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rockfenris2005 03:53 pm UTC 05/21/09 |
| In reply to: | re: WDTW Film? - rockfenris2005 03:50 pm UTC 05/21/09 |
Please, more "Batman" songs!!!! Bring it on. I'd love to see what you could do with the theme for "If Only" from "More Than You Deserve". > > It’s interesting you should say this because, and I don’t > know whether you know this or not, “Whistle down the Wind” > was originally supposed to be a film. Patricia Knop was > brought in as the writer because she was a Hollywood > screenwriter who’d worked on a number of films such as “9½ > Weeks”. Actually, I believe she was involved with Jim on > the adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” in its early stages. > Remember that, at this point, Andrew Lloyd Webber was > trying to make a mark in Hollywood and “Evita” and “The > Phantom of the Opera” were coming together. At the same > time, according to the Bat 2 press, Jim was trying to > develop “Bat out of Hell” and “Pandora’s Box” as movies. > > Steven Spielberg was apparently going to direct, according > to the 2007 interviews with Jim, and Johnny Depp and > Kirsten Dunst were being courted for the leads. Now, for > the life of me, I can’t remember where I first heard this. > It could be on this website. It could be in one of Andrew > Lloyd Webber’s biographies. It could be in the Hal Prince > biography. But, anyway, the screenplay was tried out at > the Sydmonton Festival in 1995 and, for some reason, the > movie didn’t happen and it was a stage-show instead. This > is probably why the critics complained about the > Washington D.C. production being a little choppy because > obviously they hadn’t finished translating the screenplay > into a musical libretto? > > I’m soooo sorry if you know all this. > > > > ALW once mentioned back in early 2000's that he was gonna > > film all of his musicals (eventually), and I think he then > > started by doing an update of JCS. > > > > To keep it cheaper (than a big studio pic), think a TV > > production of WDTW would work great as a family film with > > 'edge' (maybe in conjunction with SKY or ITV at Easter or > > Christmas), and it's about time the Hayley Mills original > > was updated? > > > > I think they would have to cut some of the songs, but this > > would hopefully allow Jim/ALW to write something new (just > > to bring a new perspective). > > > > One of my favourite lines from the show is 'No-one's ever > > looked at me, the way you're looking at me now', and I > > think they could write a great love song using this as the > > title? (I'm trying for my alternative Batman vision). > > > > BTW - Listening a lot to 'Nature of the Beast' lately, > > which I think is great. > > > > > > > > > > > > | |
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