Sundance selects launches with spike lees passing strange august 19, 2009. Passing strange, the best musical to not win a tony, is back. When passing strange closed on broadway, the pair was constantly asked what theatre projects were next. Passing strange is one of the best musicals ive seen. Passing strange original, musical, broadway opened in new york city feb 28, 2008 and played through jul 20, 2008. Strange has sundance woven through its dna, as the musical was developed in part at the sundance theater lab and the sundance directors lab, and lees film premiered at the 2009 sundance film festival. Billed as the first welshlanguage genre film, the passing is moody, atmospheric, well shot, well acted and utterly predictable. Spike lees document of the tony award winning musical passing.
The sheer artistry of the songwriting and complete. Rent passing strange 2009 starring colman domingo and deadre aziza on. Rebecca jones, colman domingo, eisa davis, chad goodridge, stew, daniel breaker, deadre aziza, spike lee. The passing is a film that, as with many other european offerings, traffics in subtle nuances over superfluous dialogue and gaudy digital theatrics. David byrne and spike lee plan for an american utopia. Lees diverse work as a director, as well as a screening of his new film passing strange, based on the hit broadway production of the same name. It opened on broadway in 2008, won plenty of critics awards and. Spike lee and francis ford coppola at siff 2009 film threat. Festival to feature emerging talent, prominent composers and icons of rock in film and live performances park city, ut sundance institute today announced the lineup of musicthemed films and events at the 2009 sundance film festival. The complete book and lyrics of the broadway musical applause libretto library stew on. It was written and directed by tom dicillo and narrated by johnny depp.
Passing strange 2009 123movies 123 movies watch full movie. With deadre aziza, daniel breaker, eisa davis, colman domingo. Sundance selects launches with spike lees passing strange. The musicals lyrics and book are by stew with music and orchestrations by heidi rodewald and stew. A theatrical stage production of the original broadway musical. From worst to best, here are the av clubs top 15 films of 2009, as determined by averaging voters ballots. The passing stranger is a 1954 british crime film written and directed by john arnold, produced by anthony simmons who also wrote the original film story and ian gibsonsmith, with leon clore serving as the film s executive producer, for harlequin productions. The bigdeal ghost story at this years fantastic fest may have been guillermo del toros crimson peak, but genre fans who longed for slowburn hauntings found a sleeper gem in. At the same time, people who are interested in commenting. Nonetheless, they put on a full show, and it was more than. Passing strange is a comedydrama rock musical about a young african americans artistic journey of selfdiscovery in europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction especially selfreferential humor, and the artistic journey. Passing strange is not only a lesson in the intricacies of class, race, and gender relations.
Making it, a song cycle about their personal breakup, which also became an album. Michael harbour filming a stage play is a fools game. Sharetweetemailfrom unexpected drama to shocking performances, mtvs 2009 video music awards managed once again to raise eyebrows and get people talking. This is a film of the last performance of the musical passing strange at the belasco theatre on july 20, 2008. Its very much the life i would have liked, but alas, i never was embraced by a group of crazy artists. The movie is basically canned musical theater, but this is one tonywinning broadway show thats well worth preserving and seeing. Aug 21, 2009 watch the movie trailer for passing strange 2009. Passing strange bears comparison not just to the great works of the american musical theatre but to literary landmarks like james baldwins another country and. The innovative new musical that won the 2008 tony award for best book and is soon to be a spike lee film. Watch a behindthescenes clip from the production of passing strange.
Seven made the top 50 list of highestgrossing films. Passing phase love like that click on a song name to listenpurchase it on. The film stars lee patterson, diane cilento and duncan lamont. Spike lee, stew and passing strange the new york times. Spike lee and francis ford coppola at siff 2009 film. Released august 21st, 2009, passing strange the movie stars stew, deadre aziza, daniel breaker, eisa davis the movie has. The play follows a young musician as he goes to europe and falls in with other artists. Spike lees astounding and explosive new film captures one of the great theatrical productions of recent memory. Those who didnt catch the musical passing strange when it was both on and off broadway, will now have a chance to get a closeup look at the show.
Also in 2009, the academy of motion picture arts and sciences announced that as of that year, their best picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five the first time since the 1943 awards. The author, daniel waters, takes a different approach to the series with passing strange. Sundance selects will feature one premiere title a month on demand, with plans to increase the offering to two premiere titles each month. This musical story of adolescent rebellion and artistic selfdiscovery, written by stew with music by him and heidi rodewald from the raw material of stews own life, simmered with energy and ideas, with sonic and verbal wit, but it also strained for a soaring. Passing strange the movie 2009 stream and watch online. This is a film of the last performance of the musical passing strange. Jul, 2017 high on my list of the best musicals of the past 10 years is passing strange, by songwriters stew and heidi rodewald.
Your guide to the latest plot twists and surprise endings, now playing at a theater near you. The footage was edited together into a motion picture that looks more like a pbs documentary than a film. If youve seen enough movies, youll probably do the same. Kate winslet asking nicely for an oscar and getting one, sean and mickey managing to compete while maintaining both decorum and fraternity, and the wholesale decency of the slumdog millionaire crew. Passing strange the movie 2009 cast and crew moviefone. But even as a literal translation, passing strange remains hugely entertaining, poignant, funny and thoughtful.
Directed by spike lee and starring deadre aziza, daniel breaker, eisa davis and colman domingo. Passing strange the movie is the spike leedirected film featuring the awardwinning broadway rock musical, passing strange. Its cheating to put a concert film on this list, but spike lees record of the final three performances of the musical passing strange takes you to church and. The 1984 talking heads concert film stop making sense, directed by jonathan demme, regularly rests atop lists of the best ever in the genre. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent passing strange the movie online on moviefone. The complete book and lyrics of the broadway musical. Passing strange the movie 2009 spike lees adaptation of the broadway show passing strange presents the portrait of a musician as a young man.
What most people missed, however, were the occult meanings encoded in the vmas. Its a shame really because every else is so well done but its all in service of a story. When i first saw passing strange on broadway a little more. Performances by stew and the cast of passing strange, from the film by spike lee based on the tony. When i first saw passing strange on broadway a little more than a year ago, i admired it, but with some reservations. The 2009 lineup includes artists cameron rafati, dr. Jan 16, 2009 the original broadway production of passing strange opened at the belasco theater in new york on feb.
The original broadway production of passing strange opened at the belasco theater in new york on feb. When youre strange is a 2009 music documentary film about the american rock band the doors. Passing strange 2009 streaming integral film efron. Let me start out by saying youll want to read the first two books in this series generation dead and kiss of life before picking up passing strange. The film begins with the bands formation in 1965, its development over the next two years, release of their debut album and subsequent albums and jim morrisons use of alcohol and drugs and subsequent death in paris in july 1971. Passing strange is one of those books with precisely the right title.
Great performances passing strange tv episode 2009 imdb. If you dont, youll be lost on the ins and outs of the plots and characters. Rent passing strange 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Feb 28, 2008 2009 film version movie name passing strange type filmed live on stage.
Smashes broadway cliches with an electric guitar and the funniest libretto i can remember. Le film a t produit avec une excellente qualit graphique, meilleur oreille busting qualite sonore et les plus beaux meilleurs acteurs. Here is a film that sets a melancholic mood aided in part by the marvelous score by jeremy hollandsmith the perfect metaphoric mirror to the weather of its setting. When i saw spike lees film adaptation, passing strange. Aug 19, 2009 passing strange is one of the best musicals ive seen. The innovative new musical that won the 2008 tony award for best book and is soon to be a spike lee film smashes broadway clichs with an electric guitar and the funniest libretto i can remember. Lee were in the timess offices this week to speak about the project, how they came to collaborate on it and what changes were made to the show for the film version. Moving and exciting not only because of book, music and performances. Harry potter and the halfblood prince 2009 film 9 hours ago. Director spike lees passionate adaptation of the thrilling broadway musical about a young bohemian who experiences sex, drugs and rock and roll on his journey to selfhood. Aug 24, 2009 passing strange the movie is the spike leedirected film featuring the awardwinning broadway rock musical, passing strange. As such, one could argue its cinematic merits and its broadway origins and cliches. Find out where passing strange is streaming, if passing strange is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.
But even as a literal translation,passing strange remains hugely entertaining, poignant, funny and thoughtful. In harry potters daniel radcliffes sixth year at hogwarts school of witchcraft, he finds a book marked mysteriously, this book is the property of the half blood prince, which helps him excel at potions. A rare welshlanguage release, this handsome s4cproduced chiller sustains itself for a while on the wordless rhythms and textures in the life of. Passing strange the movie 2009 cast and crew spike lees adaptation of the broadway show passing strange presents the portrait of a musician as a young man. Passing strange 2009 le streaming en ligne film musical. High on my list of the best musicals of the past 10 years is passing strange, by songwriters stew and heidi rodewald. Michael harbours rating of the film passing strange. The broadway show won the tony award in 2008 for best book of a musical. The passing stranger is a 1954 british crime film written and directed by john arnold, produced by anthony simmons who also wrote the original film story and ian gibsonsmith, with leon clore serving as the films executive producer, for harlequin productions. Circle award and drama desk award for best musical. Jan 01, 2010 let me start out by saying youll want to read the first two books in this series generation dead and kiss of life before picking up passing strange.