Jaco Pastorius movie has been confirmed.

As long as it doesn't go the way of that Milkowski garbage, I'd love to see this.

 

Yeah, hopefully they can get Michael Moore to produce it.

 

A "Hollywood" wood version would be better if done by the right film maker.

 

It would have to feature Chris Kattan as Jaco...

 

Well, duh, you have to read it!

 

Actually, a good friend of mine knew and studied with Jaco in the early/mid 70's, and he commented that while not exactly flattering at times, the Milkowski book is generally accurate (not 100%, but about 90-95%, by his reckoning).

Jaco was a person, he had demons larger than most of us have had, he definitely had a "dark side" at times. This doesn't diminish who he was or what he did.

Everyone should read the bio in question, in my opinion. It is both a description of the life of a genius as well as a cautionary tale of the dangers of giving in to your madness.

 

My vote would be to get Allan Slutsky and the folks who made Standing in the Shadows of Motown to collaborate with Bobbings and Co. to do it right.

 

A similair thread started last month

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=207641&highlight=jaco

 

Genius pick for sure.....

 

Honestly, that book is something that's going on my Christmas list. I can't believe I haven't read it yet.

 

What was wrong with the Milkowski book? Was it inaccurate?

brad cook

 

I've heard nothing but controversy over it, and there are numerous passages that the family has had to "correct." His family took offense to a lot of inaccuracies in it. There has been more than one thread about it, and I remember one with many, many people calling out all sorts of crap from the book.

 

+1. Especially if they want to comment on it.

For the movie, I'd get Peter Jackson to direct. Then we could have Andy Serkis doing the motion capture stuff for a CG version of Joe Zawinul.

 

As I posted, no, not really. However, those with an "axe to grind" (in particular, his family) seem to have issues with it.

A good friend of mine knew Jaco both in Ft. Lauderdale and when he was "doing the scene" in NYC (my friend is in NYC now still), and felt it was accurate.

 

I seem to remember Pat Metheny having a real problem with the Milkowski book, but, honestly, I can't remember what issues he was taking.....um....issue with.

 

Lucky you...the Anniversay edition has just recently been issued.
Meanwhile, my 1st Edition Hardback is who knows where...lent it to a drummer friend(where-abouts now unknown) & never got it back.

 

You guys are missing the boat, this is a perfect movie for Oliver Stone to produce...

Randy

 

I was thinking the same thing. SitSoM was incredible and definitely served as an excellent tribute to the band. Who knows, maybe they'd record something like that Jaco Tribute concert and mix it in with the documentary! That'd be awesome.