brownie Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Leave me alone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 turn it up... "Sweet Home Alabama, where the skies are so blue..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 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. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 How about Wynton Marsalis for the title role (I doubt Roy Hargrove would get a haircut for the role ...) - ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinthopson Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Just don't hire Forest Whittaker to play Brownie - he sucked as Bird. Or Jim Carrey for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Leave me alone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Hmm. . . I actually liked Forrest as Bird. . . but whadda I know ('cept what I like!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 I saw 'Dingo' when it was released. The Billy Cross part was handled pretty well. But the film was a near total loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 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!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Oh man, I was getting jazzed about a Brownie movie! Oh well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Oh man, I was getting jazzed about a Brownie movie! Oh well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Spyro Gyra Groupies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 LMAO..There ya go Jazz Kat..Get off the puter and go get a Brownie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Uncle Skid Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 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-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Kat Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Franke & The Knockouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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