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Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
#25Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 2:03amStreisand & Hathaway would be perfection.
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#26Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 2:15amOh it will be great. I hope they do it.
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#27Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 2:58am
Yes please...
I hope this happens.
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#28Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 6:04am
La Streis
Jim Broadbent
Anne Hathaway
Kristen Bell
And bring in LuPone as Mazeppa
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#29Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 6:25amWhile I agree that Babs doesn't LOOK like she's nearly 70, I'm still not sure she might not look TOO old. But ACTING/singing wise? She's be brilliant. I think she'd give Rose a new spin.
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#30Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 6:56amLuPone would never be involved unless she is Rose, lol.
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#31Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 8:22am
"We're talking about 'Gypsy' being a bookend for us," he said. "She began with me, and this will be a grand farewell for us."
Is it just me or does that sound like a murder/suicide threat?
#32Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 8:26am
If anybody even suggests Lea Michele for Louise I'll vomit on my keyboard.
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#33Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 8:46am
"If anybody even suggests Lea Michele for Louis I'll vomit on my keyboard."
Can Matt Morrison as Tulsa be far behind?
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#34Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 8:47amHas Louise, the plain and untalented sister, always been played by a goddess? You'd think that someone in Rose's showbiz life would have looked over and seen Natalie Wood or Laura Benanti and advised her to lose the blonde and make the gorgeous sister the star of the act.
#35Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 8:52am
im not psyched about this. i dont know 70 is just old. Like really old.
Um have you seen her picture any time recently? She doesn't look a day over 50.
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#36Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 8:56am
"She doesn't look a day over 50."
There is a HUGE difference between looking good and looking younger than you are. She is 68 years old. You could maybe, MAYBE say she could pass for 60ish. But she looks well over 50.
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#37Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:07am^ I was exaggerating... my point is that she does not look 70 and definitely has it in her to play this part and do a spectacular job. But anyways, fair enough, she does not look a day over 60.
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#38Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:07amShe only has to play the mother of young girls for the beginning of the story. When the girls are grown-ups, which would be 3/4 of the story, really, she won't be much too old at that point.
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#39Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:08amI'd like to see Kevin Kline as Herbie.
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#40Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:12am^ He would be good as Herbie.
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#41Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:34am
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there rumors that Barbara was going to do the film version that eventually became the Bette TV version?"
Actually Tyne wanted to do the tv version, but Bette got to the producers and convinced them to use her instead. The Streisand film version was always a separate thing because she didn't want to do tv.
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#42Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:35am
I like it a 70 year old playing a 30 year old mother of young daughters..it is the dumbest idea yet..she looks good for late 60s but still looks 60s ..I love Babs and wasnt Rose Hovak
an Irish woman?? but now she has played
Dolly Gallagher and Rose Hovak ..she is now an honorary irish woman
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#43Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:37amI think this will be amazing if it happens. Barbra is great at directing human stories-she's a very sensitive and emotional person. i think she would find the humanity in all the characters and draw that out. I hope this happens.
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#44Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:41am
I know Streisand wouldn't go for it, but I would like to see:
Angela Lansbury as Elektra
Chita Rivera as Tessie Tura
Elaine Stritch as Mazeppa
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#45Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:42am
As I mentioned in another thread - the Streisand talk was for a film version in the 80s that would have teamed her with Madonna and director Emile Ardolino - she also was approached for the 1974 revival and has conttemplated recording songs from the score since the beginning of her career -- so obviously its material she's been sitting with for a while.
Obviously the idea of her finally playing the role at this point in her career is somewhat absurd on a few levels (directing herself to boot?) but you know what who cares. If she wants to do it - it will certainly be an event - and will be another interesting cd/dvd to add to the collection.
Like others I'll believe it when I see it - but I think it would be preversely fabulous if it were to actually happen.
#46Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:54am
Don't underestimate what the public will buy. The movie buying public doesnt know how old the real Rose was and would certainly suspend their disbelief.
Hell, if Meryl Streep can play a 40 year old in Mamma Mia and no one bats an eyelash, Streisand as Rose will work just fine.
As we all know, Barbra will be photographed perfectly, so she will definitely pass as younger.
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#47Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 10:07am
I like to imagine Rose is becoming one of those roles like Hamlet or Medea that is more an exercise in ability than true suitability for the role. I mean those role has been played by actors (sometimes cross gendered) from 15-80.
Stritch at 85 has said she still wants to play Rose. I imagine Chita Rivera would still be riveting in the part as well. As would Audra McDonald and probably even Laura Benanti.
The fact that the real Rose was historically only in her 30s at the time of the end of GYPSY is probably incidental at this point. Its a musical 'fable' - for film a 70 year old Rose may be a little much - but Streisand doing it would obviously be the only reason why another film remake would go into production - so I say why not.
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#48Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 10:26am
I can hear her now... "Fahst I'm ta young for Dolly and naw I'm too ald fah Rose! What do I haf ta do?"
Nice bookends for her musical movie career...
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#49Streisand to produce, direct and star in a new film adaption of GYPSY....
Posted: 1/5/11 at 10:56amI'm very excited about the prospect of this. And although I think Streisand is fine director, I wish she would let herself be directed in this particular project. Her performance might be (will be) great anyway, but I think the right director could take her to new levels in the role.
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