Ellen Greene

Like...

And similar to Lynn, I remember Ellen Green singing somewhere that's green and thinking it was the most hilarious, beautiful thing I had ever heard.

And just as I was remembering it, I was just like, that imprinted on me so deeply, this idea that you could... find something, you know, kind of early and it would be so unexpected and it would be kind of silly, but also meaningful that there would be kooky props and like fantastical things that happened.

And I feel like it was actually something that has really stayed with me all these years.

Seeing something that is, um, will create joy, will create tears, will create, um, whether it's on stage or on screen, um, to give all this energy into that patron being moved.

whether it's moved by the ballet or moved by, you know, Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film or Nolan's film or older repertory films that, you know, we just had Ellen Green and Little Shop of Horrors.

Right.

When people love seeing her and she was like just like the most vibrant and amazing woman.

They bring back director Frank Oz.

They bring back, what's her name, Ellen Green, who right there uh little miss audrey uh to kind of talk and reminisce about uh their you know what they're making of the movie and reminiscing about all the fun times that they had on set talking about the puppetry talking about the the uh alternate ending that they used on the director's cut here Amazing stuff.

I really enjoyed rewatching this one.

This is one of my favorite, favorite physical media releases of the year.

I was like, he looks like a baby here.

And Rick Moranis can sing, but he's not like Broadway singing, which I don't think you notice until he sings with Ellen Greene.

And then it's like, it's like, come on, baby, you can do it.

Come on.

Thank you, patrons.

Thank you, Rick Moranis.

Thank you, Ellen Greene.

Thank you, Frank Oz.

But, but, but who would, who would win that fight?

Ellen Ripley and Ellen Greene together at last.

Combining.

The Aliens.

And he is, um, so weird and so creepy and having so much fun.

That, that's fantastic.

I also think we need to talk about Ellen Greene because Ellen Greene, uh, had played the role on stage and didn't think they'd cast her in the film-

Mm

The music is great.

There is a performance of Ellen Green, her name is, who played the original Audrey, doing Somewhere That's Green and Suddenly Seymour at, like, a, some producer thing, and it makes me, like, ugly cry [laughs] in a way-

Yes

... that I cannot explain.

Little Shop, Little Shop of Horrors.

It's got Tisha Campbell, Rick Moranis, um, Ellen Greene.

She does fucking amazing as Audrey.

She does so well.

Uh, the cast is great.

Ellen Greene is a powerhouse, and I get goosebumps every single time she starts belting out that n- those notes.

So definitely a comfort movie, comfort soundtrack, and just a, a top-notch film in my opinion.

Yeah.

Um, Mean Green Mother from Outer Space is just a jam, and I love it so much.

Levi Stubbs just fricking rocks in this movie.

Uh, Suddenly Seymour, Ellen Greene belts out those lyrics, chills every single time, from when I was a child to now as a full-grown adult with debt and taxes and mortgage, still goosebumps.

And then Feed Me (Grow For Me) and Suppertime, it's really hard to kind of rank those.

And a nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

This is director Frank Oz and it stars Rick Moranis and Steve Martin and Ellen Green.

This is a movie that is wildly creative.

It's a lot of fun.

Like, he's, like, he

doesn't sing.

Like, particularly up to Ellen Green, who, like, originated the role and is just amazing on Broadway.

Like, it works so well on so many different levels.