![]() ![]() The prestigious play has been reworked for the stage tons of times-most recently in 2019 by Martin Crimp-but it was Erica Schmidt who wrote the screenplay for Joe Wright's Hollywood adaptation, based on her own 2018 stage musical rendition. Based on Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, it follows a soldier/poet who uses his rival as a puppet to woo his crush Roxanne. Joe Wright is a master of period dramas and melancholy romance, which made him the perfect director for Cyrano. Related: The Best Feelgood Movies for When You Need a Pick-Me-Up 8. Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, and Amanda Seyfried star in the the movie adaptation, which is now one of the highest-grossing musical movies of the 21st century. Titled after ABBA's 1975 chart topper, Mamma Mia! features all the well-known hits from "Dancing Queen" to "Money, Money, Money." The Swedish supergroup is a staple for weddings, parties, and drunk karaoke, lifting people's spirits with their happy-go-lucky classics.Ĭatherine Johnson wrote the screenplay for Phyllida Lloyd's jukebox musical Mamma Mia!, based on her book that was originally written for the 1999 stage musical in the West End. If there's one thing that's guaranteed, it's that at the end of every night, some club out there is ringing out the cheesy, feelgood tunes of ABBA. Note: I'm not including any movies based on Shakespeare's plays or else we'd be here all day! We have a separate article about movies based on Shakespeare's stories. Here are some of the best movies that were originally stage plays and musicals. Of course, doing that is easier said than done. Whether we're talking about Shakespearean dramas or Broadway musicals, cinema is able to transport these engaging narratives away from the boundaries of a stage and into limitless possibilities. So much of cinema is based on books and comics, but there's one medium that's more similar than the rest: stage plays. ![]() When it comes to storytelling, mediums tend to overlap. ![]()
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