Movie: Fame Release Date: May 16, 1980 Director: Alan Parker Starring: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonio Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Albert Hague, Tresa Hughes, Steve Inwood, Paul McCrane, Anne Meara, Joanna Merlin, Barry Miller, Jim Moody, Gene Anthony Ray, Maureen Teefy. Tag Lines: “If they’ve really got what it takes, it’s going…
Category: Musical
28. Aladdin
Movie: Aladdin Release Date: November 25, 1992 Director: John Musker, Ron Clements. Starring: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale. Tag Lines: “It is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts.” “A diamond in the rough.” “Imagine if you had three wishes, three hopes, three…
43. Toy Story 2
Movie: Toy Story 2 Release Date: November 24, 1999 Director: John Lasseter Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, Wayne Knight, Laurie Metcalf. Tag Lines: “The toys are back!” “The toys are back in town.” Relevance: ‘Toy Story 2’ was released in late…
51. Chicago
Movie: Chicago Release Date: December 27, 2002 Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C, Reilly, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Christine Beranski. Tag Lines: “With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder.” “In a city where everyone loves a legend, there’s only room…
54. Grease 2
Movie: Grease 2 Release Date: June 11, 1982 Director: Patricia Birch Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens. Tag Lines: “Grease is still the word!” “The Music and Feeling go on Forever.” Relevance: As already reported on this blog, in the…
56. Purple Rain
Movie: Purple Rain Release Date: July 27, 1984 Director: Albert Magnoli Starring: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III. Tag Lines: “This is what it sounds like when doves cry.” Relevance: Sometime in early 1983, I saw a video on MTV for a song called “1999.” I was instantly hooked. Soon after…
60. Xanadu
Movie: Xanadu Release Date: August 8, 1980 Director: Robert Greenwald Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck. Tag Lines: “The Music, The Film, A Place Where Dreams Come True.” “In Xanadu a golden goddess did decree…Welcome to your own musical fantasy.” “A Fantasy, A Musical, A Place Where Dreams Come True.” “Where time stops and…
64. The Sound of Music
Movie: The Sound of Music Release Date: March 2, 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer. Tag Lines: “RADIANCE THAT FLOODS THE SCREEN…AND WARMS THE HEART!” “…the more you see it, the more it becomes one of your favorite things!” “With songs they have sung for a thousand years.” “My heart wants to…
78. Cabaret
Movie: Cabaret Release Date: February 13, 1972 Director: Bob Fosse Starring: Liza Minelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson, Fritz Wepper. Tag Lines: “The Award-Winning Smash Hit Musical.” “A divinely decadent experience!” “Come to the Cabaret.” “Life is a Cabaret.” Relevance: As I have mentioned a few times already on this blog, my…
90. Grease
Movie: Grease Release Date: June 16, 1978 Director: Randal Kleiser Starring: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell, Edd Byrnes, Sid Caesar, Alice Ghostly, Dody Goodman, Sha Na Na. Tag Lines: “GREASE is the word.” Relevance: My mother’s sister lived in New York City and my mom and dad used…
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