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Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...

2016 · 96 min

A bittersweet, affectionate look back at youthful dreams and what became of them, moving between joy and quiet regret.

Directed by
Lonny Price
Genres
Documentary
Tagline
Dreams don't die.
Overview
This film from acclaimed theater director Lonny Price charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" in the 30-plus years since the musical debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in 1981.

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Directed by
Lonny Price
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Lonny Price
Written by
Kitt Lavoie, Lonny Price, Ted Schillinger
Starring
Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Terry Finn, Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, Jason Alexander, Mandy Patinkin, Donna Marie Asbury
Cinematography
Elaine Epstein, Matthew M. Howe
Runtime
96 min
Languages
English

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