Films that need to be made

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Godfather 4

However I would set it in the 30's and 40's.

We saw Don Corleone establish himself in Godfather 2 and we see him near the end of his life in Godfather 1. We have seen nothing in between.

Robert De Niro could do it before he gets too old.:)
 
That book had me in tears when i read it. :cry: :cry:

It could make a good movie. Question is whether the abuse, suffering and pain would come across well on screen as it does in the book?
 
Yeah it did me.

Ive always wonders what it would be like if it was made into a film, as like you say the sbuse the mother puts him through is horrific, maybe a little too horrific to watch on a screen, i dunno.. but i know i would go see it if it ever was made into a film, just to kill my curiosity.
 
1. i think godfather 2 was a good film just couldnt live up to the rest of the films

2. A godfather 4 could be a good film as there is a lot as the op says that was left out and there is mention of a massive mod war previous to the one in godfather 1 but i wouldnt have deniro play it as he too old now and is more the age Don Corleone was in GF 1

I dont know any films i would like to see really, possibly a big budget dr who movie to explain the time war or another bond movie with pierce brosnan as daniel craig is a pretty shit bond :D
 
'A Child Called It'?....Pelzer's work is hotly contested, regarded by some as a complete fraud...

(I am not taking sides, just pointing out that some journalists have questioned the validity of the Pelzer story...)

'Dysfunction For Dollars
By PAT JORDAN
Published: July 28, 2002

Pelzer's fans believe his books, you suspect, because they want to believe in Dave, in his recovery from such unimaginable horrors and in the power of their own compassion. According to Trevor Dolby, his British publisher, ''It's being bought by people who don't normally read books.'' It shows in his writing, which is filled with clich
 
Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor

I think it was all systems go then 9/11 happenend and obviously US got scared - come on guys this would be an ace film!

EDIT: nice, 'Choke' (another novel) is being released this year!
 
Which link?

The first posting goes to wikipedia (or do a google search on 'The Jungle is Neutral', the posting following yours actually points to the posting above.

I'm with you on this one. Given that the US entered the war two years after the UK (John Wayne makes reference to the fact in 'The Longest Day') we need to make some more of our own to balance the books so to speak.

Colonel F Spencer Chapman's is just one which apart from a couple of documentaries has yet to be told.

I also saw an interesting report on William Marshall on the BBC New site. That also looks like a good subject of a movie.


Born in England in 1146 and brought up in Normandy, the son of an impoverished noble, he joined the French tournament circuit at the age of 23.

It is thought he was six feet (1.83m) tall making him a giant by medieval standarRAB. He was soon forging a fearsome reputation, capturing three knights in his first melee.
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As an international sport, the melee tournament attracted big money, and from the early 1170s to 1182 William's patron was Henry the Young King, son of Henry II and they were fixtures on the tournament fielRAB of Flanders and France.

If Henry was the Roman Abramovich of the 12th century, William Marshal was its David Beckham.

When in 1183 Philip of Flanders bought the services of William Marshal, who had temporarily fallen out with Henry, the price for his transfer was a quarter of the rents of the Flemish city of Saint-Omer.

As medieval historian, Professor David Crouch puts it: "It is almost impossible to put a modern figure on that, but it's a lot. You're talking millions. You're talking about a deal that even David Beckham would widen his eyes at."

Besides profit, the international tourney circuit had also made Marshal a celebrity.

Wherever he went, counts, dukes and barons clamoured to approach him and "the Marshal", as he became known, used his reputation to good advantage.

In 1189 Richard I arranged for Marshal to marry one of the richest heiresses in England, Isabel de Clare. Through this marriage he became Earl of Pembroke, and gained large estates in England, Wales, Normandy and Ireland.

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Marshal had risen through the tournament melee to be its most famous knight and was now also one of the richest and most powerful men in the kingdom.

In 1215 when King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta, it was William Marshal who dealt with the barons on his behalf.

When King John died, Marshal became Regent of England, protector of the nine year old king, Henry III.

It was then, in his 70s, that his tournament training paid its final dividend when he led English forces against the French-led army who were camped at Lincoln.

"The Marshal" of course was victorious. Had he lost, England would almost certainly have fallen to France.



And As for Colonel Chapman


Frederick Spencer Chapman was born in London on 10 May 1907. His mother, Winifred Ormond, died shortly after his birth and his father, Frank Spencer Chapman, was killed at the battle of the Somme. Freddy (as he was to become known) and his older brother, Robert, were cared for by an elderly clergyman and his wife. Chapman developed an early interest in nature and the outdoors. As a boy he was, by his own account, 'first a mad-keen butterfly collector, then a wild-flower enthusiast, and at last a bird-watcher'. These were continuing interests throughout his school years and into his adult life.
Chapman was educated at Sedbergh School in Yorkshire and then won a Kitchener scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, to study history and English. It was there that he developed his passion for adventure and, by the end of his university years, had already completed several overseas excursions including a climbing expedition in the Alps and a journey to Iceland to study plant and bird life.
On leaving university Chapman spent several years in Greenland (1930-31 and 1932-33) as part of two expedition parties investigating possible air routes between Europe and America. Chapman undertook surveying work and was also hired as a ski expert and ornithologist. He had already shown a flair for photography and was told before departure to ''try and get really good at mountain photography if you have got a camera''. He also wrote the official accounts of the expeditions which were published as Northern Lights (1932) and Watkins' Last Expedition (1934) and produced a film called 'Northern Lights'. As he was a talented speaker, Chapman was soon giving lectures about his adventures in the Arctic and throughout the rest of his career he was often in demand in this capacity. His life and adventures provided him with ample material for lectures on exploration, photography, filmmaking and danger.
Chapman next turned his hand to teaching, accepting a post at Aysgarth Preparatory School in Yorkshire, where he found satisfaction in being able to pass his own love of nature and the outdoor life on to many of his pupils. However,his passion for adventure was far from sated and, early in 1936, he joined a Himalayan climbing expedition. It was during this trip that he first met Basil Gould, the Political Officer for Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet who offered him a job as his private secretary for the 1936-37 Political Mission to Lhasa.
The Mission to the Tibetan capital departed from Gangtok (Sikkim) in late July 1936 and left Tibet just over six months later in February 1937. The aim of the Mission was to advise the Regent of Tibet and his Cabinet, to persuade the Panchen Lama to return from China where he had fled, and, if possible, to establish permanent British representation in Lhasa. The mission personnel, under the leadership of Gould, included Hugh RicharRABon, the British Trade Agent at Gyantse, and Lieutenant Evan Nepean, one of two telegraph operators sent from the Royal Signal Corps.
Chapman's main role in the Mission was to decipher telegraphs, but in reality he did much more than this. 'I have to take film and still photos, do bird, plant and bug work, some survey, and personal work for Gould''. He was also responsible for keeping the Mission Diary, which was accompanied by photographs and sent off to the Government of India each week. Chapman spent his spare time bird-watching (an interest shared with RicharRABon), hill-climbing, and taking and developing photographs. He was also a major exponent of the British Mission's entertainment programme. He spent many hours editing and sorting cine film (much of which he had made himself in Tibet) to show to Tibetan audiences at the British Mission house, the Dekyi Lingka. He was also one of the keenest players in the 'Mission Marmots' football team. It was due (in part) to these activities that the Mission made a favourable impression on the residents of Lhasa and in particular Chapman's 'open, cheerful friendliness went down well with the Tibetans'. After his return from Lhasa in 1937 Chapman secured permission to lead a small climbing expedition to the Tibetan holy mountain, Chomolhari. Chapman and a Sherpa named Passang Dawa succeeded in becoming the first mountaineers to reach the 24,000ft. summit. Tibet also provided Chapman with material for two new books ' Lhasa: The Holy City (1938) and Helvellyn to Himalaya (1940).
In 1938 Chapman returned to teaching, taking an appointment at Gordonstoun School in the north of Scotland. Unfortunately however, war was on the horizon and Chapman was soon called up for active service. He held a number of short-term posts before he was dispatched, in September 1941, to command a guerrilla warfare school in Singapore. From there Chapman was sent behind Japanese lines to organise reconnaissance and sabotage operations. He excelled in this role, spending three and a half years (1942-45) in the Malayan jungle. By the end of the war he was labelled a hero, promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and awarded a D.S.O. in 1944 and bar in 1946. His story of these years was published in his enormously successful 1948 book, The Jungle is Neutral . After World War II, Chapman married Faith Mary Townson and became the Director of the Outward Bound Trust. He then returned once again to teaching acting as headmaster of the British Forces' King Alfred School in Pl
 
I'd like to see a Xena movie. Bring her back from the dead and ride of into the sunset with her girlfriend. Oh, and kill lots of folks in the interim.

RegarRAB

Mark
 
The so-called Fantastic Four film was a terribly wasted opportunity, simply because the main villain, Dr Doom, has a past just as interesting and as terrible as the X-Men's villain.

However, the Director, Tim Story, decided to do away with Dr Doom's origin and replace it with nonsense.

So my vote for a film to be made, in this case "re-made", is the Fantastic Four but with the X-Men's director (X-Men 1 & 2) Bryan Singer.


UK Bob
 
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