A bit i wrote on Pavic is here.

Melanie took a survey among her friends, of
"...movies that could (or should) be turned into stage
musicals, as per such recent Broadway successes as
The Producers and Hairspray", & here are the results:
   "There were no runaway
votegetters, but there were a few titles that popped
up more than two times, such as, incredibly, both The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs,
as well as the more traditional Steel Magnolias.
Some of the better examples submitted include, in no
particular order:

Gangs of New York
The Bridges of Madison County
Ferris Bueller¹s Day Off
Impromptu
King of Hearts
The Seventh Seal
Interiors
Mommie Dearest
Ghost World
Benny & Joon
Harry Potter
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Truman Show
The Amityville Horror
The Crying Game
Dirty Dancing
Tootsie
Ghost
Spiderman
A Night at the Opera
Beetlejuice
The Mummy (Boris Karloff version)
Mrs. Doubtfire
Fatal Attraction
When Harry Met Sally
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Coal Miner¹s Daughter
Pretty Woman
Reservoir Dogs
Forrest Gump
Billy Elliott
The Big Chill
Kill Bill
Salsa
Dave
The Client
Miss Congeniality
Fried Green Tomatoes
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Jaws
Donnie Brasco
Mulholland Drive
The Green Mile
Bruce Almighty
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Broadway Danny Rose
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Stardust Memories
Bladerunner
Pennies from Heaven
The Velvet Goldmine

and even Behind the Green Door."

"(Indeed, language itself is only a
metaphor.)" --C G Jung

"If we give spirits a form, we become
independent." --Picasso

"It's a job to be done. Somebody's got to do
it." --Wendy O Williams on chainsaw-bisecting
the electric guitar