Disney's Haunted Mansion Movie

Did anyone know that Disney is coming out with a movie version of the Haunted Mansion?
It's not being released until Nov. 24th. Too bad it won't be released before Halloween.
It might be good. I missed the Pirates movie. I’ll catch it on DVD.
Here is the website:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/hauntedmansion/main.html

They have been showing trailers of it for at least the past month, during kids movies.

Eddie Murphy is in it. The movie (at least from the previews) looks like it'll be a big hit.

The Haunted Mansion is my all-time favorite ride/attraction anywhere so I was Really excited to hear about the film. But with Eddie Murphy, it could go either way. I'm just hoping Disney treated it with as much care as Pirates (which surpassed my expectations!) The trailer looks good, but too bad about the Don Knotts role.

We Shall See...

-Z

Test screening reviews...

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16166

i got to audition as one of the ballroom scene ghost dancers, but didn't get it. I like the brush with celebrity aspect of it!

However, my 2 friends Chandler Smith and Jerry Jordan who run a dance studio in Santa Clarita ( http://www.Retroglide.com ) did get the gig! They said it was lots of fun getting into the costumes - but they weren't allowed to take any pictures. :(

[ Edited by: Futura Girl on 2003-10-17 16:32 ]

On 2003-10-17 16:31, Futura Girl wrote:
However, my 2 friends Chandler Smith and Jerry Jordan who run a dance studio in Santa Clarita ( http://www.Retroglide.com ) did get the gig!

Did they have to dance with the women leading, like they do on the ride? :lol:

actually - it's like a reverse Viennese sp? waltz step. It's a difficult ballroom style from days gone by and that is why they had to hold auditions - the actor extras they hired couldn't learn it.

The man still leads - but it's exactly opposite of how we all learned to "waltz". it feels all backwards, but once you are in the 'swing' of things in the grand circle on the floor it's very heady and makes you dizzy. apparantly this style (along with the corsets and tight shoes) is part of the cause for why women fainted alot at dances.

the best part of the audition was seing the gettups that people came in. there were some hardcore goth/HM fans in the mix. i got to try out with a guy in a tuxedo who plays nijinsky on stage.

An inside peek at the sets from the film:

http://www.doombuggies.com/film.htm