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Post by coolclearwaters on Feb 22, 2017 9:23:20 GMT
Being American, when I hear or read the word "pukka" I immediately think of an invisible, 6 foot tall rabbit. LOL. It's probably spelled "pooka" though.
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Post by sgev1977 on Feb 22, 2017 14:34:55 GMT
The trailer is cliched but the wife is actually his biggest ally in the book and script. It's not a a feminist role in any way, of course but she is definitely not the "nagging" wife.
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Post by MagdaFR on Feb 22, 2017 18:43:47 GMT
I found this interview with David Grann, the author of the book. It is almost 54 minutes. InterviewI said many times that I'd loved that BC had played this role. Only the fun filming on the jungle would have worth it.
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Post by dreamsincolour on Feb 22, 2017 19:43:02 GMT
Being American, when I hear or read the word "pukka" I immediately think of an invisible, 6 foot tall rabbit. LOL. It's probably spelled "pooka" though. I adore the very idea of a pooka! And there were intentions a (long) while back for Steven Spielberg to remake "Harvey" too. But I think he dropped it because Tom Hanks wasn't prepared to take on such an iconic James Stewart role. Every now and again I check what's happening with the remake that's still theoretically in development anyway (it has a writer), but there's never any news. BC wouldn't be a bad choice at all for Elwood P Dowd either, when there aren't many who could do it. Whether he would have similar reservations about walking in James Stewart's shoes is another issue.
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Post by queenzod on Feb 22, 2017 22:57:47 GMT
I love the idea of BC as Elwood! It would be a change for him. He could bring out his spacy, rambling, goofy side and combine it with that sly, wry humor.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Feb 22, 2017 23:15:08 GMT
I love Harvey, but I can't imagine how they could remake it. It seems so much a movie of its time. I think (or at least hope) the world is much more sophisticated about mental illness and alcoholism than it used to be - not to mention mental hospitals, hallucinations, and "spinster" nieces. It would have to be so dramatically rewritten that it's hard to imagine how it could retain its sweet, goofy charm. Maybe some great writer or director could do it in ways I can't imagine, but I don't see the need. Some movies just deserve to be left alone and enjoyed as they are..
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Post by sorcerersupreme on Apr 9, 2017 12:33:34 GMT
Oh man just saw this and I'm glad it's a good film but at the same time kinda stung that Benedict had to part ways. Bummer.
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Post by roverpup on Apr 9, 2017 15:16:06 GMT
Absolutely understandable why he had to bow out of this one (he made the right choice for personal reasons - it would have been unthinkable for him to go through with this when his first child was about to be born), but I am really looking forward to seeing this as well.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Apr 12, 2017 2:19:19 GMT
Here's another interesting interview with James Gray. I'm getting more and more excited about this movie. He talks a little bit about Benedict. Apparently, Brad Pitt recommended him after working with him on 12 Years A Slave. . linkhttp://www.villagevoice.com/film/james-gray-on-subverting-the-classical-style-in-the-lost-city-of-z-9872066This interview makes it sound like Sophie was the one who didn't Benedict to take off for the jungle around when the birth was expected. Perfectly understandable, if true. He probably would have regretted it. I suspect that the film kept getting delayed and that is why Benedict had to drop out. He started rehearsals for Hamlet just a month after the baby was born, so there was more than one conflict.
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 15, 2017 21:07:45 GMT
Yes, there was Hamlet, too but it seems the baby was the main reason and it's a HUGE reason and of course very understandable. I really wanted him to do this movie but he had the best excuse to left the project so...
It's great that Plan B has a very good impression of him. Very early on he commented that he really admired what George Clooney and Brad Pitt were doing like producers (circa when he was shooting both August and Twelve Years a Slave) and I don't doubt they inspired him to create his own company. I remember it was also around the time the backlash on Tumblr began, you know when he was promoting Parade's End, the poshgate happened and all that stupid stuff and there were some silly kids saying he was very frivolous because he wanted to be a "pretty face" movie star like those two but he wasn't handsome enough to be like them or something along the lines, even when it was clear he was talking about those two careers as producers and not as "pretty faces"! But that's Tumblr: they always understand the most simple concepts and phrases in the most twisted way.
Anyway, I think what Brad Pitt has done as producer is wonderful and always risky so I really admire him and I think he has show that he is a very intelligent man with exquisite taste in movies. So not just a "pretty face"!
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