Best musical performances in a movie.

[TRRW#31]

I was watching Back to the Future the other day and i still love Michael J. Fox's performance at the end. It got me to thinking of the great musical performances done in movies by none professional musicians/singers. Trying to think of more. Tia Carrere's Ballroom Blitz in Wayne's World was pretty good.

 

[ProdigalHorn]

Except he didn't play it or sing it. He does play in Light of Day and sing as well. He's actually pretty decent playing (not so much singing), but there was a big difference between the two performances.

 

[snow leopard27]

I'll nominate Gene Kelly in "Singin' in Rain".

 

[lostman]

Gerard Butler and Emily Rossum in "Phantom of the Opera".

 

[I_Dont_Exist]

Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter.

 

[bevo barry]

And an honorable mention nod to Beverly D'Angelo, who co-starred with Sissy in CMD and who also did her own singing.

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

I think I remember hearing that Juaqin Phoenix sang in Walk the Line...if so, he did an excellent job

 

[Perham1]

Envy Adams and The Clash at Demonhead singing Metric's "Black Sheep" in Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World.

 

[huisache]

Caetano Veloso is Talk to Her

 

[bevo barry]

Yes, Eyes, Joaquin did do his own singing in that film (as did Reese). I had forgotten about that. Great musical performance.

 

[darius]

WORST musical performance would go to Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia.

 

[SunBurntOrange]

The collective effort of "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" during the wedding reception scene in "The Deer Hunter"

 

[Longhorny630]

give me the best answer award

 

[Rex Kramer]

Matt Damon in EuroTrip. Is this a serious question?

Scotty Doesn't Know

 

[CanaTigers]

Val Kilmer in the Doors was a pretty good performance and a very good impersonation.

 

[Lester Long]

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Jack Black in High Fidelity

 

[uisge beatha]

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[chango]

will ferrell = pick your song; pick your movie.

 

[rickysrun]

every now and then

 

[Lester Long]

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[ProdigalHorn]

!Stillwater

More Stillwater

OK granted, Jason Lee doesn't actually sing. Still, good stuff

 

[Y Sanchez]

Gene Kelly, Cyd Charrise, Van Johnson, in Brigadoon.

Nobody is going to nominate Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon?

 

[darius]

Sorry, folks. The most moving musical performance in any movie was La Marseillaise in Casablanca:
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The movie was filmed during WWII, and most of the cast were refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. The tears and cheers were real.

I have seen that movie a thousand times, and I still cannot watch that scene without getting a lump in my throat.

 

[A. BETTIK]

"Nobody is going to nominate Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon? "

Hereby nominated or seconded.

 

[Y Sanchez]

But dude, it's THE MARSEILLES!!!

If the Frogs had any nuts in the mid 1930's WW II would have never had taken place. Hitler would have been overthrown or assasinated long before.

Innstead the appeasing French and English let the Nazi's bluff their way through the Sudenatland< the Czechs, etc......

 

[darius]

No, Y Sanchez, it's La Marseillaise:
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(or maybe you're just commenting on the fact that it's a French song. I won't argue that point.)

 

[NB_LONGHORN]

No question about it.

Mark Wahlburg in Boogie Nights.

 

[Burnt Orangeman]

Tito & Tarantula in "From Dusk Til Dawn"

live music in a Mexican whorehouse,
Selma Hayak table dance with a boa constrictor

be still my heart
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and don't forget angry cockroachesThe Link

 

[NickDanger]

Did Heath Ledger sing "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" himself in "10 Things I Hate About You"?

It was a great scene if not a great cover.

 

[tallgrant]

Why aren't they killing each other? Their guns are right there!