Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, "Tenn"
Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, "Tenn"
#1Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, "Tenn"
Posted: 8/12/08 at 1:24pm
Taylor Hackford is prepping to direct "Tenn," a drama about the formative years of playwright Tennessee Williams, whose dysfunctional family life fueled some of his most acclaimed stage works.
Robin Shushan has written the screenplay.
Infinity Media's Michael Ohoven ("Capote") is financing development and will produce with Dan Halsted.
Pic focuses on how Williams' tumultuous upbringing -- complete with a scornful father, depression, conflicts about sexuality and watching his beloved sister institutionalized and lobotomized -- fueled the conflict in such plays as "The Glass Menagerie" and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Ohoven said the script was a close parallel to "Capote," which turned the "In Cold Blood" author's relationship with two murderers into a riveting drama...
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990393.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
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#2re: Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, 'Tenn'
Posted: 8/12/08 at 1:38pmThe formative years sound boring. Do a movie about when he is in NYC and everything after he becomes successful
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#2re: Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, 'Tenn'
Posted: 8/12/08 at 2:41pmuh-oh. No mention of LEAP OF FAITH? Does that mean what I think it means?
#3re: Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, 'Tenn'
Posted: 8/12/08 at 2:43pmIf he purportedly wasn't doing a good job with the show anyway, why would you want him to stick with it? I don't see the point of wanting to preserve the original/status quo if it isn't what's best for the work.
#4re: Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, 'Tenn'
Posted: 8/12/08 at 2:54pm
Regardless, Playbill's release indicates that he's still attached. Their article on the film is titled "Leap of Faith's Hackford to Direct Film About Life of Tennessee Williams," and begins:
Taylor Hackford ("Ray"), who is attached as director of the forthcoming Broadway musical Leap of Faith, will direct a new film based on the early years of the American playwright Tennessee Williams.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120366.html
#5re: Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, 'Tenn'
Posted: 8/12/08 at 9:08pm
The article on Broadway.com mentioned Leap of Faith, but basically just repeated what Riedel said a few weeks ago:
"Hackford had been attached to direct a Broadway musical version of the film Leap of Faith, featuring a book by original screenwriter Janus Cercone, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Glenn Slater. After a May workshop of the piece featuring Raul Esparza and other theater stars, published reports indicated that Hackford would not continue developing it, though no official notice of its status has been announced."
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#6re: Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, 'Tenn'
Posted: 8/12/08 at 9:24pm
Wonder who they are thinking of getting to play the role. Williams had such an interesting sex appeal when he was younger, but he wasn't particularly cute or anything, definitely not Hollywood-actor cute.
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Updated On: 8/12/08 at 09:24 PM
#7re: Taylor Hackford to direct Tennessee Williams Biopic, 'Tenn'
Posted: 8/12/08 at 9:27pmOf course it'll be Johnny Depp.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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