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I'd better offer one other warning. The subtitles in the Amazon streaming and Blu-Ray are below par. I think the Amazon ones are computer-generated and the Blu-Ray copied the streaming. When we discuss the movie we can talk about specific examples.

The answer we were looking for was Fiona.

Bruce is awesome but *bzzzt*! Try again. (Although Bruce is from Michigan too!)

How could you forget Neve's brother, What's-His-Name Campbell? He's ONLY one of the leads!

I just want to thank everyone for making other picks so I could be the one to bring Anna AND Elsa into Musical Mondays. It was quite generous of all of you.

No worries! KBell is definitely awesome but I admit I hadn't really heard of her. Until I re-discovered this movie recently the main thing I knew her for were the washer commercials with her husband Dax Shepard. (I also found out they are both Michiganders so that makes them even more awesome!)

"Have I got water in my ears or are you giving me guff?"

I forgot about this! Carrie Fisher is awesome!

Since Cameron H. set up my Internet Archive mention so beautifully I want to explain how i found this musical. I used to browse the Internet Archive for old movies and other entertainment. I found a stage performance of the song Little Mary Sunshine. I loved the performance and went searching. All I kept finding were stage performances. At some point I found the movie. Didn't like it at first but it grew on me. For this song and performance I love the transformation in Mary. To say any more would be to spoil it. Internet Archive

Unfortunately I've watched almost nothing else all week. I would watch the non-musical to compare but only after the musical. They changed the story to better fit a stage musical structure. This started as a stage musical in 1998 and then was filmed in 2004. The non-musical is available for free a lot of places but The Internet Archive is my recommendation. It will also come to play in my next post. If you get the soundtrack from Ghostlight records (the only soundtrack listed on Amazon) you also get the stage show soundtrack CD.

I'm so unimaginative. I had to pick another title that started with "Re". Good thing Repo! was already taken or that would have been my next pick.

(*inhales*)Given the nationwide trend toward legalization I thought it would be good to remind ourselves just what we're getting into. My pick, therefore, is Oh, wait, we just watched that. (*inhales again* WOW is this good stuff! The guy said my dancing would make Fred Astaire look like Barney Google.) I guess we should watch an educational film to make sure I understand the potential impacts. In that case my pick is I hear you say "But that's not a musical! And this is Musical Mondays!" Well, you're right on both counts. Or, ARE you? So now you ask, "How much does it cost?" I promise that you won't need to have more scratch than a sandpaper factory. Amazon Prime U.S. members can watch the streaming for free. Amazon streaming can also be rented or bought. YouTube has it for rent as well. **IMPORTANT NOTE** The Blu-Ray from Amazon is not worth it! It's not an official release and someone burns BD-R discs and sends them out with variable quality. They also have no features at all. Unfortunately the DVD can be higher-priced but is worth it in this case if you want a physical copy. (Also Amazon has several DVDs listed under the title and one goes to the original 1936 film.) Amazon streaming Amazon DVD Tell your children!

Amazon has Repo! streaming in HD to buy for $4.99. Pay the full cost, buy it so you have it whenever and avoid the Repo Man! Repo!

A quick non-Top Hat note: Repo! is available for HD streaming purchase on Amazon for $4.99. Repo!

The Green Mile has forever flavored Cheek to Cheek for me.

OK, OK. We all agree Astaire and Rogers are charming and delightful, yadda, yadda. I think we know what the definitive version of Cheek to Cheek is. [media=''] [/media]

Funny. I started bawling near the end when he finds the book.

Show him The Blob sometime. When he's a little older you can come out to Blob Fest and take part in the Run Out at the theater the scene was filmed at. http://www.phoenixvillefirst.org/blobfest/ [media=''] [/media]

I thought her sadness was remembering how she got the ducklings in the first place. Maybe she was hoping they'd run away.

It's a shame what happened to Thomas.

Unrelated to any of this, is anyone else having problems with the website refreshing a lot and/or playing short clips of odd music or ads?

This is excellent and I hadn't thought of any of it. I never really thought of Fred Astaire as effete but maybe because he usually had really good chemistry with his partners (or utterly charming in his tribute to Lionel Richie's music video). I admit thinking it about Danny Kaye because he never seemed to have much chemistry (like with Vera-Ellen in White Christmas). Weird. I need to think about this some more. I'm torn between feeling bad for Gene or admiring him more. It can be hard to dance with a chip on your shoulder but to have such balance and artistry at the same time? WOW!

Gina Lollobridgida thought that was very well written. (Gina! Hah! Get it? Gina? Gene? I'll show myself out.)