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Monahan + Scorsese, Part 2! Throw in a pinch of Mick Jagger and you have THE LONG PLAY!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with the second DEPARTED-themed story of the day. This one involving William Monahan again, but instead of DiCaprio and another Andy Lau remake we have Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese.
Scorsese is packing a lot on his plate right now, but every project his name is announced as attached to sounds interesting, so I can't complain.
The flick in question is called THE LONG PLAY, a rock-n-roll epic that Scorsese is in line to direct, Monahan is in line to rewrite and Jagger is in line to produce. All based on an idea by Mick Jagger.
Paramount has it right now. The film would follow two friends through over 40 years in the music business, starting in the early days of R&B and going through modern hip-hop. Since Variety also mentioned the "rock-n-roll epic" part, one would assume it'll encompass that aspect as well. This is a weird-sounding project. Not the premise so much as the people attached to make it happen. Count me intrigued.
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A Goodfellas style, cocaine fueled, swooping steadicam romp through 40 years of rock and roll history! This will make Boogie Nights look like a student film if it ever happens.
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mick bloody jagger!?!?1
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...at least, that was my impression.
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He stole every scene in Free Jack.
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or just find out where he's hiding and recording all this new stuff.
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GOTTA EAT!
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Is getting like Spielberg... He has a thousand projects on his plate already...
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...but with recording studios instead of casinos. Awesome.
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Let go of this song Marty.. its time to move on.. TO CLINT MANSELL'S REQUIEM FOR DREAM SONG!!
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He has directed 2 great rock documentaries ("The Last Waltz" and the Dylan bio "No Direction Home") plus he has shot that yet to be released Stones docu. His films utulize pop/rock music about as well as anybody in film history. Anybody who actually knows something about Scorsese knows this a natural fit for him.
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It's a great song, but, Marty, bubbe, the Stones have done other songs. Other groups have done other songs...This would be a good movie and I hope Monohan writes this instead of another Hong Kong remake (nothing wrong with 'em and looked how the last one turned out but I'd admire him more for doing something different)...With the music and Scorsese's repeated use of one song, have you noticed that the film brat generation is a little out of touch with their own music? I mean, THE LAST WALTZ not withstanding, these guys are encyclopedic in their knowledge of cinema, not music. Scorsese used Procol Haram's Whiter Shade O' Pale for his segment in NEW YORK STORIES but it seemed more cribbed from second-wave-film-brat Lawrence Kasdan in the big chill. I've heard that Spielberg has never had any interest in rock. Also, in the book KILLER INSTINCT, Jane Hamscher asserted that even though he directed THE DOORS, also-second-wave-film-brat Oliver Stone didn't know much about 60s music. Oddly, George Lucas (and his protege Kasdan) have been the ones to assemble the best soundtracks. Granted, AMERICAN GRAFFITI matched that era and George's musical knowledge might have stopped at that point. The important thing, of course, is that these guys know film but the same damned song over and over?
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How could I forget, Marty also directed the music video for Michael Jackson's "Bad."
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Feb 27, 2007 12:30:13 PM CST
I love Scorsese, and this project makes sesne for him..
by danielkurland
But with maybe 7 different movies in the last 4 months announced for him, it's getting a little harder to get excited, because obviously some aren't going to be done. It's getting kind of like what happened with Tarantino last year, except I'm sure Scorsese will actually start on one of these soon. And Scorsese loves to repeat music. Bringing Out the Dead uses You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory about 3 or 4 times through the movie.
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Well, maybe not but that WAS A COOL FLICK.
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Scorsese IS a walking textbook when it comes to movie academia, but I wouldn't underestimate his knowledge of music, either. Much of that comes from his close association with former Band front-man Robbie Robertson, who helps Scorsese assemble many of his soundtracks. But Scorsese also grew up listening to music, obscure hits and popular ones alike, and he knew how to use this knowldege early on. Look at his first feature "Who's That Knocking At My Door?", which was practically a music video...
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What am I?/A clown?/Here tooooo amuuuuuuse you???
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the sweet poon of a thousand sluts
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"American Pop", which was directed by Ralph Bakshi.
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I don't know of too many Little Italy entertainers who have been in The Biz for 40 years and have successfully parlayed their R&B success into modern hip-hop.Will Joe Pesci or DeNiro play a sleazy manager?
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So Mick Jagger wants to make an "epic" movie about his life, eh? I mean, it sounds cool, I guess, but I'm kind of sick of rock and roll. I realize Scorcese is one of the best when it comes to making music-based films (The Last Waltz), but I'd rather see him direct a film about hip hop or speed metal or even klezmer. I'm tired of Rolling Stones-era rock. It's become elevator music to me, and I don't want Scorcese making a film about elevator music.
The other projects he's working on sound much more compelling. Then again, I'm just a voice from left field.
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This sounds like something written by some archaeological relic of a bygone "Sex and Drugs and Rock N Roll" era. Didn't punk teach anyone a goddamned thing? I can't wait for the scriptment to start making the rounds on the web. It better be good.
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So rock'n' fuckin' roll is elevator music to you Cobbio? You truly suck.
I think the movie sounds awesome. Go for it Marty! -
With their smash hit "My Momma's Meatballs (Are Soaked With the Blood of Ages)"
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Sounds like a live-action version of Ralph Bakshi's AMERICAN POP.
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Scorcese + The Stones. How can this go wrong?
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'Cause that is so meta and postmodern and stuff.
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TWAAAANNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
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...right in my anus! feel the burn, said my mother!
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They all do it... It's only a matter of time.
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over the decades?
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Punk and all that eyeliner fagatry that is on display because of that darned MTV sucks! You know I wasn't that excited about this Oscar bait. But now I'm jazzed about the possibilities....has there been a movie made about Zeppelin yet?
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has really hurt America's culture, plain and simple.
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It will be hard to pull off, what with capturing all of those different eras of music, but if anyone can do it you'd think it would be Scorsese.As to the 'hip hop has hurt American culture' idea, I have to vote against that one. I'm not American, so maybe I'm not qualified to comment, but I don't think the music world would half as interesting without it. There's a lot of shit around these days (thanks, 50 cent), but I'd argue that hip hop has been a bigger and more important influence than punk. When the hell is someone going to make a Kool DJ Herc biopic? Or what about Afrika Bambaataa? That guy's life would make a great film.
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to get Kingdom of Heaven 2 made. I just finished watching the vastly superior director's cut commentary last night and they talk about the possibility for a sequel.
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If the music is corny, it just wont work...
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The director's cut is a great movie. I'm kinda surprised at how they cut out almost all of the hero's motivation for his actions in the first half of the film. Dummies.
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Starring Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell.
"Don't blow this for us, Gene!!"
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