Start a new life on the Off-World Colonies! The film is based on their 2002 play of the same name. "Would you change who you are if you could? In the year 2056 - the not so distant future - an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. The second aspect of the film, and perhaps the most important, is its ambience and attitude. her mother is revealed to have been murdered and her father has been faking her illness to protect her from the. Rotti's terminal illness, too, although with the cough, baldness (chemo?) and the Following this run, we went back to the drawing board again, and then mounted a second version of Repos stage play in 2004 at W. Hollywoods SplitID Theatre. Nathan starts out well, but gets taken down only a couple of minutes in by Luigi Largo and his very large knife. In a movie like Repo, where everything is sung and sung in a rather specific style we needed to hear that the actors could sell an entire performance based on their singing ability. Rotti is dying, and the three siblings bicker and fight about who is to take the role as head of GeneCo. Well, this trope is a bit subverted. It is also possible to rent "Repo! He insists to the audience it's all part of the show, then drags Shilo and Nathan on stage and tries to force Shilo to kill Nathan. A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. Repo! is a really creative movie that yanked on the strings of my black heart. Characters Read up on the backstory of Shilo, Nathan, and more! One of our 10-minute operas, The Necromerchants Debt the story of a futuristic grave-robber is the tale that evolved into Repo! Interestingly, the outfits they wear are actually Nathan's outfits from different iterations of Repo. He did not think she would be capable, and feared media backlash or accusations of stunt casting. Repo! Also subverted, with Pavi, with the exception of 'Night Surgeon', where his voice starts getting deeper and scratchy when he taunts the (soon to be) repo victim. feels like a film made by gothy art kids for other gothy art kids. Anthony Head had sung previously in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series during its 4th season as well. Part of Repo!s charm was its collection of misfits on screen. Eventually it just became part of his. You're almost there! The Genetic Opera was a stage musical created in 2002 by Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith which would later become the basis for a short film and a cult movie. Repo! Repo! The song "I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much" was originally a lullaby composer Darren Smith sang to his son. (EPILOGUE! That said, I think that there are some major differences between our two films: 1) Rocky Horror is a musical. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. In the stage play, Luigi's name was "Lucci," making the Largo men "Lucci Pavirotti.". When she refuses, he loses it in front of the entire Opera audience, shoots Nathan himself, then finally succumbs to his disease due to the stress of the breakdown, rambling as he dies. No one really knows his name for sure. The first adaption from stage to screen was a ten-minute trailer made by Darren Lynn Bousman to pitch the idea to movie companies. Most of the songs, like any good musical, are tracks you can play on a car ride or just keep rotating in a playlist. Just because Pavi sees himself this way and is rich enough to afford "Women of mercenary affection" doesn't mean anyone else agrees. It was mentioned in the Extended Universe that he started using it to hide a speech impediment. Repo! [1] Contents 1 Songs 1.1 Act 1 2 Cast and crew 2.1 Original Cast [2] is a well-made movie, objectively, the soundtrack acts as the beating heart to the weird monster that Bousman created. The staircase in the Wallace home do not lead to the upstairs part of the house, the stairs actually lead to nowhere. The information itself was left intact with only minor (eg, grammatical) adjustments to the text; for example, a portion of the "About Me" section on Rotti's page can also be found in a newspaper article in the movie. Out of the tragedy|a savior emerges: GeneCo|a biotech company that offers organ transplants for a price. Who knew Paris Hilton could be a part of something so awesome? To me, one of the main differences in the way a narrative is driven in a stage play vs. a film is that on stage you typically TELL everything, whereas on film you SHOW everything. According to early interviews, Zydrate was discovered when doctors searched for a chemical reason for near-death experiences, then made a synthetic version of the compound they discovered for use in surgery. In a movie thats all singing, if you cut a line of dialogue it may effect an entire musical stanza. I will leave it at that. You can find the official site at http://www.repo-opera.com. Eventually justifiedNathan has been poisoning her so she can't leave him. When Mag defies him during her act, he cuts the ropes holding her up so that she crashes onto a cast-iron fence prop and is impaled. In the not too distant future, an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. it is revealed that Shilo's father has been poisoning her with the "medicine," which causes her to exhibit the symptoms of her vague illness; she is completely healthy when not taking it. As such, Repos libretto always read sort of like a screenplay. The most dashing, panty-snatching, Doctor: "It's spreading rapidly." It is also common to have the audience read along with text in the comic-book exposition sequences. and the doctor's "it's spreading rapidly" implies that it might be lung cancer. In the original script the film began with the character Shilo Wallace going down to her mother's tomb and the first song was 21st Century Cure. The result was a subpar horror musical that has earned an army of devoted fans who re-enact it live every Halloween. When Amber persuades her brothers to follow her in rebuilding GeneCo, that is. Well it's my time to shine! The Repo Man has shades of this, especially in "Thankless Job". The Genetic Opera, a project he nurtured from page to stage and screen for almost 10 years serving as writer, composer, director, producer and actor through its various incarnations. In fact, if the only relevant reference point for Repo is a legendary film experience that happened only once, and happened over 3 decades ago, then I think we achieved what we set out to do with Repo: something groundbreaking. Before Repos casting process began, the two Darrens and I created our Repo dream cast list, which included our top 5 choices for each of the main roles. came out. Mag in the end. Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega), a 17-year-old, believes she inherited a rare blood disease from her deceased mother. All rights reserved. The Largo family consists of GeneCo president Rotti Largo, his daughter Amber Sweet, and his two sons Luigi and Pavi. Fans from several countries have been petitioning Lionsgate for a wider release. In the mid-21st century, an epidemic of organ failures leads to the rise of GeneCo., a company providing transplants at a great price. Everyone's A Composer Come Back What Chance Has A 17 Year Old Girl Seventeen Needle Through A Bug Let The Monster Rise I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much Genetic Emancipation Behind the Scenes Played by Alexa Vega Shilo Wallace is the main protagonist and the daughter of Nathan Wallace and Marni Wallace Contents 1 Appearance 2 History 3 Personality Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". The idea of stopping-the-show in a film doesnt really work. It's also an actual opera: nearly every line of dialogue is sung, and the story is one continuous musical number.In the not too distant future, an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. First, I want to clear up something: if you look online, it will say that Repo had 3 projected release dates: April, August, and November of 08, with November 7th being our ACTUAL release date. Each character brings something important to the story, and it's hard not to become emotionally invested in a few of them. The film itself is pretty gory for a musical, but the actual horror is in the message of addiction and reliance on plastic surgery and huge financial loans that the cast is able to drive home. Even though it was a difficult process, the film works better with these cuts mademuch better. We just hadnt gotten to them yet (the test-screening was done way too early in my opinion, and featured a clearly unfinished print of the film.). Repo! Coming Soon, Regal Of the official Myspaces, a few expanded to Twitter. Amber Sweet and Luigi have a whole lot of, Played with. The video that Shilo (Alexa PenaVega) watches when she gets to the "Genetic Opera" was actually edited by Kevin Greutert, who edited the "Saw" films. As the creators gave the fans insight to their respective characters and are yet to debunk anything. The fire was caused by leaves on the set that were accidentally blown by an open flame. Cultural infamy: Repo! The next chapter would be a prequel to the events shown in this film and is tentatively titled "Repo! ", R (Language|Gore|Drug Content|Sexual Content|Strong Bloody Violence), Horror, The official Twitter accounts are: @luigilargo, @officialrotti, @pavi_largo and @officialmssweet. Who would ever have thought that Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy) would appear in a musical with Sarah Brightman (star of several Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals) AND Paris Hilton? Not only because everyone is singing, but because each of the characters is physically transformed to fit into this bizarre world of Repo. The Genetic Opera and its transition from stage to screen. It's stylish, loving the punk rock setting. The songs perfectly fit the ambience of the movie and while no one would ever argue that Repo! 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