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A Christmas Story: The Musical
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A Christmas Story
The Musical
Music
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Lyrics
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Book
Joseph Robinette
Basis
A Christmas Story
by Jean Shepherd
Leigh Brown
Bob Clark
Productions
2009 Kansas City, Missouri
2010 Seattle, Washington
2011 National tour
2012 Broadway
2013 National tour
2017 Live television
A Christmas Story: The Musical is a musical version of the film A Christmas Story. The musical has music and lyrics written by Pasek & Paul and the book by Joseph Robinette. The musical takes place in the 1940s in Indiana and focuses on a child named Ralphie, who wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas.
After numerous regional productions, out of town tryouts and national tours, this version of the musical originally officially opened on Broadway in November 2012 at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre for a limited engagement that ran through December 2012.
Contents
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1 Production history
1.1 New York City
1.2 National Tour
1.3 Regional productions
2 Characters
3 Musical numbers
4 Critical reception
5 Nominated awards
5.1 Original Broadway production
6 TV special
7 References
8 External links
Production history[edit]
The musical premiered at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Missouri in December 2009. The music and lyrics for that version were written by Scott Davenport Richards; the musical was directed by Eric Rosen with the book by Joseph Robinette, and featured John Bolton as "The Old Man" and Anne L. Nathan as Mother.[1] Zachary Sayle appeared as Ralphie Parker and Jake Siegfried as younger brother, Randy Parker. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul were hired to re-do the score after the Kansas City engagement.[2]
A Christmas Story: The Musical opened at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, on December 9, 2010[3] and ran through December 30, 2010. The director was Eric Rosen with choreography by Kelly Devine, and a cast that featured John Bolton and Anne Allgood as The Old Man and Mother.[4] A national tour in 2011 followed, ending at the Chicago Theatre.[5]
New York City[edit]
The musical had a limited run in Manhattan in 2012 and 2013. It opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 19, 2012 (after previews beginning November 7), and closed on December 30, 2012. The musical was directed by John Rando with choreography by Warren Carlyle. The cast featured Dan Lauria as Jean Shepherd, John Bolton as The Old Man, Caroline O'Connor as Miss Shields, Erin Dilly as Mother, Zac Ballard as Randy, and with Johnny Rabe and Joe West both alternating as lead character Ralphie, played in the 1983 film by Peter Billingsley, one of the show's producers.[6][7] The Broadway producers were Gerald Goehring, Roy Miller, Michael F. Mitri, Pat Flicker Addiss, Peter Billingsley, Timothy Laczynski, Mariano Tolentino, Jr., Louise H. Beard, Michael Filerman, Scott Hart, Alison Eckert, Bob Bartner, Michael Jenkins, Angela Milonas and Bradford W. Smith.
The production returned to New York for a limited engagement at The Theater at Madison Square Garden that ran from December 11, 2013 to December 29, 2013. The principals included Dan Lauria, John Bolton, Erin Dilly and Caroline O'Conner reprising their roles. The character of "Ralphie" was played by Jake Lucas with Eli Tokash at some performances. The role of 'Randy' was played by Noah Baird.[8]
National Tour[edit]
A seasonal national tour of the show has run yearly since 2014. Directed by Matt Lenz the tour is based on the original staging by John Rando with choreography by Warren Carlyle. Sets are by Michael Carnahan, Lighting design by Charlie Morrison and Costumes by Lisa Zinni.
Regional productions[edit]
The musical has had several regional productions, including the more recent productions running at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia and at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, both productions running from November 2015 through January 2016.[9][10]
The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle had once served as a regional venue for the musical, hosting it from November to December 2014.[11] Additionally, the musical ran during the 2013 season in at the Wang Theatre in Boston, the Woodlawn Theatre in San Antonio, Texas and the Bushnell Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. [12]
Characters[edit]
Ralphie: A little boy who wants a Red Ryder Carbine Action Range Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock and a thing that tells time.
Jean Sheperd: Old Ralphie who tells the story.
The Old Man: The gruff father of Ralphie.
Mother: The glue who holds the family together.
Randy: Ralphie's kid brother. Sweet and annoying.
Miss Shields: Ralphie's teacher.
Schwartz: Ralphie's foul mouthed friend.
Flick: Ralphie's dim friend who sticks his tongue on a flag pole.
Scut Farkus: The class bully who gets beaten up by Ralphie.
Grover Dill: Scut's right hand man.
Esther Jane: Ralphie's love interest.
Mary Beth: Esther Jane's best friend.
Santa: A mean old mall Santa.
Musical numbers[edit]
Act 1
"Overture" - Orchestra
"It All Comes Down to Christmas" - Ralphie, the Parkers, and Ensemble
"Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun" - Ralphie and Jean
"It All Comes Down to Christmas (Reprise)" - Ralphie and Company
"The Genius on Cleveland Street" - The Old Man and Mother
"When You're a Wimp" - Kids
"Ralphie to the Rescue!" - Ralphie, Miss Shields, the Old Man, Mother, Randy, and Ensemble
"What a Mother Does" - Mother
"A Major Award" - The Old Man, Mother, and Neighbors
"Parker Family Singalong" - The Parkers
"Act One Finale" - Ralphie and Ensemble
Act 2
"Entr’acte" - Orchestra
"Sticky Situation" - Ralphie, Flick, Schwartz, Kids, Miss Shields, Nurse, Flick's Mom, Fireman, Policeman, and Doctor
"You'll Shoot Your Eye Out" - Miss Shields and Kids
"Just Like That" - Mother
"At Higbee's" - Elves
"Up on Santa's Lap" - Santa, Elves, Ralphie, Randy, and Kids
"Before the Old Man Comes Home" - The Parkers
"Somewhere Hovering Over Indiana" - Ralphie, Randy, and Kids
"Ralphie to the Rescue! (Reprise)" - Ralphie and Ensemble
"A Christmas Story" - The Parkers and Full Company
Critical reception[edit]
The reviewer of the Seattle production wrote:
Just about every nostalgic, humorous vignette, celebrating a kind of quirky childhood innocence enshrined in America's past, gets an up-tempo romp in the polished, very busy score.... performed with vigor by an admirable cast of 33.... But overall, 'A Christmas Story' looks spiffy, with Walt Spangler's snow-cave design brightened by giant Christmas packages and trees and Howell Binkley's twinkly-tastic lighting. If it's too long a haul, there's a lot here to please kids.[13]
Charles Isherwood, in his review of the Broadway production for The New York Times, wrote:
[T]he stage version lightens up a little on the cute, smart-alecky asides ... making room for the music and allowing the story mostly to speak for itself.... Mr. Pasek and Mr. Paul have provided a likable, perky score that duly translates all of the major episodes in the story into appropriate musical numbers.[14]
Nominated awards[edit]
The production received two Outer Critics Circle Award nominations but did not win: Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Lauria).[15]
The musical received six Drama Desk Award nominations (58th Drama Desk Awards).[16] as well as three Tony Award nominations (Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre) for the 67th Tony Awards,[17] however it did not win any.
Original Broadway production[edit]
Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
2013 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New Broadway Musical Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Dan Lauria Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical John Bolton Nominated
Outstanding Choreography Warren Carlyle Nominated
Outstanding Music Pasek & Paul Nominated
Outstanding Book of a Musical Joseph Robinette Nominated
Outstanding Orchestrations Larry Blank Nominated
Tony Award
(67th) Best Musical Nominated
Best Book of a Musical Joseph Robinette Nominated
Best Original Score Pasek & Paul Nominated
TV special[edit]
Main article: A Christmas Story Live!
In May 2017, the Fox Broadcasting Company announced that it will air a live television event based on the Broadway musical version titled, A Christmas Story Live!, with Pasek and Paul composing several new songs for the live television musical. The live musical was televised on December 17, 2017, with the cast that starred Maya Rudolph as Ralphie's mother,[18] Matthew Broderick as The Narrator/Older Ralphie,[19] 11-year-old Andy Walken in the lead role of Ralphie Parker, Jane Krakowski as Miss Shields, Chris Diamantopoulos as Ralphie's father,[20] and Ana Gasteyer as Mrs. Schwartz, the mother of one of Ralphie's friends.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Siraguso, Frank. "'A Christmas Story, the Musical!' at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Review" infozine.com, December 6, 2009
Jump up ^ Piepenburg, Erik. "That Wish for a BB Gun, Set to Song and Dance" New York Times, December 5, 2011
Jump up ^ "5th Avenue Theatre Presents 'A Christmas Story'". Broadwayworld.com, November 9, 2010
Jump up ^ Bacalzo, Dan. "Anne Allgood, John Bolton, Clarke Hallum, Orville Mendoza, et al. Set for 5th Avenue Theatre's 'A Christmas Story: The Musical!'" at theatermania.com, October 19, 2012
Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth. "John Rando Will Direct 'Christmas Story' Tour; John Bolton, Gene Weygandt, Rachel Bay Jones Star" Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. playbill.com, September 30, 2011
Jump up ^ Oxfeld, Jesse.Review of A Christmas Story: The Musical, The Observer, November 19, 2012.
Jump up ^ Listing playbillvault.com, accessed May 2, 2013
Jump up ^ Hetrick, Adam. "'A Christmas Story, The Musical' Ends New York City Return Engagement Dec. 29" Playbill, December 29, 2013
Jump up ^ "'A Christmas Story the Musical' Listing" walnutstreettheatre.org, accessed October 18, 2015
Jump up ^ "Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn announces groundbreaking lineup for 2015-16 season" NJ.com, accessed February 24, 2015
Jump up ^ "Press Release. A Christmas Story, the Musical" 5thavenue.org, October 28, 2014
Jump up ^ name=adam Hetrick, Adam. "'A Christmas Story, The Musical' Will Return for 2013 Holiday Season" Archived May 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill, April 10, 2013
Jump up ^ Berson, Misha. Review: Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre stages a twinkly, funny 'A Christmas Story'" The Seattle Times, December 16, 2010.
Jump up ^ Isherwood, Charles. Charles Isherwood review of A Christmas Story, the Musical, New York Times, November 19, 2012
Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew (13 May 2013). "Pippin Is Big Winner of 2012-13 Outer Critics Circle Awards". Playbill. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ Hetrick, Adam (20 May 2013). "Billy Porter, Andrea Martin, Pippin, Matilda, Vanya and Sonia Win Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
Jump up ^ Purcell, Carey (9 June 2013). "Kinky Boots, Vanya and Sonia, Pippin and Virginia Woolf? Are Big Winners at 67th Annual Tony Awards". Playbill. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
Jump up ^ "'A Christmas Story' Live Musical Set at Fox". Variety. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
Jump up ^ McPhee, Ryan. "Matthew Broderick Joins Cast of Fox’s 'A Christmas Story Live!' " Playbill, September 21, 2017
Jump up ^ McPee, Ryan. "Jane Krakowski and Chris Diamantopoulos Join Fox’s 'A Christmas Story Live!' " Playbill, October 18, 2017
External links[edit]
A Christmas Story: The Musical at the Internet Broadway Database
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El Dorado (1966 film)
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This article is about the 1966 film. For other uses, see El Dorado (disambiguation).
El Dorado
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Produced by
Howard Hawks
Screenplay by
Leigh Brackett
Based on
The Stars in Their Courses
1960 novel
by Harry Brown
Starring
John Wayne
Robert Mitchum
James Caan
Charlene Holt
Paul Fix
Music by
Nelson Riddle
Cinematography
Harold Rosson
Edited by
John Woodcock
Production
company
Laurel Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date
December 17, 1966 (1966-12-17) (Japan)
June 7, 1967 (1967-06-07) (USA)
Running time
126 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$4,653,000[1]
Box office
$5,950,000 (US/ Canada)[N 1][2][3]
El Dorado is a 1966 American Western film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Written by Leigh Brackett and loosely based on the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Harry Brown, the film is about a gunfighter who comes to the aid of an old friend—a drunken sheriff struggling to defend a rancher and his family against another rancher trying to steal their water. The gunfighter and drunken sheriff are helped by an aging Indian fighter and a young gambler. The supporting cast features James Caan as the young gambler, Charlene Holt, Ed Asner, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt, Michele Carey, and Christopher George.
El Dorado was filmed on location in Tucson, Arizona and Kanab, Utah, and was shot in Technicolor. The paintings in the credits are by artist Olaf Wieghorst, who makes a brief appearance as Swede Larsen in the film. The musical score was composed by Nelson Riddle. Paramount Pictures delayed the release of the film in the United States to avoid competing against another Paramount film, Nevada Smith with Steve McQueen. The film was first released in Japan on December 17, 1966, and was finally released in the United States on June 7, 1967. The film received critical praise and was successful at the box office, generating North American rentals of $5,950,000 on box-office receipts of $12 million.[4]
El Dorado is the second of three films directed by Hawks about a sheriff defending his office against belligerent outlaw elements in the town, after Rio Bravo (1959) and before Rio Lobo (1970), both also starring Wayne in approximately the same role. The plotlines of all three films are almost similar enough to qualify El Dorado and Rio Lobo as remakes. Dean Martin had portrayed the drunken sheriff in Rio Bravo, preceding Mitchum in the part, while Walter Brennan played the wild old man role later rendered by Arthur Hunnicutt, and Ricky Nelson appeared as a gunslinging newcomer similar to Caan in El Dorado.
Members of the Western Writers of America chose the film's theme as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[5]
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Poem
5 Reception
5.1 Critical response
6 Comic book adaption
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Cole Thornton, a gunslinger-for-hire, is hired by wealthy rancher Bart Jason to help him in a range war with the McDonald family in the Texas town of El Dorado. The local sheriff, an old friend of Thornton, J. P. Harrah gives Cole more details that Jason had deliberately left out, including the possibility of having to side against Harrah. Unwilling to fight his friend, Thornton quits, to the relief of saloon owner Maudie, who is in love with Thornton (and was for a time a romantic interest of Harrah's).
The McDonald's learn of Thornton's presence in town. Fearing that he might come for them, Kevin McDonald puts his youngest son, Luke, on guard. When Thornton passes by on his way back from rejecting Jason's offer, Luke, who has fallen asleep, wakes and fires a wild warning shot whereupon Thornton reflexively shoots him. Luke is still alive when Thornton finds him, but he refuses treatment based upon the belief that a gut-shot man wouldn't have a chance anyway and commits suicide when Thornton turns his back on him.
Thornton subsequently brings the boy's body to the McDonald ranch and offers an explanation. The only McDonald daughter, Joey, impulsively rides off before Thornton can finish his story and ambushes him shortly thereafter. Her shot is not fatal, but the bullet lodges next to Thornton's spine and in time begins to trouble him by occasionally pressing against the spinal cord, causing temporary paralysis of his right side. The local doctor, Dr. Miller, does not have the skill to remove the bullet and Thornton soon departs El Dorado for a new job.
Several months later, Thornton runs into another gunslinger-for-hire named Nelson McLeod and a young greenhorn named Mississippi, who has come for revenge against one of McLeod's men for the murder of his old friend and mentor, Johnny Diamond. McLeod has been hired by Jason for the same job Thornton turned down and Thornton hears from McLeod about how Harrah has turned into a drunk after an unhappy love affair. Thornton decides to return to El Dorado, hoping to save Harrah from being gunned down by McLeod and his men. He is followed by Mississippi who also wishes to help, despite his lack of experience and terrible aim with a gun.
Once Thornton and Mississippi arrive in El Dorado, they hear more of the story behind Harrah's change. The two men then join with Deputy Sheriff Bull in order to get Harrah sober and cleaned up. Mississippi contributes an old folk recipe for a hangover that he learned from Johnny Diamond, promising it will make any man unable to drink liquor for a while. The concoction proves to be violently effective, and leaves Harrah sober and furious. Within a day of their arrival, McLeod and his men also come to El Dorado and are hired on by Bart Jason. When one of them shoots one of the McDonald's, Thornton, Harrah, Bull and Mississippi chase the shooter and his friends into an old church and then into Jason's saloon. Harrah arrests Jason and takes him to the jail for his part in the shooting of the McDonald. Later that night, Thornton and Mississippi decide to patrol the town in the hope of keeping the peace and are deputized by Bull. There is another shoot-out with McLeod and his men, which results in a minor leg injury for Harrah.
The next day, Maudie sends a message to Thornton and his friends, stating that McLeod's men are frightening her and her patrons. When Thornton and Mississippi go to help her, they are ambushed and Thornton has an attack that leaves him partially paralyzed and captured by McLeod. Subsequently, McLeod trades the injured Thornton for Bart Jason, a trade to which Harrah agrees, despite knowing that doing so will mean that nothing will stand in the way of McLeod going after the McDonald's.
Sure enough, McLeod and his men shortly thereafter kidnap one of the McDonald's in order to force Kevin McDonald to sign over his water rights to Jason. Thornton and the others are forced to quickly come up with a plan to rescue Kevin McDonald's son and neutralize Jason and McLeod. Despite Thornton's paralysis and Harrah's leg injury, the two of them, along with Bull and Mississippi, return to town on wagons. While Thornton distracts Jason and McLeod outside of the front of the saloon, Mississippi, Harrah and Bull attack from the rear. The kidnapped McDonald is rescued, with a little help from Joey McDonald. Jason, McLeod and his men are killed, and order is restored to El Dorado. Thornton also begins to imply that he may discontinue his wandering ways in order to stay in the town with Maudie.
Cast[edit]
John Wayne as Cole Thornton
Robert Mitchum as Sheriff J.P. Harrah
James Caan as Alan Bourdillion Traherne, nicknamed "Mississippi"
Charlene Holt as Maudie
Paul Fix as Dr. Miller
Arthur Hunnicutt as Bull Harris
Michele Carey as Josephine "Joey" MacDonald
R. G. Armstrong as Kevin MacDonald
Ed Asner as Bart Jason
Christopher George as Nelson McLeod
Marina Ghane as Maria
Robert Donner as Milt (McLeod gang)
John Gabriel as Pedro
Johnny Crawford as Luke MacDonald
Jim Davis as Jim Purvis (Bart Jason's foreman)
Adam Roarke as Matt MacDonald
John Mitchum as Elmer (Jason's bartender)
Chuck Roberson as Jason's gunman
Don Collier as Deputy Joe Braddock
Olaf Wieghorst as Swede Larsen
Production[edit]
Leigh Brackett wrote the original script which she described as "the best script I had ever done in my life. It wasn't tragic, but it was one of those things where Wayne died at the end." However she says the closer they got to production "the more we got into doing Rio Bravo over again the sicker I got, because I hate doing things over again. And I kept saying to Howard I did that, and he'd say it was okay, we could do it over again."[6]
Mitchum later said, "When Howard called me, I said, 'What's the story?' and he said, 'No story, just characters' and that's the way it was. Did one scene, put it away, did another, put it away."[7]
Shot at Old Tucson Studios just west of Tucson, Arizona, as well as in and around Kanab, Utah, from October 1965 to January 1966, the film was Wayne's 138th picture and was actually filmed before The War Wagon, but its release was delayed so that Paramount's Nevada Smith with Steve McQueen would not have to compete with a John Wayne film at the box office. El Dorado finally reached the theatres in June 1967, a month after The War Wagon had opened.[8]
Film footage from El Dorado was later incorporated into the opening montage of Wayne's final film, The Shootist, to illustrate the backstory of Wayne's character. Director Don Siegel used no scenes from any film shot before 1948 in The Shootist's frontispiece even though Wayne's career as a leading man began in 1930 with The Big Trail and had continued throughout the following two decades.[citation needed]
Cinematographer Harold Rosson had retired in 1958, but Hawks persuaded him to come back to work. In a 1970 interview with Leonard Maltin, Rosson said, "I was out of my mind I'd ever quit," but went back into retirement—for good—afterwards, citing his age as a reason (75 at the time of the interview).
Caan apparently had difficulty pronouncing "boldly" as he recited, "Ride boldly ride" during the course of the film, leaving audience members unfamiliar with Poe's poem to wonder what or whom "bodie" was.
In the film, Mississippi gives Sheriff Harrah a concoction meant to deter him from further drinking. The ingredients include (among others) Cayenne pepper, ipecac (an emetic), mustard, croton oil (which induces diarrhea), asafoetida (often misspelled acifedida) and gunpowder.[citation needed]
Poem[edit]
The poem repeated in the film and paraphrased in the theme song is "Eldorado", a ballad poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The film maintains a high critical praise, earning a 100 percent perfect rating on review compiler Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews.[9] Popular critic Roger Ebert gave the film a near-perfect rating at 3 1/2 out of four stars,[10] stating "El Dorado is a tightly directed, humorous, altogether successful Western, turned out almost effortlessly, it would seem, by three old pros: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and director Howard Hawks". Praised film poll, They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? ranked the film 799 out of 1,000 for the list of greatest films of all time.[11]
Comic book adaption[edit]
Dell Movie Classic: El Dorado (October 1967)[12][13]
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1967
List of American films of 1966
John Wayne filmography
References[edit]
Notes
Jump up ^ Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.
Citations
Jump up ^ Dick 2001, p. 105.
Jump up ^ "Big Rental Films of 1967". Variety, January 3, 1968, p. 25.
Jump up ^ "El Dorado, Box Office Information." The Numbers. Retrieved: April 16, 2012.
Jump up ^ McCarthy, p. 625.
Jump up ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
Jump up ^ "Tangent Online Presents: An Interview with Leigh Brackett & Edmond Hamilton, Interviewers: Dave Truesdale and Paul McGuire III Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Event & Date: Minicon 11, April 16-18, 1976 accessed 28 May 2014
Jump up ^ Frank Broughton, ed. (1998). Time Out Interviews 1968-1998. Penguin. p. 168. ISBN 0140279636.
Jump up ^ Davis, 1998, pp. 274–275.
Jump up ^ "El Dorado." Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved: February 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "El Dorado." RogerEbert.com, August 4, 1967. Retrieved: February 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ "The 1,000 Greatest Films." theyshootpictures.com.Retrieved: February 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ Dell Movie Classic: El Dorado' at the Grand Comics Database
Jump up ^ Dell Movie Classic: El Dorado at the Comic Book DB
Bibliography
Davis, Ronald L. (1998). Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0806133294.
Dick, Bernard F. (2001). Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813122021.
McCarthy, Todd (1997). Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802115980.
External links[edit]
El Dorado on IMDb
El Dorado at the TCM Movie Database
El Dorado at AllMovie
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I Think We're Alone Now
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"I Think We're Alone Now"
Single by Tommy James and the Shondells
from the album I Think We're Alone Now
B-side
"Gone, Gone, Gone"
Released
January 5, 1967
Format
7" single
Recorded
1966
Length
2:08
Label
Roulette
Songwriter(s)
Ritchie Cordell
Producer(s)
Ritchie Cordell
Tommy James and the Shondells singles chronology
"It's Only Love"
(1966) "I Think We're Alone Now"
(1967) "Mirage"
(1967)
"It's Only Love"
(1966) "I Think We're Alone Now"
(1967) "Mirage"
(1967)
"I Think We're Alone Now" is a song written and composed by Ritchie Cordell that was the title selection from a same-named album released by the American recording artists Tommy James and the Shondells. "I Think We're Alone Now" was a 1967 US hit for James and the Shondells, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song has since been covered several times by other artists. The late 1987 recording by Tiffany reached number 1 on the charts of various countries including the US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand. One month earlier, another Tommy James song had also hit number 1—Billy Idol's version of "Mony, Mony". Other cover versions have also charted, including those by The Rubinoos (number 45 US, 1977) and Girls Aloud (number 4 UK, 2006).
Contents
[hide]
1 Original version
1.1 Content
2 Charts
2.1 Weekly charts
2.2 Year-end charts
3 The Lene Lovich version
3.1 Track listings and formats
4 Tiffany version
4.1 Background
4.1.1 Approach
4.2 Reception
4.3 Music video
4.4 Track listings and formats
5 Chart history
5.1 Weekly charts
5.2 Year-end charts
5.3 Certifications
6 The Snuff version
6.1 Track listings and formats
7 Girls Aloud version
7.1 Background
7.2 Release
7.3 Critical response
7.4 Reception
7.5 Music video
7.6 Live performances
7.7 Track listings and formats
7.8 Credits and personnel
7.9 Chart performance
7.9.1 Weekly charts
7.9.2 Year-end chart
8 Other versions
9 References
10 External links
Original version[edit]
"I Think We're Alone Now" was a 1967 hit song for Tommy James and the Shondells, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during a 17-week stay. The recording was produced by Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry. Cordell wrote or co-wrote many songs for James, including the follow-up single "Mirage" and its B-side "Run, Run, Baby, Run", and 1968's "Mony Mony". Rock critic Lester Bangs called the single "the bubblegum apotheosis".
Like many early Tommy James and the Shondells releases, only band members Tommy James and Eddie Gray were featured on the record. (The rest of the band provided background vocals.) Studio musicians were used as the rest of the rhythm section to back up the Shondells. These musicians include Artie Butler playing Ondioline electric keyboard, Al Gorgoni on guitar, Joe Macho on bass, Paul Griffin on piano, and Bobby Gregg on drums.
"I Think We're Alone Now" stands out as one of James's most successful recordings. It was featured in the horror film Mother's Day (1980) and the science-fiction thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016).
Content[edit]
The version that James and the Shondells originally performed uses hard-driving arrangements for its two verses, both fiercely performed so as to convey a sense of urgency. However, the refrain (performed twice) is almost whispered and indeed followed by a sound effect of crickets chirping, giving an atmosphere of forbidden activities that are being deliberately kept hidden. The fade-out uses the lyrics of the refrain, but this time, the hard-driving arrangements are resumed.
The lyrics themselves speak of parental prohibition, especially against sexual activities, and have both the narrator and the person being addressed "trying to get away into the night" to avoid, evade, or defy such prohibition.
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1967–68)
Peak
position
Canada RPM 100
New Zealand (Listener)[1] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 4
US Cashbox Top 100 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1967)
Rank
Canada RPM 100[3] 26
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 12
US Cash Box Top 100[5] 12
The Lene Lovich version[edit]
"I Think We're Alone Now"
Single by Lene Lovich
from the album Stateless
B-side
"Lucky Number"
Released
July 1978
Format
7" single
Recorded
1978
Length
2:45
Label
Stiff
Songwriter(s)
Ritchie Cordell
Producer(s)
Les Chappell
Lene Lovich singles chronology
"I Think We're Alone Now"
(1978) "Lucky Number"
(1979)
“I Think We're Alone Now”
(1978) "Lucky Number"
(1979)
In 1978, the American singer Lene Lovich recorded a cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now". Her version was originally released with her hit song "Lucky Number" as a B-side. Lovich recorded the song after contacting the radio presenter Charlie Gillett, who helped her get signed by Dave Robinson of Stiff Records. Robinson liked the record and immediately proposed it to be released as a single. However, her song "Lucky Number" gained so much more attention that it was later re-released as a lead single, as which it peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
"I Think We're Alone Now" appeared on Lovich's 1978 debut album, Stateless, and she would later record the song in other languages, including German and Japanese.[6]
Track listings and formats[edit]
7" single (UK)[7]
"I Think We're Alone Now" – 2:45
"Lucky Number" – 2:20
Tiffany version[edit]
"I Think We're Alone Now"
Single by Tiffany
from the album Tiffany
B-side
"No Rules"
Released
August 1987
Format
7" single
2" single
CD single
Recorded
1987
Length
3:47
Label
MCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Ritchie Cordell
Producer(s)
George Tobin
Tiffany singles chronology
"Danny"
(1987) "I Think We're Alone Now"
(1987) "Could've Been"
(1988)
"Danny"
(1987) “I Think We're Alone Now”
(1987) "Could've Been"
(1988)
Music video
"I Think We're Alone Now" on YouTube
Background[edit]
“I Think We’re Alone Now| was re-popularized when American pop singer Tiffany covered the song for her debut studio album, Tiffany, which was released in 1987 on the MCA Records label. When George Tobin, Tiffany's manager and producer, gave her the cassette of the original version by Tommy James & the Shondells, Tiffany hated the idea of recording a version of her own for her album, mostly because she thought the song was neither modern enough nor hip enough.
Tiffany's version is referenced in the alternative group Weezer's song "Heart Songs" on the band's 2008 Red Album. Weezer incorrectly referred to it as having been performed by Debbie Gibson, who performed a similar style of pop music and was popular during the same time as Tiffany. Rivers Cuomo admitted that he noticed the mistake while writing the song, but left it in the finished song.[citation needed]
Approach[edit]
Darwish and Tobin made no attempt to contrast the verses and the refrain, as James and the Shondells had, instead keeping the "peppy"[according to whom?] arrangements they used all throughout her recording and performances.
Reception[edit]
"I Think We're Alone Now" proved to be Tiffany's biggest hit once she did record and release it. Her version of the song spent two weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (coincidentally, another Tommy James & the Shondells cover, Billy Idol's version of "Mony, Mony", followed it on the top spot) and three weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.
"I Think We're Alone Now" was not the first single from Tiffany's debut album. The first single was "Danny", but radio started picking up "I Think We're Alone Now", another selection on the album. It became a runaway number 1 hit and was the eighteenth highest selling single for 1987[8] and the thirty-second highest selling single in Australia for 1988.[9]
Music video[edit]
The music video was shot in a shopping mall in Ogden, Utah, which echoed the way her early career had been promoted. Elements of the video were filmed in the now demolished Bull Ring Centre in Birmingham, UK. The video was featured in the 2012 film Ted and the song was also on the soundtrack and appears in its sequel.
Track listings and formats[edit]
7"/CD single
"I Think We're Alone Now" – 3:47
"No Rules" – 4:05
12" vinyl single
"I Think We're Alone Now" (extended version) – 6:35
"I Think We're Alone Now" (single version) – 4:25
"I Think We're Alone Now" (dub version) – 6:35
Chart history[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1987–88)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10]
46
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11]
13
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12]
24
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13]
2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14]
1
France (SNEP)[15]
9
Germany (Official German Charts)[16]
14
Ireland (IRMA)[17]
1
Italy (Hit Parade Italia)[18]
5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19]
2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[20]
1
Norway (VG-lista)[21]
3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]
10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[24]
1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[25]
26
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[26]
38
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1987)
Rank
Canada [27] 23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [28] 18
U.S. Cash Box [29] 32
Chart (1988)
Rank
Australia [30] 31
New Zealand [31] 26
UK [32] 5
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[33]
Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[34]
Gold 500,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
The Snuff version[edit]
"I Think We're Alone Now"
Single by Snuff
Released
August 12, 1998
Format
CD single
7" single
Recorded
1997
Length
1:50
Label
Fat Wreck Chords
Songwriter(s)
Ritchie Cordell
Producer(s)
Snuff
Snuff singles chronology
"Sweet Days"
(1998) "I Think We're Alone Now"
(1998) "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
(1998)
"Sweet Days"
(1998) "I Think We're Alone Now"
(1998) "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
(1998)
In 1989, Snuff covered the song for their first album, Snuff Said. In 1998, Snuff again covered the song for the compilation album Punk Chartbusters Vol 3. Unlike the original, this version is very punk-heavy. In addition to the original length of the song that was released, many different length versions of the song exist: there is such an extended version with a length from 6:36 minutes, a 3:00 minutes long remix, and an a capella version, which contains a length from 5:50 minutes. On the B-side of the song is the single "Christmas Song".
Track listings and formats[edit]
7"
"I Think We're Alone Now" – 1:50
"Christmas Song" – 0:05
CD single
"I Think We're Alone Now" – 1:50
"I Think We're Alone Now" (extended version) – 6:36
"I Think We're Alone Now" (remix) – 3:00
"I Think We're Alone Now" (a capella version) – 5:50
Girls Aloud version[edit]
"I Think We're Alone Now"
Single by Girls Aloud
from the album The Sound of Girls Aloud
B-side
"Why Do It?"
"Jingle Bell Rock"
Released
18 December 2006
Format
CD single
digital download
Recorded
2006
Genre
Electropop
Length
3:42 (single mix/version)
3:18 (album version)
Label
Fascination
Songwriter(s)
Ritchie Cordell
Producer(s)
Xenomania
Girls Aloud singles chronology
"Something Kinda Ooooh"
(2006) "I Think We're Alone Now"
(2006) "Walk This Way"
(2007)
"Something Kinda Ooooh"
(2006) “I Think We're Alone Now”
(2006) "Walk This Way"
(2007)
Music video
"I Think We're Alone Now" on YouTube
Background[edit]
In 2006, the British all-female pop group Girls Aloud recorded a cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now" for their greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud and the soundtrack of It's a Boy Girl Thing. Girls Aloud's version was produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. The song was recorded just days before the group's greatest hits was sent to be manufactured. Following a single remix, "I Think We're Alone Now" was released as a contender for the Christmas number one. It reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video, inspired by heist films, features Girls Aloud robbing a Las Vegas casino. "I Think We're Alone Now" was promoted through various live appearances and was featured on 2007's The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Tour. The track was criticised and labelled "pointless" by contemporary music critics.
Release[edit]
Until three days before the greatest hits was manufactured, a cover of Irene Cara's "What A Feeling" was going to be in place of "I Think We're Alone Now".[35] But members of Girls Aloud had called their record label on a Friday afternoon to say that they would rather record "I Think We're Alone Now"; the group recorded the song the following morning, and the album was mastered on Monday, three days afterwards.[35] The album version was drastically reworked for the single release, due to the initial version having been so hastily recorded. Higgins said that "Xenomania used the only idea they could think of, which was to make the song sound like 'Something Kinda Ooooh.'"[35] Sarah Harding said, "We’ve given it a Girls Aloud twist, made it a bit clubbier, and also brought it up to date."[36] The single features an alternative vocal arrangement and an entirely new backing track. Later pressings of the greatest hits include the single version of "I Think We're Alone Now".
The song was released on 18 December 2006. It was available on two CD single formats and as a digital download. The first disc included a previously unreleased track entitled "Why Do It?", co-written by Girls Aloud.[37] The second CD format features a number of remixes, as well as a cover of the Christmas classic "Jingle Bell Rock". Girls Aloud's cover of "Jingle Bell Rock" was originally featured on the Christmas bonus disc that came with the limited edition of 2005's Chemistry.[38] The artwork for the second disc features Girls Aloud draped over a Fender guitar amplifier.
Girls Aloud's version of "I Think We're Alone Now" appears on the soundtrack to the film It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), starring Samaire Armstrong and Kevin Zegers.[39] The film was produced by Elton John's partner David Furnish.[39]
Critical response[edit]
Girls Aloud's cover of the song was widely slated by music critics. An unidentified staff writer at WalesOnline described it as "cheap, obnoxious, totally pointless and, destined to be loved only by people too out of their heads on Christmas spirit to know any better".[40] Adam Burling of musicOMH exclaimed, "Christmas does funny things to people. Even pop groups as reliably excellent at singles as Girls Aloud toss out pointless, lazy covers in a ruthless attempt to snare that coveted seasonal chart-topper from the X-Factor's clutches."[41] A BBC Music review of The Sound of Girls Aloud chose to "ignore the Xmas party cover".[42] Yahoo! Music stated "the karaoke rendition[s] of [...] Tiffany's 'I Think We're Alone Now' really drag this collection down".[43] On the other hand, John Murphy of musicOMH said the cover "actually does the impossible by making Tiffany's version sound good".[44]
Reception[edit]
The single debuted at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart a week prior to its physical release, due to download sales.[45] The following week, "I Think We're Alone Now" peaked at number 4 on the Christmas chart, being beaten by Leona Lewis' "A Moment Like This".[46] The song slipped to number 7 in its second week.[47] It spent a total of seven weeks in the top 75.[48] The song also peaked at number 11 on the Irish Singles Chart and spent six weeks in Ireland's top 50.[49] As their 17th best selling single it has sold a total of 85,000 copies.
Music video[edit]
The video, directed by Alex Hemming and Nick Collett, is based, as stated above, on films like Ocean's 11 and Casino.[35][50] During the video, the group attempt to rob a Las Vegas casino.[50]
Three different endings to the video were shot. The first shows the girls getting caught and tied up after opening a box full of money in the casino's safe; the second features Kimberley Walsh (with her back to the camera) removing her clothes in front of casino owners, causing them to faint; and the third features the girls playing with the money. 3 customers were allowed to vote on their favourite ending from November 8 to November 15, 2006.[51] This last ending won the vote, despite the version with Kimberley stripping being uploaded to the internet.[52] In March 2007, all versions of the video were made available to download on iTunes, though in the UK Store only.[53]
Live performances[edit]
The band performed the song at the following events:
G-A-Y
Strictly Come Dancing
Popworld
The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Tour
Track listings and formats[edit]
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Think We're Alone Now".
UK CD1 (Fascination / 1714586)
"I Think We're Alone Now" (single mix) – 3:42
"Why Do It?" (Girls Aloud, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Nick Coler) – 2:53
UK CD2 (Fascination / 1714587)
"I Think We're Alone Now" (single mix) – 3:42
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Uniting Nations Remix) – 6:18
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Tony Lamezma Baubletastic Remix) – 5:32
"Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) – 1:59
"I Think We're Alone Now" (video) – 3:37
The Singles Boxset (CD14)
"I Think We're Alone Now" (single mix) – 3:42
"Why Do It?" – 2:53
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Uniting Nations Remix) – 6:18
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Tony Lamezma Baubletastic Remix) – 5:32
"Jingle Bell Rock" – 1:59
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Alternative Mix) —
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Co-Stars Epic Club Mix) —
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Flip & Fill Remix) —
"I Think We're Alone Now" (video) – 3:37
Credits and personnel[edit]
Guitar: Nick Coler
Keyboards: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Toby Scott
Mastering: Dick Beetham for 360 Mastering
Mixing: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell
Production: Brian Higgins, Xenomania
Programming: Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Paul Woods
Vocals: Girls Aloud
Published by Warner/Chappell Music and Xenomania Music
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2006)
Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[54]
11
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[55]
3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[56]
4
Year-end chart[edit]
Chart (2006)
Rank
UK Singles (2006) 196
Other versions[edit]
The song has also been covered by a number of other artists, including The Killers, The Turtles, Trust Company, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Spinto Band, Pascal featuring Karen Parry, The Click Five, Bel's Boys, The Birthday Massacre, Comadre, The Pipettes, RatCat, Screeching Weasel, The Crimea, The Rubinoos, Kids Incorporated, and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.
A Japanese adaptation "Futari no Sekai" (ふたりの世界) was recorded by Yōko Nagayama on her album Tokyo Menu (トーキョー・メニュー). A Spanish adaptation "Ahora estoy solo" was recorded by Los Hitters.
The Tiffany version of the song was spoofed by "Weird Al" Yankovic on his 1988 album, Even Worse, as "I Think I'm a Clone Now".
Dave Garr, who wrote a good deal of song parodies about computers, covered this as "I Think We're a Clone Now". The parody dealt with the licensing of the Macintosh from Apple Computer to other companies during the short period in which Macintosh clones were made. The video was recorded in 1995 at Apple's headquarters and features the building and its landmarks of the day, references to former Apple CEOs Mike Spindler and John Sculley, and some vintage Macintosh computers including a Macintosh Classic and an Apple Lisa.
Also, as part of RadioShack's "TheShack" commercial campaign, one commercial features a man in an office cubicle with headphones on singing part of the bridge and chorus in a falsetto range to Tiffany's version.
Swedish group Cosmo4 covered Tiffany's version of "I Think We're Alone Now" for their debut album "Around The World" as requested by the Russian record label Style Records. Despite the album having been shelved, the song was released to the compilation Dance 2008, Vol. 2 in Thailand by the record label Red Beat in 2008.
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Mexico at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Mexico
IOC code
MEX
NOC
Mexican Olympic Committee
Website
www.com.org.mx (in Spanish)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
February 9–25, 2018
Competitors
4 in 3 sports
Flag bearer
German Madrazo (opening)[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Mexico competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with four competitors in three sports.
German Madrazo was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.
Contents
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1 Competitors
2 Alpine skiing
3 Cross-country skiing
4 Freestyle skiing
5 References
Competitors[edit]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Mexican delegation per sport.
Sport
Men
Women
Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Cross-country skiing 1 0 1
Freestyle skiing 1 0 1
Total
3
1
4
Alpine skiing[edit]
Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Mexico qualified one male and one female athlete for alpine skiing events.[2]
Athlete
Event
Run 1
Run 2
Total
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Rodolfo Dickson Men's giant slalom 1:17.02 55 1:16.67 47 2:33.69 48
Men's slalom DNF
Sarah Schleper Women's super-G N/A 1:27.93 41
Women's giant slalom 1:16.80 39 DNF
Cross-country skiing[edit]
Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Mexico qualified one male athlete, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 1992.[3]
Distance
Athlete
Event
Final
Time
Deficit
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Germán Madrazo Men's 15 km freestyle 59:35.4 +25:51.5 116
Freestyle skiing[edit]
Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Slopestyle
Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Run 1
Run 2
Best
Rank
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Best
Rank
Robert Franco Men's slopestyle 21.60 36.00 36.00 27 Did not advance
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Jump up ^ "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
Jump up ^ "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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