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Topic - Best movie musical....it's probably this... as the direction was... - TWB 00:20:20 09/19/06 (59)

Python and the Holy Grail ........ - woodyjeff 21:32:31 09/23/06 (3)

You're sure about that? - Harmonia 00:05:41 09/24/06 (2)

"Every sperm is.... saaaaaaaaaaaaaacred!" nt - tinear 06:37:35 09/24/06 (1)

...from "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" - Harmonia 13:39:58 09/24/06 (0)

Spinal Tap (nt) - commonjailpig@yahoo.com 07:33:43 09/22/06 (0)

"All that Jazz", also Bob FosseÂ´s, plays in the same league... (nt) - orejones 03:30:25 09/22/06 (0)

Musicals make really lousy movies. All so totally artificial. They're NEVER really singing, just lipsynching. BUT... - clarkjohnsen 13:42:18 09/21/06 (3)

Movies: artificial? - dave c 03:08:27 09/22/06 (0)

Re: Musicals make really lousy movies. All so totally artificial. They're NEVER really singing, just lipsynching. BUT... - rico 14:18:39 09/21/06 (1)

I knew that! (Just tired fingers...) But yes, the first one with *sound*. nt - clarkjohnsen 14:20:49 09/21/06 (0)

Sound of Music would be my first choice. - grantv 09:39:05 09/21/06 (0)

Does 'The Blues Brothers' count? (nt) - NuWave 15:29:23 09/20/06 (0)

Fantasia and Mermaid....nt - millen 15:06:04 09/20/06 (0)

easy . . . - Pjay 04:49:56 09/20/06 (0)

Quite obviously, "Paint Your Wagon." nt - tinear 04:46:33 09/20/06 (2)

I know you're kidding....(nt) - TWB 16:25:51 09/20/06 (1)

No, I found Clint's singing mesmerizing and the scenes where the - tinear 04:34:58 09/21/06 (0)

Best, shmest... (nt) - EBerlin 21:19:30 09/19/06 (0)

other than My Fair Lady. . . Grease! - Alex S 19:27:05 09/19/06 (1)

My dear... - Harmonia 19:26:16 09/20/06 (0)

Singin' In the Rain. - Harmonia 18:23:13 09/19/06 (5)

I like your list....since you're obviously a fan of Fred's.... - TWB 23:33:17 09/19/06 (4)

Seen 'em all... - Harmonia 19:24:40 09/20/06 (3)

Re: Seen 'em all... - JimL 14:09:47 09/26/06 (0)

"the man was a freakin' genius"....couldn't agree more - TWB 21:47:39 09/20/06 (1)

Astaire and Kelly... - Harmonia 03:44:54 09/21/06 (0)

The Band Wagon...for my tastes... - eppis1 17:10:07 09/19/06 (0)

I like it, but Hair is the best! (nt - Eldragon 14:38:08 09/19/06 (0)

West Side Story (nt) - dwill123 08:56:39 09/19/06 (4)

Exactly. How can one top Leonard Bernstein at the top of his game? nt - tinear 15:44:19 09/20/06 (3)

The Bernstein score is most certainly genius along with the Sondheim lyrics...however like Hepburn as Eliza... - TWB 22:31:00 09/20/06 (2)

Waspy? She was Russky, comrade. nt - tinear 21:30:35 09/22/06 (1)

I meant "honky"....at any rate she wasn't the least bit a PR!!!!! - TWB 22:29:13 09/23/06 (0)

Oklahoma! - DWPC 08:51:02 09/19/06 (5)

Certainly Oklahoma is in my top 10....but I disagree with you about the dream sequence... - TWB 00:22:31 09/20/06 (4)

Re: Certainly Oklahoma is in my top 10....but I disagree with you about the dream sequence... - rico 07:22:42 09/20/06 (3)

Re: Certainly Oklahoma is in my top 10....but I disagree with you about the dream sequence... - TWB 08:03:23 09/20/06 (2)

Re: Certainly Oklahoma is in my top 10....but I disagree with you about the dream sequence... - rico 11:03:43 09/20/06 (1)

Thanks Rico...I'll check it out! (nt) - TWB 20:49:59 09/20/06 (0)

No... it's My Fair Lady... - victor khomenko 08:28:13 09/19/06 (19)

Audrey couldn't sing a note....which is why the studio hired Marni Nixon to... - TWB 10:02:48 09/19/06 (18)

Re: She could not, he? Yes she could! - patrickU 12:47:33 09/19/06 (2)

Absolutely agree - nice delivery with human soul - Victor Khomenko 12:53:10 09/19/06 (0)

Re: Here. - patrickU 12:51:21 09/19/06 (0)

Here is a link to the original Hepburn vocals...pretty pathetic - TWB 11:26:26 09/19/06 (14)

She sounds pretty... lovely! - Victor Khomenko 12:51:07 09/19/06 (13)

Could Audrey command a stage like this?.... - TWB 00:10:01 09/20/06 (12)

She's fat, ugly and VERY lowbrow - Victor Khomenko 06:16:01 09/20/06 (11)

Re: That is VERY " venal " Victor!---- - patrickU 08:18:06 09/20/06 (2)

I didn't feed her all those carbs... - Victor Khomenko 08:34:30 09/20/06 (1)

Re: I didn't feed her all those carbs... - patrickU 09:29:52 09/20/06 (0)

Re: She's fat, ugly and VERY lowbrow....LOL..looked in the mirror lately?... - TWB 08:17:10 09/20/06 (7)

Re: I feel pretty--- - patrickU 09:35:19 09/20/06 (6)

I never said Liza was beautiful...nor compared her beauty to Audrey... - TWB 11:43:33 09/20/06 (5)

Re: I never said Liza was beautiful...nor compared her beauty to Audrey... - patrickU 07:03:36 09/21/06 (4)

Grace came from a very common stock, and quickly returned to it - Victor Khomenko 07:53:57 09/21/06 (3)

Re: Grace came from a very common stock, and quickly returned to it - patrickU 09:58:11 09/21/06 (0)

I agree with you...in films like Rear Window it could be argued that she... - TWB 09:46:42 09/21/06 (0)

Re: Grace came from a very common stock, and quickly returned to it - patrickU 09:36:37 09/21/06 (0)

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Audrey couldn't sing a note....which is why the studio hired Marni Nixon to... - TWB 10:02:48 09/19/06 (18)

Re: She could not, he? Yes she could! - patrickU 12:47:33 09/19/06 (2)

Absolutely agree - nice delivery with human soul - Victor Khomenko 12:53:10 09/19/06 (0)

Re: Here. - patrickU 12:51:21 09/19/06 (0)

Here is a link to the original Hepburn vocals...pretty pathetic - TWB 11:26:26 09/19/06 (14)

She sounds pretty... lovely! - Victor Khomenko 12:51:07 09/19/06 (13)

Could Audrey command a stage like this?.... - TWB 00:10:01 09/20/06 (12)

She's fat, ugly and VERY lowbrow - Victor Khomenko 06:16:01 09/20/06 (11)

Re: That is VERY " venal " Victor!---- - patrickU 08:18:06 09/20/06 (2)

I didn't feed her all those carbs... - Victor Khomenko 08:34:30 09/20/06 (1)

Re: I didn't feed her all those carbs... - patrickU 09:29:52 09/20/06 (0)

Re: She's fat, ugly and VERY lowbrow....LOL..looked in the mirror lately?... - TWB 08:17:10 09/20/06 (7)

Re: I feel pretty--- - patrickU 09:35:19 09/20/06 (6)

I never said Liza was beautiful...nor compared her beauty to Audrey... - TWB 11:43:33 09/20/06 (5)

Re: I never said Liza was beautiful...nor compared her beauty to Audrey... - patrickU 07:03:36 09/21/06 (4)

Grace came from a very common stock, and quickly returned to it - Victor Khomenko 07:53:57 09/21/06 (3)

Re: Grace came from a very common stock, and quickly returned to it - patrickU 09:58:11 09/21/06 (0)

I agree with you...in films like Rear Window it could be argued that she... - TWB 09:46:42 09/21/06 (0)

Re: Grace came from a very common stock, and quickly returned to it - patrickU 09:36:37 09/21/06 (0)

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