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Who will get biopics when I'm old and gray?

post #1 of 28
11/26/05 at 11:54pm
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Going to see Walk the Line with my dad the other day got me thinking about what biopics of people from my generation I'll be seeing when I'm his age. I was born in 1973, so do you think someone like Gwyneth Paltrow or Fiona Apple will be getting a biopic in the future? Will the future be a biopic wasteland for my generation?
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post #2 of 28
11/27/05 at 12:10am
First in line: Lance Armstrong
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post #3 of 28
11/27/05 at 1:17am
It's sad that this is probably true:
Paris Hilton

I mean, am I wrong people?

Kyle
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post #4 of 28
11/27/05 at 1:25am
Thread Starter 
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Will the future be a biopic wasteland for my generation?
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It's sad that this is probably true: Paris Hilton
A simple "yes" would have sufficed.
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post #5 of 28
11/27/05 at 3:58pm
Michael Jackson
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post #6 of 28
11/27/05 at 4:25pm
George W. Bush
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post #7 of 28
11/27/05 at 6:47pm
Kurt Cobain's life has biopic written all over it, especially the ending.
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post #8 of 28
11/27/05 at 7:11pm
Mitch Hedberg.
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post #9 of 28
11/28/05 at 6:55am
I like the Hedberg idea.
Kurt Cobain is probably likely, though I think it's already been done in TV versions.

John McCain will probably get a movie version of his life at some point;

Stephen Hawking
Christopher Reeve
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak

And then, mostly psychos. Anyone who was a multi-murderer or just a really notorious one. I'm sure someone will have a movie about Raider (the BTK Killer), and that guy in Lenexa, KS who lured people over the internet and stuffed them into 50 gallon barrels after he killed them.

River Phoenix? Len Bias? I'm trying to think of others who died early.
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post #10 of 28
11/28/05 at 8:53am
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Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak


Already done. See "Pirates of Silicon Valley", a TV Bio. Actually quite good, with Anthony Michael Hall as Gates and Noah Wylie as Jobs.
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post #11 of 28
11/28/05 at 9:29am
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The other element of this that has me curious is who will still be around, productive, and highly regarded in 50 years like Ray Charles and Johnny Cash. Certainly not a requirement for a biopic though.
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post #12 of 28
11/28/05 at 9:37am
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John McCain will probably get a movie version of his life at some point


A&E has already done one.
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post #13 of 28
11/28/05 at 10:08am
Some ideas:

Bob Dylan
Stevie Wonder
Willie Nelson

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Michael Jackson


Actually, it might be more interesting to do "The Jacksons".

Jason
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post #14 of 28
11/28/05 at 1:17pm
Oh, and the way he's been going lately, it wouldn't surprise me if Tom Cruise gets one.

I was thinking about him lately and I came to realize that very few actors have worked with the caliber of directors that he has: Spielberg, Stone, Scorsese, Coppolla, Crowe, Pollack, Scott Bros, and most notably, Kubrick, among a few others.
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post #15 of 28
11/28/05 at 2:28pm
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Actually, it might be more interesting to do "The Jacksons".
There was a miniseries in the early 90s. Of course, a lot has happened since then.

I wouldn't be surprised if biopics fall out of fashion after a certain point. Celebrities like Johnny Cash or Ray Charles didn't spent the peak of their careers under the scrutiny of a zillion celebrity journalists. For anyone who's currently a subject of major attention, will there still be any interest in them after they're gone (or anything left to say)?

I suppose there'll always be room for something like Capote, which digs into a key event in its subject's life and gets at things that most people never even heard of, either at the time or since.

M.
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post #16 of 28
11/28/05 at 2:49pm
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Who will get biopics when I'm old and gray?
Me.

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H - just watch.
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post #17 of 28
11/28/05 at 4:15pm
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Willie Nelson


That reminds me of another idea.

What about Waylon Jennings?
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post #18 of 28
11/28/05 at 4:24pm
Bill Clinton, more than likely. (I don't count Primary Colors, since A) it was deliberately fictionalized and B) only covered a very small timeframe).
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post #19 of 28
11/28/05 at 5:26pm
Michael Jordan, definitely. Maybe George Clooney or Will Smith. And even though he's from the baby boomer generation, Billy Joel would make a fascinating subject for a biopic.

Also, my guess is that there will be an "Aviator"-esque movie about either Sumner Redstone or Rupert Murdoch as sort of a "Last of the Media Moguls" type deal.
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post #20 of 28
11/28/05 at 7:01pm
For some reason, I'm imagining that they might turn R.D Reynolds' book "The Death Of WCW" into a movie.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

I don't think Warner Brothers would go for it, though.
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post #21 of 28
11/28/05 at 9:45pm
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Christopher Reeve


Good idea!
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post #22 of 28
11/28/05 at 10:40pm
The fact that someone has "already done it" doesn't mean much in terms of biopics. I mean, I look back at Biopics of the last couple of decades, and several of them had an "eh" version done beforehand. "All The Kings Men" (a story of Huey Long) will be the fourth movie that I know of about Huey Long (Kingfish came out years ago with John Goodman, and there was a TV version). Etc.

More then that, with so many cable networks, there will be tons of biopics that will be redone because cable networks will have to do them for the programming So I'm just talking about the ones that I think would make an effective transition to the screen 20 years from now, or after the people they are based upon are dead.
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post #23 of 28
11/29/05 at 11:13am
Madonna
Donald Trump
Ozzy Osbourne
Clint Eastwood
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post #24 of 28
11/29/05 at 11:16am
I'm surprised no one mentioned Marlon Brando.
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post #25 of 28
11/29/05 at 11:16am
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In my grogginess this morning I heard a name on the radio that is a no-brainer upon reflection: Robert Downey, Jr. I've heard his childhood was rather interesting as well. I think another person who would qualify is Johnny Depp - both actors I've been aware of since I was a child and who fit into my "generational window."
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post #26 of 28
11/29/05 at 12:59pm
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Me.

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H - just watch.


...planning on shooting someone famous are you?
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post #27 of 28
11/29/05 at 1:12pm
Quentin Tarantino
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post #28 of 28
11/30/05 at 4:23pm
Since music biopics are so popular, I see Bono and Bob Geldof in the future. I'm surprised when Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly had biopics that Chuck Berry hasn't had one. And Brian Wilson should have 1 for each personality.

On other entertainment fronts, a serious pic about Arnold Schwarznegger would be worthwhile in a few more years. Woody Allen's life would make a terrific black comedy. And, I'd like to see Milos Foreman take a shot at David Letterman's life.
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