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Not included are films where an overture is used to present the credits, or underscored scenes that are already part of the plot. Often, but not necessarily, these films also include an intermission with entr'acte, followed by exit music (after the credits). This list documents the rise and fall of the Overture/Roadshow practice over film history.
The Radiohead song "Exit Music (For a Film)", which was written for the film Romeo + Juliet, and which featured on the band's album OK Computer, is based on the Prelude No. 4. [5] Other musicians, such as Jimmy Page from rock band Led Zeppelin, have also made contemporary arrangements of this piece. [6] [7]
Scrooge is a 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843). It was directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge. The film's score was composed by Leslie Bricusse and arranged and conducted by Ian Fraser. The film was a follow-up to another Dickens musical adaptation, 1968's award-winning ...
The 40th Psalm of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament [30] "1984" Diamond Dogs: David Bowie: Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell: One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book. [31] "2112" 2112: Rush: Anthem ...
In 2023's Christmas Island, Rachel Skarsten stars as Kate Gabriel, a private pilot whose first probational assignment is flying the wealthy Sharpe family from Los Angeles to Switzerland.However ...
Frequently, unless the film was exceptionally long, the intermission, along with the overture, ent'racte music, and exit music would be eliminated when it went into general release, in order to save twenty minutes and possibly squeeze in more showings, and the film would be shown just like any other motion picture.
A racetrack tout has a month to pay back the money a gangster lost on a touted horse just before Christmas. The film popularized the song "Silver Bells". [34] Less than Zero: 1987: A college freshman returns home at Christmas time to find that all his high school friends are taking drugs. The Lion in Winter: 1968
On December 24, 2007, AOL ranked the film their #1 Christmas film of all time. [63] IGN ranked the film the top holiday-themed film of all time. [64] In 2012, a Marist Poll named the film the favorite holiday film in the US. [65] In 2019, a poll commissioned by Tubitv and conducted by Onepoll also ranked the film Best Holiday Movie Ever. [66]