The Dreamgirls cast is all smiles at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes ... possibly because audiences and critics are loving the weekend presentation of a 20-minute rough cut from the film. <>
USA Today: "Friday night's showing of Dreamgirls, which will arrive in U.S. theaters in December, seemed to whet the Cannes Film Festival crowd's appetite for more.
Fox News: "Simply gorgeous to watch, and sumptuous to hear, the Broadway musical has been totally reinvented by [Bill] Condon."
Monsters and Critics: "As writer of Chicago, Condon solved the musical-to-screen problem by using the conceit that all the musical numbers were taking place in the minds of the characters. But in Dreamgirls, he appears to be adopting a number of different strategies. In "Fake Your Way to the Top", Eddie Murphy as a performer with similarities to James Brown and Jackie Wilson, takes the novice performers on the road as Condon cuts between scenes illustrating the start of their building career.
Apparently the title number was the most impressive as "the camera swirls around the performers as their act matures and their gowns get glitzier."
Allegedly New behind the scenes video has been/is/will be posted to the Dreamgirls website, but, so far no updates.
Dreams Never Die (Obliquity via Towleroad)
Oscars 2007? Dreamgirls (Fox News)
Dreamgirls Supreme (USA Today)
Previously:
Showtune Thursdays (Rod 2.0) Philly Dreams (Rod 2.0) We Are Your Dreamgirls (Rod 2.0)
Oh, I cant wait to see this. Miss jennifer Hudson will be fabulous as EFFIE!
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