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Zooey Deschanel to belt out Joplin hits for Penelope Spheeris!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little song for ya' about that Janis Joplin biopic Penelope Spheeris has been working on for a while called THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JANIS. Now she's found her Janis in Zooey Deschanel, a choice that I'm very intrigued by. Deschanel's voice is unique and doesn't really remind me much of Joplin, who wasn't as elegant as what I've heard from Deschanel. However, I like her in the role. She'll be able to go as grungy and earthy as Joplin was. What are your thoughts?
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By ten fold.
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I like Janis...but she looked liked she got hit with a big bag of "What the Fuck?!?". Zooey is kinda of a little hotty. But if Charlize Theron can look like ass for Monster then I think Zooey can too.
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...Yeah. I'm not being one of those guys who has nothing better to do than throw shit at you guys or anything... I just thought you might want to know. This has been around for a looong time.
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She's sorta amazing. She has a very modern/hip look to her, but has the singing voice of a Broadway and pop singer of the 50's, in that Doris Day sorta way. She was the best thing about the recent TV remake of "Once Upon a Matress".
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I first heard about this on August 17... c'mon, I want to have faith in you guys!
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I'm sure I saw it on Coming soon or IGN, ages ago!
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I love Zooey, and I love Janis, but Janis wasn't exactly the beauty that Zooey is. (I of course have a bit of a crush on Zooey). Then again, River Phoenix as Johnny Cash? Who knew. I have faith in Zooey.
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I guess she dropped out at some point or maybe that's yet another Janis movie.
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Love to have me a Deschanel sandwhich.
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River Phoenix didn't play Johnny Cash, Joaquin Phoenix played him. Big difference, one is alive and one isn't.
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Only about 500,000 times hotter than Janis Joplin on her best day. Who wants to see a movie about Janis Joplin anyhow? Who would want to act in it? I guarantee no matter how good this movie may turn out to be, no one will want to go see it, and no one will want to award it either. So what is the point, to glorify untalented debauchery?
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She was a year or two before my time, and during her short career she didn't record anything I enjoy. She just shrieked like a banshee. I change the station whenever "Piece of My Heart" or "Bobby McGhee" comes on. I'd rather have a cavity filled than listen to her.
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Wcich no longer has Pink. Why didn't they keep her? Save money on makeup, she's already ugly.
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...the cover of the X-Men 3 DVD looks like poop, like each character was cut-n-pasted on there in your typical "line up behind one another" fashion. Which I suppose is exactly what was done. Hopefully the DVD version will cut out all Halle Berry scenes and add a bunch of nude Famke Jansen scenes.
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Was that zombie Johnny Cash? Was this after his brother played Cash in Walk the Line? I'm intrigued. As for Zooey, she's definitely got the range. I suspect they can ugly her up enough to make her a decent movie version of Janis (which you just knew was going to be more attractive than real Janis anyway). I approve of this casting. So let it be written...
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I remember seeing a Janis poster (not one of the usual ones) where I was stunned by how hot she looked, and I said 'THAT'S Janis?!' because we're so used to seeing her strung out and drunk or intensely performing (usually the same thing). But in this, she was posed and pretty. Zooey's a good choice, though I think she'll have to work a bit to be as larger-than-life than Janis.
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We talked about this like, 2 months ago on the Dork De Jour podcast. http://dorkdejour.blogspot.com
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...looks like Zooey nabbed the role instead...the other project is the Zellweger attached one but that doesn't look like it's moving anytime soon.
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everybody knows this for at least two months now. But Zooey, great choice for Janis. This girl is fantastic.
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I'd bang her any, and every day of the week. janis was not... Id have to be really f'd up on drugs to let her blow me like jim morrison did
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PEnelope Spheeris can make a Janis Joplin biopic ONLY if she promises to make another Wayne's World movie. Dana Carvey needs the work.
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If there's a movie out there where she doesn't come across as super bored, tired, or tranquilized, please let me know. And Janis rocked. Cheap Thrills album. Says it all.
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I read some time ago (years, anyway) that Lily Taylor was attached to this project and, if I remember correctly, under a different director. She may or may not be able to sing but definitely has the acting chops to pull this off and certainly looks more the part than Zooey. Janis didn't have those big eyes like Zooey does. Though Lily is still more attractive than Janis (check her out in 'The Imposters' and tell me you don't agree! yargh!)
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who?
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Quint, have you ever drankin' a bottle of southern comfort and downed a couple of ludes and then not showered for two, three days. Then fucked in the woods on acid. That's the kind of grunge ZOO-ZOO's gonna have to reincarnate. ???? mabye she'll out do Phoenix Jr. and Jamie Fox. I make no predictions of suckyness, but she's not black, so they won't give all the screen time to drug addiction like in "Ray".
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Anyways, it's good news! She's got the singing/acting chops to do it justice. They should cast Pink as Jim Morrison, though.
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If you read it there, it's not news.
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should be interesting
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That would have been the most retarded movie since I am Sam.
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Yes, this is old news, but if it's on Ain't It Cool, there must be something to it! I have the biggest geek crush on Zooey and I think she's the best choice yet for Janis J. Forget Pink, Melissa Etheridge, Renee Zellweger, and Lili Taylor. Zooey will waste them all.
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"All the Real Girls". An incredible film. If you dont like her in it youll like Paul Schneider who was wasted in Elizabethtown.
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Just because she's cute and a good actress doesn't mean she is right for the role. There hasn't been one woman considered for the roll yet that could portray this kind of person. This just goes to show how Hollywood yet again has absolutey no respect for fugly iconic women. Joplin is rollin over in her grave.
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Yes, I hope she will just mime to actual Janis songs, because otherwise Deschanel will ruin her voice screaming out "Piece of My Heart." I like Deschanel's voice a lot and wish she would do an album of songs already. The biggest problem I have with her casting is that she's far too pretty -- Janis was unsightly, and reveled in it. Pink is a bit closer, but actually the role should have been done years ago by someone like Lili Taylor or Imelda Staunton.
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this is yesterdays news, zooey!!! why did you have to cheat, why did you have to go to that party...
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Zooey, while pleasant to look at, can't really call what she does acting. One gets the impression that she kind of stumbled into the acting profession. I know she probably signed for the Hitchhiker's Guide movie for coke money, but she was fairly painful to listen to. Janis was somewhat fugly to look at, kind of resembled Ozzy Osbourne. If there is a twentysomething, female equivalent to Steve Buscemi out there, she should have gotten this role.
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I'm glad. Because if she pulls it off it will give her role in the film more life. I fucking hate fake shit.I hope she an excellent job. The best thing about Elf and Failure to Launch was her.
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Mandatory comment box.
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Like her acting, love her singing. She rocked in Elf.
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i can't even begin
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You're talking to a tourist, whose every move's among the purest. I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.
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Zooey!?! Cute gal but you gotta be kiddin' me! The real Janis would have kicked Zooey's ass. Beth Hart is the closest thing to the legend that I've seen.
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Too cute to play Janis Joplin.
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dang burnit whippersnappers.
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I don't see Janis rating, as the kind of role Zooey should be contemplating. ;^)
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Zooey? what the hell is a Zooey! Better yet is it pink?
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Even kids who are too young to know what she was all about. My ex's kid LOVES Joplin, and she's only 12!!! Heck, Joplin died before many of the TBer's were born! Fact.
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She'll look and sound like her more then you think. Sure they could of found better. But I like Zooey, so I hope the best for her. I don't care for Joplin much but I'll see this movie.
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HARRY DEAN STANTON is: JANIS JOPLIN!!
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HARRY DEAN STANTON is: JANIS JOPLIN!
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HARRY KNOWLES is: JANIS JOPLIN!
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this is so hollywood, they should get a real woman to play her, not a model
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Actually, I'm a bit surprised that Beth Hart's name has never come up during the casting rumors.
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Check out the Dick Cavett DVDs that feature Janis Joplin. It captures a subtle side of her that is opposite from the rocker on stage. She even has a small discussion with Raquel Welch about why the media is interested in the lives of celebrities. Oddly enough, Welch had a better understanding of the media's misguided focus on the personal lives of actors eclipsing their artistic efforts.
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I could see either of them rooting for truffles.
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Heard this over a month ago somewhere else.
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She sang in "Elf" quite well, and while it wasn't like Joplin, she has the vocal ability to learn how to sing like her. This will hopefully be her breakout role.
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..."One Night in Bangkok" in a talkback about Zooey playing Janis? Doesn't a reference like that violate the safety rules of pan-dimensional travel? Do you WANT to unravel the fabric of reality, Uncapie?
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Repeat after me: you can't manufacture a cult movie. The very essence of a cult movie is that its appeal is esoteric. It is discovered organically by a small segment of the audience, beneath the mainstream, and passed along by word-of-mouth. Part of the fun of a cult movie is being one of the few in the know, being part of the cult. Just look how "over" Christianity became once Bush started pushing it on everyone. Boring! Getting in on the ground floor of a movie like Repo Man, or Donnie Darko, or Bottle Rocket, or Eraserhead is a badge of honor. Fans of cult movies watch, at first with glee, as Wes Anderson's second or third movie finally breaks him mainstream and their affection is validated. Only their glee turns to rage as they witness the bandwagon fill with posers who start co-opting the movies, quoting the lines but never really getting it, not really, ya know? Once again, Dr. Jones, we see there is nothing you can possess that a bunch of frat boy losers cannot take away. Being under-the-radar is what gives a cult movie its credibility. When Jay Leno starts making jokes about something, it's not only as over-the-radar as possible, it's suddenly about as cool as your Mom (unless she's on MILFHunter.com, then it's nowhere near as cool). SoaP was never under-the-radar. It was never a cult movie, it was a poser movie. ----------------------- Read more: http://tinyurl.com/lpel6 --------------
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She can belt out a song like nobody's business, and could probably pass for Janis appearance-wise after a few makeup alterations. Who the hell came up with ZOOEY for this? Jeezus, while we're at it, why not throw Keira Knightley into the mix? Or how bout that skinny chick in Hard Candy who looked more like a 13-year-old boy than most boys? (Did anyone actually like that film besides critics?)
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there are tons on people that make their living impersonating stars. I'd find a Joplin impersonator and use her. If she can't act then she can take lessons. Just like stars take singing lessons and have voice coaches for the movie. In this case I find it more important to get the act right (look, attitude, voice, talent..etc) then the acting skills. This person already has most of the work done,and probably knows the original artist's life inside out.
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blah blah blah
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This little hottie makes an already ugly-ass Joplin look like the undercarriage of my HMMWV.
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Sure, they don't call Middler Joplin, but trust me, boys and girls, Bette's role WAS Janice and Bette nailed it, too. Still, if they're going to do the unnecessary Janice Joplin biopic, they should try to get Beth Hart.
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Can we get back to the ever important task of trashing on Rene Zellweger? Like the fact that everyone else in Chicago sounds like they're singing fairly live, yet Rene's voice is buried under a haze of production gadgetry? Like the fact that she couldn't sing (err, lip synch) live at the Oscars? Hack. Anyway, love Zooey, could give a toss about Joplin.
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