The Morning Watch: James Corden’s ‘Frozen’ Crosswalk: The Musical, ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Book Comparison & More
The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.
In this edition, watch asJames Cordenrounds up the cast ofFrozen 2for a new edition of his recurringCrosswalk: The Musicalsegment, bringing the originalFrozento the streets of Los Angeles. Plus, find out how the classic holiday movieIt’s A Wonderful Lifecompares to the short story on which it’s based, and listen asAl Pacinobreaks down four of his most famous film roles.
First up, onThe Late Late Showwith James Corden, the cast ofFrozen 2went to the intersection of Beverly Blvd. and Genesee Ave in Los Angeles to deliver and intermittent live performance of musical sequencesFrozen Crosswalk: The Musical. Initially, James Corden tries to play Elsa, but thankfully, Idina Menzel eventually gets to play her own character alongside Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, and Jonathan Groff.
Next up, since were coming up on Thanksgiving, you’ll be seeingIt’s A Wonderful Lifeairing all over the place. So maybe you’d like to know about the difference between the film andThe Greatest Gift, the 40-page short story that inspired it. How do you turn that short of a story into a 130-minute movie? Well, it might help to know that the entire short story serves as only the last third of the movie, so a lot was added to beef this one up.
Finally, as Al Pacino delivers yet another amazing performance inThe Irishman(available on Netflix next weekend), the actor sat down withGQto reflect on four of his most memorable characters that he’s still praised for to this day. They include Frank Serpico inSerpico, Sonny Wortzik inDog Day Afternoon, Michael Corleone inThe Godfather, and Tony Montana inScarface.
