8/31/2023 0 Comments Flawless 2007 movie soundtrack![]() But when all is said and done, the full cut of Once Upon a Time in America is one of the top five best gangster movies of all-time. Some of the content is extremely heavy and pushes the boundary, even for a gangster film. De Niro gives one of the best performances of his career as a conflicted, opium sick, mobster dreamer. It’s a decades-spanning story of friendship and loyalty in the mob in New York City. It wasn’t until 2012 that the restored 255-minute version was made available to the public - which is a shame because it’s such a terrific film. If the confusion wasn’t enough, the film was further censored for explicit content. The result of the cuts was mass confusion amongst audiences. He conceded to a 229-minute version but the American version was further cut without his permission to 139 minutes. Leone cut it down to 269 minutes but the studio was not satisfied with his attempts at shortening it. He originally wanted the film to be split into two three-hour features but the studio told him he had to cut it into one film. It was the final film of Sergio Leone’s legendary career and the only film he completed in the last thirteen years of his life. This article originally appeared on Upon a Time in America is one of the craziest films ever made. (Spoiler alert: Tracy still comes out on top.) But that didn’t stop NBC from including it in the live version. ?Amber Didn’t Sing “Cooties” in the MovieĪpparently the movie producers thought that Tracy had suffered enough teasing throughout the first three-fourths of the movie because Amber didn’t perform the song “Cooties,” which is all about making fun of Tracy. Featured in “I Can Hear The Bells” (as you can see above), Tracy still gets taken down by a ball, but not nearly to the degree that she did on TV. If this didn’t look familiar to those who love the 2007 movie, it’s because they snuck the dodgeball knockout into one of the songs. Similar to that of the original 1988 film, the dodgeball scene was definitely prominent - with Tracy getting totally clocked by Amber. There were quite a few over-the-top, high-pitched endings to her numbers that Pfeiffer definitely didn’t attempt on the silver screen. While Michelle Pfeiffer made for one classic evil lady in the movie role of Velma, it was apparent that a Broadway star had taken her place in the live-action TV special. Velma Von Tussle Did a Lot More High-Pitched Singing But Garrett Clayton certainly got his solo in Hairspray Live!, crooning to all of the ladies - mostly a flustered Tracy - and making Efron lovers everywhere wish this scene had been part of the 2007 movie version. ![]() The film had a limited release in the United States on 28 March 2008. It premiered 11 February 2007 in Germany. Just like “Mama, I’m A Big Girl Now,” Link Larkin’s swoon-worthy love song was on the movie’s soundtrack, but not a scene in the film. Flawless is a 2007 British fictional heist crime film directed by Michael Radford, written by Edward Anderson, and starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore. “It Takes Two” Wasn’t a Thing in the Movie While the track is Link’s song in the movie (as played by Efron), it was Derek Hough’s Corny Collins’ tune in the TV musical. “Ladies’ Choice” Was Sung by a Different Dreamy DudeĪs indicated by the song’s name, “Ladies’ Choice” is a tune fit for a hunk - but apparently not always the same hunk. But in Hairspray Live!, Tracy sings “I Can Hear The Bells” in the Corny Collins Show studio before she tries to audition for the show. In the movie, this scene took place at school, with Tracy and Penny walking the halls as Tracy daydreams about being with the handsome heartthrob Link Larkin (and eventually creeps on him in the bathroom). The Location of “I Can Hear The Bells” Changed There were a few songs included in Hairspray Live! that didn’t make it into the movie, but with one track it was the opposite situation: “New Girl In Town,” performed by Brittany Snow’s Amber in the movie, was totally cut from the live-action special. Perhaps it was the joke about the girl getting hit by a moving van at the very end of the song … Staging it was apparently not a challenging task for the Hairspray Live! gang, because it was flawless. But it was one of the first numbers in the live TV special, featuring Penny Pingleton ( Ariana Grande), Amber Von Tussle (Dove Cameron) and Tracy Turnblad ( Maddie Baillio) and their moms. While this song did make it onto the movie’s soundtrack, the scene was too difficult to stage for the movie version, so they put the track in the credits rather than featuring it in the film. “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” Wasn’t Staged in the Movie ![]() 'Hairspray Live!': The Best and Worst Moments From the Live TV Broadcast
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