Here is the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list. Note that GREASE is NOT #3.
Film Year Studio 1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 MGM 2 West Side Story 1961 United Artists 3 The Wizard of Oz 1939 MGM 4 The Sound of Music 1965 20th Century Fox 5 Cabaret 1972 Allied Artists 6 Mary Poppins 1964 Disney 7 A Star Is Born 1954 Warner Bros. 8 My Fair Lady 1964 Warner Bros. 9 An American in Paris 1951 MGM 10 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 MGM 11 The King and I 1956 20th Century Fox 12 Chicago 2002 Miramax 13 42nd Street 1933 Warner Bros. 14 All That Jazz 1979 20th Century Fox 15 Top Hat 1935 RKO 16 Funny Girl 1968 Columbia 17 The Band Wagon 1953 MGM 18 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 Warner Bros. 19 On the Town 1949 MGM 20 Grease 1978 Paramount 21 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 MGM 22 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Disney 23 Guys and Dolls 1955 MGM 24 Show Boat 1936 Universal 25 Moulin Rouge! 2001
5 comments:
Grease? GREASE?
They're joking, right?
I can list 50 musicals better than GREASE. Pitiful.
Jeff
Here is the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list. Note that GREASE is NOT #3.
Film Year Studio
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 MGM
2 West Side Story 1961 United Artists
3 The Wizard of Oz 1939 MGM
4 The Sound of Music 1965 20th Century Fox
5 Cabaret 1972 Allied Artists
6 Mary Poppins 1964 Disney
7 A Star Is Born 1954 Warner Bros.
8 My Fair Lady 1964 Warner Bros.
9 An American in Paris 1951 MGM
10 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 MGM
11 The King and I 1956 20th Century Fox
12 Chicago 2002 Miramax
13 42nd Street 1933 Warner Bros.
14 All That Jazz 1979 20th Century Fox
15 Top Hat 1935 RKO
16 Funny Girl 1968 Columbia
17 The Band Wagon 1953 MGM
18 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 Warner Bros.
19 On the Town 1949 MGM
20 Grease 1978 Paramount
21 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 MGM
22 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Disney
23 Guys and Dolls 1955 MGM
24 Show Boat 1936 Universal
25 Moulin Rouge! 2001
Jeff
I admit that I did a double-take when I saw Grease on that list.
Hey Bill,
What, no HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2?
Stephen
How could they have missed that one?
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