Clifford Brown, the movie

[brownie]

Leave me alone...

[Aggie87]

turn it up...

"Sweet Home Alabama, where the skies are so blue..."

[jazzbo]

Is it really possible anyone will make a movie about Brownie? I'd like to hope so but don't expect to ever see one.

The Hadju book about Dylan, Baez and the Farina's dust jacket says Hadju's "Lush Life" is being developed into a movie. . . . I've evidence that this was considered but still don't think we'll see it and there's more drama in a life of Strays under Duke's wing than in Brownie's life. . . .

[mikeweil]

How about Wynton Marsalis for the title role (I doubt Roy Hargrove would get a haircut for the role ...) - ?

[clinthopson]

Just don't hire Forest Whittaker to play Brownie - he sucked as Bird.

Or Jim Carrey for that matter.

[king ubu]

Leave me alone...

[jazzbo]

Hmm. . . I actually liked Forrest as Bird. . . but whadda I know ('cept what I like!)

[Rooster_Ties]

Hmm. . . I actually liked Forrest as Bird. . . but whadda I know ('cept what I like!)

Worked for me too. Haven't seen too many things Whittaker was in that I didn't like, come to think of it. He was great in Smoke, just to name one of many cool films he's been in.

[JSngry]

Whittaker looked too much like Cannonball to "be" Bird for me (plus, I didn't care for the script all that much - didn't hate it like some did, just didn't care for it). But if anybody ever makes a Cannonball movie, there's your guy!

[Harold_Z]

For the most part movies about musicians make me cringe. They just don't get it right. Most egregious examples being Steve Allen's Benny Goodman, Jimmy Stewart's Glenn Miller, and Sal Mineo's Gene Krupa (light up and be somebody). Really just good for laughs.

Having said that, I DID like Forest Whittaker's Bird portrayal, but there is an example of a movie that came under heavy flak for various reasons, a lot of them wrong.

I'd rather see footage of the real guys with as little commentary as possible.

[Claude]

The best actor I've seen playing a jazz character was Dexter Gordon

Unfortunately I haven't seen the guy who played Billy Cross in Dingo

Edited April 15, 2004 by Claude

[JSngry]

Unfortunately I haven't seen the guy who played Billy Cross in Dingo

He was on an episode of Miami Vice too. Not a bad actor.

[brownie]

I saw 'Dingo' when it was released. The Billy Cross part was handled pretty well. But the film was a near total loss.

[Bright Moments]

Ah, I haven't banned anyone in such a long time. So much fun. This guy has registered before as "4horsemenoftheapocalypse" from the same IP.

Have fun in banned land, troll!

jim- we need a hall of shame for all our banned members!!

then they can say, "I'm with the banned!"

[Jazz Kat]

Oh man, I was getting jazzed about a Brownie movie!

Oh well!

[Chuck Nessa]

Oh man, I was getting jazzed about a Brownie movie!

Oh well!

[Jazz Kat]

[Uncle Skid]

Spyro Gyra Groupies!!

[Jazz Kat]

I hope you guys don't hold that against me. I have a "favorite band/artist" every week. I was defending those guys. I love em', but they're just one group I love.

With that, proceed...

[wolff]

LMAO..There ya go Jazz Kat..Get off the puter and go get a Brownie.

[Chuck Nessa]

I hope you guys don't hold that against me. I have a "favorite band/artist" every week. I was defending those guys. I love em', but they're just one group I love.

With that, proceed...

Is this what you were talking about?

[Jazz Kat]

[Uncle Skid]

I hope you guys don't hold that against me. I have a "favorite band/artist" every week. I was defending those guys. I love em', but they're just one group I love.

With that, proceed...

I certainly don't -- just ask Big Al about my taste in 80's hair bands!! B-)

[Jazz Kat]

Franke & The Knockouts?

[Larry Kart]

As I may have said before here, all things being equal, Clint could have made a great movie about Stan Kenton, especially if he'd done it when he was still of an age where he himself could have played the title role. And with Lennie Niehaus as Lennie Niehaus!