'these days 1 & 2 things'

good night, and good luck.








Pure joy is a serious matter.


Native Green
Anima
Thomas Chapin
...Thomas Chapin, one of the more exuberant saxophonists and band leaders in jazz, died in 1998 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. He was 40.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

the jitterbug dance,delete scene

(excerpt from youtube)

this is "behind the camera" footage of the Jitterbug scene that went lost after being cut from the film.

download clip:
http://www.mulholland-drive.net/clips/jitterbug.wmv

The film originally contained an elaborate production number called "The Jitter Bug", which cost $80,000 and took five weeks to shoot, only to be cut after the first preview. In the scene, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly lion, and the Tin Woodsman are on their way to the Witch's castle when they are attacked by "jitter bugs" - furry pink and blue mosquito-like "rascals" that give one "the jitters" as they buzz about in the air. When, after its preview, the movie was judged too long, MGM officials decided to sacrifice the "Jitter Bug" scene. The reasoned that it added little to the plot and, because a dance by the same name had just become popular, they feared it might date the picture.
The Witch still refers to the bug in the final film, just before telling the Monkeys to "Fly!" Only home movies of the filming of "The Jitterbug" survive, though the song is on current versions of both the soundtrack CD and the recent anniversary edition videotape. The sequence was also incorporated into a recent stage version of the musical.

If you want to know how Dorothy thwarted the Wicked Witch's 'dancing with the stars'-style plot, you can read the script for the scene here

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home







別人的生活



幾個朋友

> 電痣

關于音樂

> The dead musicians directory

> Also, a place where the great minds buried

> WFIU - Public Radio from Indiana University

> Thomas Chapin

> dannyboy達人

> 小威老师

> 蘇重爵士

> 台北愛樂 (喜歡雷光夏、杨怡珊的小心了)

> lonesome music

> ORGY_IN_RHYTHM

> 芝加哥藝術合奏團

> advant-garde what?

> free music saloon

> 潛味音樂

> 启彬与凯雅的爵士栈

> NorwayMusic Nfo

> Jazz Age 1920

> another exciting place for jazz buff

> Categoried Selection!

讀書,閑逛

> 香港電台「網上廣播站」BBS

> 長的頭髮

> 德谟克拉西

> 中華讀書報

> 趣味の極道

> 知日部屋

> 何春蕤

> Miss Lee in Summer

> ada's reading diary

> 陳炯明研究

> 讀書圈

> 偽基百科

有趣兒的地方

> 插畫星期五

> ComicPedia

> 鬼佬無知才稀奇

> 中國,不特別

其他

> 少少豆瓣一下

> mytube