Coram Boy: The Movie

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 5:02pm

In the works, based on Gavin's novel, not the show.

Directed by Alan Parker.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 5:11pm

I wish I'd gotten to see this. I was just a few days late.

[mominator]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 5:13pm

Really liked the show, must read the book now. It may work better as a movie.

Updated On: 7/11/07 at 05:13 PM

[thenewmoon]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 5:50pm

...starring Shia LeBouef as Alexander Ashbrook and Elijah Kelly as Toby.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 6:28pm

this was the one show i HAD to see on my trip... alas it was not to be.

i'm EXCITED! I hope it pans out.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 7:39pm

Definitely excited for this !!!! You all know how I felt about the show !! Loved it !!! Mominator, the book is excellent as well, and much different than the show) --

[StageManager2]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 7:42pm

I can see it. The play was definitely cinematic.

[Eos]

Posted: 7/11/07 at 11:26pm

sigh...
This really makes me sad all over again that I never got the chance to see it.

heavy blink...longer sigh...

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 7/12/07 at 12:22am

I actually found the play much more dramatic than the book but love both. Though I would love for Jan Maxwell to be in the film with her extended part (Mrs Lynch is a fairly small role in the book).

The whole final scene of the play never happens in the book. That was my favorite part of the play, too.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 7/12/07 at 12:27am

You mean the negroid doesn't get adopted?

Updated On: 7/12/07 at 12:27 AM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 7/12/07 at 12:33am

He does...

And the secret passageway is in there. But Mrs Lynch never follows them and forces Otis on the ship.

I don't remember exactly, but think Aaron and Toby both jump ship and Meshak gets shot down into the water.

[Gypsy2]

Posted: 8/8/07 at 7:46pm

Meshak never gets shot down in the water. In the book, he stays on the boat, goes to America, and eventually makes his way back to England to... basically to stalk Aaron from afar, until he dies.

Loved the play, and enjoyed the book, but didn't really love how they ended it. Meshak's death in the play was far more dramatic, and a lot more interesting, I think. I also didn't like what happens to Thomas in the book either.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 3:23am

I loved this play, and I agree that its much more dramatic than the book. I thought the book plodded along a bit, but I can see it being a brilliant film if they looked at and considered some of the dramatic points used for the stage version. I miss this play, I really enjoyed it.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:24am

"Meshak never gets shot down in the water. In the book, he stays on the boat, goes to America, and eventually makes his way back to England to... basically to stalk Aaron from afar, until he dies."

Hmm. Well, I was just waiting and waiting for Mrs Lynch to arrive at the end and when it never happened it through me off...

[CapnHook]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 6:40pm

It's been over a year -- any developments?

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 7:00pm

is it still going to have all that choral music. that was so beautiful.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 7:13pm

We saw it & throughly enjoyed it.

Having said that, I doubt it would work as a movie. What would the audience be ?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 7:20pm

People out in the country who have nothing better to do.

There's always an audience for movies.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 7:35pm

Not all movies make money. this kind of discounts your arguement.

Time will tell if it even gets made. If so, I doubt it will be a big draw.

[whatever2]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 8:30pm

sorry, people out in the country who have nothing better to do smoke dope or go to tractor pulls ... or both. they don't go to art house movies based on broadway musicals that were only appreciated by [divided] "east coast elites".

possibly if the movie in question were based on a musical based on a movie they'd seen 10 years earlier, or a rock band they'd listened to 20 years earlier, their smart teenage daughters (and queer teenage sons) would go, but that's not a particularly robust demographic, ROI-wise.

yes, i'm bitter ... how is this election even close??? =:o

[StageFan2]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 10:05pm

Thanks for the info Yankeefan. I don't go to movies as a rule. But I would make an exception for Coram Boy and Alan Parker. I loved the show and I think the book (which I adore) will translate to screen very well. Coupled with Alan Parker's direction; you just may have a sleeper hit.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 11:43pm

Two corrections:

1) The original post was created in 2007. I bumped the thread to see if there had been any developments I wasn't aware of.

2) The movie will be based on the original novel and not the play.

[BobRandomGuyMan]

Posted: 9/15/08 at 12:59am

Everyone gave this show so much crap, but I REALLY enjoyed it. It was so creative, I want to see Melly Still working in the US again. Does she have anything new in the works??

[StageFan2]

Posted: 9/15/08 at 7:51am

Here ya go CapnHook. This is about all I can locate. According to the site below - it's scheduled for a 2009 release.

http://www.themovieinsider.com/m4290/coram-boy/

Here's another link that might be of interest:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2007/dec/12/alanparker




Updated On: 9/15/08 at 07:51 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 9/15/08 at 7:53am

BobRandomGuyMan, I agree about this show. I thought it was magnificent. I'd love to see Still bring another complex piece of fiction to life on stage again in the U.S.