The film, which features six of the original broadway cast members reprising their roles, depicts the lives of several bohemians and their struggles with sexuality, drugs, paying their rent, and life under. Ackleson, cleo anthony, gary craig, rasheda crockett. The song is performed in the opening scene of the movie. Rent closed on september 7, 2008, after a 12year run and 5,123 performances, making it the. We present the music video for lift your spirit up the song from the movie season of love.
Brewing with passion, sizzling with action, aesthetically beautiful, seasons of love will bring you and your lover on a play time adventure. The cast of broadways rent joined the rent live cast at the end of the sunday, january 27, production for an incredible performance of seasons of love. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Seasons of love is a song by the cast of the motion picture rent for the 2005 film version. I had to get my hands on the seasons of love cd single as with the take me or leave me cd single, which i also highly suggest. Id grown to love the soundtrack for the majority of ten years so when the movie was released i was eager to see it but without really being a fan, i have to say the movie blew me away. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Check out seasons of love from the motion picture rent by cast of rent on amazon music. I wasnt sure if rent as a movie would work but chris columbus did an amazing job in making the whole thing work. His mother was a seamstress and his father was a super.
How do you document real life when real lifes getting more like fiction each day headlinesbreadlines blow my mind and now this deadline evictionor pay rent. Original broadway cast of rent rent lyrics genius lyrics. Original broadway cast of rent seasons of love b lyrics. The first queer womens holiday romcom feature film. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works rent and tick, tick. Seasons of love from the motion picture rent single. There are only 525,600 minutes in a year as the song says and it talks about how do we measure that amount of time. This is a list of all songs featured in either the musical or movie version of rent. I must admit that the movie rent was entertaining but dragged on with a lot of singing and emotions. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes how do you measure measure a year. The song starts with an ostinato piano motif, which provides the harmonic framework for the cast to sing five hundred twentyfive thousand, six hundred minutes the number of minutes in a common year 60 minutes. Seasons of love by cast of rent film is a cover of jonathan larsons seasons of love. Artist rosario dawson, taye diggs, idina menzel, jesse l. Playlist of the entirety of disc 1 and disc 2 of the rent soundtrack.
Original broadway cast of rent seasons of love lyrics. Seasons of love from the motion picture rent by cast of. While the casts rendition of seasons of love is enough to give you major chills, its the strippeddown version. Season of love is a lighthearted romcom featuring a large ensemble cast of diverse women and their connected love lives during the hectic holiday period just before christmas through the new year who discover love truly is the best gift of all. You can now watch idina menzel singing seasons of love. Seasons of love is a song from the broadway musical rent, written and composed by jonathan larson while in the musical it is the opening song of the second act, in the movie adaptation, its position is changed and it becomes the first song of the film. By far the most widely recognised song in rent, seasons of love appears in three incarnations throughout the show. In diapers, report cards in spoke wheels, in speeding tickets in contracts, dollars in funerals, in births in five hundred twentyfive thousand six hundred. Seasons of love is a song from the broadway musical rent, written and composed by jonathan larson. Josh shared a behindthescenes clip of menzel singing seasons of love from rent the musical that made her a star on set, playing.
Foxs rent live is sure to be a showstopping experience when it airs on jan. Seasons of love by rosario dawson, taye diggs, idina. A talented actor and musician, he was offered a full scholarship to adelphi university on long island, where he met his idol and later mentor stephen sondheim. All of our copies of this rental movie are with other customers at this time. He studied medicine, and thought about advertising, but he realized he had to express himself, so he got into acting. Sing seasons of love in the style of rent movie version. After graduating, he moved to the east village neighborhood of manhattan and, over a. Former cast members were invited, and many from prior tours and former broadway casts appeared, performing an alternate version of seasons of love as the finale of the performance. A queer lady holiday movie that follows the lives of three very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set right before christmas through new years. Filmed live on broadway is a 2008 film of the final performance of the original broadway production of the musical rent on september 7, 2008, with some footage of the closing night celebration. Measure in love seasons of love seasons of love five hundred twentyfive thousand six hundred minutes five hundred twentyfive thousand journeys to plan five hundred.
Seasons of love from the motion picture rent single rent soundtrack 2005. After an introduction with the cast singing seasons of love, the film opens with apartment tenants including two friends and roommates, mark and roger expressing their anger with suddenly being asked to pay rent which had previously been waived by the landlord. Rent is a 2005 american musical drama film directed by chris columbus. Album rent original broadway cast recording seasons of love lyrics.
Firstly, in seasons of love in the beginning of the film version, and in the beginning of. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. Its great to hear different, pumpedup interpretations of these classic broadway staples. Watch rent movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
Jonathan larson was born to allan and nanette larson in mount vernon, new york, on february 4, 1960. A lighthearted romcom featuring a large ensemble cast of diverse women and their connected love lives during the hectic holiday period just before christmas through the new year who discover love trul. Born and raised in brooklyn, wilson j heredia was always surrounded by music. Brewing with passion, sizzling with action, aesthetically beautiful, seasons of love will. The film had a limited theatrical release between september 24 and 28, 2008, in more than 500 theaters with high definition digital projection systems in the us and canada.