I heard on a newspaper in the U.K. that Pete Townsend sayed that tommy shall rise again now my question to you is should there be a remake and if so who should direct it?
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I am pretty against all of the remake madness and lack of general originality of movies today. That said, if I had to pick a director... hands down David Fincher (Fight Club).
share...or just say what the hell and sign up John Waters**. ROFLMAO!
**John if you read this, no offense as I am a huge fan. I actually think you could put a great spin on it like nobody else could.
Milos Foreman would be a good choice for directing this. He did "Hair" and that rocked, and he proved he's still got what it takes with "Man in the Moon". For Tommy, maybe Johnny Depp, he's not adverse to singing on screen now that he's done "Sweeney Todd". Meryl Streep as the mother, Pete as the Hawker, Roger as the father or the lover, whichever story they go with. Maybe Bill Murray as the specialist, Dana Fuchs as the Acid Queen, the singer from Green Day as Cousin Kevin, and Eddie Izzard as Uncle Ernie. Might find some minor roles for Joe Cocker and Bono, they were pretty good in "Across the Universe".
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Okay if Tim Burton or David Cronenberg directs, you could have it updated for modern times just like the first movie did as opposed to the original album. Going in 30 year increments ('21<'51<'81) you could have it be "Gotta feeling '81 is gonna be a good year" Then have a lot of 70's and 80's imagery to end up taking place in the nineties like around '94.
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I say Jean-Marc Vallée.
Look at this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuUJ0AO7sPk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_fOv9oIIdo
the director is already working with Scorsese now.
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And to set things straight, yes the movie is too long in various productions. If anything the movie soundtrack should set the pace for the movie. It's shorter and much better arranged/produced ... It also appeals to the pace of today's audience. What most people forget is this movie was released in 1975... Hello people... 90% of those who went got stoned and time was irrelevant. :D - Thanks to everyone having ADHD today, we can bring it back down to 90 mins or so in stead of the 111...
And no... a lot of the stars listed in this thread won't work no matter how "COOL" it would be... no returns cameos here folks.
The trick to this remake is creating a musical cast that can support the film. It's just sad that most people who would make this a kick ass remake such as David Bowie, Nick Cave, Ric Ocasek may all be too old. Sure there's make-up and such but yea... tough gig... MAYBE Andy Prieboy as Tommy's Dad...
I will say that Ann Margaret's role should /possibly/ go to Paris Hilton. Think about it - All she needs it some seriously time in a dark closet being fed Top Ramen with ACID and some serious coaching/direction/dicktation and this WILL end up being the turn around moment for her -
Oh for *beep*'S SAKE - come on - Paris can ride a bean couch pillow just as good if not better then Anne but ya better move fast - the earth is rotating ya know.
Others could include: Kid Rock, Justin Warfield, Scooter (lol), Chester Bennington, Buck Cherry, maybe Marilyn Mansion, etc... however, for Elton John you could bring out Iggy Pop - He doesn't age.
Direction? Actually John Waters isn't such a bad idea :) However Ken was able to really nail nuances in a manner that would require a little bit of Oliver Stone or Michael Mann thrown in.... Heck, it may have to flow like a Scooter video too (See Nessaja)
I grew up with a writer as a father and got to see hundreds and hundreds of movies at the Writer's Guild growing up and there's mos definitely a lack of directors that would make this choice 'Easy'... Hell.. Ken's still alive too :D
In either event, yes, this really needs to be redone. One more Hanna Montana type musical movie and the industry's gonna end up having to fire 10000 more people.
Personally, I don't think there should be a remake. It doesn't need to be remade for a new generation at all- I'm sixteen and I love it how it is. Most others my age don't even know who The Who are (it's an abomination, right?), and I doubt they'd be interested if a remake was released.
And no-one would ever be able to replace Daltrey as Tommy.
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That's why you REMAKE movies - because the new scene is clueless to the movie, hence "Who's THE WHO?". Put the right 'current' crew together and you bring the movie back to life and direct people to the original. Otherwise, the film will continue to die out like it's doing and be watched only by obscure individuals who have impeccable taste, such as yourself for example :)
shareI see your point... But unless they market it as "High School Musical 4: Zac Efron's Character Is Emotionally Scarred OMG" it's not going to attract much attention from today's "yoof". Ahahaha
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I don't think there should be a remake. Why fix it, if it's not broken? Any remake would be scrutinized to the extreme and wouldn't hold up to the original. I like the 70's style of the film. You can't recreate that. As an example, I've seen remakes of Jesus Christ Superstar, and they just don't hold up to the original's style.
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Good point there - JCSS's original movie is just brilliance. Remakes/Renditions have been so piss poor...
Maybe if Rob Zombie directed a remake of Tommy.... come to think of it... maybe if he remade JCSS! AWESOME!
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