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post #51 of 67
9/21/10 at 12:00pm
The miracles of tape and CGI.

I'd second Hardy as Jagger. Rhys Meyers already got to play Elvis.

Now if we only could get that Weird Al Biopic with Aarron Paul off the ground.

Hell, why not have Joseph Gordon Levitt as Joe Strummer?
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post #52 of 67
9/21/10 at 8:06pm
Peter Skarsgaard is Stephen Sondheim*. With Neil Patrick Harris as Hal Prince.

*Although word on the street says that the Norbert Leo Butz-led ensnemble drama from John Logan and Kathryn Bigelow that HBO is doing is basically Sondheim: The HBO show.
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post #53 of 67
9/21/10 at 8:45pm
But isn't it Frank Langella that's playing the Sodnheim surrogate?
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post #54 of 67
9/21/10 at 8:56pm
No, Butz is the Sondheim surrogate and the center. Langella's his dad, who's like Norman Mailer, if Mailer was still fucking around and was a painter.

It's a very good script. Very theatrical. Lots of monologues. Logan can write a little. I think it'll fill a nice niche for HBO.
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post #55 of 67
9/21/10 at 8:58pm


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Boom.
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post #56 of 67
9/21/10 at 9:04pm
Anthony Anderson:


As Wesley Willis:


Wesley's story would make a hell of a movie, by the by.
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post #57 of 67
9/21/10 at 9:06pm
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No, Butz is the Sondheim surrogate and the center. Langella's his dad, who's like Norman Mailer, if Mailer was still fucking around and was a painter.

It's a very good script. Very theatrical. Lots of monologues. Logan can write a little. I think it'll fill a nice niche for HBO.
Well that's exciting. I mixed up the characters and premise, and the fact Butz is leading the show is even more exciting to me. Logan's a good writer, but his script for Red left me a little listless.
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post #58 of 67
9/21/10 at 9:11pm
I mean, I didn't see RED, but from what you said, there were a lot of monologues about The Importance of Art and Why You Can Be A Dick If You Are A Genius, both of which are repeated here, but there's emotional heft to them. It's clear that Logan has a plan for at least the first season (and I wouldn't be surprised if this is a one-and-done deal), and again, it's NLB playing Stephen Sondheim. That gets my eyeballs.

It's basically SIX FEET UNDER with art as the linking theme instead of death, is what I'm saying.
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post #59 of 67
9/22/10 at 1:34am
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It's basically SIX FEET UNDER with art as the linking theme instead of death, is what I'm saying.
That's one of the hottest things I've ever heard.
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post #60 of 67
9/22/10 at 1:53am
Thread Starter 
Peter Serafinowicz as Robert Plant









It's all in the eyes. And Serafinowicz can probably already to a Plant impression anyway!
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post #61 of 67
9/22/10 at 12:31pm
GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK
dir. Martin Scorsese

Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen - Timothy Olyphant
Clarence "Big Man" Clemons - Craig Robinson
Steven "Little Stevie" Van Zandt - Jason Schwartzman
"Mighty" Max Weinberg - Sam Rockwell
Patty "Redheaded Woman" Scialfa - Kate Blanchett
Nils Lofgren - Jeremy Renner
Garry "W" Tallent - Jason Lee
"Professor" Roy Bittan - Jackie Earle Haley
"Phantom" Dan Federici - Peter Sarsgaard
Julianne Phillps - January Jones
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post #62 of 67
9/22/10 at 1:10pm
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Aaron Johnson as Syd Barrett
Harry Connick Jr as Frank Sinatra
Giovanni Ribisi as Eminem
Michael Keaton as Lars Ulrich
Todd Louiso as Moby
Sylvester Stallone as Billy Joel
Mercedes Ruehl as Steven Tyler
That's a weird movie.
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post #63 of 67
9/22/10 at 1:24pm
So here's the question: which of these films would have the best chance of transcending "Hollywood-Biopic-By-The-Numbers"?

From what Rath has said, I'd say the Sondheim roman a clef might have a chance, but are there any important rock/blues/soul/country/jazz figures whose stories would break out of the Walk The Line / Ray mold?
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post #64 of 67
9/22/10 at 1:35pm
Wesley Willis.


The answer is Wesley Willis, Jeb.
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post #65 of 67
9/22/10 at 1:43pm
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Wesley Willis.


The answer is Wesley Willis, Jeb.
Great call. And your preferred casting choice?
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post #66 of 67
9/22/10 at 1:54pm


Steve Coogan must do The Billy Childish Story.
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post #67 of 67
11/15/10 at 11:39pm
Spent seven seconds trying to figure out why in God's name Eddie Vedder was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly with Angelina Jolie.


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