"Val Kilmer IS Moses...!"

[onager]

Sorry, there aren't enough ROFLs for that line...

Well, this was a new one for me - "Ten Commandments - The Musical."

What, you never heard of it? Relax, most people haven't. It was released - or escaped - only on DVD. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, when it opened in 2004.

And that should have your mental "WTF?" alarm bells ringing. New musicals don't normally open here in Los Angeles. That's why we have that Broadway place. Located somewhere around New Jersey on the other coast, I believe.

The only explanation for this, of course - IT SUCKED! Big time. The DVD was just an attempt to cash in on the popularity of another cast member - Adam Lambert as Joshua. After he hit it big on "American Idol."

Kilmer should have been familiar with the part. He - well, his voice - had already appeared in the animated movie "Prince of Egypt." And he should have stopped right there. I found one review of the musical where the reviewer thought he had mistakenly stumbled into a Chippendale's show.

Now to ensure my Mean & Evil cred for the day, I'm going to provide a link to the site where I learned all this - Le Beau's Le Blog.

Har-har-har, as the devil always says in Jack Chick tracts - you will waste HOURS at this site, in the "What The Hell Happened To..." section alone. "WTHHT..." gives detailed analyses of what happened to some former A-List stars: Kilmer, Jude Law, Anne Heche, and many more.

In the Debra Winger entry, I was happy to get some dirt on the movie "Terms of Endurement." Which I've had to endure too many times and completely hate.

Winger and Shirley MacLaine never got along and apparently grew to really dislike each other during filming. According to people on the set, at one point Winger lifted her skirt and loudly farted in MacLaine's general direction.

I just hope somebody filmed it. Maybe good old Robert Osborne can work that into one of Turner Classic Movies "Golden Cinema Memories" segments.

Le Beau's Le Blog: http://lebeauleblog.com/2011/05/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-val-kilmer/

[sakabatou]

1. Didn't he play Moses in another film?

[onager]

2. "Prince of Egypt," but only his voice.

Yep, Kilmer voiced Moses in the animated movie "Prince of Egypt."

Though modestly uncredited, in the same movie Kilmer was the voice of God.

As Le Beau's blog says - "Kilmer probably considered that a character role."

[sakabatou]

3. XD

I still liked the movie though.

[AlbertCat]

4. Winger and Shirley MacLaine never got along and apparently grew to really dislike each other

I made clothes for The MacLainester for a film I believe never got finished (called "Bruno" during production).

She's friggin' nuts!

[onager]

5. Fascinating, thanks!

Looks like the movie did get finished, it's on ImdB with a 6.2 rating:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123003/

For Shirley "Woo-woo" MacLaine in a REAL character role - check out the 2011 black comedy "Bernie."

True story of a devout small-town Texas Xian (and undertaker), Bernie Tiede (Jack Black). Struck up a friendship with a rich, cranky old bat named Marge Nugent. Played by You-Know-Who.

It's hilarious, especially for anybody who grew up in the South. Many of the smaller parts were cast using real local people, not professional actors. Matthew McConnaughey plays the sheriff and took the part just for fun, I think.

Huge SPOILER here: NY Times story, "How My Aunt Marge Ended Up In The Deep Freeze:"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/magazine/how-my-aunt-marge-ended-up-in-the-deep-freeze.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[AlbertCat]

7. For Shirley "Woo-woo" MacLaine in a REAL character role

She's a great performer! From the start of her career. But all the past lives baloney....ugh!



Anyway, they were filming down here in Wilmington, NC, but some hurricane was on the way so the whole production packed up and ran away. The hurricane missed us.

[Gelliebeans]

6. Mental wtf alarms