Top 10 Small Details in Movie Musicals You Missed

[@kriscynical]

Fun fact: By the time Enchanted was made, Disney had already completely shut down all of their traditional animation teams and any animators who weren't willing to learn computer animation were let go. As a result, Disney had to contract out the animated portions of Enchanted to an outside studio... ...founded by a bunch of their laid-off animators.

[@marxsescondo1352]

This could explain why the troll wears the other disney princesses. 😅

[@kriscynical]

@@marxsescondo1352 That was my exact thought, actually! 😂

[@힐만94]

I can imagine that scene should be not passed if the management (who fired those animators) could identify those Disney princesses' outfits... But they only care about business anyway..

[@kriscynical]

@@힐만94 Michael Eisner was the one who made the shift from traditional to computer animation in the early '00s. I was in my freshman year of art school - at a Disney recommended school, no less - with the goal of being a traditional animator at Disney's Florida studio when that exact studio was closed down in 2003/4, so to say I was bitter was an understatement. I ended up going into illustration instead which I really love and I'm glad I did, but I still dearly wish Disney would get back in to traditional animation in addition to computer. Eisner did some great things for the company back in the '80s and '90s like spurring their animation Renaissance period, spearheading the creation of Animal Kingdom and (what is now) Hollywood Studios, and basically saving the entire company from hostile takeover, but once it got into the '00s his judgment just went down the toilet. Roy O. Disney started the Save Disney campaign to oust him which ultimately led to the stockholder vote of no confidence that forced him out in 2005. I've been a stockholder for a very long time and actually participated in that vote, so it felt like at least a _little_ vindication. I'm hoping the stockholders will be able to do the same thing with Chapek as soon as possible because _my god_ every single thing he's done since taking the reigns from Iger has absolutely _sucked._

[@zebrafish7267]

You couldn't live with your own failures, and where did that lead you? Back to me.

[@Madamecat7]

Hunyak's storyline in Chicago always made me sad. They simply threw her in jail because she couldn't speak English and therefore couldn't defend herself, and ultimately this led to her unjustified execution.

[@ashleydowney1222]

It made me sad and mad.

[@bogirostas7564]

Yes!! But it's actually realistic, a lot of Hungarians can't speak english well, older people don't know any english at all. But one of my bigger concerns with this movie is that they should have hired an actual Hungarian actress for the role. I can't understand what she's saying even tho she is speaking my mother language 😂 makes me kinda disappointed, I would have loved hearing my own language in such a good movie 😢

[@Katielovegood44]

@@bogirostas7564 right?!! Why do movies/tv do this? I never knew it was a thing until I was watching things with my italian husband and sooo many times the italian on screen.. isnt speaking italian :/

[@moliereVSshakespeare]

I'm guessing her ballet skills were a bugger part of her audition than speaking Hungarian...

[@biancaboaventura7861]

the cell block tango one was always pretty obvious to me 🤔

[@_..jolene.._]

They were all pretty obvious to me, especially the Cell Block Tango and the In the Heights one (besides Lin’s parents cause idk what they looked like)

[@mervyngreene6687]

Exactly. There is nothing small about the innocent one. She is also the only one executed.

[@GyeongmiBaeb]

Seriously. I'm like what "hint"? They all but spell it out for you

[@mervyngreene6687]

@@GyeongmiBaeb Over and over and over!

[@Rienneil]

What I don't understand why is she speaks Russian if she suppose to be Hungarian. She says some words in Hungarian but it makes no sense what she says actually had to read a script to understand what she suppose to say

[@trinaq]

I love how Colm Wilkinson, one of the original Valjeans, cameos as the Bishop in the film, thus handing his silver candlesticks over to Hugh Jackman.

[@crenner07]

I also loved having the Bishop come back for the end. It’s more true to the novel and brought his voice back in to the movie (imho there’s very little that Colm’s voice doesn’t improve).

[@andersonfamily]

when they mentioned les miserables I thought this is what they were going to say....

[@Kida809]

I’m currently working on the tour and the bishop in the show played Jean Val jean on the west end 10 years ago Which I thought was pretty cool

[@Nurichiri]

Sound of Music also has curtain clothes. Maria makes clothes for the children out of the curtains in her room when she first moves into the Von Trapp residence. If I remember correctly they're curtains during My Favorite Things, then the children are wearing them as clothes during Do Re Mi.

[@jessicagerard1380]

Also in Enchanted. The dress Giselle is wearing during the Central Park segment is made from curtains. :)

[@AliAngelpie]

It's interesting that there's a Diagon Alley reference in Les Mis because Eddie Redmayne who plays Marius plays Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts series later so I guess after he survives the battle, he decides to be a magical zoologist.

[@Wickedfan219]

I knew that Eddie Redmayne was in both movies, but I didn’t know that they used the Diagon Alley back drop for Les Miserables

[@AliAngelpie]

@@Wickedfan219 Neither did I until I saw this movie and I'm a huge Harry Potter fan!

[@_..jolene.._]

In the 2004 version of TPOTO, if you’ve seen it you most likely noticed that Christine’s hair and makeup changes during the title song. Her makeup gets darker (it started in natural shades then she gets really dark eyeshadow) and her hair comes down (instead of being half up half down). This is to show that Christine is becoming more adult and isn’t as innocent as she was when she was under the impression that the phantom was simply an Angel.

[@cocoanutt27]

How about the part in Mary Poppins Returns where an original cast member asks for directions? It's a cute and quick cameo that some people might not have caught right away.

[@ashleydowney1222]

Yep. Karen Dotrice who played Jane in the original Mary Poppins. It's a shame that her costar Matthew Garber died in his twenties. I think having both kids grown up as cameos would have been cool.

[@charlieinabeanie9125]

You also could’ve pointed out all the cameos in Tick, Tick Boom! There’s so many! (Renee Elise Goldberry, Phillipa Soo, Andre De Shields and so many more)

[@GyeongmiBaeb]

They have an entire list for that ^_^

[@matthewsnleick5560]

Bernadette peters should have been your first listed lol The QUEEN

[@caitlinpass7769]

When I saw Les Miserables in the intro, I thought the video would reference that the man who played the Bishop in the beginning of the film was the man who originated the role of Jean Valjean in the West End and Broadway productions, as well as special anniversary concert performances; similar to the appearances of ABBA members in the Mamma Mia films.

[@margegarland7635]

The one from Chicago was a pretty noticable detail. I don't know anyone could miss it. I tend to miss things in movies and I noticed it

[@carr0760]

Because it isn't a "small detail" and shouldn't be on this list. LoL

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

During the Damn It Janet number in Rocky Horror Picture Show you see three mourners who are rearranging the church for a funeral. Those are Patricia Quinn (Magenta), Little Nell (Columbia) and Tim Curry (Frank N Further).

[@cocoanutt27]

And the Transylvanians are the wedding guests.

[@the-ma-an]

Actually, I'm pretty sure it was Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff) who appeared in Damn It Janet. Tim Curry seems to be a priest, but he only shows up when they take the photo before the song, as well as when the narrator is looking at said photo.

[@lissie8602]

Love this channel I'm a massive musical theatre fan and this channel brings me joy

[@everyonelovesdee]

Always noticed the green dress in The Sound of Music. Tis my mam's favourite movie and we watched it every Christmas when it was on. Was always pretty obvious.

[@darlenelipuma7769]

Giselle also made her dress from curtains.

[@Miss_Myth]

((In advance, I know I'm way overreacting to this, but this happens all. the. time. Consider this my "last straw" moment.)) 9:16 - " *Of course* , we came to know them... in Hamilton." *Um.* Who's we? I get that Hamilton is considered the biggest thing ever since anything, but not everyone waited for that show to start paying attention to Broadway. I know plenty of people who knew In The Heights first, and my first reaction is still "Benny!" anytime I see Christopher Jackson. Did most people find them that way? Sure! And it would be so easy to say that instead. A small change could have made that line so much better. ((Again, I'm aware this is a lot. This concludes my probably unnecessary rant.))

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

Also, I had to stop my self from doing the shoulder shimmies during the you’ll break back scene in “In the Heights.”

[@marymewskers2477]

Also, the troll In Enchanted is wearing Ariel’s seashell bra. Quite the creepy collector.

[@BCre8iv321]

Christopher Jackson is in a LOT of productions that Lin works on (Moana, In the Heights, tick tick BOOM) because Lin at one point tweeted at him “As long as I have a job, you’ll have a job”

[@kyrapearson6239]

Penny's curtain dress gives me serious Enchanted vibes! 💙

[@ashleydowney1222]

Quite a few movies have done curtain dresses. The Sound of Music and Gone With The Wind had curtain dresses in it.

[@kyrapearson6239]

Yes, I know. 🥰👗

[@marysheeran519]

Saw that Sound of Music dress business right away. Hey, I was Catholic; I knew the nun protocol.

[@everettabor1372]

There are also two Lin-Manuel Miranda cameos on this list. One in "In the Heights" and one in "Mary Poppins Returns".

[@robertpehatcher968]

Mary Poppins isn't a cameo. He plays a main character

[@chatboulon743]

Jack is a main character, has history and backstory that ties into the original film, is included in many musical numbers and even has one himself. But no... that's just a cameo role for Lin-Manuel Miranda. 😂

[@StLProgressive]

I loved Enchanted. ❤️

[@jwindsor6274]

that dress Amanda Bynes wore was too tight on her every time I watch it I can't help but notice how badly she's struggling to dance during you can't stop the beat lol

[@christigmc]

I actually noticed that Maria was wearing the same dress as that new person when I was a little kid. I never said anything or thought much about it.

[@Showtunediva]

#8 I absolutely never noticed this. How cool!

[@ashleydowney1222]

I have seen Les Miz so many times and I never noticed that Diagon Alley was used in Les Miz. Or the green dress being reused in Sound of Music. Or the Hairspray curtain dress.

[@ZachMaster26]

You could say that Washington wasn't on Hamilton's side for IN THE HEIGHTS.

[@justineves3588]

very very great epic list I like it a lot very great job mis mojo one of my very favorite list ever❤

[@siobhanbrogan1330]

the bartender in the scene is actually the original graffiti pete:) lin sure loves his casts

[@fancydragon2160]

If you missed the Lin Manuel and Chris Jackson cameos, you were probably on your phone while watching it on HBO Max. It's not exactly subtle. Miranda's parents was a good catch though.

[@chatboulon743]

Pssh, I can identify Lin-Manuel in Moana. Just his voice is recognizable.

[@rixx46]

The Diagon Alley comment is a real stretch - especially since most of it was digitally created; I’ve been to the UK studio where they shot it and surprisingly little if it is a set, and even then, on a soundstage no where near as big as it would need to have been for Les Miz

[@Miss_Myth]

I may be totally off here, I'm genuinely asking - could they have used the Diagon Alley rendering? Started with that digital framework and laid a new skin over it? (This isn't meant to save their point, I'm just wondering if that's a thing.)

[@chatboulon743]

@@Miss_Myth You make more sense than OP. I mean, I've been to Australia but I barely seen any kangaroos. Does that mean kangaroos are a stretch? Just because you've been to a place, doesn't make it factual. And with everything using digital technology nowadays, it'll make sense to use an existing model. It does look oddly similar, even with all the modifications.

[@bheast86]

in MARY POPPINS RETURNS, there seems to be a dead bird lady on the steps where the birds fly away (it had been a couple of decades, but you'd think they'd have shifted the body); re details in MARY POPPINS, the bird lady was Ma Joad from THE GRAPES OF WRATH, and the robin May sang to was the American variety rather than European

[@cair124]

Actually, I don't think the bird lady is dead, just sleeping, since the scene takes place in the very early morning.

[@toilopez69]

Ok another thing that got overlooked in Mama Mia, i just noticed *0:43* seconds in. The guy right behind Meryl Streep looks very familiar. Can't think of his name but wasn't he Kimmy's Husband Fernando on Fuller house??

[@chatboulon743]

Funny thing about Diagon Alley being in Les Miserables... When I saw that scene pan out, I was like "Huh, that looks familiar." I didn't realize it until now. Lol

[@Artistimo101]

I think a more subtle detail for Chicago's Cell Block Tango that I noticed is the Hungarian woman is the only one NOT singing the refrain, she only sings "Ah Ah" and her verse

[@tjwash2]

I didn't miss the white scarf in Cellblock Tango, nor did many people

[@misslady582]

I don't get how anyone missed the flags in Chicago. It was front and center. My friend told me months later she missed it and I'm over here like.... we're we watching the same movie?

[@chatboulon743]

Not everyone pays attention to the same thing. I'm pretty sure there have been things in movies that was obvious to someone else and thinks you're stupid for missing them. Calm down.

[@colleenm4031]

Since I actually played “the new postulant” back in high school, I knew the Sound of Music one. Funnny thing was, I was much smaller than our Maria, so she had to have a totally different dress that looked the same.

[@Steampunk_Junkie]

For the feed the birds scene, you see a bunch of bags/fabric in bundles. I just assumed the was sleeping on the same steps from the first film.

[@lillibethvandyke5328]

unfortunatly not, the actress who played her, Jane Darwell, died in 1967, so it can't be her

[@chatboulon743]

@@lillibethvandyke5328 It can still be a person representing her. That's still a stretch of an Easter egg. Any big city of that time will have flocks of pigeons roaming for a speck of food. There really should have been a bird lady visible.

[@lillibethvandyke5328]

@@chatboulon743 I agree with you on all parts, especially nowadays you can see thousands of pigeons

[@AirQuotes]

#1 was some birds in a shot are you kidding me

[@puppymcpupsters]

I'm a very simple gentleman when I see my favorite movie Chicago in a thumbnail I click

[@PeterABarta]

If only they had cast a Hungarian actress to sing the Hungarian parts of Cell Block Tango. The pronunciation is unrecognizably bad.

[@cair124]

I was always under the impression that she was Russian in the movie. The actress' name was Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, she was born in Leningrad, and was a ballerina.

[@PeterABarta]

@@cair124 the actress may well be Russian, but her portion of the song is in Hungarian, a language that has no relation to Russian.

[@cair124]

I've heard both the soundtrack and the movie versions, and that portion is different on each. I still think the movie version is in Russian.

[@PeterABarta]

@@cair124 the portions in the song are definitely Hungarian. I can tell what the words are supposed to be.

[@vanfulpen92]

Chicago’s was obvious

[@greatfilmmaker]

I notice Chicago and in the heights

[@MeliKProductions]

10 - No, it's obvious that they're there. 9 - Not really surprising. Made in the 60s, the wardrobe budget probably wasn't big enough to give her a different dress. 8 - Movies and TV shows use each other's sets all the time... or are you trying to say that Diagon Alley is actually in France? 7 - Not something missed, as you mentioned. 6 - Set in the 60s. Common for them to do that. 5 - Yep - she was the target for the death penalty for being foreign. 4 - I could eye roll right now... 3 - Yeah... sure they are. 2 - How is this surprising or something we'd have missed? 1 - Probably a coincidence, honestly.

[@chatboulon743]

Melissa's Top 10 countdown as to why she's not invited to parties: 🤣🤣🤣

[@MeliKProductions]

@@chatboulon743 Actually, I choose not to go to parties most of the time, because I have real responsibilities and a life. Just because you think you're better than me, doesn't make it the case.

[@TheOriginalMaudlin]

@@MeliKProductions Only addressing #9 because I know the reason having played the new postulant before. It's not because the movie was made in the 60s and the budget was low. It's literally what happens when someone becomes a nun and gives away all their worldly possessions. The new postulant comes in, gives away her dress and Maria is given it to wear when she leaves. Hence the new postulant line. It's much more obvious in the stage musical.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Nothing Beats Jean Claude Van Damme in Breakin It's as clear as day

[@laniezarro]

I’ve never seen the 2018 Mary Poppins, so…is that the bird lady laying on the steps in that clip where Jack rides passed?! Is she dead or just laying there? That should’ve been addressed because now I’m confused 🥲

[@ashleydowney1222]

The bird lady isn't in the movie at all. It was mentioned in this list that the bird lady isn't in the movie.

[@laniezarro]

@@ashleydowney1222 I know, but if you look at the steps when he’s riding by, before the birds fly away, there’s what looks to be a person lying down. Let me go back to get the time stamp for you to see what I mean. EDIT 👉 11:03 is where it starts. Look at the steps where the birds are before they fly away. Is that not her laying there with the birds?!

[@Raevyn76]

@@laniezarro I haven't seen the 2018 Mary Poppins either, but that's a good eye! The birds sort of fly off and away from that exact spot too!

[@chatboulon743]

If you haven't seen Mary Poppins Returns, I highly recommend it. I had my doubts about it, since Julie Andrews will always be my Mary Poppins, but it's a damn good movie with highly contagious songs.

[@laniezarro]

@@Raevyn76 Yes, exactly! I think that just because the bird lady wasn’t mentioned in the film, doesn’t mean that she didn’t make an appearance in the background. I definitely think that’s her lying on the steps.

[@inkheart151]

I THOUGHT Maria was wearing that nun’s dress but I couldn’t tell for definite!

[@chatboulon743]

Same. I had no idea about that nun protocol, but it makes sense.

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

Hundred classic songs in remix! 🔔 "Sing" (2016) 🎤

[@lavans06]

There's also the Bird Lady for Home Alone xD

[@celinegunton6422]

During that shot of the barricade in Les Mis, there are two coffins front and center. They represent the deaths of Eponine and Gavroche.

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

That pop culture reference at the start of Maria wearing the dress was SO unnecessary.

[@chatboulon743]

Because you're guilty of wearing an outfit after someone else? It's okay, babe. Happens to the best of us.... but most of us don't care and aren't triggered by such silly things. 😂

[@kamiclements7456]

Concerning Sound of Music, in the play, the Captain says, “Maria? A new dress?” And she replies, “Why have a new postulant.”

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

If you listen at the beginning of dear Evan Hansen, you can hear the band playing “good for you.”

[@randomproductions4832]

The Hungarian woman in Chicago doesn’t sing the chorus of the cell block tango she just sings her bit

[@nickdorenkamp959]

3:01-3:30 kinda foreshadowing Eddie Redmayne adventures in said Wizarding World

[@amanogirl1]

The Les Miserables I didn’t know that they used the same site as Harry Potter

[@9Risky]

“Congrats to everyone who is early and who found this comment”

[@jaredvecchio]

We know the one in sound of music. It’s in the script

[@niennaserena4959]

They forgot that Grafitti Pete was also the barman in In The Heights

[@TheAnaemag]

The woman at 6:14 says in Russian "help me, help me please" - I am not sure if what she says before is still in Russian or not, but I am pretty sure that part is not Hungarian. помогите мне, помогите пожалуйста / pomogite mne, pomogite pozhaluysta

[@PeterABarta]

The rest of her dialogue is very badly pronounced Hungarian. Maybe the actress was Russian?

[@ashleydowney1222]

@@PeterABarta The actress was Russian. Russian ballerina, singer, and actress Ekaterina Shchelkanova played that part. I don't speak Hungarian or Russian. So I didn't even notice that the pronunciation wasn't great.

[@mariac231075]

You should really say........... Might have missed!............gets so annoying when you point out stuff that was very obvious.

[@danixx9220]

Any Hungarian speakers mind telling us the “innocent ones” story in Chicago film? Please 😁😊👌🏻

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

I just googled it and this is what my findings say: "How did I find myself here? They say my famous lover (neighbor?) held down my husband and I cut his head off. But it's not true. I am innocent. I don't know why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain at the police station but they didn't understand."

[@edinacsallo5222]

Another small detail: The actress playing the Hungarian woman is not Hungarian, and I can't understand a word she says in "Hungarian". (source: I'm a native speaker)

[@eil77]

O wow Lin Manuel Miranda makes a cameo in "In the heights"??? Wow what a small detail everyone missed

[@ashleydowney1222]

I noticed it right away.

[@jessicagerard1380]

Watching this whole video just to see those close-ups of Aaron Tveit...

[@breanasanaghan1473]

they literally showed OG graffiti pete as the bartender and didn't include him...

[@popescucatrinel5407]

0:01 She literally looks like that doll from Squid Game

[@londynlacy169]

THEY MISSED SETH STEWART IN THE IN THE HEIGHTS MOVIE!!!!!

[@annafowdy]

Please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments...

[@theodorevause5004]

5:42

[@Rienneil]

Why us the Hungarian woman speaking Russian!? Why is what she says in Hungarian makes no sense what so ever!? Because producers never bothered to actually cast a Hungarian speaking actor.

[@ashleydowney1222]

Because the actress that played her is Russian. I think they were going for someone who recognizable to fans. And there are people in the comment section who speak Hungarian who say she spoke Hungarian. It just was hard to understand because of her accent.

[@Pyroshen]

Who the hell is a musical theatre fan and "missed" LMM and Jackson in in the heights? What a silly inclusion.

[@emilybartlett7524]

If you ask me La La Land is a terrible movie... incredibly boring...

[@jnelletrim1478]

Remember God loves you.♥️ John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. please turn your life around and repent🙏 the clock is ticking.....

[@jwindsor6274]

that dress Amanda Bynes wore was too tight on her every time I watch it I can't help but notice how badly she's struggling to dance during you can't stop the beat lol

[@searchingfordotdotdot1086]

Right?!?!?!?!?!

[@ashleydowney1222]

It was the style of the dress. I think it was supposed to be tight. I have seen a few local productions of Hairspray. And Penny's dress is always tight for the that scene for some reason. I guess that's the way it's supposed to be.

[@chatboulon743]

This was her first attempt at a curtain dress. 😂 She'll get better. Lol