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A New Tony Manero Movie?? + The Opening Scene Of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES May Be...
Merrick here...
Harry generally doesn't like for us to combine two subjects into one article - but as the following involves the same source, the same linkout, and the same disclaimer, jamming these disparate topics into the same piece made a bit of sense in this case.
The folks over at WhatsPlaying have a new source - called Hollywood Insider. As this source is new, and as we haven't done much linking out to WhatsPlaying in the past, approach the following infobits with an open mind (these stores right), but also with a few grains of salt...until either Hollywood Insider's scoopage becomes more proven & time tested...or until we see how these specific topics play out.
With this in mind, consider the following.
TOPIC 1: Possibly inspired by Mr. Stallone's recent resuscitation of his Rambo and Rocky characters, John Travolta is said to be toying with developing another Tony Manero film that would catch up with the (real-time aged) character he established in John Badham's SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER back in 1977. We last saw Tony back in 1983's STAYING ALIVE - directed by Sylvester Stallone - which widely regarded as one of the most tragic and humorous sequel misfires in film history (I really. truly dig Sly as a whole, but...damn...) A third Tony Manero film...could be quite a stretch. But, I could see it working if age issues are addressed, and the character is (perhaps) forced to return back to the frustrating and limiting roots he escaped from in the first installment.
Sure do love that character, though. So much truth about him...
TOPIC 2: The opening of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES is said to involve...
SPOILERS!!
The recovery of a body from the ocean by Spansih fishermen. Looks dead enough, but...
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SPOILERS!! The recovery of a body from the ocean by Spansih fishermen. Looks dead enough, but...
END SPOILERS
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Sept. 10, 2010, 11:50 a.m. CST
I actually like the idea of another Tony Manero film
by Jehovahs_Witness
It's John Travolta's best character. A washed up Tony Manero living in Brooklyn today could be very interesting.
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Now we can all type, "who gives a shit?" only once. Get back to me when Sly directs a flick about Frank Stallone's character from Staying Alive. That would be NEWS!!!
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Sept. 10, 2010, 11:56 a.m. CST
What about the oft-rumored Travis Bickle 30 yrs later movie
by Ronald Raygun
Though at this point, to paraphrase the great Ray Stantz, I doubt Scorsese wouldn't touch De Niro with a ten foot cattle prod.
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Keep it a hard "R", and ditch the dancing angle completely--because really, making him a heart throb dancer at his age and weight is really stretching the bounds of credibility--and you might have something. Just a slice of life character study focusing on Tony Manero, and you may have something. OOOORRRR, make him an old and aging, washed up wrestler who's trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Oh, wait a minute...
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Combining the articles= BAD IDEA.
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I expected inviso-text!
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I half-expected Tony Manero to show up in the new Pirates movie.
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The thought gives me douche chills.
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Please bring back Frank Stallone. Have him pop out from behind some bushes singing, "PU-SHIN' getting READY for the FIGHT" in a tux with a ruffled pink shirt.
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This will suck just as much as the others. Pirates 1 was great fun but everything after that was just complete and utter shite!
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Sept. 10, 2010, 1:01 p.m. CST
Travolta hires one of the Jersey Shore mooks to play his son,
by fiester
People vomit across the globe.
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...that the opening scene of POTC:OST would be Captain Sparrow stumbling along a street with a paint can to the tune of "Staying Alive".
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Unless John Travolta is in Pirates 4, then OK I guess this made sense.
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OR IS TONY MANERO CAUGHT IN A TIME TUNNEL???
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John - "Saturday Night Fever" is great because it captured a SPECIFIC time and scene. While Tony Manero was a solid character with a good character arc, he wasn't the reason this film became memorable. The BEE GEESand the DISCO DANCING were the thing. And I don't know how the eff you update those two things to this time and age.
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IT'S NOT LIKE WALL STREET. THERELL ALWAYS BE SCUMBAGS ON WALL STREET SO GEKKO IS ALWAYS TIMELY. UNLESS TONY MANERO STARTS DROPPING E AND FIST PUMPIN DOWN SEASIDE HEIGHTS I DONT SEE A POINT IN UPDATING THIS.
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Sept. 10, 2010, 1:36 p.m. CST
First I was like "Fuck that!", tehn I was like "I don't know"..
by RETURN_of_FETT
Now I'm like "Bring that shit!"</p><p>Travolta is a good actor. He unfortunately hasn't really had a chance to showcase that in awhile. I would love to see him reprise that character in a serious story about a guy who was arrogant because of his talent, quickly realized it wasn't enough to get him what he wanted and fell into a shuffling, menial job that he hates himself for doing.</p><p>Then some hot milf inspires him to get back on the dance floor and regain his youthful exuberance. It's not without cost, it's not without pain and dissapointment, but at the end of the day he sees what he wants to be in life and the proper place for dance in it.</p><p>I'm all fucking over that shit!
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What other rules does Harry have. Harry generally doesn't allow us to spit. We always have to swallow.
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Yeah, that'd make a great movie.
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on Dancing With The Stars. Partner him up with Kelly Preston and they fall in love. This shit writes itself.
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bangable:<p>http://tinyurl.com/2bydbrd
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Wherein Tony Manero becomes the hippest breakdancer in NYC. That's how you make it timely, Busey, with the break dancing... :)
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Sept. 10, 2010, 2:28 p.m. CST
For some reason, I have a good feeling about Pirates 4
by Dapper Swindler
And I'm oh so jaded.
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oh wait...
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I guess hollywood insiders an Aussie or Kiwi then
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does Merrick have ANY original stories anymore? Jesus man what do you all day? just surf other movie sites and re-post their work? Its ridiculous man...you re-post others work and research and just try and fail to make flippant comments on it..
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"Y'know, I work a long time on my Hair Piece an', an' ya hit it. He hit's my Hair Piece."
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Just saying
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It's a shame that so many infants were involved with that series. It could have been great. It had its moments, but it was filled with so much shlock that it's unbearable for me to watch it.<BR><BR> the worst thing ive ever seen in film history happened in the last one...the fucking douchey as hell boat marriage at the end was the most retarded fucking thing ive ever seen in my life.
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They already did this film, it was that Richard Gere remake of the Japanese dance flick from a few years back. How Tony Got His Groove Back ro some shit. But done well it could be poignant. Just need Danny McBride in it somewhere as his rival dance studio owner.
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...in Xenu-pleasing 3D.
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Sept. 10, 2010, 4:16 p.m. CST
Remember that dance studio owner from the original
by Jehovahs_Witness
The weird looking dude who fucks a certain percentage of the chicks who come to his studio. Tony can be like that. A greasy middle-aged guido who fucks chicks of all ages at his studio. He's divorced and has a couple of grown kids he sees occasionally. His brother Frank, the former priest, has come out of the closet and is living with his male partner in the village and their pet chuhuahua. Tony goes to the bar in his Italiano neighborhood every night, but now, instead of talking about the "niggers and the spics", and dumping on them, they talk about 9/11 and the "a-rabs". Tony's a has-been, a nobody, with nothing to show for in his life. He's too old for dance competitions, and has no education to go upward in a career path. <p> So that's where the story begins. It's about this middle-aged guido trying to find some meaning in his life. It could be very interesting. But if they try to make it a happy-go-lucky Hollywood pic...then fuck it.
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...there could be scenes in the dance studio where Tony steps on the dance floor and just shines, and wows everyone with his moves and shows that he's still got it. And during those moments, the lights are bright, the crowd is in awe, and Tony is living the dream. But once the dance is over, he's back to reality, and with the realization that his skill as a disco dancer is useless in this world.
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with broken dreams and a dead end kind of life. What? You are going to make him a happy blue collar worker living in a stable family setting in Queens?
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Stay Dead
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will beat the shit out of each other around the edges of the frame. Wait, that's already been done.
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Sept. 10, 2010, 8:15 p.m. CST
HERE'S MY PITCH - TONY WORKS IN VEGAS WITH SIEGFRIED AND ROY....
by CreationistTechnophobicManiacs
In a tale oh homosexual lust. I call it......White Tigers.....They're hungry for meat!!!
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his mind can be transferred to a body of a super dancer.
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I haven't watched it for decades, but he ended up as a RAPIST, right? Maybe everyone only saw the PG version. <p> And Merrick "loves" the character...
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....definitely the opening scene by the way guys, a boat pulls in an old dead looking man, who seemingly dead suddenly wakes up and says something...which i can't remember, want to say isla de muerta....how do i know this, a friend of mine here in the uk was up for that part, wether he got it or not...i'm not sure, but he did tell me about this scene about 3 months ago....he also mentioned the king of spain??? i think he's a character mentioned in the first scene too...possibly in the film, i know no more than this
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The lights dim, the crowds is hushed, the lights come back on, ushers go through each isle handing out refunds and apologies. Roll credits.
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...but his friends do. His friends rape Annette in the back of his car while he's up front. She had the hots for Tony, Tony drops her as a dancing partner, and eventually goes out with his friend to make him jealous, but then his friend rapes her in the back, and then his other friend takes his turn afterwards. Tony adds insult to injury afterwards and says, "Are you happy? Now you're a pig?"...or something. She then runs out of the car crying where their other friend eventually falls to his death....the dude who knocked up some chick.
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Ends on a cliffhanger where Will and Elizabeth Turner come back. Roll Credits, wait until next year for the conclusion.
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I remembered it was in the back of a car, but thought it was Tony. And I saw this on free-to-air television in the eighties! Maybe they had the r-rated version in by mistake as it's always been the PG/PC version every other time. <p> So he just does nothing while a gang rape goes on then? My point still stands - I still don't know how you can LOVE that character...
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...there's a feeling you get after watching Saturday Night Fever where you're just disgusted with all of them, kind of like watching Jersey Shore. But at the same time, you also see, Tony's drowning in his environment. All he knows are his small-minded Catholic parents, his idiotic friends, the disco he goes to at night, the paint shop he works at by day, and the girls he fucks or dances with. That's it. Despite that, he's sick of all of it. He knows he wants something more, he just doesn't know what it is because he hasn't known anything else. <p> There's something about that I think everyone can relate to. You don't have to be a guido, or to even like disco. You just have to have grown up in a town where you had idiot friends you eventually grew tired of and you knew you wanted more from life but you didn't know what. For a lot of us at this site, we turn to movies for those answers. I know I did.
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Sept. 11, 2010, 2:10 a.m. CST
Travolta doesn't get it. Stallone USED a lot of Old, Great, Star
by french707
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they also mention that Twohy and Vin Diesal are working on new Riddick animation to coincide with the new Riddick film? Thats way more interesting to me (though I think On Stranger Tides sounds promising). Anyone else think Dark Fury was a pretty damn cool animated short that worked really well to bridge the gap between Pitch Black and COR?
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Or will he just pass out Scientology pamphlets?
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Original Guido
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...but I'm still pissed off about "Michael."
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It's like if I said "It's rumored that Star Wars begins with SPOILER: two robots on a spaceship! They appear to be trapped, but... END SPOILER".
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