Tag: musical
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris’ strait-laced Minister of Justice. His first venture to the outside world finds him Esmeralda, a kind-hearted and fearless Romani woman who openly stands up to Frollo’s tyranny.
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The Fantasticks
Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos’ daughter Luiss and Ben’s son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their fathers’ interference. As the two youngsters fall in love, the fathers plot to end the ‘feud’ by hiring a traveling showman to fake an abduction…
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie and José Zúñiga as Paquito D’Rivera, this gripping jazz biopic is…
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Duets
Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
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Fantasia 2000
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original ‘Fantasia’ restores ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ and adds seven new shorts.
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Help! I’m a Fish
Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after consuming a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem: they must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.
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Mohabbatein
At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.
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The Fearless Four
Four aging animals, a dog, a cat, a donkey and a rooster escape from their former homes because they weren’t as productive and useful for their owners as they used to be. To avoid death, they all move out on a musical journey to Bremen to find a better life.
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HMS Pinafore
Captain’s daughter Josephine and common sailor Ralph Rackstraw are in love. However, their relationship is complicated by her arranged marriage to the high-ranking Sir Joseph Porter. A secret about the characters’ true identities revealed by Little Buttercup, which leads to a farcical resolution.
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Annamayya
A cinematic version of the life of famous Indian saint-poet, Annamayya (born May 1408), follows the spiritual awakening of the mystic composer Annamayya, who’s first motivated to write a song of praise after visiting a temple. His devotion is put to the test when he vows to fast until he comes face to face with…
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Babes in Toyland
With just days to go before presents are scheduled for Christmas delivery, Toyland is buzzing with activity. However, curmudgeonly creditor Barnaby Crookedman is hatching a devious scheme to destroy Toyland – meaning no presents for the world’s children! Siblings Jack and Jill, alongside toy factory workers Tom and Mary, rush into action to stop the…
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The Harmonists
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the “Comedian Harmonists”, from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish.
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Hero No. 1
Rajesh and Meena fall in love and want to get married. But Meena’s grandfather rejects Rajesh without seeing him because of a terrible encounter with Rajesh’s father. Rajesh pretends to be a servant and finds employment in Meena’s house to try and win her family over.