The Sapphires

BroadwayGuy wrote on January 21, 2013

Why is this marked for deletion when it is a MUSICAL, originally based on the award-winning Australian stage musical from 2005?

Archivist wrote on January 25, 2013

Please review this page:

http://castalbums.org/database/

This recording looks great and looks like it would fall under the category of "Soundtracks," meaning that the songs in the film were not written for this production and would be considered diagetic, meaning they are heard as part of the action, can be heard by the characters in the film and do not independently advance the story.

It's the same reason that you do not see Sissy Spacek and Beverly D'Angelo in "Coal Miner's Daughter" or Jamie Foxx in "Ray" listed here (though, curiously, Kevin Spacey in "Beyond the Sea" makes the cut).

My personal preference would be to include these type of recordings. However, Matt, the owner of the site, decided long ago to exclude them. It raises similar questions from time to time.

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