A Christmas Carol: The Musical 2004 TV, 97 min. Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jason Alexander, Geraldine Chaplin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Patrick David, Steven Miller, Emily Deamer, Julian Ovenden, Edward Gower, Linzi Hateley, Jacob Moriarty, Josh Wilmott, Julie Alannagh-Brighten
Based on a long-running stage play that was performed over the Christmas holidays in Madison Square Garden, the classic Charles Dickens tale is put to music with Kelsey Grammer as the miserly Ebonezer Scrooge. The Alan Menken ("Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin") musical score is a highlight.
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Rent 2005 PG-13, 135 min. Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Chris Columbus Cast: Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thoms, Porscha Radcliffe, Stephen Payne, Ken Clark, David Fine
Based on Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock opera, this film relates stories involving one year in the lives of friends living a Bohemian lifestyle in modern-day East Village, NY. While searching for success, the group faces and sings about their poverty, addictions, and AIDS.
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Restaurant 1999 R, 107 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Bross Cast: Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, David Moscow, Simon Baker, Catherine Kellner, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, John Carroll Lynch, Jesse L. Martin, Sybil Temchen, Vonte Sweet
P.J. McClures–a Hoboken, New Jersey, restaurant–is the setting for this well-developed character study of young people dealing with issues still unresolved in American culture.
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| 1. A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
2. Rent (2005)
3. Restaurant (1999)
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