Richards Favorite Videos

Alan Cummings, Kathy Bates and Krisitn Chenowith in the 1999 Disney version of Annie

The Duke (Richard Roxburgh) arrives and finds Christian and Satine together. Christian’s quick wit and Satine’s charm fool the Duke into believing that they were rehearsing “Spectacular Spectacular.” The main cast improvises the plot of the show on the spot: a beautiful Indian courtesan has her kingdom invaded by an “evil maharaja.” She sets out to seduce him to save her kingdom, but accidentally seduces and then falls in love with a penniless sitar player. The two must hide their love and evade the maharaja, though it is implied that one of them may die at the end of the story. (It is soon realized that the theme of their play foreshadows what happens in the film’s plot.)

The Jets mock the kinds of excuses authorities use to rationalize the existence of hooligums like themselves.Sondheim’s lyrics are so witty, and Russ Tamblyn is wonderful as Riff—I am not anti-social, I am only anti-work!

In the famous dance routine in which Gene Kelly sings the title song while twirling an umbrella, splashing through puddles and getting soaked to the skin, he was actually dancing in water with a little bit of milk added, so that the water puddles and raindrops would show up in the filming. Kelly was sick with a 103-degree fever at the time.

Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey from Cabaret

A great sequence from Singin in the Rain.

Allegedly stolen as a re-working of Be A Clown.