new movie about SLim's life (acted by Nicholas Cage)

Bubu · #1 04-07-2005, 02:50 AM

http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=8055

This will be directed by Milos Foreman (Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon). Sounds cool. Haven't heard about it before, so I thought I would pass on the news. Don;t know when it will be released/finished.

(re-post from the zoo)

astroglide · #2 04-07-2005, 02:51 AM

wow, a mainstream movie about child molestation!

tdarko · #3 04-07-2005, 02:53 AM

with nick cage and good production maybe it will be better than high roller. fingers crossed.

jakethebake · #4 04-07-2005, 09:37 AM

Terrible casting. The frowning, dumb-looking brooder playing the eternally optimistic fast-talker? Very weird.

moondogg · #5 04-07-2005, 09:40 AM

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Have you ever seen Raising Arizona?

jakethebake · #6 04-07-2005, 09:58 AM

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Terrible casting. The frowning, dumb-looking brooder playing the eternally optimistic fast-talker? Very weird.

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Have you ever seen Raising Arizona?

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Yes. Terrible movie. And the character he played was nothing like Slim.

maryfield48 · #7 04-07-2005, 10:09 AM

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Cage can do manic/upbeat. I'm not a fan by any means - I think he tries too hard to be noticed. But I don't agree that Slim's personality is outside his range. And I'm encouraged by Forman's involvement. He has a couple of well-made bio-pics on his resume.

zaxx19 · #8 04-07-2005, 10:24 AM

Can he pretend to lift scams from Titanic Thompson and then proceed to make 100th the amount of money Thompson did scamming people??

If he can he will be sufficient for the role.

Slim is one of the overatted done nothing(Ok he won a WSOP when there were 8 participants or something) celebs in the history of this country, IMHO.

moondogg · #9 04-07-2005, 10:46 AM

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Terrible casting. The frowning, dumb-looking brooder playing the eternally optimistic fast-talker? Very weird.

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Have you ever seen Raising Arizona?

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Yes. Terrible movie. And the character he played was nothing like Slim.

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Regardless, the character he played was a dumb frowner, and was the complete opposite of a "eternally optimistic fast-talker"

Blarg · #10 04-07-2005, 11:47 AM

Wow, I'm happy to hear this.

Milos Forman is one hell of a good director; that alone almost ensures a very watchable movie.

Cage has made a living playing eccentrics, and is probably well capable of playing another one.

Very hard to picture him as anything like a blonde old school Texan, though, of all things. I think I'd have an easier time picturing him playing the lead role in The Liza Minelli Story.