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Rob Marshall's adaptation of Broadway musical NINE gets some classy dames!

last by smorgasbord	Apr 4th, 2008 06:07:54 AM

how about that? by Quint	Apr 4th, 2008 06:12:17 AM
A little better?
Yobo by Mockingbird Girl	Apr 4th, 2008 08:34:33 AM
It's a film adaptation of a Broadway musical adapted from a Fellini film.
Yawn by Series7	Apr 4th, 2008 08:41:05 AM
i can already feel myself being bored by annnnnnyyyyttthhhing with the name Rooooobbbb, sorry getting really tired all of the sudden, Marshall attached to it. sleep
OHH WAIT! by Series7	Apr 4th, 2008 09:07:33 AM
We are talking about THE Rob Marshall? The man who graduated from the Steven Spielberg school of authentic nationality casting school? The director of Oscar winning movies that Edward Zwick SO desperately wants to be? OHHH YEAH him. Still boring.
Authentic nationality casting? by Lenny Nero	Apr 4th, 2008 09:47:18 AM
Like how the villains in every good movie is played by somebody from that very country? Which is how often? Sheesh, talkbackers. It's a little early for this crap, isn't it?
Or how Daniel Day Lewis is American? by Lenny Nero	Apr 4th, 2008 09:48:26 AM
Or how Ben Kingsley is Indian?
Nine by The Alienist	Apr 4th, 2008 10:46:34 AM
It has great music, great female roles. Though my fear is Nicole is playing the "muse" role of Claudia, a role Catherine Zeta Jones turned down as it was two "small". The odd thing is, Marion Colliard (as Louisa, Bardem's Contini's wife) is playing someone in her forties and Claudia is a younger woman (barely in her thirties). In the recent B'way revival Claudia was played by a 24 year old actress (Laura Bennanti, TV's Eli Stone's college love who's now dating his brother). Nicole is even worse casting than Zeta Jones (as ZJ is still sorta hot) But its an easy and potentially very good character. She has a song called "Unusual Way" which is a tiny piece of genious of the ballad genre.
Will they work the word by skimn	Apr 4th, 2008 11:26:26 AM
"friendo" into the lyrics? And I know Javier is the flavor of the month, but wasn't Antonio Banderas available to reprise his stage role?
Skimn, word is that Antonio... by Lenny Nero	Apr 4th, 2008 11:36:44 AM
...wanted to direct it. Since he wasn't given the reins, I assume the role was either not offered to him or he turned it down.
Series7 is stupid by Proman1984	Apr 4th, 2008 11:46:22 AM
And this sounds cool though I thought Chicago was severly overrated. Still, I wish Spielberg directed "The Rivals" with Kidman.
Sophia Loren is still working? by Christopher3	Apr 4th, 2008 12:32:36 PM
H.S.
Hope they dont screw it up! by scarybunny726	Apr 4th, 2008 03:23:17 PM
This is one of my favorite musicals, the Javier role was originally played by the great Raul Julia and all of the actors will have big shoes to fill. But Im most worried about Marshall as I agree with previous comments that Chicago (film version) was overrated. Couldve been better with another director.
I guess I'm a lone geek... by Lenny Nero	Apr 4th, 2008 04:07:30 PM
...for absolutely loving Marshall's "Chicago." Maybe it's because I actually dislike the stage version that I gravitated toward Bill Condon's interpretation of things. Btw, I saw Judi Dench in '95 do "A Little Night Music," and she was glorious. Her "Send In The Clowns" was pretty much spoken through but it was still heartbreaking.
Wow by caltsoudas	Apr 5th, 2008 06:09:46 AM
I agree with Nero. I thought Chicago was really well done. It's probably the only musical that I didn't think was boring, cheezy, gay, or hoaky. While I'm not a huge fan of his adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha, I think for what he was going for, he did an excellent job. It's just that he primarily focused the film's narrative on that annoying middle chunk of the book that was all girly girl Cinderella back-stabbing drama and streamlined all of the more fascinating cultural and sociopolitical elements where as I could see most other directors doing the opposite. Still, I think Marshall is a class act and so far he's been hit and no miss for me.

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