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Subgenre Sampler
Fantasia 2000 (1999)- Dir. Various
- Conceived for the IMAX giant screen, this eco–themed revision of Disney's 1940 milestone marries more classical music excerpts to whimsical…
Rock-A-Doodle (1991)- Dir. Don Bluth
- A lively animated musical based on the French fable, Chanticleer, the rooster who raises the sun. The feathered hero is updated as a…
Annie (1982)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry - Rumbunctious Broadway musical, set in the Depression–era, follows the young moptop's orphanage experiences, and fateful encounter with…
Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)- Dir. Alexander Stitt
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Keith Michell, Arthur Dignam - Lively animated version of the Beowulf legend, but this time told from the perspective of the monster.
Wiz, The (1978)- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor - Much maligned 'black musical' version of L. Frank Baum's classic fairytale (best known through the Judy Garland version). Here, New York City was…
Pete's Dragon (1977)- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters, Jim Dale… - Young orphan Pete (Sean Marchall) bonds with animated green dragon Elliot in this lesser–Disney live–action movie. Sentimental songs…
Bugsy Malone (1976)- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassini - Alan Parker's directing debut was this startlingly original feature debut reinvents the gangster movie as a musical pastiche cast entirely with…
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) (1971)- Dir. Mel Stuart
Feat. Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson - Roald Dahl adapts his own book for this lively, almost psychedelic musical adaptation about a boy's desire to see inside a chocolate factory run by…
Donkey Skin (Peau d'âne) (1970)- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig… - A vibrant, whimsical and genuinely fantastic adaptation of Perrault's classic 17th century fairy tale in which a Princess (Deneuve) disguises herself…
Scrooge (1970)- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Dame Edith Evans… - Enchanting musical version of Charles Dickens' tale of the old miser who is taken through Christmas past, present and future to realise his selfish…
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