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Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
 
My partner swears up and down that there's a scene in the movie The Sound of Music that isn't on the DVD.

The scene she remembers is of Rolfe, out with a bunch of other brownshirts, singing Hitler Youth songs. When they get to a cafe, the patrons get up and start singing "Edelweiss" back at them.

I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. I've seen it over a dozen times. I don't have any memory of such a scene. I went to IMdb, and there's no mention of it under Alternate Versions.

Now she tells me that a mutual friend of ours remembers that scene as well. Does anyone else remember anything of the sort?
 

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Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
Hmm... I don't remember that scene, but I haven't seen it in many years, so I don't know how reliable my memory is. Good luck trying to find it though!
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
That sounds vaguely like the incident in Casablanca where the Germans begin singing "Wachet am Rhein," and the French reply with "La Marseilles."

But I definitely never remember that from Sound of Music.
 

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Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
 
There is a place in the film when something like that happens (and, yes, I thought of "Casablanca" when it took place), but I'm not sure if it as described, with Rolfe and his friends in a cafe, at the party that Captain von Trapp gives, or as part of the singing competition.
 

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Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
 
That's the kookiest thing I've ever heard.

I'm pretty sure your partner's wrong, Lisa
 

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Posted by Theaca (Member # 8325) on :
 
I've never heard of anything like that scene. We watched it all the time when I was a kid. My mom saw it on her first date with my dad. I'll ask her about it, but I'm sure she won't know anything about that scene.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
The only scene close to that in Sound of Music is the singing competition itself. I'm fairly certain your friend is recalling Casablanca.

Apparently the resistance was tuneful.
 

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Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
 
I saw Sound of Music two weeks ago; there was no such scene in the film I saw. Perhaps there is a different version of it somewhere, or the scene is in the book?
 

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Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
 

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Originally posted by Leonide:
That's the kookiest thing I've ever heard.

I'm pretty sure your partner's wrong, Lisa

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when I saw it again later I was shocked to realize that that entire scene was supposed to be terrifying

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Oh, yeah. In most stagings I've seen of it, it's downright grim.
 

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Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
 
There are a few scenes in the stage version of Sound of Music that aren't in the film, but that scene definitely isn't one of them. I believe the "missing" scenes are mainly songs for the Baroness and Uncle Max, which were never in the film to begin with.

Maybe she's confusing the Captain getting the crowd to sing "Edelweiss" with him with a scene from something else? The Cabaret "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" scene sounds like a good candidate, although I haven't seen the film version in a while - I get it confused with the stage revival.

And I love how Cabaret has that double-edged sword quality...horrifying, but delicious.
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
I've seen the stage version of Sound of Music as well as the film (but never the DVD). There are some differences between the two, but I recall no Hitler Youth vs. Edelweiss showdown in either.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Originally posted by Theaca:
You mean the book the movie was roughly based on? No. That book, written by Marie, I've read. It's really not much like the movie . . .

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It is a wonderful book, neh?

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Originally posted by Nell Gwyn:
There are a few scenes in the stage version of Sound of Music that aren't in the film, but that scene definitely isn't one of them. I believe the "missing" scenes are mainly songs for the Baroness and Uncle Max, which were never in the film to begin with.

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Originally posted by Leonide:
They're really insightful songs. It's a shame they didn't make it into the movie, they would've added a little depth and some bite to Max and Elsa's characters.

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Originally posted by Primal Curve:
I realize this makes me a sap, but I'm such a sucker for Edelweiss. Probably because it's in my key.

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It's not in my key (I'm a tenor two) but I'm debating using it as an audition piece next week, because I want to show my ability to dip low. It's funny that I saw this right at this moment, as I'm taking a break from trying out potential audition pieces.
 

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Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
 
What role in what show are you auditioning for, Joe?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I'm trying a new approach this time: I never get the roles I audition for, so I'm not auditioning with any specific role in mind. :-p
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I've ruled out Edelweiss, because I have nothing to practice with.

I was half thinking of bending gender and going with "I Dreamed a Dream," but the stupid thing goes too low for me right around "with their voices loud as thunder."



I'm likely to go with "Any Dream Will Do," even though it's tenor, because I can kick its butt (and they haven't heard me do it yet). But it seems like pretty much every part (in Fiddler) is baritone.

EDIT: I just realized you asked me what show. Oh well: Fiddler on the Roof

[ February 06, 2006, 09:06 PM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
 

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Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
 
I love Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, but I never got that song ("Any Dream Will Do"). I never understood what it was trying to say, or what it had to do with the story, other than the obvious mention of dreams. Nice tune, but what does it mean? Any dream will do for what?

Good luck Icarus! I'd love to play Tevye one day. Not going to happen in this lifetime, though!
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
I would love to play Tevye, but I doubt it would happen because a) I'm not a baritone and 2) I'm not big enough/don't have a commanding enough presence. I also generally get character roles, not leads. (Although Tevye is a sort of character role.)

(I also think I'm too young at this moment to play Tevye.)

(And I also know of someone who's auditioning for the part who would be awesome.)

:-\

The problem is, though, there isn't really a part in there for me that isn't a huge stretch. I'm a tenor, and basically, the only tenor part is the tailor, which I would be horribly wrong for. Just about everything else is baritone--except the constable (?) who does not, as far as I can tell, sing at all.

I feel like I'm too good a singer to not sing at all, but too good an actor to be lost in the chorus. And then there's the enormous sacrifice that doing a show entails for me and my family, because I have two small children. And so, big ego aside, I just can't justify abandoning my family three to four nights a week for fifteen weeks or so, plus tech and performance weeks, for a bit part. I have to weigh everything against the cost and decide if it's worth it to be selfish.



I suppose I could do the constable, but on a certain level, it would hurt.
 

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Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
Just because this looks like a nice place to brag...my brother just got the part of Joseph in oseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. at his high school.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
What about Perchik?
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Who playes acob?

:-p
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Pechik is a baritone, and I suspect I may be too old to play him.

(But who knows?)
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Um. What?

I still don't know what an acob is.

But I'd think you look young enough to play Perchik. Isn't he older than Mottel -- at least, I've always thought that was implied?

No idea about tonal ranges of the characters. I love the musical, but I've always been in the audience.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 
Sorry . . . I was teasing Valentine.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Okie dokie.
 

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