Suzy-Q Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 This was discussed in the 6/28 lecture, so I'll bite. Here are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. (I've excluded concert films and musical bios.) There are surely a bunch I have missed: 1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 2. The Graduate 3. Forrest Gump 4. A Mighty Wind (might even be considered a musical) 5. Saturday Night Fever 6. American Graffiti 7. Pulp Fiction 8. Easy Rider 9. Shaft 10. O Brother Where Art Thou 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kate Mz Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Gosford Park (2001): set in 1930s England, one of the characters is Ivor Novello, a popular Welsh songwriter and actor of that time. He's played by Jeremy Northam and is frequently called on to provide music for his fellow guests at the country house party (much to the chagrin of the cranky Maggie Smith!). One of the key scenes plays out as he sings the wistful "The Land of Might-Have-Been." 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Suzy-Q Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 How could I forget The Big Lebowski? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jim K Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 A Clockwork Orange 3 Link to post Share on other sites
MotherofZeus Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Pitch Perfect(s) Close Encounters of the Third Kind Star Wars The Man Who Knew Too Much The Buddy Holly Story Play Misty for Me The Sting Whiplash Mo Better Blues Birdland Cadillac Records Down With Love Florence Foster Jenkins The Blues Brothers Guardians of the Galaxy 1&2 That Thing You Do Pirate Radio The Fabulous Baker Boys Almost Famous I have more. These are the first to come to mind. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Marica Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Rio Bravo. It is so not a musical but that scene in the jailhouse with Rickie Nelson and Dean Martin singing make the movie so awesome. Oh! Let's not forget Walter Brennan accompanying on the harmonica! 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Whipsnade Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Think of the important role music played in setting the mood and moving the action in classic non-musicals. A few quickly come to mind: "King Kong" (1933), "Captain Blood" (1935), "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938), "Gone With the Wind" (1939), "Now, Voyager" (1942), "Casablanca" (1942), and "The Big Sleep" (1946). The presence of music, by itself, is not sufficient to make a movie a musical. I would never think of any of these as musicals, but I don't think of them without thinking of the music. It takes something more than just music and songs to make a film a musical; exactly what it takes, I'm still not sure. It is kind of like the Supreme Court's definition of pornography, "I don't know how to define it, but I know it when I see it." 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MotherofZeus Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 The Piano The Pianist The Soloist Stand By Me American Graffiti The Competition A Face in the Crowd Moonstruck Paris Blues Working on more. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
MotherofZeus Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Captain's Courageous Gilda The Killers Jaws Godfather I&II The Thomas Crown Affair (the original) Bird I think someone said Bridge On the River Kwai Sweet Dreams I'll stop now...I could go on forever, and I shouldn't. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MotherofZeus Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Suzy-Q said: How could I forget The Big Lebowski? One of my treasures in life. Link to post Share on other sites
Kathie2 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Goodfellas and Casino (?) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Miriam A Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Love Story the Great Race Trapeze Goodbye Girl Link to post Share on other sites
Kate Mz Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 The Blue Angel / Der Blaue Engel - Marlene Dietrich Bringing Up Baby - just the one song, but how can you go wrong with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, a dog, and a leopard? Sabrina The Man with the Golden Arm The Red Balloon Do the Right Thing Strictly Ballroom The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Muriel’s Wedding (what is it with ABBA in Australia in 1994?) Empire Records Trainspotting Run Lola Run Amélie 3 Link to post Share on other sites
BlueMoods Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Dazed and Confused Gone With the Wind (My mother had the soundtrack lp on vinyl) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
littlestroeder Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Guardians of the Galaxy, particularly the first one, was the first film I thought of when considering an example of non-musical films wherein music is used in a "disruptive way". I've long found the film's use of popular music to provide insight into Quill's (Chris Pratt) character rather fascinating, and I personally hadn't seen a non-musical film use popular music in the way that this film does, prior to seeing this film. I think it's a really interesting and crucial element of the film that people overlook or underestimate the emotional power of. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Jim K Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 14 hours ago, Kate Mz said: Bringing Up Baby - just the one song, but how can you go wrong with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, a dog, and a leopard? Or its use as one of the highlights of Born Yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites
MarkH Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Baby Driver ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
nohojim Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 6/28/2018 at 1:46 PM, Suzy-Q said: How could I forget The Big Lebowski? Well, the Creedence tape is certainly important. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Suzy-Q Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, nohojim said: Well, the Creedence tape is certainly important. More-- Just Dropped In (to see what condition my condition is in); The Theme From Branded (Scorned as the one who ran, what can you do when you're branded and you know you're a man) Link to post Share on other sites
kimalah Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 The John Hughes Movies (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, etc) Good Morning, Vietnam Platoon Garden State Barry Lyndon Do the Right Thing 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyWhit Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I didn’t see these named, but if I repeat, please excuse.... They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) — it’s a dance marathon, after all Annie Hall (1977) — who knew Keaton could carry a tune?....la de da, la de da.... The Blues Brothers (1980) — we’re gettin’ the band back together School of Rock (2003) — because it’s a long way to the top if you wan’na rock ‘n’ roll This Is Spinal Tap (1984) — because these go to 11 Ray (2004) — because he’s gonna make it do what it do, Baby might be a stretch, but how about From Here To Eternity (1953) — wouldn’t be the same without Prew and his horn 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyWhit Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 On 6/28/2018 at 4:25 PM, Jim K said: A Clockwork Orange Ludwig Van! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Suzy-Q Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 52 minutes ago, BunnyWhit said: I didn’t see these named, but if I repeat, please excuse.... They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) — it’s a dance marathon, after all Annie Hall (1977) — who knew Keaton could carry a tune?....la de da, la de da.... The Blues Brothers (1980) — we’re gettin’ the band back together School of Rock (2003) — because it’s a long way to the top if you wan’na rock ‘n’ roll This Is Spinal Tap (1984) — because these go to 11 Ray (2004) — because he’s gonna make it do what it do, Baby might be a stretch, but how about From Here To Eternity (1953) — wouldn’t be the same without Prew and his horn And Reenlistment Blues Link to post Share on other sites
Skibone Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I will say just about any Hitchock movie used music to move the story forward. Spellbound, Psycho, North by Northwest, and Stage Fright come to mind as excellent examples. The Thin Man might have been the movie most affected by music if not by a single instrument. Kiss Me Deadly Home Alone 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyWhit Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 On 6/28/2018 at 4:32 PM, Marica said: Walter Brennan accompanying on the harmonica! Then maybe Meet John Doe (1941) Link to post Share on other sites
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