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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like The Boy Friend, it turns stylised period musical numbers into a deliberate counterpoint to the story, with theatrical artifice, meticulous choreography and a more emotionally complicated backstage-like tension.
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Why this pick
A witty, knowingly artificial musical comedy whose light-footed songs and old-fashioned romantic fantasy echo The Boy Friend’s affection for classic Hollywood forms.
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Why this pick
This elegant backstage musical shares The Boy Friend’s love of rehearsal-room dynamics, show-business fragility and the magical transformation of theatrical labour into polished fantasy.
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Why this pick
For the audition-and-rehearsal energy beneath The Boy Friend’s glossy surface, this is a more intimate, ensemble-driven musical about performers exposing themselves for a place in the show.
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Why this pick
It pushes the reflexive musical further, blending rehearsals, performance and subjective fantasy with virtuosic choreography and a darker awareness of what showmanship costs.
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01 / THE STORY
The plot exists on three levels.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Tony Brockhurst
Tommy
Mme. Dubonnet
Fay
Peter
Michael
Maisie
Max Mandeville aka Mr. Max / Lord Hubert Brockhurst
