Well I think thats a good idea i'd deffo go see it but I hope Johnny Depp doesn't sing causeno one can beat o
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Daniel Nester wrote: [/QUOTENAME]We're forgetting a couple of things.
1. A story is a story is a story. [/QUOTE]And this one is not so spectacular it deserves a 2 hour blockbuster motion picture, is it? A successful singer sticken down in his prime. I think I've heard that one before.
[QUOTE]2. Freddie is about as interesting a person can get. He was not a successful lawyer in Philadelphia.[/QUOTE]Actually, off stage Freddie was quite a boring person. He said so himself. Sure, there were occaisional parties, but he was not your typical Joe Perry-Vince Neil-party your ass off guy.
[QUOTE]3. Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours (made into a movie starring Nicole Kidman, for which she won an Academy Award) wrote the script that's being shopped around. That's no small potatoes. [/QUOTE]No, I would call Nicole Kidman a full sack of potatoes
[QUOTE]4. Casting Johnny Depp would be another selling point for this to be not only greenlit, but a big production.[/QUOTE]
No, it wouldn't. Right now, Johnny's fan base is primarly your pre-teen to mid-20s female. This role would not be targeted to them and shouldn't be. Why do you think Willy Wonka was so bad? Poor typecasting. That was not a Johnny Depp role plain and simple. This wouldn't be either.
[QUOTE]5. Let's not forget Queen and Queen's music itself. As much as We Will Rock You the musical entertains, people still want to know about the people behind the music, even people who may not like Queen music. I like Ray Charles' music, but the film, to me, made me interested in the man. Same goes for Walk The Line with Johnny Cash. [/QUOTE] If it took a movie for you to become interested in the lives of Ray Charles or Johnny Cash then you're missing something. Their music was totally influenced by their actions, particularly Johnny's. Walk The Line captured about 5% of that, and made it into a sappy love story. Johnny Cash (and his music) was hardly a love story.
1. A story is a story is a story. [/QUOTE]And this one is not so spectacular it deserves a 2 hour blockbuster motion picture, is it? A successful singer sticken down in his prime. I think I've heard that one before.
[QUOTE]2. Freddie is about as interesting a person can get. He was not a successful lawyer in Philadelphia.[/QUOTE]Actually, off stage Freddie was quite a boring person. He said so himself. Sure, there were occaisional parties, but he was not your typical Joe Perry-Vince Neil-party your ass off guy.
[QUOTE]3. Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours (made into a movie starring Nicole Kidman, for which she won an Academy Award) wrote the script that's being shopped around. That's no small potatoes. [/QUOTE]No, I would call Nicole Kidman a full sack of potatoes
[QUOTE]4. Casting Johnny Depp would be another selling point for this to be not only greenlit, but a big production.[/QUOTE]
No, it wouldn't. Right now, Johnny's fan base is primarly your pre-teen to mid-20s female. This role would not be targeted to them and shouldn't be. Why do you think Willy Wonka was so bad? Poor typecasting. That was not a Johnny Depp role plain and simple. This wouldn't be either.
[QUOTE]5. Let's not forget Queen and Queen's music itself. As much as We Will Rock You the musical entertains, people still want to know about the people behind the music, even people who may not like Queen music. I like Ray Charles' music, but the film, to me, made me interested in the man. Same goes for Walk The Line with Johnny Cash. [/QUOTE] If it took a movie for you to become interested in the lives of Ray Charles or Johnny Cash then you're missing something. Their music was totally influenced by their actions, particularly Johnny's. Walk The Line captured about 5% of that, and made it into a sappy love story. Johnny Cash (and his music) was hardly a love story.
Johnny Depp wouldnt ask that kind of money if he was asked. He is a huge rock'n'roll fan, playing in a band himself (guitar), and would no doubt have the highest respect for Freddie. The ONLY thing i can imagine being a problem is Johnny playing a homosexual. Not that he couldn't pull it off, it's just that US critics could really screw Johnnys reputation.
You clearly arent familiar with some of Depp's past work, wich include a film where he played a drag queen. It didn't bother him then and wouldn't bother him now whatever the press says about him.
Agreed. I definitely cannot see Mr Depp having any sort of issue with Freddie's gaiety.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]g_pretender wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You clearly arent familiar with some of Depp's past work, wich include a film where he played a drag queen. It didn't bother him then and wouldn't bother him now whatever the press says about him.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]g_pretender wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You clearly arent familiar with some of Depp's past work, wich include a film where he played a drag queen. It didn't bother him then and wouldn't bother him now whatever the press says about him.[/QUOTE]
Geez, Microwave -- hey, a singer struck by an illness is a story we've heard before, yes. But that's my point. The point isn't to tell people a story with its point being that singers we love get sick and die; the point is *how* you tell the story. People say there's only so many ways to tell a story, so many plots (http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/plotFARQ.html). Well, here's one story.
As far as Depp is concerned I disagree with you, too, Valentine. Countless films employ the same plot outline--from Hamlet to Lion King, from Citizen Kane to The People Versus Larry Flynt. We can debate if you you like these films/plays, but the point is *how well* you tell the story. And with Michael Cunningham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, as the writer of the script, what you have is genuine Hollywood buzz. This is no small potatoes.
And I second what g_pretender says--Johnny Depp's career spans all kind of films, from indie to mainstream to kiddie films--Sweeney Todd, an R-rated musical (!) is about to come out with Oscar buzz, and he's slated to play a "A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums" in the Mira Nair project Shantaram. Sure, Depp's got a parallel career doing G-rated films, but he's hardly pigeon-holed as a kiddie star.
As for how bizarre it might be for a movie to can get someone interested in an artist's life, you're probably missing something as well. And this is the rub, I think, for a lot of Queen fans. Is it necessary for people to be interested in Freddie's life to appreciate the music? No. Is is life interesting? Yes. In any biography, do you capture *everything* about a person's life? It's impossible. What the best biographies do is portray a couple aspects of a person's life as faithfully as possible. We might see Freddie's koi pond and all his cats, for example, and we might not get all of their names. We'll get a slice of Freddie's life to get one essence of his life. And people who do not even like Queen music will be interested in that.
I'm far more excited about this prospective project than the musical, let me tell ya!
As far as Depp is concerned I disagree with you, too, Valentine. Countless films employ the same plot outline--from Hamlet to Lion King, from Citizen Kane to The People Versus Larry Flynt. We can debate if you you like these films/plays, but the point is *how well* you tell the story. And with Michael Cunningham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, as the writer of the script, what you have is genuine Hollywood buzz. This is no small potatoes.
And I second what g_pretender says--Johnny Depp's career spans all kind of films, from indie to mainstream to kiddie films--Sweeney Todd, an R-rated musical (!) is about to come out with Oscar buzz, and he's slated to play a "A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums" in the Mira Nair project Shantaram. Sure, Depp's got a parallel career doing G-rated films, but he's hardly pigeon-holed as a kiddie star.
As for how bizarre it might be for a movie to can get someone interested in an artist's life, you're probably missing something as well. And this is the rub, I think, for a lot of Queen fans. Is it necessary for people to be interested in Freddie's life to appreciate the music? No. Is is life interesting? Yes. In any biography, do you capture *everything* about a person's life? It's impossible. What the best biographies do is portray a couple aspects of a person's life as faithfully as possible. We might see Freddie's koi pond and all his cats, for example, and we might not get all of their names. We'll get a slice of Freddie's life to get one essence of his life. And people who do not even like Queen music will be interested in that.
I'm far more excited about this prospective project than the musical, let me tell ya!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]g_pretender wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You clearly arent familiar with some of Depp's past work, wich include a film where he played a drag queen. It didn't bother him then and wouldn't bother him now whatever the press says about him.[/QUOTE]
I'm a big Depp fan, and I'm sure he couldn't care less about the gayness involved as long as he can play a legend as Freddie :) I just don't trust US paparazzi.
I'm a big Depp fan, and I'm sure he couldn't care less about the gayness involved as long as he can play a legend as Freddie :) I just don't trust US paparazzi.
It seems, from what I've heard and read, that Freddie was very much in love with England, and, the sort of culture it offered him. It seemed he was very pleased to become a part of all things English, and, for some reason, I find this charming, and, think it would make for a good story angle; even the proper cinematography would be stunning, I think, were it to represent the atmosphere of that time, and, that place, and that young man.
I think it would be interesting to see this aspect of his life explored, on film. Sort of the beginning of Freddie Mercury, the beginning of Queen, perhaps taken as far as their first experience with success, and, leave it at that.
I think it would be interesting to see this aspect of his life explored, on film. Sort of the beginning of Freddie Mercury, the beginning of Queen, perhaps taken as far as their first experience with success, and, leave it at that.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Dusta wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It seems, from what I've heard and read, that Freddie was very much in love with England, and, the sort of culture it offered him. It seemed he was very pleased to become a part of all things English, and, for some reason, I find this charming, and, think it would make for a good story angle; even the proper cinematography would be stunning, I think, were it to represent the atmosphere of that time, and, that place, and that young man.
I think it would be interesting to see this aspect of his life explored, on film. Sort of the beginning of Freddie Mercury, the beginning of Queen, perhaps taken as far as their first experience with success, and, leave it at that.
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I really like that idea Dusta. When I was reading your comment...or should I say 'synopsis'?! I actually imagined it as a theatrical production rather than on the big screen. It reminds me of a quote from one of the Queen documentaries. It went something like 'If Freddie could have had it his way, he'd have been born, in London, aged 20 years old' Maybe that could be the opening line? Let's get an agent!
I think it would be interesting to see this aspect of his life explored, on film. Sort of the beginning of Freddie Mercury, the beginning of Queen, perhaps taken as far as their first experience with success, and, leave it at that.
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I really like that idea Dusta. When I was reading your comment...or should I say 'synopsis'?! I actually imagined it as a theatrical production rather than on the big screen. It reminds me of a quote from one of the Queen documentaries. It went something like 'If Freddie could have had it his way, he'd have been born, in London, aged 20 years old' Maybe that could be the opening line? Let's get an agent!
Thank you!! I have had this very detailed visual story running around in my brain since I first heard of Freddie's death. Unfortunately, it is destined to languish right there, in my largely inactive clump of grey matter! I can only fantasize about someone with a younger and, more ambitious, clump of grey matter, envisioning that same story!!!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]saltnvinegar wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Dusta wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It seems, from what I've heard and read, that Freddie was very much in love with England, and, the sort of culture it offered him. It seemed he was very pleased to become a part of all things English, and, for some reason, I find this charming, and, think it would make for a good story angle; even the proper cinematography would be stunning, I think, were it to represent the atmosphere of that time, and, that place, and that young man.
I think it would be interesting to see this aspect of his life explored, on film. Sort of the beginning of Freddie Mercury, the beginning of Queen, perhaps taken as far as their first experience with success, and, leave it at that.
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I really like that idea Dusta. When I was reading your comment...or should I say 'synopsis'?! I actually imagined it as a theatrical production rather than on the big screen. It reminds me of a quote from one of the Queen documentaries. It went something like 'If Freddie could have had it his way, he'd have been born, in London, aged 20 years old' Maybe that could be the opening line? Let's get an agent![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]saltnvinegar wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Dusta wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It seems, from what I've heard and read, that Freddie was very much in love with England, and, the sort of culture it offered him. It seemed he was very pleased to become a part of all things English, and, for some reason, I find this charming, and, think it would make for a good story angle; even the proper cinematography would be stunning, I think, were it to represent the atmosphere of that time, and, that place, and that young man.
I think it would be interesting to see this aspect of his life explored, on film. Sort of the beginning of Freddie Mercury, the beginning of Queen, perhaps taken as far as their first experience with success, and, leave it at that.
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I really like that idea Dusta. When I was reading your comment...or should I say 'synopsis'?! I actually imagined it as a theatrical production rather than on the big screen. It reminds me of a quote from one of the Queen documentaries. It went something like 'If Freddie could have had it his way, he'd have been born, in London, aged 20 years old' Maybe that could be the opening line? Let's get an agent![/QUOTE]
I think Johnny already played that part on The Libertine in 2004.