Pink Floyd: The Movie

glydebass · #1 09-09-2006, 12:15 PM

So I don't know if anyone has seen this but apparently there are talks of a movie about Pink Floyd in the works. And Hollywood has deemed none other than Ashton Kutcher to play our very own Roger Waters. I guess I can see the physical resemblance but I don't know how I feel about Michael Kelso playing one of my favorite bass players. Check it out here for yourself. They even have Johnny Depp playing Syd Barrett. If this ends up happening it looks pretty cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd:_The_Movie

WalterBush · #2 09-09-2006, 12:20 PM

Johnny Depp would make a perfect Syd Barret. I'm curious to see Ashton Kutcher's accent. Who knows, maybe the guy can actually act. David Schwimmer surprised the hell out of me in Band of Brothers, after all. Keannu Reaves has actually done some good work despite California Dude image. I think casting a proffesional guitarist as David Gilmour is a good move, as well. Cameron Crowe does good work--this should be interesting.

I'd love to see a Pink Floyd movie biography. The band's past reads like a soap opera, and won't even need embellishment.

BrandonBass · #3 09-09-2006, 12:22 PM

omg its gonna great if this happens!!! btw, i heard rumours that inxs will also hav a movie and johnny depp might be playing the role of their frontman who killed himself...how accurate is that

btw, ashton kutcher can act incase any haters wanna bash him...go watch butterfly effect great movie. depp as barrett as great too!!! awesome

btw, i heard theres also a motley crue movie coming up

Vandelay · #4 09-09-2006, 12:33 PM

This looks a very phony news story. I did some Google searches, and I don't see any real news source that has reported on this. IMDB doesn't list this movie at all. Even Wikipedia shows that it's in dispute. I'm guessing that the whole thing is the writing of a bored teenager.

morf · #5 09-09-2006, 12:54 PM

That would be cool.

evan_phi · #6 09-09-2006, 01:39 PM

it would be cool if it happened... which it probably won't.

MikeyFingers · #7 09-09-2006, 09:28 PM

There was also talks about making "The Wall" into a Broadway musical, but I don't know if that's still happening, I haven't heard anything about it in a long time.

canopener · #8 09-09-2006, 09:38 PM

I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan. Pink Floyd got me into music as I know it. I even have several solo albums from the (ex) members.

I would NOT pay to see a Pink Floyd movie. It would be incredibly boring. I've read one band biography on them, and bits and pieces of others. Unless they take some extreme liberties to make an interesting film, it will more likely than not be extremely dull.

Besides, I don't know if Ashton Coochner is ugly enough to be Roger Waters.

basstard1 · #9 09-10-2006, 12:29 PM

my schools putting on a pink floyd musical this year for the drama students; since my old head of music left its been anarchy! but i've been asked to play syd barrett... im a big fan aswell, but i rate his first solo album the madcap laughs higher then alot of the pink floyd stuff

Philbiker · #10 09-10-2006, 08:23 PM

From what I understand about the personalities in Pink Floyd maybe they should make it a soap opera instead.

tomich · #11 09-11-2006, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vandelay

This looks a very phony news story. I did some Google searches, and I don't see any real news source that has reported on this. IMDB doesn't list this movie at all. Even Wikipedia shows that it's in dispute. I'm guessing that the whole thing is the writing of a bored teenager.

Wikipedia is often as accurate as a bathroom wall.

Meanwhile, here's the sources, which may or may not be just as (in)accurate:

http://www.outlog.org/articles/2006/...the-movie-2008
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/s...?t=505198&f=35

Note the article from Rotten Tomatoes lacks a source. The Cameron Crowe and Johnny Depp quotes are uncharacteristically bland, and I don't think Cameron Crowe would think that Pink Floyd was lacking in any credit for psychedelic rock.