50 Greatest Musical Numbers In Film History

28. Suddenly Seymour - Little Shop Of Horrors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DD7VIKZnGA Ellen Greene and Rick Moranis: not exactly the likeliest of duos. Ellen is, of course, a Broadway belter who's been winning over theater audiences since 1973, and Rick Moranis is that sweet little nerd from Honey I Shrunk the Kids who had never done a musical before Little Shop of Horrors. But somehow, they work. Ellen Greene plays Audrey, a blonde ditz with a heart of gold who always goes out with the wrong guys, while Moranis plays the meek florist's assistant who's in love with her. This song is that big moment when they finally realize their feelings for each other. Up until about halfway through the song, Greene had been singing and talking in a breathy little voice, which reflects her total lack of self-confidence. Then, once she realizes that Seymour is in love with her, she starts belting out her lines in the way that only she can. It's a powerful moment and one of the strongest songs in the film.

27. Let's Misbehave - Pennies From Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7rseCwM9mU Alright, so this scene is pretty bizarre. Most people have some confusing feelings about Christopher Walken, sexual or otherwise, and that's certainly not helped by his striptease/tap number in Pennies From Heaven. He's lip-synching along to Cole Porter's Let's Misbehave, thoroughly weirding out (and maybe seducing?) Bernadette Peters. The main concept of the film is characters lip-synching to old standards, sometimes to absurd ends, like here with the three burly men who are doing the part of the trio of high-pitched female singers. So that whole part is going on, and it's fine, but then suddenly the music changes and Christopher Walken's up on a table tap dancing and taking off his clothes and it somehow works. But hey, it wouldn't be Walken if it wasn't 80% weird, right?