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Greatest Musical (Song and Dance) Movie
Moments and Scenes
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Those that are exceptional examples of
the development of song/dance are marked with this symbol: Eligibility: One of the list's criteria was that songs had to be sung by the characters. Therefore, these well-known songs were considered ineligible, among many others: High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin) in High Noon (1952), Born to Be Wild in Easy Rider (1969), Goldfinger in Goldfinger (1964), Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head from Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969), Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel in The Graduate (1967), Gonna Fly Now in Rocky (1976), Everybody's Talkin' in Midnight Cowboy (1969), Up Where We Belong in An Officer And A Gentleman (1982), Born Free from Born Free (1966), Wind Beneath My Wings in Beaches (1988), Unchained Melody in Ghost (1990), In Your Eyes in Say Anything... (1989), The Power of Love in Back to the Future (1985), and My Heart Will Go On in Titanic (1997). Soundtrack or score songs were also not eligible (i.e., 9 to 5, performed by Dolly Parton in 9 to 5 (1980), even though Parton was a character in the film). Also, film themes were not eligible (i.e., Jaws, Tara's Theme, Arthur's Theme, The Theme from Shaft, etc.). Animated films (or puppet films, such as the Muppets) with songs/dances, and dance sequences with memorable music, such as the iconic Bee Gee's songs in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Flashdance - What A Feeling in Flashdance (1983) were exceptions to the general rule.
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Movie Moments and Scenes (alphabetical) - Introduction Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 |
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