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Repo! The Genetic Opera
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDarren Lynn Bousman
Screenplay byTerrance Zdunich
Darren Smith
Produced byDarren Lynn Bousman
Mark Burg
Oren Koules
Peter Block
Yoshiki Hayashi
StarringAlexa Vega
Paul Sorvino
Anthony Head
Sarah Brightman
Paris Hilton
Bill Moseley
Nivek Ogre
Terrance Zdunich
CinematographyJoseph White[disambiguation needed]
Edited byHarvey Rosenstock
Music byTerrance Zdunich
Darren Smith
Production
company
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • November 7, 2008 (2008-11-07)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8.5 million[1]
Box office$188,126

Repo! The Genetic Opera is a 2008 horror-rock opera musical film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. The film is based on a play written and composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich.

The film opened in a very limited release on November 7, 2008, on seven screens in Pasadena, Chicago, Mobile, Charlotte, Kansas City, Toronto and Ottawa.

The film took in an average of $3,250 per screen on its opening day. A 22-track soundtrack was released online on September 30, 2008, with an extended version containing 38 tracks released almost exclusively for download on February 20, 2009. The DVD and Blu-ray were released January 20, 2009.

To coincide with the film's release, Bousman, Smith and Zdunich, as well as various cast members, did a tour version of the film. Principal cast and crew also did extensive Q&A sessions following each screening. Because of strong ticket sales, a second and third touring session were added, in addition to a British tour across four locations. A Repo! Road Show was announced on January 28 in 10 cities. This show was similar to the Repo! Road Tour, except it was almost completely fan-run.

Plot

In a dystopian America, the mega-corporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan, making them available to everyone. Clients who default on payments are hunted down by Repomen: skilled assassins contracted by GeneCo to repossess organs, usually killing the clients in the process.

Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega), a 17-year-old, has been told by her overprotective father Nathan (Anthony Head) that she inherited a rare blood disease from her deceased mother which requires her to stay indoors. When Nathan is not around, Shilo sneaks out to her mother's tomb and meets GraveRobber (Terrance Zdunich) who tells her to beware of Repomen.

The CEO of GeneCo, Rottissimo "Rotti" Largo (Paul Sorvino), discovers that he is terminally ill and plans to have Shilo replace him. While Rotti's children, Luigi (Bill Moseley) and Pavi (Nivek Ogre), bicker about inheritance, Rotti's daughter Carmela "Amber Sweet" Largo (Paris Hilton) gloats that she will soon replace Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman), GeneCo's star opera singer, who is on the verge of defaulting for her surgically enhanced eyes.

Unbeknownst to Shilo, her father is secretly the head Repoman for GeneCo, working directly for Rotti himself. When Nathan learns that his next target is Blind Mag, he refuses to kill her, causing Rotti to send Repomen after Nathan. As Nathan battles them, Rotti phones Shilo and invites her to the upcoming Genetic Opera, to see Mag's final performance. Nathan defeats the Repomen and heads to the Opera after seeing that Shilo is not in her room.

At the Opera, Mag sings her final song, ending it with a final act of defiance by gouging out her eyes. Rotti immediately has her killed. When Nathan arrives, a dying Rotti reveals that Shilo's illness is caused by the poisoned medicine given by her father and tells Shilo to kill him. Shilo refuses and Rotti uses the last of his strength to shoot Nathan before he himself dies. After a tearful good-bye, Shilo then leaves, free at last to live her own life.

In an epilogue, GraveRobber reads about the events of the opera from the previous night and reveals that Shilo has fled, leaving GeneCo with no heir. Amber Sweet becomes GeneCo's new CEO, promising to change the company's repossession policy.

Cast

See also: List of Repo! The Genetic Opera characters

Musical numbers

Repo! The Genetic Opera holds the record for the most songs ever composed into one film, with a total of 64. This is the official list of all the songs in the film. Some were cut from the final edit of the film.

Joan Jett appears as a guitarist and Melora Creager of Rasputina plays cello on the soundtrack. A 7-track demo CD, dubbed the "Pre-Surgery Sampler", was released on July 24, 2008. A 22-track soundtrack was released on September 30. Songs do not appear in the same sequence on the CD as they do in the film. On February 20, 2009, an extended edition of the soundtrack was released online. The "Deluxe Edition" contains 38 tracks and the song "Zydrate Anatomy" was re-cut and used in its film version for this edition.

In the film, the following songs are performed: (* = instrumental)

  1. "Depraved Heart Murder at Sanitarium Square"*
  2. "Genetic Repo Man" - GraveRobber
  3. "Crucifixus"*
  4. "The Prognosis"*
  5. "Things You See in a Graveyard (Part 1)" - Rotti
  6. "21st Century Cure" - GraveRobber and Shilo
  7. "Shilo Wakes" - Nathan and Shilo
  8. "Infected" - Shilo
  9. "Nathan's Story"*
  10. "Legal Assassin" - Nathan and Marni
  11. "Lungs and Livers" - GeneCo Chorus
  12. "Mark It Up" - Genterns, Amber, Luigi and Pavi
  13. "Tao of Mag (Part 1)" - Mag
  14. "Rotti's Story"*
  15. "Things You See in a Graveyard (Part 2)" - Rotti
  16. "Limo Ride" - Rotti and Shilo
  17. "Thankless Job" - Nathan
  18. "A Ventriloquist's Mess"*
  19. "Tao of Mag (Part 2)" - Mag
  20. "No Organs? No Problemo!" - GeneCo Chorus
  21. "Largo's Little Helpers" - Child Chorus
  22. "Genterns" - Genterns and Pavi
  23. "Luigi, Pavi, Amber Harass Mag" - Luigi, Mag, Amber, Pavi and Rotti
  24. "Seeing You Stirs Memories (Part 1)" - Rotti
  25. "Blind Mag's Story"*
  26. "Seeing You Stirs Memories (Part 2)" - Rotti and Mag
  27. "My, What Big Scissors You Have" - Shilo
  28. "Housecall" - Rotti (spoken)
  29. "Inopportune Telephone Call" - Nathan and Shilo
  30. "Before the Escape"*
  31. "GraveRobber and Shilo Escape" - GraveRobber and Shilo
  32. "Zydrate Support Network" - Rotti
  33. "Worthy Heirs?"*
  34. "Zydrate Anatomy" - GraveRobber, Shilo, Amber and Zydrate addicts
  35. "Disposal Crew" - Disposal crew
  36. "A Dump Truck Home"*
  37. "Who Ordered Pizza?" - Luigi, Pavi, Nathan, Rotti and Amber
  38. "Night Surgeon" - Nathan, Rotti, Henchgirls, Luigi, Pavi and Genterns
  39. "The Visitor"*
  40. "Chase the Morning" - Mag, Shilo and Marni
  41. "Everyone's a Composer" - Mag, Nathan and Shilo
  42. "Come Back!" - Nathan and Shilo
  43. "What Chance Has a 17 Year Old Girl" - Nathan and Shilo
  44. "Seventeen" - Shilo
  45. "Pre-Happiness"*
  46. "Happiness is Not a Warm Scalpel" - Amber and Rotti
  47. "Gold" - Rotti
  48. "Nathan Discovers Rotti's Plan" - Nathan and Shilo
  49. "Tonight We Are Betrayed" - Nathan
  50. "At the Opera Tonight" - Shilo, Mag, Nathan, Amber, GraveRobber, Rotti, Luigi and Pavi
  51. "Bloodbath!" - GraveRobber
  52. "Not Your Parents' Opera"*
  53. "We Started This Op'ra Shit!" - Luigi, Pavi, Rotti and GeneCo Chorus
  54. "Interrogation Room Challenge" - Rotti
  55. "Blame Not My Cheeks" - Amber and GeneCo Chorus
  56. "Chromaggia" - Mag
  57. "Mag's Fall"*
  58. "Pièce De Résistance" - Rotti
  59. "Let the Monster Rise" - Nathan and Shilo
  60. "A Ten Second Opera"*
  61. "Sawman's Lament" - Rotti, Luigi, Pavi, Shilo and Nathan
  62. "The Man Who Made You Sick" - Rotti, Shilo and Nathan
  63. "Cut the Ties" - Rotti, Luigi, Shilo and Pavi
  64. "Shilo Turns Against Rotti" - Shilo, Rotti and Nathan
  65. "The King is Dead" - Rotti (spoken)
  66. "I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much" - Shilo and Nathan
  67. "Genetic Emancipation" - Shilo
  68. "Epitaph" - GraveRobber and Zydrate addicts
  69. "VUK-R" - Katie Fitzgerald (end credits)
  70. "Repo Man" - Pavi (end credits)
  71. "Needle Through a Bug" - GraveRobber and Shilo (deleted scene)
  72. "Bravi!" - Mag, Luigi, Pavi, Rotti, Amber and Genterns (deleted scene)
  73. "Aching Hour" - Mag (end credits)

Cut songs

Bits and pieces of some of these songs were used in the film. Most of the songs' scenes were entirely cut (*).

  1. "Crucifixus" - Mag, Ghostly Whispers (used as the screen closes in to GeneCo; instrumental version used in film)
  2. "Bravi!"* - Mag, Pavi, Luigi, Rotti, Amber (end credits, a commercial that would have been used before "Mark It Up"; heard briefly between "Infected" and Nathan's Story)
  3. "Tao of Mag" - Mag (a commercial starring Mag that promotes the Genetic Opera; heard briefly between "Mark It Up" and Rotti's Story)
  4. "Can't Get It Up if the Girl's Breathing?"* - Amber, GraveRobber (Amber telling GraveRobber that there are other ways to pay for Zydrate; would have succeeded "Housecall") (also a deleted scene on the Blu-ray release)
  5. "Come Up and Try My New Parts"* - Amber (Amber seduces GraveRobber to get out of paying for Zydrate; succeeds "Can't Get It Up". Some scenes used in "Zydrate Anatomy" after Amber receives a shot of Zydrate.) (also a deleted scene on the Blu-ray release)
  6. "GraveRobber and Shilo Escape" - GraveRobber, Shilo, Amber (GraveRobber and Shilo escape from the Italian festival; alternate version used in film, Amber not included) (also a deleted scene on the Blu-ray release)
  7. "Buon Giorno"* - Rotti, Pavi, Luigi, Genterns (Genetic Opera greeting; would have come after "We Started This Op'ra Shit!") (also a deleted scene on the Blu-ray release)
  8. "Rotti's Chapel Sermon"* - Rotti (the scene was reedited to make up "Interrogation Room Challenge"; succeeds "Buon Giorno")
  9. "Needle Through a Bug"* - GraveRobber, Shilo (deleted scene where Shilo must pass another of Rotti's tests; succeeded "Rotti's Chapel Sermon") and plays entirely during credits (also a deleted scene on the Blu-ray release)
  10. "Aching Hour"* - Blind Mag (Mag sings about her imminent death during the Renaissance festival; plays entirely during credits)

Production and history

In 1996, Darren Smith had a friend who was going through bankruptcy and whose possessions were going into foreclosure. Inspired by this, Smith came up with the idea of a future where not only your property could be repossessed, but also your body parts. Smith and Terrance Zdunich collaborated ideas and plot lines to create "The Necromerchant's Debt".[2]

The first version of Repo! was The Necromerchant's Debt, which told the story of a graverobber in debt to a Repo Organ Man. It was first performed at the John Raitt theater. After being such a success, creators Smith and Zdunich expanded on the universe to create all of the storylines that became Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Many changes were made, gradually, to the characters and music. For example, Rotti, in the earliest performances, was not the father to Luigi, Pavi, and Amber. Instead, he was a younger brother to Luigi and Pavi,[3] while Amber was Luigi's daughter.[4]

Lyrics were adjusted to new arcs, and some songs were dropped altogether, for example, "But This Is Opera!", which was cut out in an effort to change the direction of Blind Mag's character. After years of being performed as a stage play, Repo! was adapted into a 10-minute short film directed and financed by Darren Lynn Bousman to pitch the idea to film companies. The film starred Shawnee Smith (Amanda Young in the Saw films) as Amber Sweet (then named "Heather Sweet"), Michael Rooker (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) as the Repo Man, Kristen Fairlie as Shilo Wallace, Terrance Zdunich as GraveRobber, and J. Larose as Pavi Largo.

Once Repo! was picked up by Lionsgate, shooting began on September 2007 in Canada.[5] The film was scheduled to be released on April 25, 2008, but was pushed back to November 7. X Japan member Yoshiki Hayashi produced the soundtrack, along with composing one extra track for the film. He also serves as one of the film's producers.[6] Paul Masse was the cast's vocal coach for the film's soundtrack.

Promotion

Due to Lionsgate's lack of promotion, director Bousman and creator Zdunich did much of their own promotion.

A "Repo! Road Tour" was later set up for one-night screenings of the film in seven different cities across the United States[7] and was so successful that it was followed by a second and later third Repo Road Tour all of which were attended by a member of the cast. A UK road tour later went on in March.

Release

The film received a limited release in the United States and Canada on November 7, 2008.[8] It had a further limited Canadian release, playing in Toronto from November 21 to November 27, 2008. It was released in the Czech Republic on November 20, 2008, this was followed by a theatrical release in Spain on January 2, 2009.[9] In December 2008, several more US theatrical screenings were announced running between 13–24 January 2009 in several cities[10] The Repo! Road Tour made its 4th and final leg (thus far) in Europe from March 7–12, 2009.

Even after the initial theatrical release and DVD sales, fan support has caused Repo! The Genetic Opera to be played in select theaters for the duration of 2009 and well into 2011, some with "shadowcasts" in which a group of actors and performers re-enact the film in front of the big screen while the film is playing on stage.[11] It was re-released in a special screening at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.[12]

In 2012, During the Road tour for The Devil's Carnival, Darren Lynn Bousman and Terrance Zdunich showed a 20 minute video of never before seen footage edited together from behind the scenes of the Repo production. The Movie also featured a few of the Popular songs from Repo presented in an sing along format.

Critical reception

On March 4, 2008, there was a test screening, with many critics and crew in attendance. The reviews written from the screening were all extremely positive. However, the film they saw was not the fully completed version. Some noted that the sound mixing was not finished.[13][14][15] The director finished the final touches on the film as of March 31, 2008. The Fantasia Film Festival, held in Montreal, Quebec on July 18, 2008, had the first official fully edited screening of Repo! the Genetic Opera. The show was sold out and the film won the "Fantasia Ground-Breaker Award". The Fantasy Filmfest, held in different towns of Germany (August 2008), showed a very positive review to Repo!.

Reviews of Repo! appearing in major news outlets like The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times were all extremely negative.[16][17]

The film review aggregating website Rotten Tomatoes reports generally negative reviews, with only 33% of reviews being positive. The consensus of the film given is: "Bombastic and intentionally gross, Repo! The Genetic Opera has a unique style, but lacks the wit and substance to be involving."[18]

Horror.com called it "a spirited, absorbing, astounding, thought provoking futuristic fulsome fable". Bloody Disgusting website wrote that it was "fresh, unique and exciting…remarkable". This was followed by horror network FEARnet who branded it "an instant cult classic" and "absolutely mind-blowing on a visionary level" according to Canada's Horror-movies.ca.[19]

Even before its release, Repo! had gained a cult film following.[20][21]

Hilton won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress. This was despite her performance being praised as "subtle" by some critics, with director Darren Lynn Bousman himself describing Hilton as "pitch-perfect" and "awesome".[22] At the same time, Hilton won the Worst Actress for The Hottie and the Nottie.

Home media

The film was released January 20, 2009 on DVD and Blu-ray in the US.[23] In Canada, the DVD was released on January 20, 2009 and the Blu-ray was released February 10, 2009. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on March 9, 2009. It was released in Ireland on March 6, 2009. The DVD was released in Germany on April 14.[9]

The US DVD release contains two audio commentaries (one by Bousman and actors Vega, Moseley, and Ogre; the other by Bousman, creators Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich, and music producer Joseph Bishara), two featurettes (From Stage to Screen and Legal Assassin - A Repo Man), and the theatrical trailer.

The Blu-ray contains all the DVD features including a select scene audio commentary by the director and Paris Hilton, 2 more featurettes (Zydrate Anatomy - Amber Sweet: Addicted to the Knife and Chase the Morning - Blind Mag: The Voice of GeneCo), a video sing-along with bouncing heart, four deleted scenes (Needle Through a Bug, Buon Girono, Extended Version of Shilo and Graverobber Escape and Come Up and Try My New Parts), and the theatrical trailer.

Soundtrack

Main article: Repo! The Genetic Opera (soundtrack)

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released September 30, 2008 and only available through Amazon.com and iTunes.

  1. "Genetic Repo Man" - GraveRobber, Chorus
  2. "Crucifixus" - Mag, Ghostly Chorus
  3. "Things You See in a Graveyard" - Rotti, Mourners
  4. "Infected" - Shilo
  5. "Legal Assassin" - Nathan, Marni, Ghostly Whispers
  6. "Bravi!" - Mag, Luigi, Pavi, Rotti, Amber
  7. "21st Century Cure" - GraveRobber
  8. "Mark It Up" - Amber, Luigi, Pavi, Genterns
  9. "Can't Get It Up If the Girl's Breathing?" - Amber, Eunuch valets, GraveRobber
  10. "Zydrate Anatomy" - GraveRobber, Shilo, Amber, Zydrate Support Group, Genterns
  11. "Thankless Job" - Nathan
  12. "Chase the Morning" - Mag, Shilo, Marni
  13. "Seventeen" - Shilo, Chorus
  14. "Gold" - Rotti
  15. "Night Surgeon" - Nathan, Rotti, Henchgirls, Luigi, Pavi, Genterns
  16. "At the Opera Tonight" - Shilo, Mag, Nathan, Amber, GraveRobber, Rotti, Luigi, Pavi, Chorus
  17. "We Started This Op'ra Shit!" - Band Leader, Genterns, Luigi, Pavi, Single Mother, Rotti, Opera Audience, GeneCo Chorus
  18. "Needle Through a Bug" - GraveRobber, Shilo, Chorus
  19. "Chromaggia" - Mag
  20. "Let the Monster Rise" - Nathan, Shilo
  21. "I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much" - Shilo, Nathan
  22. "Genetic Emancipation" - Shilo, Chorus

References

  1. ^ Staci. "Repo! The Genetic Opera Review". Blastr. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  2. ^ Posted by terrance (2009-04-18). "FAQs – 2. How'd you come up with an idea like REPO!?". Terrance Zdunich. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  3. ^ Rotti listed as the youngest Largo brother
  4. ^ Amber listed as Luci's daughter
  5. ^ "Paris Hilton Gets Movie Musical Role". The Washington Post. July 31, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  6. ^ Template:Ja icon あのYOSHIKIが、パリス・ヒルトン次回作のプロデューサーに！ - シネマトゥデイ | 映画の情報を毎日更新
  7. ^ Repo! Opera Road Tour
  8. ^ Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) Coming Soon
  9. ^ a b Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) EOFF
  10. ^ "Repo! The Genetic Opera" Will Be Seen Around the Country in January Playbill. December 26, 2008
  11. ^ "Blog Archive » Repo! Is Now Booked In Theatres Through The End Of The Year!". Terrance Zdunich. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  12. ^ San Diego Comic-Con 2010: Repo! Screening and a New Lesson from The Tutor
  13. ^ Horror.com review and plot
  14. ^ Bloody-Disgusting reviews and plot
  15. ^ ShockTillYouDrop reviews and plot
  16. ^ Olsen, Mark (November 7, 2008). "Operatic 'Repo' is bloody awful". L.A. Times. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  17. ^ Itzkoff, Dave. "Repo! The Genetic Opera - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  18. ^ "Repo! The Genetic Opera Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Uk.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  19. ^ 'Repo! The Genetic Opera' Slices Its Way To DVD Star Pulse. 20 January 2009
  20. ^ Gilchrist, Todd (November 6, 2008). "Repo! The Genetic Opera Review". IGN.com. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  21. ^ Pennington, Juliet (January 17, 2009). "Joining the cult of Repo!". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  22. ^ Powers, Nicole (2008-11-07). "Interviews > Darren Lynn Bousman: Repossessed". Suicidegirls.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  23. ^ "Repo! The Genetic Opera (US - DVD R1". DVDActive. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-01. {{cite web}}: Text "BD RA) in News > Releases at DVDActive" ignored (help)
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