Archive for the Drama/Musical category

Factory Girl (2006)

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

Factory Girl
Genres : Drama and Biopic
Tagline : When Andy met Edie, life imitated art.
Release Date : December 29th, 2006 (limited)
MPAA Rating : R for pervasive drug use, strong sexual content, nudity and language.
Runtime : USA:90 min
Country : USA
Language : Polish / English
Color : Color / Black and White

Trivia : his movie is Mary-Kate Olsen’s first project without her sister
Sienna Miller was cast twice as Edie Sedgwick. She was actually dropped by the producers of this movie, because they felt they needed a “bigger name”. Miller was eventually re-cast, after she received a lot of publicity due to her public break-up from fiancée Jude Law.
Description :The year is 1965, and Edie Sedgwick is living every young girl’s dream. Rich, ambitious and breathtakingly beautiful, Edie’s life changes forever when she meets Andy Warhol, New York’s most famous artist, and the man who will transform this trust fund baby into the Big Apple’s most dazzling Superstar.
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Dreamgirls (2006)

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

DreamGirls
Genres : Drama, Musical/Performing Arts and Adaptation
Tagline : Fame Comes And Goes, Stars Rise And Fall, But Dreams Live Forever
Release Date : December 15th, 2006 (limited); December 25th, 2006 (wide)
MPAA Rating : PG-13 for language, some sexuality and drug content
Runtime : 131 min
Country : USA
Language : English
Color : Color

Trivia : After the original stage production proved successful, the film version went through several incarnations. In the late 1980s Whitney Houston was considered for the role of Deena, but negotiations fell through when Houstion insisted that Deena sing some of Effie’s songs, specifically, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going”, as well. In the early 1990s, after the success of _What’s Love Got To Do With It (1993)_ , Joel Schumacher was set to direct, with Lauren Hill set to play Deena and Kelly Price set to play Effie. However, after the box-office failure of several other musical biopics, the project was again shelved. After the success of Chicago (2002), the producers approached Bill Condon, who had long considered an adaptation his dream project.
Goofs : Anachronisms: When the 1962 Cadillac Deville Convertible is put up on the lift, you can see all-weather radial tires, which they did not have back then, with treads you would not have seen until the nineties.
Description : Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson - three friends from Chicago - are a promising singing trio called The Dreamettes. Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie’s brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts
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Rencent Movies

  • Shooter (2007)

    March 28th, 2007 Genres : Action/Adventure, Thriller and Adaptation Tagline : Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice. Rel
  • The Last Mimzy (2007)

    March 28th, 2007 Genres : Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation Tagline : The future is trying to tell us something. R
  • Amazing Grace (2007)

    March 20th, 2007 Genres : Art/Foreign, Drama, Thriller and Politics/Religion Tagline : Behind the song you love is a story you will n
  • Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

    March 20th, 2007 Genres : Action/Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation Tagline : The beloved novel comes to life.
  • Zodiac (2007)

    March 19th, 2007 Genres : Thriller, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation Tagline : There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer.
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