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Spicy Ramen Standard Userer	Who would you want to play you and who would do the score? I'd think Christian Bale would play a perfect me(if you watched American Psycho you'd understand), I'd probably half Elfman do the score.
posted 10-22-2001 08:13 PM PT (US)

Johnnyecks Standard Userer	Yeah, Elfman's a must for me. Or maybe Zimmer (cause I'm always driving too fast!!). But to play me, I think I'd have to go with..... Either Jack Black or that fat guy from Mad TV. Cause they fit my sense of humor PERFECTLY.
posted 10-22-2001 08:27 PM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	In Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Christian Bale was rather dumb the whole time. You sure you want him?
posted 10-22-2001 08:27 PM PT (US)

Ken S Standard Userer	I really don't know who would possess the looks and the TALENT to play me but ALAN SILVESTRI would certainly be capable of capturing all the joys, all the tragic events, all the "magic" of my bizarre life.
posted 10-22-2001 08:33 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Standard Userer	In the upcoming movie about my life, I will most certainly be portrayed onscreen by Orson Welles. Not just any Welles...the Welles who played C.F. Kane at age 26. That's the Welles who will play ME! Yeah, I know he's dead, but nobody's gonna make a movie of my life either, so what? My wife will be played by Katherine Hepburn (circa 1960). And Jerry Goldsmith will score my life. There isn't another choice for me. Period.
posted 10-22-2001 08:35 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Chris Kinsinger: the Welles who played C.F. Kane at age 26. Awww - you don't want the fat, desperate Welles who was relegated to doing vegetable commercials?? Dan
posted 10-22-2001 08:43 PM PT (US)

Kirkinson Standard Userer	The actor would not be that important; it doesn't take a mountain of talent to sit in a corner doing nothing for 2 hours. Philip Glass would compose.
posted 10-22-2001 09:01 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Standard Userer	"Awww - you don't want the fat, desperate Welles who was relegated to doing vegetable commercials??" VEGETABLES? I know he did wine commercials...I didn't know about the veggies. I'll NEVER be that fat, or that desperate. Welles at age 26. That's me.
posted 10-22-2001 09:13 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Chris Kinsinger: VEGETABLES? I know he did wine commercials...I didn't know about the veggies. Whoops - yes, wine commercials. Sorry. I keep thinking back to "Animaniacs" where they made fun of him and had him doing commercials for "Rosebud Frozen Peas! Full of freshness and green pea-ness..." heheh Dan
posted 10-22-2001 09:27 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Standard Userer	The REAL Orson, as I recall, had this signature line: "Sell no wine before it's time..." ...or, words to that effect.
posted 10-22-2001 09:37 PM PT (US)

JJH Standard Userer	I will be rendered in CGI. score by oh, let's say the ghost of Miklos Rozsa. yeah, that works.
posted 10-22-2001 11:15 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Standard Userer	I think any movie about me (what a horrible thought) would be scored using Nickelodeon and Calliope music.
posted 10-22-2001 11:47 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	If a movie was based on me....it would bomb. I guess they'd need animatronics to render me, but it would still be dull.
posted 10-23-2001 02:58 AM PT (US)

Nicolai P. Zwar Standard Userer	The actors who should portray me would clearly be Haley Joel Osment (Nicolai as a kid), Nicholas Cage (present day) and Morgan Freeman (Mr. Zwar in later years). I expect to see me hunt down foreign agents in the movie (even though that's not something I usually do in real life) while radiating a certain dignified wisdom at the same time. I'd also prefer to have the movie end with me getting the Nobel Prize in Physics. I think this would be a great biopic, the kind of stuff David Lean would have done in the 1960s.
posted 10-23-2001 04:26 AM PT (US)

Nicolai P. Zwar Standard Userer	PS: The musical score should be composed by Elliot Goldenthal.
posted 10-23-2001 04:27 AM PT (US)

mgh Standard Userer	This is tough. It would either be Don Knotts and Vic Mizzy or Tom Selleck and Jerry Goldsmith.
posted 10-23-2001 04:48 AM PT (US)

Richard Street Standard Userer	I think that the only person who could possibly play me, is me. And as for the score...well, that'd be me again. NP: HOLLOW MAN (Me. Oh, sorry, it's that Jerry guy.)
posted 10-23-2001 06:49 AM PT (US)

Andr� Lux Standard Userer	I movie about my life would be great and every major director, actors and musicians (yes, even Halzimmer!) would fight to be on it, but I am sure ANDR� LUX - THE MOTION PICTURE would get banned before it could open on theaters...
posted 10-23-2001 07:07 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	My divinity on screen could only be portrayed by a glowing ball of light and only a composer with the granduer of a Bruckner or a Wagner could compose the music. Failing that I just might settle for Brad Pitt though I do worry that he's not good looking enough, musically it can only be that giant that bestrides the world of genius Trevor Rabin! The film will be so perfectly and extraordinarilly fantastically fantasmagorically fantabulous that it'll go on to sweep EVERY Oscar the academy can dish out 5 years running. Timmer (who once had a girl tell him "you have the eyes of ten men!"
posted 10-23-2001 07:22 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Standard Userer	A movie about me would be really boring. But I would like either John Williams Alan Silvestri or John Debeney to score my film. Ooh!Ooh! Or Brenden Anderson. Np: The Last Crusade (John Williams) ***/*** Jz
posted 10-23-2001 07:40 AM PT (US)

SBD Standard Userer	<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by dgoldwas: Whoops - yes, wine commercials. Sorry. I keep thinking back to "Animaniacs" where they made fun of him and had him doing commercials for "Rosebud Frozen Peas! Full of freshness and green pea-ness..." heheh Dan<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually, that was "The Critic" that featured the 'green pea-ness' remark. Welles did do a voice-over gig for a commercial hawking peas. The "Animaniacs" episode is called "Yes, Always". It's a very funny ep, and if you've heard the outtakes of Welles' work, which is used almost verbatim in the cartoon, it's even funnier. Go here Getting back on topic, I'd take the Jackie Robinson route and play myself (but filmed in the style of "Ed Wood", one of the best screen bios ever). As for scoring: Studio film: David Newman or Danny Elfman Low-budget: Udi Harpaz or Amotz Plessner Indie film: nothing but Queen songs [Message edited by SBD on 10-23-2001] [Message edited by SBD on 10-23-2001]
posted 10-23-2001 08:14 AM PT (US)

UCFKevin Standard Userer	Well, I would play myself (I actually plan to, in a way) As for the music, I think Alf Klausen would do wonderfully.
posted 10-23-2001 08:47 AM PT (US)

Widescreen Standard Userer	This would be narcissistic if it weren't fun for me to throw in my two cents. Delusionally, I could say this film would be bigger than Titanic, but that would be far more delusional than a psychiatrist could scale. My life? People have suggested the following people play me: Nicolas Cage (don't see that, really, but ok) Edward Norton (I like him as an actor, but he might be bored playing me) Personal Choice: Michael Keaton, my favorite actor. The score- no question, Jerry Goldsmith, and out of respect for him, if I was directing, the editor and I would place no temp track- I'd just let Jerry write from wherever the core of his genius comes from with the only request being that it be something nobody had heard before. The story- A coming of age tale I guess, one where a boy grows to manhood despite his dilemnas with a sense of honor and code. And maybe a little adventure (and may monkeys fly out of my nostrils for the piece of delusion!)
posted 10-23-2001 09:44 AM PT (US)

Kevin Standard Userer	There was already a movie made about me - Beauty & The Beast. And I wasn't the "beauty." If they were to make a new movie about me, they would get someone like John Merrick (yeah, I know he's dead, but someone like him) to play me. And since I am so hideous, they wouldn't have to worry about a leading lady. And to score the film? Since my life is a string of repetitive events that have no originality, James Horner would do the music. Kevin
posted 10-23-2001 09:51 AM PT (US)

Jared Cowing Standard Userer	[Message edited by Jared Cowing on 06-05-2010]
posted 10-23-2001 11:52 AM PT (US)

Justin Standard Userer	I'm surprised Crono hasn't jump at this thread.
posted 10-23-2001 05:28 PM PT (US)

Bulldog Standard Userer	Mel Gibson/Jerry Goldsmith
posted 10-23-2001 07:38 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Standard Userer	*BUT, BULLDOG...* Mel doesn't have blonde hair!
posted 10-23-2001 08:39 PM PT (US)

Bulldog Standard Userer	Somehow, somehow, I just knew that the next comment would be yours, Chris!!! And it's just about what I expected, too!
posted 10-23-2001 09:02 PM PT (US)

Kirkinson Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Jared Cowing: That's an easy one for me. The Sauren guy from Star Trek: Generations would be a great me... Malcolm McDowell??? He's a terrific actor, but this is Alex DeLarge you're talking about. Just out of curiosity, what made you decide on him?
posted 10-23-2001 09:29 PM PT (US)

Scott Standard Userer	. Music by John Williams. Scott [Message edited by Scott on 10-24-2001]
posted 10-23-2001 10:41 PM PT (US)

LemonsAreIcky Standard Userer	If a movie was going to be based on me, I would have to play myself. I don't want anyone trying to play a part they don't understand. As for who would do the score, I would have to say David Arnold. I would say John Williams, but I don't want to take the chance of another [i] Home Alone [i/] happening. Lemons P.S. Take that Scott
posted 10-24-2001 06:57 AM PT (US)

azahid Standard Userer	Me? They have already made a film on it. Infact Its a bestselling TRILOGY. The film : THE OMEN Amer "666" Zahid
posted 10-24-2001 07:13 AM PT (US)

juha Standard Userer	I can't imagine anyone playing me. Both Goldsmith and James Newton Howard would be the best choises to depict my life musically. Reagrds, Juha.
posted 10-24-2001 07:25 AM PT (US)

Scott Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by LemonsAreIcky: If a movie was going to be based on me, I would have to play myself. I don't want anyone trying to play a part they don't understand. Since when does it take understanding to play an ape? Scott
posted 10-24-2001 07:42 AM PT (US)

Scott Standard Userer	Originally posted by LemonsAreIcky: [i] Home Alone [i/] Had a little hard time with you code there didn't ya? Scott [Message edited by Scott on 10-24-2001] [Message edited by Scott on 10-24-2001] [Message edited by Scott on 10-24-2001] [Message edited by Scott on 10-24-2001]
posted 10-24-2001 07:45 AM PT (US)

Scott Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by LemonsAreIcky: P.S. Take that Scott B**ch! Scott
posted 10-24-2001 07:54 AM PT (US)

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