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Jukebox musical

A jukebox musical is a stage or film musical that uses previously released popular songs as its musical score. Usually the songs have in common a connection with a particular popular musician or group — either because they were written by, or for, the artists in question, or were at least covered...
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Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic musical film by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth and on Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. It tells the story of a young British poet/writer, Christian...

Initial release date:

  • 2001

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Rating:

FSK 12

Runtime:

  • 127 min (76.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 52,500,000 (US$)

A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British comedy film written by Alun Owen starring The Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was directed by Richard Lester and originally released by...

Initial release date:

  • 1964

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 87 min (52 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost is a 2000 adaptation of the comic play of the same name by William Shakespeare, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. It was the first feature film to be made of this lesser-known comedy. Branagh's fourth film of a...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 31, 2000

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Screenplay by:

At Long Last Love

At Long Last Love is an American motion picture musical that was released in 1975. It was directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The film, with a screenplay by Bogdanovich, tries to pay homage to the great Hollywood musicals of the 1930s such as Swing Time...

Initial release date:

  • 1975

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American Pop

American Pop (or An American Pop) is a 1981 American animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film tells the story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music....

Initial release date:

  • Feb 13, 1981

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Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

Screenplay by:

Can't Stop the Music

Can't Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. It is a pseudo-biography of disco's Village People which bears only a vague resemblance to the actual story of the group's formation. It was produced by Thorn EMI Screen...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 20, 1980

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 124 min (74.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 20,000,000 (US$)

Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated feature film based on the music of The Beatles. It is also the title for the soundtrack album to the feature film, released as part of the Beatles' music catalogue. The film was directed by animation producer...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 6, 1968

Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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Help!

Help! is a 1965 film starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr and featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill. The soundtrack was released as an album, also called...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 29, 1965

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

Produced by:

Across the Universe

At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios’ Across the Universe is a groundbreaking movie musical, springing from the imagination of renowned writer-director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical ...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 14, 2007

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 131 min (78.6 hs )
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