Dave Stewart working on 'Ghost' musical
The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart may have stumbled onto a bad idea. The word from Broadway.com is that Stewart is writing the songs for a musical version of the 1990 sob-fest Ghost, which starred Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.
"Writing the movie Ghost has been, from conception to winning the Oscar, the most joyful experience of my film career," said Bruce Joel Rubin, who is turning his movie screenplay into a stage script. "The opportunity to give it new life as a musical, to see Molly and Sam come alive again, to see their souls soar with song, is proving to be one of the great experiences of my life."
Did he really say "souls soar with song"? Come on, Stewart! Jump off this project. I was making big plans to dress up as you for next Halloween (with Vegas Girlfriend dressing as Annie Lennox, riding crop and all!), but this project is going to tarnish your legacy.
TOP 5 MOVIES THAT KILLED THE '80s:
5. THE ADVENTURES OF FORD FAIRLANE (1990): "Have a twinkie, snapperhead." [trailer]
4. PRETTY WOMAN (1990): "I appreciate this whole seduction thing you've got going on here, but let me give you a tip: I'm a sure thing." [trailer]
3. ANOTHER 48 HOURS (1990): "They blew up my car and all you have to say is it's a damn shame?"
2. HOME ALONE (1990): "When I grow up and get married, I'm living alone." [trailer]
1. GHOST (1990): "The love inside, you take it with you. See ya." [trailer]
Relive the music, movies and culture of the greatest decade ever with Times online editor Steve Spears. A teen during the decade, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to Reaganomics.
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Posted by: Joannah | March 28, 2009 at 03:25 AM
Thank god you had the courage to post that list. I'm so sick of people staring in disbelief when I tell them I hate Ghost and Pretty Woman. I also hate Dirty Dancing. I haven't seen the other 3 on the list but would probably hate them as well
Posted by: London Sue | March 12, 2009 at 07:38 PM
Perhaps Dave Stewart's music and some rewrites, could make this into a decent show.
Posted by: DerekT | March 12, 2009 at 07:17 AM
I might have liked Home Alone, if someone hadn't beefed it up so much before I saw it. Like the first Batman movie, I didn't see it right away, but the hype ruined it for me because I was expecting a perfect movie and it fell short. Same with Home Alone, if my Co-worker hadn't bragged about how funny it was, I could've enjoyed it because the scenes he described wasn't as funny on screen as it was in his description. For me, it was overhyped. In fact the same could be said with most of these movies on this list.
Posted by: DerekT | March 12, 2009 at 07:15 AM
well i like those movies, well sorta. ghost, ford fairlaine, and another 48 hrs i can do w/o. i'm sorry, but home alone is friggin hilarious, and pretty woman is pretty good(i know it's a chick flick, but a good one).
Posted by: CHAD | March 11, 2009 at 08:22 PM
Morris Day was pretty entertaining in Ford Fairlane too.
Posted by: Steve Spears | March 11, 2009 at 04:55 PM
As usual, Spearsy, your list is perfect. I can proudly say that I've never watched any of those movies in their entirety.
Posted by: Mark in East Texas | March 11, 2009 at 04:52 PM
The only good thing about Ford Fairlane was the soundtrack included a good song by Queensrÿche called "Last Time In Paris".
Posted by: DerekT | March 11, 2009 at 04:40 PM
The list is very good. We could add Die Hard 2:Die Harder,Robocop 2 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Posted by: Miguel | March 11, 2009 at 02:35 PM
The 90s were really Julia Roberts' decade, and Pretty Woman made her. Therefore, Pretty Woman is a top 5 pick for destroying the 80s.
Though I do also think Home Alone has blood on its hands big-time as well.
I will attempt to watch Ford Fairlane when it comes on cable, but that's only because I have no life (except when VGF is in town.)
Posted by: Spears | March 11, 2009 at 02:05 PM
Pretty Woman always felt like an 80's movie to me. It just has that 80's vibe. I just saw the movie "The Wrestler" that has some great 80's music and references in it. Mickey Rourke even comments how he hated that Kurt Cobain killed the 80's music and how the 90's really sucked, great stuff!!
Posted by: Neil | March 11, 2009 at 12:56 PM
That top-five list is dead-on.
Posted by: Blaine | March 11, 2009 at 12:14 PM
This is wrong on so many levels.
Posted by: Bassnote | March 11, 2009 at 11:57 AM
I know. That's why I used an older photo of Stewart for the blog item.
Posted by: Steve Spears | March 11, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Dave has morphed into Ringo on that last tour. Same clothes, same hair, maybe even more rings than Ringo himself. Very confusing.
Posted by: | March 11, 2009 at 09:52 AM