{"id":12278,"date":"2014-06-20T02:03:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T09:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=12278"},"modified":"2014-06-20T02:04:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T09:04:36","slug":"jersey-boys-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2014\/06\/jersey-boys-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"JERSEY BOYS MOVIE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jersey<\/h1>\n

JERSEY BOYS MOVIE<\/h1>\n

Frankie Valli, The Four Seasons, Clint Eastwood, and \u2026 Lou Christie<\/h2>\n

One of the great things about living in Hell\u2019s Kitchen in New York City is that Lou Christie lives in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

I ran into him on 10th Avenue yesterday, and told him not to miss Jersey Boys when it opens Friday\u2014not that he would have: After all, next to Frankie Valli and maybe Del Shannon, no rock \u2019n\u2019 roller had a more significant falsetto voice.<\/p>\n

I actually saw the movie a week ago, at a VIP screening introduced by Clint Eastwood. He said that he made a point of using not only the Broadway show cast members, but also those from touring productions; in Variety he explained that it made no sense to look elsewhere, since these actors had already performed their roles hundreds of times.<\/p>\n

I told Lou I loved the movie, especially the way that Eastwood managed to capture the look, feel, and sound of the era in relating the now familiar story of Valli and the Four Seasons. But face it: The story is second place next to the music that made the story so worth telling.<\/p>\n

And as the movie shows, it\u2019s not at all just Valli\u2019s otherworldly vocal.<\/p>\n

\"JerseyIt\u2019s partner Bob Gaudio\u2019s songs, of course, that gave Valli\u2019s voice a reason. But it\u2019s also Bob Crewe\u2019s production, which comes into full effect at the end.<\/p>\n

Indeed, you won\u2019t want to leave until the final credits are done, because along with a fabulous visual, they run to the sound of the Four Seasons\u2019 original recording of their 1962 breakthrough hit \u201cSherry\u201d\u2014and it jumps out of the theater speakers. It produces the very weird effect of drawing you back in just as you\u2019re walking out, and more than anything else, underscores the lasting first impression of the four Jersey Boys.<\/p>\n

Jim Bessman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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