Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Starstruck (1982)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Jo Kennedy - A fabulous, overlooked Aussie musical in which an ambitious barmaid lives out her dreams to be a singing star in the new wave–inflected early…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal - TV movie of the 1979 Broadway hit, originally staged by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Set in London in 1846, where Barber…
Une Chambre en Ville (1982)- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli - Another entirely sung–through French musical from the director of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, this time set against the backdrop of a workers'…
Victor Victoria (1982)- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, James Garner, Lesley Ann Warren… - Blake Edwards boudoir–farce with Julie Andrews playing a male impersonator in 30s Paris.
Yes, Giorgio (1982)- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti, Kathryn Harrold - Enjoyable romance has Pavarotti as an Opera singer (what else?) who loses his voice but finds love with throat specialist Harrold.
Blood Wedding (1981)- Dir. Carlos Saura
Feat. Antonio Gades - The first of Saura's hot–blooded flamenco dance films captures the preparation and performance a tragic ballet by choreographer/actor Antonio…
Cats (1981)- The blockbuster Broadway musical authored by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, based on T S Eliot's 'cat' poems.
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.
Les Uns et Les Autres (Bolero) (1981)- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. James Caan, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Hossein… - Sprawling extravaganza of questionable taste is not without its devotees. It charts the impact that music has made on the lives of four…
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken… - Dennis Potter’s provocative, 1930s–set melding of drama and musical is spot–on in this US version of the BBC TV–series, which…
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