30 Toe-Tapping Movie Musical Facts
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Serious question: What actually constitutes a movie musical? It feels like we, as a culture, have been a little too generous with bestowing that title on movies. If a movie features a large number of musical performances within the fiction, like a musician biopic, does it count? Or is that more for movies where the story stops for three to five minutes for the characters to spontaneously break into song and explain their feelings and conflicts through highly choreographed numbers?
Also, how many songs does something need in order to be a musical officially? Many of the classic 1980s and 1990s Disney animated films feature a handful of numbers in the first and second acts, but ditch the music the second the story gets rolling? Do they count?
We’re probably not going to get to the bottom of this one, but here’s a bunch of fun facts about movie musicals, whether you think they count as one or not…
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Cinderella
![GRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Cinderella James Corden and Camilla Cabello stopped Hollywood traffic with a Cinderella flash mob to promote the film.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/2/878202.jpg)
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Encanto
![Musical movies Carolina Gaitán Mauro Castillo Angie Cepeda María Cecilia Botero the Maluma Encanto Several of the actors also performed in the Spanish language dub of the film. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/1/878201.jpg)
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Cats
![Musical movies their DE cats Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of the stage play, got a therapy dog to deal with the trauma. When an airline demanded proof he needed a service dog, he directed them to watch the movie. Не was let through. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/5/878195.jpg)
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
![Musical movies Willy Wonka and the chocolate Factory Author Roald Dahl hated this movie for various reasons, including changes to the story and Gene Wilder's casting. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/9/878199.jpg)
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At Long Last Love
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals At Long Last Love The actors sang live on set, unlike most modern movie musicals, as a call back to the old days of the genre.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/3/878193.jpg)
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Jersey Boys
![Jukebox Musicals Jersey Boys The hit song Can't Take My Eyes Off of You was written about a man. Bob Crewe composed it while staring at his nude male lover. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/4/878194.jpg)
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Happy Feet
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Happy Feet George Miller was inspired by a grizzled cameraman who worked on The Road Warrior. You've got to make a film in Antarctica, the man said.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/1/878191.jpg)
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Clueless: The Musical
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Clueless, the Musical The staging features classic songs with their lyrics rewritten to match the scenes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/0/878200.jpg)
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The Wizard of Oz
![Musical movies The wizard of OZ The horses were dyed with Jell-0. The ASPCA wouldn't let them use paint, so they made do. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/8/878198.jpg)
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West Side Story
![Musical movies west side story Rachel Zegler had never professionally acted before being cast as Maria in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/0/878190.jpg)
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Singin' in the Rain
![Musical movies singin' in the Rain Despite being one of the most adored musicals ever, it wasn't as fun behind the scenes. One day, Fred Astaire found 18-year-old Debbie Reynolds crying under a piano from the stress. (Не comforted her.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/7/878197.jpg)
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The Sound of Music
![Musical movies The sound of MUSIC Christopher Plummer hated the film, calling it The Sound of Mucus. Не also despised working with Julia Andrews, who was a real-life Manic Pixie Dream Girl. (Не calmed down later in life... a little.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/2/878192.jpg)
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
![CRACKED.COM MISS Jukebox Musicals Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The film starring was produced by the Bee Gees manager, who had already made a stage version. The movie didn't do as well.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/6/878196.jpg)
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Saturday Night Fever
![Jukebox Musicals Saturday Night Fever The New Yorker article the movie was based on was chock full of made up facts about the disco scene. Tony Manero was completely the writer's creation. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/8/878188.jpg)
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Sing
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Sing There are over 60 songs in the movie, including one new, original one.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/7/878187.jpg)
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Mama Mia!
![GRACKED COM Jukebox Musicals Mamma Mia! Pierce Brosnan didn't know what the movie was even about when he signed up for Mamma Mia! All he knew was that Meryl Streep was in it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/6/878186.jpg)
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Labyrinth
![Musical movies Labyrinth The baby actor would only respond to his own name, so the character had to be renamed because of some eight-month old diva. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/9/878189.jpg)
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
![Musical movies The Rocky Horror Picture show The set was cursed. Susan Sarandon caught pneumonia multiple times, when her trailer wasn't catching fire. Another fire started after a heater that was there to keep her from getting sick exploded. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/7/878177.jpg)
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Little Shop of Horrors
![Musical movies Little shop of Horrors Mean Green Mother from Outer Space was the first Oscar-nominated song to contain profanity. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/0/878180.jpg)
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Grease
![Musical movies Grease The hickeys on Stockard Channing's neck were real, and applied by Jeff Conaway himself. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/9/878179.jpg)
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Across the Universe
![Jukebox Musicals Across the Universe Julie Taymor and Evan Rachel Wood had to be careful that only one of their nipples was ever shown in the film to avoid an R rating. CLA CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/5/878185.jpg)
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Moulin Rouge!
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Moulin Rouge! Nicole Kidman's necklace was crafted using 1,308 diamonds, and is one of the most expensive pieces of props and film-created jewelry ever.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/6/878176.jpg)
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Trolls World Tour
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Trolls World Tour One part Polygon creators, all parts brothers, the McElroys created a podcast (on edibles) designed to chronicle how they got into Trolls 2 as they tried to get into Trolls World Tour.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/1/878181.jpg)
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Purple Rain
![Jukebox Musicals Purple... uh... Rainer? A jukebox musical inspired by the film Purple Rain and based on Prince's oeuvre is on its way, by the company behind Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/2/878182.jpg)
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Dear Evan Hansen
![Musical movies Dear Evan Hansen Will Roland used to boo Ben Platt from backstage during the live production, to keep him humble - but he wasn't there to do it while shooting the movie. Maybe that's why, while the stage production got rave reviews, the movie version is $5 at Target. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/3/878173.jpg)
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Hairspray
![Musical movies Hairspray The movie was directed by Adam Shankman, the choreographer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's musical episode Once More, with Feeling. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/3/878183.jpg)
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1776
![Musical movies 1776 William Daniels, famous for playing Mr. Feeny in Boy Meets World, first played John Adams in this movie. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/5/878175.jpg)
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Annie
![Musical movies Annie Warbucks saying to hang the Mona Lisa in the bathroom references the painting's history - as it was used as a decoration in the bathroom of French king Francis I. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/4/878184.jpg)
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Rocketman
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Rocketman The studio wanted to tone down the sex and drugs, but Elton John wouldn't let them. In his own words, I have not led a PG-13 life.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/4/878174.jpg)
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Rock of Ages
![CRACKED.COM Jukebox Musicals Rock of Ages Tom Cruise, ever to keep his title as the world's craziest man, spent six months practicing for the film by singing and dancing five hours each day.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/8/878178.jpg)
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