery clerk named Hock has dreams of winning a dance competition at the local disco, even if it means breaking the heart of his friend Mei, who secretly pines for him. The film's alternate titles include Forever Fever and Don't Call Me John Travolta.
URL: That's the Way I Like It

The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rock 'N Roll Musical

Rated: 0 | 181 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: Robert Louis Stevenson meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show in this fun, high-energy musical adaptation of Stevenson's classic novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde set in contemporary Los Angeles and featuring a host of dynamic rock songs. When Dr. Jekyll (Alan Bernhoft, who also adapted the screenplay) formulates an elixir with unknown side effects, his fiancée and friend try to stop him -- to no avail -- from injecting the potion himself.
URL: The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Rock 'N Roll Musical

A Prairie Home Companion

Rated: 0 | 268 Views Released Year: 2006

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: From director Robert Altman comes this quirky piece of fiction based on the real-life radio program of the same name, with a wry screenplay penned by the show's host, Garrison Keillor. Supported by a high-powered cast that includes Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, John C. Reilly, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Kline, Keillor also stars in this behind-the-scenes look at the mayhem surrounding the folksy program's final broadcast.
URL: A Prairie Home Companion

A Mighty Wind

Rated: 0 | 178 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: Satirist in extremis Christopher Guest aims his mockumentary lens at 1960s folk musicians -- specifically, the earnest Folksmen (portrayed by erstwhile Spinal Tappers Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer), the too-perky New Main Street Singers and former lovebirds Mitch & Mickey. As the three acts prepare to reunite for a tribute concert, music and emotions run high. This Grammy winner is a parody in the tradition of Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman.
URL: A Mighty Wind

A Chorus Line

Rated: 0 | 172 Views Released Year: 1985

Genre: Contemporary Movie Musicals
About: Based on the smash hit Broadway musical with a score by Marvin Hamlisch and starring Michael Douglas, A Chorus Line tells the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in a new show. It includes such song hits as "What I Did for Love," "Dance 10, Looks 3" and "At the Ballet." The stage version won many Tony Awards and even a Pulitzer Prize.
URL: A Chorus Line

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