This is mostly meant as a diversion, more than anything else. Anything goes princess theatre, melbourne 2015 duration. The film stars owen wilson, lake bell, and pierce brosnan, and tells the story of an expat engineer trapped with his family in an unnamed southeast asian country during a violent uprising. Anything goes 1956 donald oconnor, bing crosby, mitzi gaynor, jeanmaire. With simon pegg, kate beckinsale, sanjeev bhaskar, rob riggle. These boys owe someone a dangerous favor that needs repaying that evening. Absolutely anything is a much humbler film than the title suggests, it provides ample of light entertainment with a commendable performance by simon pegg even if the premise feels outdated towards the end. The movie explores issues like homelessness, military family life and adoption. Plus, having robin williams again, even in doggy form is a nice treat.
In an attempt to abandon their wellpracticed social constructs, a group of friends test the limits of monogamy, friendship, betrayal, and freedom. Of course who could expect anything less from 4time oscar nominee danny elfman for his amazing composing skills. The film was released in the united states on march 2, 2010 as a direct to dvd release. The national tour of anything goes 20142015 montage.
A cartoon about a clone from the future may be 2015. The smash hit musical comedy, anything goes sets sail for the princess theatre melbourne from may 2015 filmed by james terry and michael wilson edited by james terry. When an artificial ambyr childers becomes selfaware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between julians julian michaels bruce willis has designed the. As victorias flirtation with sonne begins developing, he convinces her to come along for a ride that quickly spirals out of control. However, he discovers that she is an english heiress who ran away from home and is now being returned to england. Dark secrets of the sunny anything goes theater, blogs.
This is the second film titled anything goes to star bing crosby the first was a 1936 film. Making a film with lgbt characters and themes is no easy task, even in a postmarriage equality country like the united states. The reason ethel merman was so famous was at least in part because of the smash success she was in the mid1930s, when she was young and lithe, a total broadway package with a huge voice. Royal city musical theatre was proud to present anything goes at the massey theatre, their 28th consecutive production, from april 623. With bing crosby, donald oconnor, zizi jeanmaire, mitzi gaynor. One of the greatest musicals in theater history, cole porters firstclass musical comedy is sailing to the joseph stein stage. Vice, where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and.
Because although world of tomorrow is only 15 minutes long, its as funny, imaginative, and heartbreaking as anything released so far in 2015, and i wouldnt be surprised if i could make that same claim on december 31. But i must say that i was really disappointed with absolutely anything, because i had such high hopes for this movie to be great just by the cast behind the movie and the director, but it didnt reach my expectations has i wanted. Anything goes a bind production directed by steven. The film was broadcast on pbs kids, as a special for a few days, around thanksgiving 2011. Absolutely anything is a 2015 british science fiction comedy film directed by terry jones, who also cowrote with gavin scott.
Funny and yes the films poster would suggest a higher production valued piece if this were shot on motion picture film. That was when she first did anything goes with bing crosby. While i dont think its one of the worst movies ever made, or appalling, as some critics have said. Anything goes is a 1936 american musical film directed by lewis milestone and starring bing. Billy crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress hope harcourt, who is engaged to lord evelyn.
Julian michaels bruce willis has designed the ultimate resort. Ethan bortnick plays the leading role as nathan, a young boy whos separated from his mother when she goes missing during a trip to japan to help after the tsunami. When a celebritys ask me anything on reddit goes wrong. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention. With ethan bortnick, jonathan bennett, lacey chabert, fatima ptacek. Anyone sitting down with their notepads out analyzing a film like this is just a scrooge.
International emmy kids awards 2015 best short award adult jury at toronto int. In 1936, paramount pictures turned anything goes into a movie musical. In an attempt to win his girlfriends affections, westley little puts it all on the line believing that when it comes to love, anything goes. A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment. A reboot of the 1982 film of the same name and the fourth installment overall in the poltergeist franchise, the film stars sam rockwell, rosemarie dewitt, jared harris and jane adams. Southbound is a 2015 american anthology horror film directed by radio silence, roxanne benjamin, david bruckner, and patrick horvath. Theres literally nothing to neil other than him doing absolutely anything, here goes that phrase again, and not actually using his powers for good. The film stars simon pegg, kate beckinsale, sanjeev bhaskar, rob riggle, eddie izzard and joanna lumley, with the voices provided by john cleese, terry gilliam, eric idle, terry jones, michael palin and robin williams in his final film role before his death in 2014. The scenic cinematography by ben nott is often beautiful, which distracts, at times, from the fact that the storyline is both convoluted in the most gratuitous way possible and that its enacted in the most unengaging way imaginable. The pace sags significantly at around the 90minute mark and never quite recovers from it with 48 minutes to spare.
It stars ed helms, christina applegate, skyler gisondo, steele stebbins, leslie mann, chris hemsworth, beverly dangelo, and chevy chase. Can an animated short be the best film at a festival. All aboard for this saucy and splendid production of anything goes, winner of three 2011 tony awards including best musical revival and choreography. With alex ashbaugh, jodi balfour, jordan hayes, martha macisaac. Since forming in 2010, florida georgia line has taken the songwriter skills honed from their early days in nashville and shredded them to bits, all while simultaneously using the deep roots of country music to build something new and totally. If anything goes were made on celluloid it would gather a higher rating.
Back to the jungle, was released directly to dvd on june 23, 2015. Vacation is a 2015 american road comedy film written and directed by jonathan goldstein and john francis daley in their directorial debuts. Anything goes is a 1934 musical with music and lyrics by cole porter. It doesnt need to be overthought, it is a hallmark production which follows a.
Awards, 1987 tony award for best revival 2002 laurence olivier award for best musical revival 2011 tony award for best revival of a musical. Whilst it is a stereotypical christmas film it is an archetypal example of what a christmas film should be. The original book was a collaborative effort by guy bolton and p. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from new york to london. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of howard lindsay and russel crouse. Bill benson and ted adams are to appear in a broadway show together and, while in paris, each discovers the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Anything goes is a 1956 american musical film directed by robert lewis, and starring bing crosby, donald oconnor, jeanmaire, and mitzi gaynor. Dh lawrence and sardinia mark cousins is lost somewhere over the rainbow. Poltergeist is a 2015 american supernatural horror film directed by gil kenan and written by david lindsayabaire. It is the fifth installment of the vacation film series, serving as a soft reboot. Produced by brad miska, the film premiered at the 2015 toronto international film festival on september 16, 2015, and was released theatrically on february 5. Victoria, a young spanish woman, meets four local guys outside a nightclub in berlin.
Like a lot of nights out on the town in major cities in our twenties, it goes on just a. Therefore, it is baffling to discover that for her third directorial effort, by the sea, she has produced a film that is such a borderline unendurable exercise in vapid selfindulgence that it almost feels like an exceptionally straightfaced parody of emptyheaded star vehicles. With bing crosby, ethel merman, charles ruggles, ida lupino. A decent enough song and dance movie, with great cole porter music and good dancing. She has clearly made a close study of 1930s film musicals and rings diverse variations on styles made famous by astaire, hermes pan and busby. Choreography is sponsored by virginia mcgehee friend. Anything goes princess theatre, melbourne 2015 youtube. Something, anything ashley shelton stars as a young woman finding her own way in paul harrills quietly assured writingdirecting debut. Each promises the prize role to the girl they selected without informing the other until they head back across the atlantic by liner with each man. To me this is a must see for audiences who are young adults although it can be viewed by. But the fact that the film is sweet does not make up for the fact that its probably a very generic story and even more generic execution. Most of the credit goes to michael pena, whose comic relief overshadows the fact that the movies hero paul rudd is himself a jokester.
The story kicks off when an american space probe launched in 1972 is intercepted by the intergalactic council voiced by the pythons. The fact that the film is short doesnt make its storyline feel any less padded. Anything goes performance on the 2011 tony awards youtube. Justin changs looks back at his top 10 films of 2015. Vice, where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. Sadly, the film kind of lets her down at a certain point. Wodehouse, the film is about two entertainers scheduled to appear in a broadway show who travel to europe, where each discovers the perfect leading lady for the. Keep in mind others with the same name of this title. Adapted from the 1934 stage musical anything goes by cole porter, guy bolton, and p.
You can tell that the cinematography for this film was done so passionately as well as the music in this film. The same goes for anybody thinking of watching this doa scifi thriller, which aims for mumblecore cred by casting mark duplass, possibly the least convincing brainy medical researcher in movie history. With sean kaufmann, vanessa broze, saffron cassaday, andrew martin priestman. Anything goes is generously sponsored by, george and duffy ftikas, margot kelly, hubert m. I think most would agree given some past 39 releases this year shot of kodak motion picture film.
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