Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Evita (1996)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Madonna, Antonio Banderas - The Broadway Extravaganza, complete with Madonna, wall–to–wall songs and political melodrama, is bravely swallowed whole by Hollywood. …
Kansas City (1996)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte - An all–star cast jam out on the multiple storylines of Robert Altman's homage to the 30s jazz–mecca of Kansas City. The old master stirs…
Mr. Holland's Opus (1996)- Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly - A would–be composer who settled for a career in teaching reflects on an inspirational life's work. Though steeped in nostalgic sentiment,…
Lush Life (1994)- Dir. Michael Elias
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Jeff Goldblum - Forest Whitaker and Jeff Goldblum bring this modest jazz film to vibrant life as top session horn players whose lives come to a cross–roads,…
Backbeat (1993)- Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee, Ian Hart - A fascinating insight into the enigma that was the 'fifth' Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe, who threw in the musical towel to pursue art and love.…
Gypsy (1993)- Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Bette Midler, Peter Riegert, Cynthia Gibb - Fresh screen version of the Broadway perennial set during the dying days of Vaudeville. Bette Midler was born for the part of obsessive…
Sarafina! (1993)- Dir. Darrell James Roodt
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg - Screen version of the anti–apartheid stage musical posits Whoopi Goldberg as a Soweto school–teacher who liberates an impressionable…
Newsies (1992)- Dir. Kenny Ortega
Feat. Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Ann-Margret… - Disney musical based loosely on the 1899 New York City Newsboys' strike, in which the young newspaper hawkers of the city rose up to demand fair…
Doors, The (1991)- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Val Kilmer, Kyle MacLachlan, Meg Ryan - Val Kilmer gives an extraordinary visual and aural imitation of Jim Morrison in this spell–binding biopic of America's most influential rock…
For the Boys (1991)- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Bette Midler, James Caan - Bette Midler portrays the ebullient Dixie Leonard, a brassy cabaret–style performer who helped raise the spirits of American troups through…
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