January 10, 2017 3:12 pm. Indeed, in its mix of bleak social realism and musical fantasy, it’s an obvious influence (with its source material) on Lars Von Trier’s “Dancer In The Dark.” For more Oscars coverage, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands now, or buy it here — and subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW. Jake Gyllenhaal can sing! 2017 Movies: A list of movies in theaters + released in 2017. Please Consider First 20 Movies For Top 20 Ranking. But Reed does what the stage version doesn’t always do, and brings in the Dickensian darkness, thanks to some excellent production design and a terrifying Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes. If so, director Damien Chazelle's film will be only the second musical to win Best Picture in the last 50 years. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was updated to New York City in the 1950s — and transformed into one of the greatest Broadway and movie musical masterpieces of all time. True then, true now. All Rights Reserved. “The King And I” (1956) 45. But compiling this feature, which gave us the opportunity to look back at decades of musicals, has reminded us of how much this quintessentially American, frequently lightweight and often-disparaged genre has meant to us over the years. ), but at least he tended to have the decency to make age a part of the plot. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. It was bumper year for Sondheim revivals in New York. Starring Tony Shalhoub and one of New York’s most exciting new(ish) actors, Katrina Lenk (she was also excellent in Indecent), it’s an enchanting musical about an Egyptian band getting stranding in a remote Israeli town. Though it was considered innovative in its day (especially for one Technicolor sequence), the production is mostly a filmed theater piece. Die offiziellen Single-Jahrescharts ermittelt von GfK Entertaiment. 80. Overlong, with a tone that veers from cloyingly cute whimsy (the kids singing “Truly Scrumptious” is enough to give anyone a toothache) to odd surreality (the bit where Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes play life-size dolls) to nightmare-inducing (the Child Catcher villain slightly overshoots “scary” for which we’d wager we have screenwriter Roald Dahl to thank), this adaptation of Ian Fleming‘s children’s book is, like its namesake, a creaky old jalopy and no mistake. In awarding Lynn Nottage the Pulitzer prize this year, the board called Sweat, “a nuanced yet powerful drama that reminds audiences of the stacked deck still facing workers searching for the American dream.” Set in a bar, the gritty story was deeply informed by Nottage’s research in Reading, Pa., and was widely hailed for its sympathetic portrayal of the working class. But as it wheezes and clanks its way through its 145 minutes, there is also plenty of charm and invention (the set design alone is more considered and spectacular than usual), and while it will never eclipse the far superior “Mary Poppins,” it does a rare job of basing its set pieces on real insights into a child’s imagination, from candy factories to the peculiar attachment we all feel toward the family car of our childhood. Jahrescharts 2017. 48. That number is potentially going to dial up to 11 on Feb. 26, when the 14-nomination-strong La La Land is favored to triumph. Clearly not the writers nor director Andrew Stone, who roughly slap together a threadbare life-in-flashback story, further hampered by casting Horne as Robinson’s love interest despite a 40-year age difference (this would be Robinson’s last film). Starring William Powell as Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., this lavish three-hour bio-musical was considered a standard bearer in the 1930s. 2017 Movie List by Jeroen-one | created - 14 May 2014 | updated - 02 Apr 2018 | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. A remake of Dennis Potter’s BBC series from three years earlier, it stars Martin as a sheet-music salesman in 1934 with a failing job and marriage who has an affair with a teacher (Bernadette Peters), marked by fantasy musical sequences. Oscars: The 10 musicals that have won Best Picture, ranked. Best Actor winner Rex Harrison delivers one of the great leading man musical performances of all time as Henry Higgins, who reforms the poor, guttural Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) into a refined British woman. This week, the seemingly unstoppable march of “La La Land” continues as Damien Chazelle‘s Globebuster musical expands nationwide and everyone finally gets a chance to see what all the fuss is about. 47. The first film with recorded dialogue (The Jazz Singer) was a musical; so was the first Best Picture winner with recorded dialogue. ), and even letting Chris Cooper rap, it’s scrappy and rough around the edges, but always at its best during the musical numbers, and has the Best Original Song Oscar to prove it. The inhabitants of a remote rocky island off the coast of Canada warmly embrace the passengers of 38 jets stranded there in the wake of 9/11. If you can get past the howling Orientalism of its premise (and that is a pretty big ask for a modern audience), Walter Lang‘s version of Charles Brackett‘s screenplay of Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s musical has much to recommend it — especially if your sexual orientation tends toward the Yul Brynner end of the scale. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (1969)  In this most polarized of years, a number of the best productions celebrate man’s shared humanity and the possibility of even the most entrenched enemies finding common ground and a path forward. Here's the sexiest piece. Neither has aged well. Most egregious is the fact that no Bollywood movies appear, and considering how many of them are musicals, we can only plead the excuse that Bollywood isn’t simply another national cinema, but an incredibly populous, massive industry with its own aesthetic and narrative rules, and we frankly didn’t know where to start. Shape of You . Also first-rate was the Barrow Street Theater’s off-Broadway rendition of Sweeney Todd. Midweek Single Midweek Album Single Top 100 Album Top 100 Top 100 Music Streaming Single Trending Download Single Download Album DEU-Single DEU-Album Hip Hop Dance Jahrescharts 2019. SHARES . Here we rank the 10 Best Picture-winning musicals, from true showstoppers to summer stock. Best Number: Unusually, the best number might be one added especially from the film, Audrey II’s “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space.”, All That JazzBest OfCabaretDamian ChazelleEmma StoneLa La LandSingin' in the RainThe Umbrellas of CherbourgWest Side Story, ‘Dune’: Denis Villeneuve Says Timothée Chalamet Is The “One Being On This Planet” That Could Play The Lead, ‘Devil Times Five’: Quentin Tarantino Recommends You Watch This Obscure ’70s Slasher For Halloween, Michael B. 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Bob Fosse, John Kander and Fred Ebb's prison satire came to life in razzle-dazzle style. Best Number: “Man Or Muppet” took the Oscar, but it’s the opener “Life’s A Happy Song” that stole our hearts. Best Number: Its just the two of them, but the costuming and staging of “Shall We Dance” is so gorgeous it has to have inspired the classic ballroom scene from “Beauty And The Beast.”, 41. The hills are alive…forever. “The Muppets” (2011) Mickey Rooney! Based on a true story, the complex play within a play, follows the fate of a controversial Yiddish play involving prostitution and a passionate lesbian love affair. The presence of the outside artists stir and awakens both the deeply bored residents and the traveling musicians. Right: Annaleigh Ashford during the opening night performance curtain call bows for 'Sunday in the Park with George', Joan Marcus; Walter McBride—WireImage/Getty Images. If some stretches of Minnelli's tribute to Gershwin and the French capital feel dated, that has nothing to do with the charisma and athleticism of choreographer and star Gene Kelly. A remarkable accomplishment given that the it’s subject is the seemingly dry secret, behind-the-scenes diplomacy that led to the 1993 peace accords between Israel and the PLO. As is the case in many Astaire joints, “plot” is a generous description of what goes on in “The Band Wagon,” which details Astaire’s aging movie/theater star’s supposed comeback, which pairs him with gradually defrosting ballerina Cyd Charisse. A filmed version of the Tony-nominated production recently aired on PBS’s Great Performances series. Wild About Movies provides you the most up-to-date 2017 Movies information online. We Will Not Consider Those Movies, That Has Less Than 100 Votes. In the history of musical theater, air traffic control post-9/11 has to be one of the most unlikely topics for a feel-good hit show. A famous flop at the time, in part because it saw Steve Martin, at the peak of his fame, play a non-comic role for the first time, “Pennies From Heaven” holds up surprisingly well 35 years down the line. Best Number: We could earworm you with the (infuriatingly circular) title track, but for staging, choreography and setting, the less catchy “Toot Sweets” shades it. Showing how art wells up when it’s needed, it was yet another of this year’s best shows that rejoices in the shared humanity of strangers and even foes. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our. 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