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OHH!! OH-OHHHHHHHHHHH!! Sam Kinison Biography To Be Scripted For HBO By AMERICAN SPLENDOR Movie Masterminds!!
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Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, the duo behind the big-screen version of “American Splendor,” are adapting for HBO “Brother Sam,” a biography of hard-living maverick comedian Sam Kinison written by his brother Bill.
Tom Shadyac (“Patch Adams,” “Dragonfly,” “Bruce Almighty,” “Evan Almighty”), who has been trying for nearly a decade to launch the project as a big-screen feature, is directing. Dan Folger (“Balls of Fury”) will play Kinison.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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Too bad Craig Gass looks absolutely nothing like Kinison (and isn't much of an actor), because he sounds more like Kinison than Kinison does!
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...that would be completely over the top and unbelievable if it was fiction...
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That wasn't as gratifying as I had hoped it would be....oh well.
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dumbass.
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"From the director of Patch Adams" I would have skipped it entirely.
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should totally play Sam Kinison
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They're soooooo much better than Shadyac.
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And love me classic Kinison. Don't really see that balls of fury dude playing him, but I will give it a chance!
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The same with Eddie Murphy, and to an extent Richard Pryor. These comics were beyond the pale of modern standards, and for better or worse would no longer be performable for mass consumption. This is why Eddie is no longer a comedian. That Said, If you can appreciate the context of the time when it was made, then Kinsion is some wicked funny shit
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Anyone who ever read his work knows how varied and strange his life was.
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In the old days SNL would have had Prior doing a Blind Black Governor skit. Slammin people with his cane, carping about how he and his wife can't get their freak on.
Not since Marion Barry has a politician been so ripe for skits.
But comedy has gone all pc and we will never see anything funy again.
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"These comics were beyond the pale of modern standards, and for better or worse would no longer be performable for mass consumption. This is why Eddie is no longer a comedian."
I have to disagree with what you said and point out the comedy of Katt Williams. It does remind one of the earlier funny Black comedians. -
Dan Fogler HAD to be Kinison, but looks like other people had the great idea, too.
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...Eddie Murphy lives to a ripe old age, so we never have to see an Eddie Murphy biopic starring Will Smith!
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so this biopic will suck.
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Has there ever been a successful one? The only two I can think of are "Lenny" and "Man on the Moon" and neither one of them were that great. They were decent, respectful, and in no way as entertaining as the subjects themselves.
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but in 20 years Will Smith's kid will play Eddie.
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...several years before he died, and he was so goddamned funny I nearly pissed myself. We all gave him a standing ovation when he walked on stage, and when he finished his show we literally roared our approval. He ended the show by asking an audience member about to call his ex-girlfriend, who had fucked his best friend. Sam actually called the guy's girlfriend, and I remember him asking her, "I, and the 3,000 people here at the Tampa Theatre, want to know why YOU FUCKED HIS BEST FRIEND????!!!!!" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! That was incredible. I knew he would not live to be an old man, because he joked about in his act. He told us that in Vegas he saw an old man peeing in the bathroom and moaning in pain, and he said that when it hurt to piss that was it! He talked about using drugs that increased his sexual stamnia, and he warned us that those drugs would shorten your years, but it would only shorten the bad years at the end of your life, not the good ones. If an actor can actually play Sam and do it right, he will win the Best Actor Oscar. I do not know of anyone who can do it right, but I wish C
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Looks like he's gonna make some more bank.
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Actual dialog.
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I almost pissed myself twice in 6 minutes.
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The first time I laid eyes on this guy was another one of Dangerfield's specials that was a jumping off point for several comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Townsend, and Roseanne Barr (yep, she was funny once). Sam was the next to the last act, and he killed! Some of the funniest stuff I ever heard up to that point. If you can find it online or whatever, it's worth a look. A friend of mine heard me talking about it and bought me the DVD. Awesome talent, died too young.
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Nov 18, 2008 4:24:52 PM CST
If he had lived, I wouldn't be missing George Carlin so much
by yotzvonfrelnik
Honest to God, there just aren't any great stand up comedians for life anymore. They all go completely to Hollywood. I thought Dennis Leary would be a good substitute for Carlin, but he's gone actor too. Sam's comedy would've grown and matured like Carlins did, I'm sure. Damn, who else is there?
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For sure. No one could kill like Sam Kinison. Made me laugh so hard my whole body hurt. Just amazing, raw, incredible. Good luck recreating that.
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At least something is coming about.
I always felt as much as I love Sam Kinison. I don't think it would make money at the box office.
Would love to be wrong. Yet just don't think so.
This man should not be forgotten.
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Slash, Axl, Billy, Ozzy.
Doesn't have to be really them. -
... but I was on the ew site and they had a clip of this guy doing Kinison. Wow, I actually think he could pull it off. Would love to see it.
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