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Tangled (2010) Tangled (2010)
Tangled is an upcoming American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and starring Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. It will be the 50th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, planned for release on November 24, 2010. The story is loosely based on the classic German fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm. When the kingdom’s most wanted (and most charming) prince is Read More »
Fame (2009) Fame (2009)
Fame is a 2009 American musical film and is a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same title. It was directed by Kevin Tancharoen and written by Allison Burnett. It was released on September 25, 2009 in the USA, Canada, Ireland and the UK. Students learn on the first day of classes that their teachers expect them to know everything. In dance class, Ms. Kraft is worried about Kevin’s dancing, Read More »
The Princess and the Frog (2009) The Princess and the Frog (2009)
The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated family film loosely based on E. D. Baker’s novel The Frog Princess, which was in turn inspired by the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale “The Frog Prince”. It is the 49th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics line, and the first of these films to be traditionally (2D) animated since 2004’s Home on the Range. Read More »
Nine (2009) Nine (2009)
Nine is a 2009 musical-romantic film directed and produced by Rob Marshall. The screenplay, by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella, is based on Arthur Kopit’s book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name, which was itself suggested by Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical film 8½. Maury Yeston composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the songs. The film premiered Read More »
Mamma Mia! (2008) Mamma Mia! (2008)
Mamma Mia!, promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie, is a 2008 romantic comedy film adapted from the 1999 West End musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. Produced by Universal Pictures in partnership with Tom Hanks’ and Rita Wilson’s Playtone and Littlestar, it became the highest-grossing film musical Read More »
Enchanted (2007) Enchanted (2007)
Enchanted is a 2007 American fantasy-musical film, produced and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures in association with Barry Sonnenfeld and Josephson Entertainment. Written by Bill Kelly and directed by Kevin Lima, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, Rachel Covey, and Susan Sarandon. It premiered on October 20, 2007, at the London Film Festival before Read More »
Across the Universe (2007) Across the Universe (2007)
Across the Universe is a 2007 American musical film directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2007. The script is based on an original story credited to Taymor, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais. It incorporates 33 compositions originally written by members of The Beatles. The film, directed by Read More »
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 thriller/musical comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is a remake of the 1936 horror film of the same name, as well as an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Tony Award-winning 1979 musical thriller. It re-tells the Victorian melodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an English barber who murders his customers with a straight Read More »
Walk the Line (2005) Walk the Line (2005)
Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film, directed by James Mangold and based on the life of country music artist Johnny Cash. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick. The film focuses on Cash’s younger life, his romance with June Carter, and his ascent to the country music scene, with material taken from his autobiographies. Walk Read More »
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical of the same name. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film was also produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber, and stars Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver and Jennifer Ellison. The story follows a soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured Read More »