Bye Bye Birdie

Bye Bye Birdie is the musical I watched this weekend. I have not seen this musical in a while but the good and bad thing about movies if you see it once it doesn't change. This musical is not my favorite I believe that the actors are use to the stage productions not movie productions. This movie is based on Elvis Presley and when he was enlisted to go to war.

Conrad Birdie is the biggest rock & roll star of the 60's ever to be drafted. Aspiring chemist and song writer Albert is convinced he can make his fortune and marry his girlfriend Rosie if he gets Conrad on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss a high school girl goodbye. Albert's mother will do anything to break him up with Rosie. Kim and Hugo, the high school steadies, live in Sweet Apple, Ohio where most of the action takes place.

This movie was directed by George Sidney and it starred Dick Van Dicke, Janet Leigh, and Ann Margret

Annie

I watched the loving movie Annie this weekend. If you haven't heard of Annie you better watch this movie because it is a must for all musicals. Annie was made into a movie in 1982 and was directed by John Huston.

This movie takes place during the 1930's and is about an orphaned girl who lives in a terrible orphanage who is runned by Miss Hannigan. Annie's life changes when Mr. Oliver Warbuck sends his assistant to the orphanage and Annie is picked to stay at his house. You will have to watch the movie to see how it ends and if you do get a chance to watch or if you have seen it before tell me what you like about it. Have a nice night and see you Tomorrow. 

Oliver

Hello fellow bloggers,

 The musical I watched this week is Oliver. Oliver is based of the book Oliver Twist which is written by Charles Dickens. This was made into a musical in the 1930's and made into a movie in 1968. The movie version was directed by Sir Carol Reed and Mark Lester as Oliver.

This musical is about an orphaned boy who runs away from the orphanage and meets up with a group of boys who pick pockets. There is a more modern version of this musical which is August Rush. If you haven't seen either of these movies please do because they are both really good.

Country Strong

This weekend I watched Country Strong. Country Strong is about a country singer who had an acohol and drug addiction and she wasn't able to finish her tour. She also was pregnant at the time and lost her kid due to the addiction. A year later her husband which is also her producer and manager has reschedule the towns of the tour that she missed when she hasn't yet been cleared from the rehab center. In exchange for her to go on tour the hospital has sent Beau who is her care person through out her rehab process. Beau also singings on the tour.

This movie is written and directed by Shana Feste. The main actors are Gwynenth Paltrow (Kelly Canter), Tim McGraw (James Canter), Garrett Hedlund (Beau Hutton),  and Leighton Meester (Chiles Stanton). If you have not seen this movie it is a must but if you don't like country music you may not like it as much as others. PS there is a big ending which I do not like at all so go and watch it.