Cult film Das Boot to the stage

[VirtualVikingX]

Randomly browsing the news this evening I came upon this:

"After several years of work, the Norwegian Theater secured the rights to Das Boot. Cult film has its world premiere as a stage play 27 January."

http://translate.google.com/translat...951417&act=url

[TLAM Strike]

Soon to be followed by Das Boot: The Musical.

[mapuc]

This could be a very interesting experience. Watching Das Boot in a Theatre

Had it not been for that I live so far away, I had gone and seen the play

Markus

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Soon to be followed by Das Boot: The Musical.

Soon to be followed by Das Boot: The Musical movie.

Soon to be followed by fans saying "There was another one? Non-musical?"

[Penguin]

Interesting concept, I would watch it.

However when I read that the director says

What I believe to be one of the worst of living so long in a submarine, is the silence.

I ask myself if he really read the book, as being constantly surrounded by noise - at least while being surfaced - is one of the pet peeves of the narrator.

Silence on an U-Boot? Tell that to Johann!

[Jimbuna]

I hope it gets filmed and put on YouTube or similar.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Soon to be followed by Das Boot: The Musical.

Already been done.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=159964

From http://www.jpwsfc.org/boots.htm

Someone requested a musical version of Das Boot. I think Chris Roberts' fine work in Wing Commander makes him the obvious choice for director of Oh, Dem Boots! The Musical, but I am reluctant to hand over the writing to him; he lacks experience. We'll take it from here, Chris, and we'll call you when we're ready for you.

Oh, Dem Boots! must be organized along the lines of a proven formula because musicals are tricky. No formula is more proven than that of Gilbert & Sullivan. Of course, Das Boot has no women except the singer in the saloon, but that won't stop us. While we're improving the story with song & dance numbers we can also improve it with interesting new characters.

Jürgen has never proved on film that he can sing, but he's given some indications that he can't, so he gets the Martyn Green role: comic antics and tongue-twisting patter songs. As he is fortunately very graceful, we can beef up the role by choreographing occasional pratfalls down the ladder in the control room as a terribly funny running joke.

Werner, of course, is the innocent and befuddled lead tenor. A musical would be impossible without a love interest in the form of a lead soprano, so the main action will have to take a backseat to a new plot: Werner, with the assistance of the crew, smuggles that saloon singer on board. And what hilarious complications ensue as they try to keep her out of sight of the other officers on that tiny little submarine! I am gasping for breath just thinking about it.

The chief engineer is the baritone, who is usually the "explainer" in the musical (ref Pish-Tush in The Mikado, the Bosun's Mate in H.M.S. Pinafore, and Don Alhambra in The Gondoliers). The Chief's role is tailor-made for those snappy arias giving the run-down of structural damage in rhyme, accompanied by cute little dances with the crew as chorus, repeating the refrains. I see "Battery Strips" as his big number.

Then there's the mezzo, which is more of a problem. Easily solved by a riotous subplot in which Johann turns out to be a woman who disguised herself in order to join the crew and be near the Captain, whom she loves madly but who doesn't know she's alive. This convenient device serves double duty as the means to a happy ending. Discovering the saloon singer at last, the Captain is furious. But then Johann reveals herself, much to the Captain's chagrin, and he decides the less said, the better.

The court-martial is off, and it's half a bottle of beer for each! HOORAY!!

[Later the title OH, DEM BOOTS was criticized for bad form and it was changed to OH, DAT BOOT to appease the masses. -ed.

Sadly, the site I took that from - The Jurgen Prochnow Watchdog Society Fan Club - appears to be gone since all the links I had to it are dead. It was hilarious while it lasted, though.

[Gargamel]

But we're not a cult!


Are we a cult?


Holy crap, I'm in a cult!

[breadcatcher101]

Are the crew going to be singing "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" heading out from base?

Somehow it wouldn't be the same.

I like it like it is.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

But we're not a cult!


Are we a cult?


Holy crap, I'm in a cult!

So if Neal gives us kool-aid, do we drink it?

[joea]

We could get our torplexed to do Das Boot: the cartoon series.

[MH]

To dive or not to dive......ahh *&&*^^&%....

....and the musical das ping....

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by MH

To dive or not to dive......ahh *&&*^^&%....

Something is rotten in Frenssen's bunk.

[CaptainMattJ.]

I think that "Its a long way to tippary" was quite enough music for my tastes

[mapuc]

Never the less, if Das Boot came to a theatre near were I live, I would definitely go and see it.(unless it's opera)

could turn out to be an exciting experience

Markus