It might or might not be true, as Nick Broomfield declares in his new feature documentary, that “most people today” haven’t heard of Brian Jones. If it’s true of most young music fans, then a) yikes and b) The Stones and Brian Jones is here to bridge the generation gap. The Magnolia release, which is receiving a one-night theatrical showcase 10 days before its Nov. 17 general release, joins an ever-expanding pack of doc portraits exploring boomer musicians who led the rock revolution of the ’60s and ’70s.
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
- 11/6/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Beatles were heavily influenced by Bob Dylan, especially John Lennon. Lennon gravitated toward Dylan’s more introspective songwriting style and brought that into his music. While many of Lennon’s songs for The Beatles were inspired by Bob Dylan, the “Blowin’ in the Wind” singer thought he went too far with one song.
Bob Dylan was furious that ‘Norwegian Wood’ ripped him off George Harrison and Bob Dylan | Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
“Norwegian Wood” is from The Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul. The song was written by John Lennon and was a veiled admission to an affair he was involved in. It was also the first song that featured George Harrison playing the sitar. The song is influenced by Dylan’s songwriting, with Lennon delivering more reflective and personal lyrics.
While Lennon channeled Bob Dylan for many Beatles tracks, Dylan was particularly enraged by “Norwegian Wood...
Bob Dylan was furious that ‘Norwegian Wood’ ripped him off George Harrison and Bob Dylan | Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
“Norwegian Wood” is from The Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul. The song was written by John Lennon and was a veiled admission to an affair he was involved in. It was also the first song that featured George Harrison playing the sitar. The song is influenced by Dylan’s songwriting, with Lennon delivering more reflective and personal lyrics.
While Lennon channeled Bob Dylan for many Beatles tracks, Dylan was particularly enraged by “Norwegian Wood...
- 3/2/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It has been four years since we heard word of Sean Durkin‘s Janis Joplin biopic, Janis. About a year later, it was reported that Lee Daniels would be taking on his own biopic (talk about a change in voice!) with Amy Adams, while, on his end, there was merely silence. The Martha Marcy May Marlene helmer went on to Southcliffe and, since then, has only been “seen” in a producing capacity on BorderLine Films’ titles — but an awfully enticing bit of news would tell us the project’s still very much in sight.
So let’s just get it right out: Janis is close to acquiring Michelle Williams, who takes a role once considered for Nina Arianda. That’s about as deep as this news goes, for what’s in Variety gives us less information than was available in the previous presidential-election cycle. As we learned then, it’s...
So let’s just get it right out: Janis is close to acquiring Michelle Williams, who takes a role once considered for Nina Arianda. That’s about as deep as this news goes, for what’s in Variety gives us less information than was available in the previous presidential-election cycle. As we learned then, it’s...
- 10/11/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
For a performer whose career was so short-lived, Janis Joplin has been hugely influential and such a largely contentious figure in the world of music. We’ve recently gotten a Jimi Hendrix biopic, along with music stories about everyone from the short lived (Ian Curtis, Jim Morrison, John Lennon) to the long-living legends (Johnny Cash, Ray Charles), so it makes sense that a Joplin biopic is long past due.
Late last week, Deadline was breaking news that Jean-Marc Vallee had signed on to direct Get it While You Can, the working title for a Janis Joplin film with Amy Adams attached to star and sing in the film. This would be Vallee’s fourth film following Dallas Buyers Club, the upcoming Wild, and the just-wrapped Demolition.
Adams is terrific casting, and Vallee is promising, but we’ve been down this road before, and a new director attached is no closer...
Late last week, Deadline was breaking news that Jean-Marc Vallee had signed on to direct Get it While You Can, the working title for a Janis Joplin film with Amy Adams attached to star and sing in the film. This would be Vallee’s fourth film following Dallas Buyers Club, the upcoming Wild, and the just-wrapped Demolition.
Adams is terrific casting, and Vallee is promising, but we’ve been down this road before, and a new director attached is no closer...
- 11/25/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The long-in-the-works Janis Joplin biopic, Get It While You Can, will begin shooting in the second half of 2015 in Los Angeles and San Francisco with Amy Adams starring as the singer. Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée is in negotiations to helm the picture, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ron Terry, who previously executive produced a TV movie about Jimi Hendrix in 2000, and Teresa Kounin Terry wrote the script; Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, who co-wrote Dallas Buyers Club together, are in negotiations to rewrite it.
Rolling Stone first reported...
Rolling Stone first reported...
- 11/21/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Cameras set to roll in 2013, a decade and three directors after plans to bring singer's story to the big screen were first mooted
Precious and Paperboy director Lee Daniels is in talks to direct the long-gestating Janis Joplin biopic, which has Oscar nominee Amy Adams attached to star as the iconic 60s singer.
Daniels is the latest film-maker to consider taking on a film about Joplin, following interest from Fernando Meirelles, Catherine Hardwicke and Wayne's World director Penelope Spheeris. Renée Zellweger, Zooey Deschanel and rock diva Pink have all been attached to play the singer, who died of a heroin overdose in 1970 after becoming one of the best known faces of the counterculture and performing at Woodstock.
Originally the frontwoman for the blues rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, Joplin left the group in late 1968 to embark on an initially ill-received solo career. She went on to release two acclaimed albums,...
Precious and Paperboy director Lee Daniels is in talks to direct the long-gestating Janis Joplin biopic, which has Oscar nominee Amy Adams attached to star as the iconic 60s singer.
Daniels is the latest film-maker to consider taking on a film about Joplin, following interest from Fernando Meirelles, Catherine Hardwicke and Wayne's World director Penelope Spheeris. Renée Zellweger, Zooey Deschanel and rock diva Pink have all been attached to play the singer, who died of a heroin overdose in 1970 after becoming one of the best known faces of the counterculture and performing at Woodstock.
Originally the frontwoman for the blues rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, Joplin left the group in late 1968 to embark on an initially ill-received solo career. She went on to release two acclaimed albums,...
- 10/17/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Huge undertaking for a sophomore pic – The Gospel According to Janis. But over the last ten years — even with a bevy of stars attached, including Lili Taylor, rock star Pink, and Zooey Deschanel Insert Piece of My Heart and The Gospel According to Janis
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http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/janis-joplin-film-casting-nina-arianda-tony-winner-sean-durkin-directing/
Exclusive: After recently winning the Tony for best actress in a play for Venus In Fur, Nina Arianda will make her screen-starring debut playing 1960s rock icon Janis Joplin. Joplin, a film that looks back on the final six months of the singer’s life with flashbacks to her early career, will be directed by Sean Durkin, whose feature debut Martha Marcy May Marlene won him a slew of festival acclaim including Best Director at Sundance.
Nina Arianda Janis Joplin Movie Joplin will be made for a budget under $20 million, with production to start early next year,...
Gist:
Worth Noting:
Do We Care?: Durkin
http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/janis-joplin-film-casting-nina-arianda-tony-winner-sean-durkin-directing/
Exclusive: After recently winning the Tony for best actress in a play for Venus In Fur, Nina Arianda will make her screen-starring debut playing 1960s rock icon Janis Joplin. Joplin, a film that looks back on the final six months of the singer’s life with flashbacks to her early career, will be directed by Sean Durkin, whose feature debut Martha Marcy May Marlene won him a slew of festival acclaim including Best Director at Sundance.
Nina Arianda Janis Joplin Movie Joplin will be made for a budget under $20 million, with production to start early next year,...
- 7/16/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Amy Adams’ reps have confirmed that the 35-year-old actress will portray Janis Joplin in the biopic to be directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and produced by Temple Hill Entertainment. Whether or not this movie actually makes it to the big screen is another matter entirely. Meirelles is co-writing the script, but is set to direct 360 — a BBC Films project written by Peter Morgan — prior to beginning work on Joplin. Also, the film does not yet have a studio partner, and sources say that the financing on the movie is rather shaky. Temple Hill didn’t return calls seeking comment.
- 7/19/2010
- by Nicole Sperling
- EW - Inside Movies
Elf actress Zooey Deschanel has replaced singer Pink as Janis Joplin in the biopic Gospel According To Janis. The singer pulled out of the Penelope Spheeris film earlier this year and, after much speculation, Deschanel was eventually selected to take over the role. The script has gone through several revisions and now focuses on former Rolling Stone writer David Dalton, who was once assigned to write a cover story comparing the troubled Joplin to Judy Garland. Dalton accompanied the singer on a long tour and his adventures have become the central plot for the film. Deschanel has spent the past four months working with a vocal coach to help her mimic Joplin's gritty vocals, and she will sing all of Joplin's songs featured in the film. According to producer Peter Newman, it has been a struggle to find an actress who could sing or a singer who could act. He says, "Zooey is the first we found who excels at both." Filming will begin on November 13 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the film is scheduled for release in 2008. Oscar winner Renee Zellweger is attached to another film about Joplin's life, but it is currently on hold at Paramount Pictures while the script is reworked.
- 9/20/2006
- WENN
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