Tagline: All you need is love. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios’ Across the Universe is a groundbreaking movie musical, springing from the imagination of renowned writer director Julie Taymor, and and writers Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais, that brings together an original story and 33 revolutionary songs – including “Hey…
Category: Dance – Musical Films
Hairspray (2007)
Tagline: You can’t stop the beat. “Hairspray” is originally based on the 1988 John Waters comedy about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show. The new version of the film will be based on New Line’s hit Broadway adaptation of the film, which debuted in 2002, and went on to win eight Tony Awards…
I’m Not There (2007)
I’m Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by the life and music of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan’s public personas: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw. At the start of the film, a caption…
Kickin’ It Old Skool (2007)
Tagline: Breakdancing isn’t dead. It’s been in a coma. “Kickin’ It Old Skool” revolves around a 12-year-old breakdancer, who in 1986 hits his head while performing at a talent show and as a result is comatose for 20 years. He awakens to find he is a grown man portrayed by Kennedy. With the mind and…
Stomp the Yard (2007)
Tagline: He will challenge their traditions. Their traditions will change his life. When DJ (Columbus Short), a troubled youth from Los Angeles, moves to Atlanta to attend Truth University, he discovers “stepping,” the age-old style of dance traditionally done in African-American Fraternities, where teams demonstrate complex moves and create rhythmic sounds by using their bodies….
Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Tagline: Never forget, never forgive. The story of “Sweeney Todd” is of a wrongfully imprisoned barber in Victorian England who sets out to seek revenge on the judge who imprisoned him. The plot is foreshadowed in the first lines of the opening number: “Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. / His skin was pale and…