An absolute treat watching Christopher Walken perform an amazing dance/tap number (I had forgotten his dance background) and Bernadette Peters gives a moving performance as Eileen. “I saw it onstage with the great Cyril Ritchard [who played Hook]. Walken is a Broadway baby who has been hoofing it since he was a kid. Set during the Depression, it features lyp-synced songs from the greats of that era, including Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. It was like a Fred Astaire musical, but in color, if I had to make a comparison (even though I've only seen clips of Astaire). Unable to add item to List. Very good.”), The actor is proudest of his work in real musicals. surprising lip sink of robust 30s musical numbers and terrific choreography. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I Live On Glass Plaque with Inspiring Quotes 4"x6" - Classic Horizontal Tabletop De... Masterpiece: The Durrells in Corfu Season 2 DVD, Dexsa Broken Chain 6 x 9 Wood Plank Look Wall Art Plaque. Pennies from Heaven (1978 British Miniseries), Pennies From Heaven (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2014. For 10 people. Bingo its back! Darling and Smee, says, “Whenever Hook needs to ruminate, he needs to do it to a specific tempo. One scene I liked in particular involved a teacher and her class full of schoolchildren. Other than that, I noticed little things (aided by internet research while I watched it), like a recreation of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks painting in one scene. Hell, the entire cast gives great dancing performances. Full marks all round. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. If so, then it made its point very well. Hell, the entire cast gives great dancing performances. But then again, it could have been another dream sequence. In the 1981 film "Pennies From Heaven," starring Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters, Walker performs a show-stopping tap routine. Although this is a Spanish import with English sub-titles, it was easy to re-configure with on-screen guidance. Definitely a collectors item. And the schoolteacher he meets is like his Ginger Rogers (with shades of Jean Harlow and Mae West). Please try again. Going to dancing school, it had nothing to do with being a dancer,” he says. Wording needs to be changed a bit so that it doesn't feel like "bait and switch" or "false advertising". Full marks all round. So don't be like us, be sure to read the entire sentence....lol. Instead of happening directly within the story, which most of the time takes you out of the cinematic experience (after all, who really breaks into song in real life? “It was after dinner when we started and I think we went till about 8 o’ clock in the morning.” For his flight across the lobby, he wore no padding. The story focused on a dreamer who loved music, but couldn't earn a living. Otherwise, we absolutely love and appreciate having Prime Video included in our Prime subscription. In “Peter Pan,” he will tango, waltz, do a tarantella and also have time for his favorite, tap. Big thing of ice. The supplier was polite and delivery time was very good. I didn't make that picture because I enjoy walking a tightrope. They’d worked with Walken, now 71, on the film version of the musical “Hairspray” and knew he’d be perfect. First off, those who don't particularly like musicals probably won't think twice about seeing this, but it is worth a watch. That production, which starred Carrie Underwood, was a huge hit for NBC, with an audience of 22 million viewers. It spent the entire movie building on this depression, and then it opts to end it happily. Terms of Use Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2015. A bit misleading. If so, then it made its point very well. He’s making the role his own.”, Walken tells the story more modestly. All-star musical follows Steve Martin,as a womanizing sheet-music salesman who's married to hapless Jessica Harper,but carries on an affair with a schoolteacher, Tony-winner Bernadette Peters. I was in numbers like ‘Sheik of Araby.’ I did ‘Huckleberry Finn,’ a number called ‘Shoeshine Boy.’ ”, He sings a few bars of the song in a very deep voice: “I’m a shoeshine boy/Never go to school.”. ), they present all but one of the songs as fantasy/dream sequences which are obviously lip-synched. Getting used to your shoes and your hat,” says Walken, who does the treadmill for a half hour each day to stay in shape. ), they present all but one of the songs as fantasy/dream sequences which are obviously lip-synched. This makes the musical numbers even more of a necessity because these eventually are the only uplifting moments in the film.
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