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Vera Farmiga joins the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson biopic THE DRUMMER!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Up front, the very first concert I went to was The Beach Boys. Growing up in a baby boomer household I didn't really have a choice, but to be weened off of '60s rock. Fine by me. I have very vivid, very fond memories of listening to a Best of Beach Boys tape over and over again to make sure I knew at least a few of the songs by heart by the time I went to the concert.
The only thing I really remember from the concert itself was standing on my seat and dancing along when the adults in front of me got up and blocked my view.
This film, The Drummer, is about Dennis Wilson, who died before I was around to stand on my seat and rock along to Surfin' USA, and Aaron Eckhart is slated to play him (awesome casting). That was apparently known, but that particular bit of news passed me by when it hit.
The new news, per Hollywood Reporter, is that Vera Farmiga has joined the film, playing Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie in the film which focuses on the last 6 years of Dennis Wilson's life.
The man led a fascinating life... the dude hung with Charles Manson and his "family" years before the murder of Sharon Tate, for instance. I doubt any of that will be touched on in the film, but there's an amazing amount of material for writer Jody Savin and director Randall Miller to mine.
Thoughts?
-Eric Vespe
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Jan. 31, 2012, 9:07 a.m. CST
Vera Farmiga,Vera Farmiga,hmmm that name sounds familiar...hmmm..
by KilliK
GOT IT. naked ass with string in the movie running scared right?
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Isnt uncle jessie there touring drummer now
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and vera is fuckin hot
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if she would take off her clothes?
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Jan. 31, 2012, 9:42 a.m. CST
ECKHART IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. FARMIGA IS WAY HOTTER THAN CHRISTINE MCVIE, BUT A GOOD CHOICE NONETHELESS.
by Darth Busey
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And why is that girl in the snorgtees ad on the right making that stupid face? Does she think it makes her attractive/ironic/cool? Fuck her.
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...is the best solo album by a Beach Boy and one of the great 'lost' albums of the 70s. Casting is perfect on this one, so lets hope the script is good!
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Wilson's guilt over what happened has to be addressed if this movie is to be taken seriously. Something like that leaves a mark on your soul that never leaves. He was one seriously fucked -up person.
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...but an amazing musician. Could play the shit out of the piano. Talent wise, he was a close second to Brian Wilson. It sucked the way he went out.
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...His lawyers will watching this like a hawk. It's a shame Beau and Jeff Bridges are getting on a bit now, as they'd be a perfect Carl and Brian.
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Jan. 31, 2012, 11:03 a.m. CST
..the dude hung with Charles Manson... isn't entirely accurate.
by v3d
Manson was the one hanging with Wilson. He was a wanna be who thought his aquaintence with Wilson would lead to a music career.
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He was actually pretty average on the drums but he was more than an exceptional musician and song writer. I just hope if they decide to go ahead and make this they do a better job than the shite that spewed forth from his characterization in the latest remake of Helter Skelter..
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Jan. 31, 2012, 11:32 a.m. CST
Are they going to show all the #1 singles Hal Blaine sat in on drums for the Beach Boys?
by obijuanmartinez
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Truth.
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That is all you need to know about Brian Wilson. Dennis... bad swimmer.
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Jan. 31, 2012, 1:33 p.m. CST
Should be played by Andrew Wilson, with Luke as Brian & Owen as Carl.
by DonLogan
Seriously though, he looked just like Dennis in that film Whip It.
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Jan. 31, 2012, 1:34 p.m. CST
was there not already a beach boys movie, i remember the guy dieing in it and i remember charles manson and everything
by Daniel
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Jan. 31, 2012, 1:50 p.m. CST
PRETTY SURE BRUCE GREENWOOD PLAYED DENNIS WILSON IN SOME MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
by Darth Busey
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Yeah...Beach Boys: An American Family(2000). Mia fom 2 & a Half Men was in it. Don't know if they talked about Dennis hooking up with Mike Love's illegitmate child.
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...yeah who gives a fuck again?
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..which would have been far more interesting if you ask me. I mean shit, the lyrics in the songs were written by one member of the band to the other members of the band after/during a drama-heavy relationship and this all played out both in the songs, studio, and on stage. Mick Fleetwood is a crazy talented guy and also has done more than just be a drummer in a great "classic" rock band. Lindsay Buckingham is apparently an asshole but a brilliant guitar player who hardly anyone knows about. Christie McVie was a fantastic song-writer and, with few exceptions (Chrissy Hynde being one), who had a more sultry, smokey, sexy and smooth voice than Stevie Nicks?
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