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RX_Sith Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/10 12:21pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "That's Entertainment" (1974)
	That's Entertainment (1974). (from wiki) That's Entertainment! is a 1974 compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It was followed by two sequels and a related film called That's Dancing!. The film, compiled by Jack Haley, Jr., turned the spotlight on MGM's legacy of musical film from the 1920s through the 1950s, featuring performances culled from dozens of the studio's famous films. Archive footage of Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Lena Horne, Esther Williams, Ann Miller, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Jeanette MacDonald, Cyd Charisse, June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, Mario Lanza, and many others was featured. Released during the height of the Watergate scandal and just after the Vietnam war, That's Entertainment! was marketed with a tagline of "Boy, do we need it now!" The idea of celebrating the happy-go-lucky musicals of an earlier era hit a nerve with a nostalgic public; That's Entertainment! was hailed by critics and would become one of the top ten highest-grossing films of 1974. The film was compiled in various segments hosted by a succession of the studio's legendary (and then-living) stars: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Bing Crosby, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, and Liza Minnelli (representing her mother, Judy Garland). Most of the hosts were filmed on MGM's famous backlot, which looks disturbingly ramshackle and rundown in this film, because MGM had sold the property to developers and the sets were about to be demolished (several of the stars, including Bing Crosby, remark on this during their segments). The most notable degradation can be seen when Fred Astaire revisits the ruins of a train station set that had been used in the opening of The Band Wagon two decades earlier, and when Peter Lawford revisits exteriors used in his late-40s musical, Good News. That's Entertainment! was the last major project to be filmed on the backlot. The title of the film derives from the anthemic song "That's Entertainment!", by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, which was introduced in the 1953 MGM musical, The Band Wagon. The title is usually expressed with an exclamation mark, but it is also correct to refer to it without (see the DVD cover). Appearances * June Allyson * Edward Arnold * Fred Astaire * Scotty Beckett * Wallace Beery * Ray Bolger * Joe E. Brown * Virginia Bruce * Jack Buchanan * Billie Burke * Leslie Caron * Carleton Carpenter * George Cleveland * Maurice Chevalier * Joan Crawford * Bing Crosby * Arlene Dahl * Virginia Dale * Vic Damone * Gloria DeHaven * Jimmy Durante * Deanna Durbin * Buddy Ebsen * Nelson Eddy * Cliff Edwards * Clark Gable * Ava Gardner * Judy Garland * Betty Garrett * Cary Grant * Kathryn Grayson * Virginia Grey * Jack Haley * Jean Harlow * Lena Horne * Betty Jaynes * Van Johnson * Allan Jones * Louis Jourdan * Buster Keaton * Howard Keel * Gene Kelly * Charles King * Bert Lahr * Mario Lanza * Peter Lawford * Jeanette MacDonald * Joan Marsh * Tony Martin * Douglas McPhail * Ann Miller * Sidney Miller * Robert Montgomery * Dennis Morgan * Jules Munshin * The Nicholas Brothers * Margaret O'Brien * Virginia O'Brien * Donald O'Connor * Paul Porcasi * Jane Powell * June Preisser * Debbie Reynolds * Paul Robeson * Ginger Rogers * Mickey Rooney * Frank Sinatra * James Stewart * Paula Stone * Russ Tamblyn * Elizabeth Taylor * Sidney Toler * Audrey Totter * William Warfield * Virginia Weidler * Esther Williams Musical numbers featured * "Singin' in the Rain" Prologue - Cliff Edwards from The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929), Jimmy Durante with Sidney Toler from Speak Easily (1932), Judy Garland from Little Nellie Kelly and the main title sequence from Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor) * "The Broadway Melody" - Charles King and Ensemble from The Broadway Melody (1929) * "Rosalie" - Eleanor Powell and Ensemble from Rosalie (1937) * "Indian Love Call" - Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald from Rose Marie (1936) * "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" - Dennis Morgan (dubbed by Allan Jones), Virginia Bruce, and Ziegfeld Girls from The Great Ziegfeld (1936) * "Begin the Beguine" - Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell from Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) * "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart" - Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Durante from It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) * "The Melody of Spring" - Elizabeth Taylor from Cynthia (1947) * "Honeysuckle Rose" - Lena Horne from Thousands Cheer" (1943) * "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra from Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) * "Thou Swell" - June Allyson from Words and Music * "The Varsity Drag" - June Allyson, Peter Lawford, and Ensemble from Good News (1947) * "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" - Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter from Two Weeks with Love (1950) * "It's a Most Unusual Day" - Jane Powell with Wallace Beery, Scotty Beckett, and George Cleveland from A Date with Judy (1948) * "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Virginia O'Brien, Cyd Charisse, Marjorie Main, and Ensemble from The Harvey Girls (1946) * "It Must Be You" - Robert Montgomery and Lottice Howell from Free and Easy (1930) * "Got a Feelin' for You" - Joan Crawford (introduced by Conrad Nagel) from The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) * "Reckless" - Jean Harlow (dubbed by Virginia Verrill) & Ensemble from Reckless (1935) * "Did I Remember" - Jean Harlow (dubbed by Virginia Verrill) and Cary Grant from Suzy (1936) * "Easy to Love" - James Stewart and Eleanor Powell from Born to Dance (1936) * "Puttin' on the Ritz" - Clark Gable and Ensemble from Idiot's Delight (1939) * "Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You)" - Judy Garland from Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) * "Babes in Arms" - Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Douglas McPhail, Betty Jaynes, and Ensemble from Babes in Arms (1939) * "Hoe Down" - Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, and Ensemble from Babes on Broadway (1941) * "Do the La Conga" - Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland with Sidney Miller and Ensemble from Strike Up the Band (1940) * "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee"/"Babes On Broadway" - Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Virginia Weidler, and Ensemble from Babes on Broadway (1941) * "Strike Up the Band" - Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Preisser, and Ensemble from Strike Up the Band (1940) * "The Babbitt and the Bromide" - Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire from Ziegfeld Follies (1946) * "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) * "Heigh Ho the Gang's All Here" - Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford from Dancing Lady (1933) * "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" - Fred Astaire and Jack Buchanan from The Band Wagon (1953) * "Sunday Jumps" - Fred Astaire from Royal Wedding (1951) * "Shoes with Wings On" - Fred Astaire from The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) * "You're All the World to Me" - Fred Astaire from Royal Wedding (1951) * "Dancing in the Dark" - Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse from The Band Wagon (1953) * Esther Williams Montage: includes water ballets from Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) and Bathing Beauty (1944) * "I Wanna Be Loved by You" - Debbie Reynolds (dubbed by Helen Kane) from Three Little Words (1950) * "I Gotta Hear That Beat" - Ann Miller from Small Town Girl (1953) * "Cotton Blossom/Make Believe/Ol' Man River" - Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, William Warfield, and Ensemble from Show Boat (1951) * "By Myself" - Fred Astaire from The Band Wagon (1953) * "Be a Clown" - Gene Kelly & The Nicholas Brothers from The Pirate (1948) * "The Children's Dance" - Gene Kelly from Living in a Big Way (1947) * "New York, New York" - Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin from On the Town (1949) * "The Worry Song" - Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse from Anchors Aweigh (1945) * "Singin' in the Rain" - Gene Kelly from Singin' in the Rain (1952) * "Broadway Melody Ballet" - Gene Kelly and Ensemble from Singin' in the Rain (1952) * "La Cucaracha" - The Garland Sisters with Paul Porcasi from La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935) * "Waltz with a Swing/Americana" - Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin from Every Sunday (1936) * "Your Broadway and My Broadway" - Judy Garland and Buddy Ebsen from Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) * "Follow the Yellow Brick Road/If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off to See the Wizard" - Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Ensemble from The Wizard of Oz (1939) * "Over the Rainbow" - Judy Garland from The Wizard of Oz (1939) * "But Not for Me" - Judy Garland from Girl Crazy (1943) * "The Trolley Song/Under the Bamboo Tree/The Boy Next Door" - Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, and Ensemble from Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) * "Get Happy" - Judy Garland from Summer Stock (1950) * "Going Hollywood" - Bing Crosby and Ensemble from Going Hollywood (1933) * "Well, Did You Evah" - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra from High Society (1956) * "Hallelujah" - Tony Martin, Ann Miller, Vic Damone, Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, and Ensemble from Hit the Deck (1955) * "Barnraising Dance (Bless Your Beautiful Hide)" from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) * "Gigi" - Louis Jourdan from Gigi (1958) * "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - Maurice Chevalier from Gigi (1958) * "An American in Paris Ballet" - Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Ensemble from An American in Paris (1951) Sequels That's Entertainment! is one of the few documentaries to spawn official sequels -- either two or three, depending upon one's criteria. In 1976, That's Entertainment, Part II was released. The idea of multiple hosts was dropped for this production, with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly partnering to co-host the retrospective. Then, in 1985, That's Dancing! was released, a retrospective that looked back at the history of dancing in film (unlike the That's Entertainment films, however, this documentary did not focus exclusively on MGM productions). This film is sometimes considered part of the That's Entertainment! series, especially since its starting credits contain a card with the That's Entertainment! III title (not to be confused with the 1994 film), but even though it shared studio and producers, it is considered a separate production. Finally, in 1994, That's Entertainment! III was released, which featured more retrospectives with a focus on previously unreleased (or rarely seen) material cut from the MGM films. All three films were released to DVD in 2004. The box set collection of the films included a bonus DVD that included additional musical numbers that had been cut from MGM films as well as the first release of the complete performance of "Mr. Monotony" by Judy Garland (the version used in That's Entertainment! III is truncated). That's Dancing! received a separate DVD release in 2007. Discuss. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/11 3:08pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "That's Entertainment" (1974)
	The musical numbers are great, though some suffer from lack of context in this setting. The intros are awful, though.
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Thrawn1786 Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 8/13 1:40pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "That's Entertainment" (1974)
	I would highly recommend this to any movie musical fan. I remember seeing the first part on PBS when I was little and loving it. -----signature----- e-sibs: Rabe, padawanlissa, Elfie, CW, DG, Kahn, Trimaj, MGA, prj1, SWF444, Swan, Allegra Proud Master of Mister_Master Minister of Internal Affairs, EUC Senate Sith Apprentice to darth_nemisis, AoD Dubbed Butterskoch by DarthCemeroX
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/13 10:05pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "That's Entertainment" (1974)
	It is limited to MGM movies, though. Nothing from Fox or Paramount, the two other studios that made quite a few of them.
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 8/15 2:14pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "That's Entertainment" (1974)
	I saw this last summer I think. Generally it felt like one of these useless featurettes that are so common as extra-material today, the kind where everyone talks about how wonderful everything surround the film was. The musical numbers in themselves were pretty funny, but since I haven't seen many of the them in their original settings it was hard to really get interested in them. I also seems to remember that some of them had quite obvious cuts, but I might be mistaken with that. -----signature----- Tea one, proud member of the Tea Squad, FanForce Meeting 2006, Berlin GSADMINCOACHEMPERORRULERPRESIDENTTSARMINISTERQUEEN liuba
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/15 8:30pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "That's Entertainment" (1974)
	Which ones?
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RX_Sith Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/27 8:15pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	Little Shop of Horrors (1986). (from wiki) Little Shop of Horrors is the 1986 musical film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The film was directed by Frank Oz, and starred Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene and the voice of Levi Stubbs. The musical was based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. Little Shop of Horrors was shot on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. The film was produced on a budget of US$30 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Roger Corman, only cost $30,000. Like the 1960 film, the 1986 musical film did not make a big impact during its initial theatrical release, but is now considered a cult film. Plot The film opens with the words read by Stanley Jones: "On the twenty-third day of the month of September, in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places..." A florist's nerdy young assistant named Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis) is trying to store pots, but breaking them by accident. The day of a solar eclipse, Seymour discovers a mysterious new plant, which is later revealed to have come from outer space. He names the plant "Audrey II", because of his secret crush on his co-worker Audrey Fulquard (Ellen Greene). However, when the shop closes for the day, Seymour discovers that Audrey II is wilting from lack of food. It refuses to eat anything normal plants would feed on, such as soil, water and sunlight. Seymour accidentally cuts his finger and discovers that Audrey II has an appetite for human blood. As the plant thrives, business booms at Mr. Mushnik's (Vincent Gardenia) failing Skid Row flower shop, and Seymour becomes a local celebrity all because of his incredible plant. Eventually, the now-huge Audrey II (voiced by Levi Stubbs) begins to talk to Seymour, demanding more blood than Seymour can give. He convinces Seymour to kill Audrey's abusive and sadistic dentist boyfriend, Orin Scrivello, DDS (Steve Martin) and by promising him favors in return for feeding him, such as a new car and other wealthy privileges. Seymour books an appointment with Dr. Scrivello and arms himself with a revolver. However, Orin, disappointed with his previous masochistic patient Arthur Denton (Bill Murray), decides to amuse himself by sniffing nitrous oxide. His gas mask malfunctions and Seymour allows him to die laughing hysterically from asphyxiation. Seymour drags Orin's body back to the flower shop, where he chops it up for the plant. He is in the middle of dismembering the body with an axe when Mr. Mushnik passes by the flower shop and witnesses it. He does not confront him, but runs off scared. Seymour feeds the body parts to the plant. After Seymour has spent a sleepless night, he discovers two policemen questioning Audrey about Orin's disappearance. She says that she feels guilty about Orin's death, even though she did not cause it, because she always secretly wished that he would die. Seymour tells Audrey that she is beautiful and shouldn't have such low self-esteem, and she realizes that she loves him back. That night, Mushnik finds Seymour and accuses him of being an axe murderer. Seymour confesses that he chopped Orin up but denies that he killed him. Before leaving the store, Mushnik decides to bargain with Seymour, offering Seymour protection if he allows Mushnik to take care of the plant. Seymour is undecided and stands by while Mushnik investigates Audrey II and gets killed and swallowed whole by the carnivorous plant. Seymour's fortune continues to grow, and he becomes a media star, but he is very worried about Audrey II's growth and insatiable appetite. Later, Audrey II telephones Audrey and asks her to come over, and then tries to eat her. Seymour saves her. They go out of the shop, and a salesman named Patrick Martin (James Belushi) from World Botanical Enterprises offers to breed Audrey II and make a fortune by selling the plant to families around the world. Seymour, frightened, realizes that Audrey II must be destroyed before more lives are lost. Seymour confronts and fights the gigantic plant, who now has little offspring in tow. Audrey II bursts out of his pot and reveals to Seymour that he's in fact an alien from outer space. After brawling with Seymour, Audrey II manages to latch onto the store's support beams and yank the shop to pieces, assuming he's killed Seymour thanks to mass amounts of debris and bricks crushing him. Luckily, Seymour's arms burst through the rubble in which he has been buried and grab two broken exposed electrical wires, which he uses to shock the massive plant, causing Audrey II to blow up. Seymour and Audrey wed and move to the suburbs, but as the credits start to roll we see a little smiling Audrey III bud in front of their picket fence. The film then ends. Cast * Rick Moranis as Seymour Krelborn, a nerdy florist who loves strange and exotic plants. * Ellen Greene as Audrey Fulquard, a quiet and insecure girl dating a sadistic dentist and the object of Seymour's affections. * Vincent Gardenia as Mr. Gravis Mushnik, the neurotic owner of Mushnik's Flower Shop. * Steve Martin as Orin Scrivello, DDS, Audrey's sadistic dentist boyfriend. * Tichina Arnold as Crystal, one of the three chorus girls. * Michelle Weeks as Ronette, one of the three chorus girls. * Tisha Campbell as Chiffon, one of the three chorus girls. * Levi Stubbs (voice) as Audrey II, an evil and profane flytrap-like plant whose plans are to take over the world. * James Belushi as Patrick Martin (played by Paul Dooley in unused original ending; Dooley still receives screen credit in the Special Thanks section), a man who owns the World Botanical Enterprise and wants Audrey II to help endorse it. * John Candy as Wink Wilkinson, the WSKID DJ. * Christopher Guest as The First Customer, the first customer to enter the flower shop and notice Audrey II. * Bill Murray as Arthur Denton, a masochistic man who goes to Orin for pain. * Stanley Jones (voice) as Narrator, the narrator who reads the opening words. * Miriam Margolyes as Dental Nurse, Orin's sarcastic nurse/secretary. * Michael Shannon as TV Reporter Musical numbers 1. "Prologue: Little Shop of Horrors" - Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal, and Company 2. "Skid Row (Downtown)" - Seymour, Audrey, Mushnik, Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal, and Company 3. "Da-Doo" - Seymour, Chiffon, Ronette, and Crystal 4. "Grow for Me" - Seymour 5. "Somewhere That's Green" - Audrey 6. "Some Fun Now" - Chiffon, Ronette, and Crystal 7. "Dentist!" - Orin, Chiffon, Ronette, and Crystal 8. "Feed Me (Git It)" - Audrey II and Seymour 9. "Suddenly Seymour" - Seymour, Audrey, Chiffon, Ronette, and Crystal 10. "Suppertime I" - Audrey II, Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal 11. "The Meek Shall Inherit" - Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal, and Company 12. "Suppertime II / Somewhere That's Green (Reprise)" - Audrey II and Audrey / Audrey and Seymour (in original ending) 13. "Suppertime II / Suddenly Seymour (Reprise)" - Audrey II and Audrey / Audrey and Seymour (in new ending) 14. "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" - Audrey II 15. "Finale: Don't Feed the Plants" - Chiffon, Ronette, Crystal, and Company (in original ending) The film differs only slightly from the stage play. The title song is expanded to include an additional verse to allow for more opening credits. The song "Ya Never Know" was re-written into a calypso-style song called "Some Fun Now", although some of the lyrics were retained. Five other songs ("Closed For Renovation", "Mushnik and Son". "Now (It's Just the Gas)", "Call Back in the Morning" and the dramatic reprise of "Somewhere That's Green") were cut from the original production score. "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" was written for the film. The full version of "The Meek Shall Inherit" and the "Finale Ultimo (Don't Feed the Plants)" were cut from the film, but are included on the soundtrack album. Development and production "Little Shop of Horrors" was the only film ever written by Howard Ashman, who died in 1991 while he was working on Aladdin. The character of the masochistic dental patient, played in the original by Jack Nicholson and cut from the stage version, was added back to the story and was played by Bill Murray. The film's ending was re-shot after receiving negative reviews from test audiences. The new ending was written by Ashman as a happy ending, while the off-Broadway musical version and 1960 film have downbeat endings; the 1986 film has a happy ending in which Audrey II is killed, while Seymour, Audrey, and humanity survive. The film's ending is somewhat ambiguous, however, with a final shot of a smiling Audrey III bud in Seymour and Audrey's front yard. The film's version of Audrey II was an extremely elaborate creation, using puppets designed by Lyle Conway and The Jim Henson Company. For the musical numbers (which involved a great deal of movement on behalf of the puppet) the frame rate of the filming was slowed to 16 frames per second, frequent screen cuts were used to minimize the amount of screen time the puppet spent with human actors, and when interaction was totally necessary, the actors (usually Moranis) would pantomime and lip sync in slow motion. The film was then sped up to the normal 24 frames per second and voices were re-inserted in post production. During Audrey II's final stage of growth, 60 technicians were necessary to operate the one-ton puppet.[citation needed] The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song for "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space", written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. It caused a small controversy at the Academy Awards because it was the first Oscar-nominated song to contain profanity and thus had to be censored for the show. Frank Oz cast Steve Martin as the dentist after watching his performance in The Muppet Movie. Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and John Landis were all planned to direct at before Frank Oz took on the project. This remains, as of 2008, Steve Martin's only death role. The original ending The film has become legendary for a rarely seen 23-minute original ending that retains the B-movie roots of the original source material, and was the preferred choice by Oz and the majority of the actors (including Moranis). As originally conceived and filmed, the story follows the stage musical's plot: Audrey is attacked by Audrey II and dies in Seymour's arms, begging him to feed her to the plant so that in a way, she will always be with him. Seymour does so, and in the process ironically fulfills Audrey's great wish, that she wants to be "somewhere that's green". After Seymour feeds Audrey to the plant, he attempts to commit suicide by jumping off Audrey's apartment complex. Before he can, Patrick Martin (played in this version by Paul Dooley, but by Jim Belushi in the revamped ending) climbs to the roof to persuade Seymour to let him cut samples of the plant so that they can grow into little Audrey IIs and be sold across America. Seymour quickly slides down the ladder and crosses the street to Mushnik's while Martin reminds him that plants are in the public domain and can be sold without his permission. After confronting the plant as it sings "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space", the plant eats Seymour, and then spits out his glasses. The three chorus girls are enlisted by Patrick Martin to cut shoots from the plant in order to sell them around the world. Soon, Audrey II (along with its army of duplicates) takes over Cleveland, Des Moines, Peoria and New York City as the song "Don't Feed the Plants" warns the audience not to give in to evil temptations. This version of the stage ending was adapted to film, with some changes: in the film, an extended showdown between Seymour and Audrey II (featuring the new number "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space") takes place in the shop, which Audrey II eventually destroys before overpowering and devouring Seymour. Oz then took the show's apocalyptic finale far beyond the limits of the stage version by actually showing the plants' takeover of Earth (rather than just describing it). Oz and his special effects team went to great lengths to create this dramatic finale during which Audrey II takes over New York City, attacks the Brooklyn Bridge, fights the U.S. Army, climbs the Statue of Liberty and, in homage to the 1933 classic monster movie King Kong, scales the Empire State Building. There are also various nods to the 1953 film The War of the Worlds. Finally, in the last shot after the title "THE END?!?" has appeared, the plant crashes through the screen of the film and laughs as the camera (the audience) comes closer and closer to it's gaping maw. The sequence cost $5 million to produce. However, preview audiences rejected this ending as too disturbing.[2] Afterwards, director Oz commented: "In a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow — in a movie, they don't come out for a bow, they're dead. And the audience loved those people, and they hated us for it." Oz and Ashman scrapped Audrey's and Seymour's grim deaths and the finale rampage, and Ashman rewrote it all into a happier ending shot, with Jim Belushi replacing Paul Dooley (who was unavailable) as Patrick Martin. In this ending, Audrey surives the plant's chewing (without injury, in something of a plot hole) and reaffirms her love for Seymour. The showdown between Seymour and Audrey II remains intact, but now Seymour wins by electrocuting the plant as Audrey is seen observing through a window. Seymour and Audrey get married and move to the suburbs, where a little Audrey III grows in the garden. A brief scene earlier in the film, in which Seymour asks Audrey to marry him, was also reshot to provide context for the new ending. Another cut sequence is seen on the blooper reel on the DVD, in which Seymour is seen running through fog and in the background are white pillars under a black sky. Director Frank Oz, who has a commentary on the reel, says this was a "dream sequence" that never made the final cut of the film. It may be from the deleted section "The Meek Shall Inherit", in which Seymour contemplates the morality of continued murders in order to keep feeding the plant. In the end, he reluctantly decides to keep feeding Audrey II in order to please Audrey. This sequence was cut, but still remains on the soundtrack album. Pop culture references Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (January 2008) * In 1987, DC Comics published an adaptation of the film, written by Michael Fleisher and drawn by Gene Colan. However this adaptation differs from the film, most notably in the placement of Audrey II's mouth and the elimination of the three chorus girls. In addition to this, Orin's hair is an orangish blonde color instead of the black featured in the film. * The 1991 children's show Little Shop was based on the concept and characters. * The 1991 arcade game Joe & Mac features an enemy character that greatly resembles Audrey II. * Audrey II has also made an appearance as a boss in the Sega Genesis version of the video game Ghostbusters. * At the end of the film Scrooged, Bill Murray (who made a cameo in Little Shop of Horrors) calls out "Feed me Seymour, feed me!" to the camera during the closing credits. * In an episode of That's So Raven, when Chelsea and her friend Jennifer from veggie camp go to the bio dome, Raven came along to keep her friend. A similar plant to Audrey II resided in the bio dome and tried eating Raven. Also at the end of the episode, a little sapling hid in Raven's bag. * In an episode of Family Guy, while Chris is performing house work for Herbert, Herbert has a musical fantasy almost identical to Audrey's fantasy about Seymour singing a revised version of "Somewhere That's Green". In another episode of Family Guy, Chris grows a pimple whose first words are "Feed me!" and provokes Chris to do things he shouldn't. In another episode of Family Guy, Stewie screams out, "THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" in the same way as Bill Murray during the dentist scene. * An episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy is named Little Rock of Horror, spoofing the musical and film. * The online RPG game Dragonfable has a boss named Awdreetoo, spoofing the plant. * The New Addams Family depicts Morticia's carnivorous plant Cleopatra as resembling Audrey II. * The online forums-based website Gaiaonline released a plant like item called the Dionaesil which has a pose titled "feed me, see? more!" a play on the famous line spoken by Audrey II. DVD conflict Little Shop of Horrors was the first DVD to be recalled for content. In 1998, Warner Bros. released a special edition DVD of the film. This DVD included approximately 23 minutes of unfinished footage from Oz's original ending, although it was in black and white and was missing sound, visual, and special effects. David Geffen, the film's producer and owner of the rights, wanted to re-release the film to theaters with the original ending intact. Geffen became angry at Warner Bros. for including this footage on the DVD without his consent, and as a result the studio removed it from shelves in a matter of days and replaced it with a second edition that did not contain the extra material. The original first edition DVD is now a much sought-after collector's item and sells for upwards of $150 on eBay. The original ending can be viewed on YouTube. On February 28, 2007 Warner Bros. hinted that a DVD re-issue featuring the original ending in color with the missing effects recorded may be on its way, but it was eventually discovered that the original colored film printing was destroyed in a studio fire years earlier, leaving only the black-and-white workprints as proof of the ending's existence as David Geffen has claimed to have only one copy of the original. Trivia Two of the three chorus girls, Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell, would later become co-stars of the TV sitcom Martin. Discuss. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Jag4Me Title: BYK and Man Bites Dog Hostess Registered: Jan '08	Date Posted: 8/27 8:25pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	Awesome review, RX! RX_Sith posted: David Geffen, the film's producer and owner of the rights, wanted to re-release the film to theaters with the original ending intact. Geffen became angry at Warner Bros. for including this footage on the DVD without his consent, and as a result the studio removed it from shelves in a matter of days and replaced it with a second edition that did not contain the extra material. The original first edition DVD is now a much sought-after collector's item and sells for upwards of $150 on eBay. The original ending can be viewed on YouTube. I didn't know this and will be checking out that footage on YouTube...it sounds interesting. You would think that these guys would store these older prints in a place with foolproof fire protection. The one bad part is that I will have the damned main theme as well as "Feed Me" in my head the rest of the night. -----signature----- "Your new nickname, especially in the TIS circle, is the Stoner." - Trika_Kenobi "Jag- Wicked Temptress of Mandalorians" - adaml83 "Well if anyone could get a Mando in a kilt, I'd place my money on Jag." - PrincessCambria
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/27 9:47pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	I'd love to see that original ending. "Dentist" is a high point. "Son, be a dentist; you enjoy causing people pain..."
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Idrelle_Miocovani Title: Solar Power loving Scattergories Hostess Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 8/27 9:55pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986) - Date Edited: 8/27 10:02pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Idrelle_Miocovani
	I love Little Shop. I was first introduced to it last year because my drama old teacher has something of an obsession for off-Broadway, crazy stuff. I watched it and loved it. "Dentist" was hilarious and I love the beginning sequence. I think I still have the songs stuck in my head. Plus, Rick Moranis is just adorable as Seymour in this film. I love the "Skid Row" number. -----signature----- "Shouldn't we be doing something... constructive?" "What did you have in mind? A short, blunt human pyramid?" NaNoWriMo: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/462992 This Time Around: http://boards.theforce.net/ASP/user.asp?usr=1162416 Ish's Padawan
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Vortigern99 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 8/27 11:22pm Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	I saw it in the theater in 1986, and liked it at the time. A few years later, falling in with the Rocky Horror cast, I re-discovered Little Shop -- a favorite among my midniter friends -- and its rockin' soundtrack, and I've been listening to it and watching it ever since! Favorite songs are "Grow for Me" and "Da-Doo". I prefer the ending as is, since as Oz notes in the original version they "killed characters the audience loved", and I'd rather see Audrey and Seymour get the tract house she always dreamed of. That said, I've seen the deleted ending and it's breathtaking... but yes, as one early test-audience member observed, it's also "disturbing". -----signature----- "I knew from the beginning I was not doing science fiction. I was doing a space opera, a fantasy film, a mythological piece, a fairy tale."--George Lucas My "Vader's Origins" thread: http://boards.theforce.net/Classic_Trilogy/b10002/8708417/p1
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halibut Title: FF Admin & UK RSA Registered: Aug '00	Date Posted: 8/28 3:11am Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	My favourite movie musical, and I've been luck enough to play Seymour on stage. What I found interesting is that there are only 2 Visual Effects shots in the movie. One is the plant glow in "Da-Doo", and the other is a train going over the bridge at the very start. Everything else was all done "live" (apart from the obvious speeding up of footage in "Mean Green Mother". A brilliant film, and I'm on my way to look up that ending -----signature----- Don't you know about the bird? Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
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Jag4Me Title: BYK and Man Bites Dog Hostess Registered: Jan '08	Date Posted: 8/28 8:29am Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	Vortigern99 posted: That said, I've seen the deleted ending and it's breathtaking... but yes, as one early test-audience member observed, it's also "disturbing". That does it, I am going to find this ending footage. "Disturbing" is my favorite genre. -----signature----- "Your new nickname, especially in the TIS circle, is the Stoner." - Trika_Kenobi "Jag- Wicked Temptress of Mandalorians" - adaml83 "Well if anyone could get a Mando in a kilt, I'd place my money on Jag." - PrincessCambria
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RX_Sith Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 8/28 8:35am Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	Here is the original ending of "Little Shop of Horrors". (from youtube) It is in black and white. Original unhappy ending. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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dp4m Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 8/28 8:44am Subject: RE: The Movie Musicals Thread: Now Dis. "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986)
	I looooooooooooooooooooove Little Shop. Probably my favorite musical of all-time. The original Off-Broadway production was fantastic, mind you, and no one but Ellen Greene can do the part justice, but I actually kinda liked Rick Moranis a little bit better. -----signature----- "Looks like you're about to get pwned" - Eric Cartman "Awarding experience points for cleverly and creatively generating an enjoyable experience. How warped is that?" - Darths & Droids
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