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  2. List of songs based on a film - Wikipedia

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    Films. "2HB" by Roxy Music, a tribute to Humphrey Bogart and his character in Casablanca. "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton about Nine to Five. "Alfie" from the film of the same name, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. "Alice" by Avril Lavigne about Alice in Wonderland. "The American Nightmare" by Ice Nine Kills about A Nightmare on Elm Street.

  3. Rent (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Rent (stylized in all caps) is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village, in the thriving days of the bohemian culture of Alphabet City ...

  4. Song of the South - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $2.125 million [3] Box office. $65 million [4] Song of the South is a 1946 American live-action/animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, produced by Walt Disney, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on the Uncle Remus stories as adapted by Joel Chandler Harris, and stars James Baskett ...

  5. Category:Films based on songs - Wikipedia

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    Last Christmas (film) The Legend of Tom Dooley. Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod. Lili Marleen (film) The Lion Standing in the Wind. The Log Driver's Waltz. A Long, Long Way to Tipperary. The Lost Chord (1911 film)

  6. Waitress (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Waitress is a musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson. Based on the 2007 film of the same name, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, it tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a baker and waitress in an abusive relationship with her husband, Earl. After Jenna unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she begins an ...

  7. Cabaret (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood . Set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis rise to power ...

  8. The Sound of Music - Wikipedia

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    The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as ...

  9. Across the Universe (film) - Wikipedia

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    Across the Universe. (film) Across the Universe is a 2007 American jukebox musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, centered on songs by the Beatles. The script is based on an original story credited to Taymor, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and based on the song of the same name by Lennon–McCartney.