Musik & Musikaler

Grekiska gudar tar människogestalter på jorden för att inspirera människor. En av dem, Kira (Olivia Newton-John), bestämmer sig för att hjälpa artisten Sonny Malone (Michael Beck). Med lite hjälp av en man som Kira hjälpt 40 år tidigare, Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), lyckas Sonny bygga en stor discorink.<br/><br/>Xanadu blev Gene Kellys sista huvudroll i en spelfilm.<br/><br/>En något som så ovanligt en Sci-Fi musikal! En äkta klassiker och fantastisk filmmusik med bl.a Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, Cliff Richard, och The Tubes.<br/><br/>Titellåten Xanadu, där Newton-John sjunger tillsammans med ELO, som tog sig ända upp till förstaplatsen i England.

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Tom Hooper directs this Academy Award-winning big-screen adaptation of the stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel. Set in 19th-century France, the film tells the story of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a prisoner who breaks his parole and spends the next two decades fleeing from obsessive police inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). In his quest for personal redemption, Valjean adopts Cosette (Isabelle Allen/Amanda Seyfried), daughter of impoverished prostitute Fantine (Anne Hathaway), and is eventually elected as town mayor. But despite the events of the intervening years, can he ever really shake off his past? The ensemble supporting cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks. Hathaway won the Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA for her supporting performance. The film also won two additional Oscars and three BAFTAs, and received Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy and Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical Or Comedy (Jackman).<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Tom Hooper writes and directs this film adaptation of the stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' by T. S. Eliot. A gang of cats that call themselves the Jellicles prepare for the most important night of their lives, when one of them will be picked as the Jellicle choice and will elevate to the Heaviside Layer where they will be reincarnated into a life they could only dream of. The cast includes Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>A double bill of films detailing the life of musical comedienne Fanny Brice. In 'Funny Girl', Fanny (Barbra Streisand) is an aspiring star living in New York in the early 1900s. She has the chance to realize her ambition when she meets playboy Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), who introduces her to Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon). When Ziegfeld puts Fanny in his Follies, she becomes an instant hit. However, marriage to Nick is not a bed of roses. In the sequel, 'Funny Lady', it is the 1930s, and Fanny is now over Nick. She is due to wed impresario Billy Rose (James Caan), but the union proves to be a tempestuous one. Although Billy provides Fanny with several hit songs, she soon tires of his womanising.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Robert Walker stars in this biopic of 'Showboat' composer Jerome Kern. Starting out as a penniless composer, Kern finds early success after moving to England. It is there that he meets his future wife, but his return to America is followed by a fallow period, which only ends when he begins a successful collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

Klassiker från 1957 av George Sidney med Rita Hayworth och Frank Sinatra. Full av musik och dans i sanna Sinatra-anda!

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Double bill of musical romantic comedies plus the 2016 live stage adaptation. In 'Grease' (1978), after their summer romance ends, Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) are unexpectedly reunited at high school when the latter moves to Danny's town. However, their relationship stalls when it becomes apparent that Sandy is not 'cool' enough to date gang leader Danny. Hit songs include 'You're the One That I Want' and 'Greased Lightning'. In 'Grease 2' (1982) Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the bad girl who catches the attention of English exchange student Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield), who eventually wins her heart with the right moves and the right set of wheels. In the musical adaptation of the 1971 film 'Grease Live!' (2016), Aaron Tveit and Julianne Hough play the roles of Danny and Sandy. With their relationship stalling, Sandy is befriended by girl clique the Pink Ladies, headed by the meddling Rizzo (Vanessa Hudgens), who is also vying for Danny's affections. The cast also includes Carly Rae Jepsen and Didi Conn, the original Frenchie.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD / Box Set</i>