A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?- Page 8

[Gothampc]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#175

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:53pm

Here's my cast (as of Dec. 20, 10:30 pm). Of course nobody will greenlight this because it doesn't appeal to the younger generation, so the movie will have to play in art houses.

Sally - Elaine Paige
Buddy - Victor Garber
Phyllis - Beverly D'Angelo
Ben - Kelsey Grammer
Carlotta - Tina Turner (I'm Still Here; Give her "Ah, But Underneath")
Hattie - Bernadette Peters (Broadway Baby)
Stella - Bette Midler(Who's That Woman?)
Emily Whitman - Chita Rivera
Theodore Whitman - Joel Grey
Solange - Lindsay Duncan
Roscoe - Nathan Lane
Weisman - Tony Bennett (sings a newly written song about the Follies)

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#176

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:59pm

Yeah, I think I'd probably skip that one.

[roquat]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#177

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:59pm

I really can't think of an ideal Phyllis. It has nothing to do with age or Hollywood-appropriateness, it's just that we don't have those kinds of "characters" any more. It would be hard to find someone who could give it the sassiness and force needed and not come across as an emotionless bitch.

I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."

[ljay889]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#178

Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:03pm

I think Vanessa Williams would be a great Phyllis for film. But they will probably want two A list actresses for Sally & Phyllis.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#179

Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:14pm

I still think Michelle Pfeiffer could do it.

[jewishboy]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#180

Posted: 12/19/07 at 11:17pm

I think the best idea for Phyllis is Annette Bening.

[theaterkid1015]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#181

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:01pm

I guess Shirley MacLaine and Debbie Reynolds are too old for Phyllis and Sally? That is something I would have seen.

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[ljay889]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#182

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:20pm

Sally and Phyllis are 49 years old.

There are supporting roles for Shirley and Debbie.

[Ed_Mottershead]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#183

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:25pm

After the brilliant success of Sweeney, I'd be willing to swing my vote for Company. But NEVER Follies -- it simply sceams out for a live theatre. As a side note, I saw the original with my mother, who had been involved in show business in the early 30's, and her comment was that it didn't match up to the lavishness of the original revues being done at the time.

BroadwayEd

[Jon]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#184

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:25pm

If Sam Mendes directs, he should reunite his American Beauty cast:

Kevin Spacey as Buddy
Peter Gallagher as Ben
Annette Bening as Sally
Allison Janney as Phyllis

[BNN]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#185

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:30pm

Marion Cotillard as Solange, sure it's typecasting but at least she has the French thing down

Also, I would love to see Ian McKellan and Imelda Staunton as the Whitmans.

Tick Tock

[LadyRosecoe]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#186

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:32pm

Oh what a wonderful Whitman duo!

Personally, it's a shame Jack Albertson never played it, he had the figure and background that would lend that authenticity that Follies seems to like.

[theaterkid1015]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#187

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:32pm

I know, ljay. I got all excited, rushed up here, and then thought...Oh wait. Phyllis and Sally aren't THAT old.

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

Updated On: 1/12/08 at 11:32 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#188

Posted: 1/13/08 at 2:09am

Debbie and Shirley would have made a fantastic Sally/Phyllis duo back in the days. Unfortunately they could be their grandmothers by now. Shirley McLaine would make a great Stella and Debbie would be great as Hattie.
I was watching BROTHERS & SISTERS the other day and I still think Jewishboy's Sally Field idea is brilliant.
Oh, and if you go for younger, how about in 5-10 years or so we get Rachel Griffiths as Phyllis with Toni Collette as Sally? MURIEL'S WEDDING reunion and both actresses would be BRILLIANT in those roles.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[ljay889]

re: A FOLLIES flim being developed by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin?#189

Posted: 1/14/08 at 3:46pm

Marion Cotillard as Solange, sure it's typecasting but at least she has the French thing down

- Solange is 69 in the script. I know Marion can play older, but I'd like the cast to be age appropriate.