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John Dillinger by Way of Stephen King? Mr. Beaks Thinks THE DEATH OF JACK HAMILTON Has SHAWSHANK Potential!

First by O_Goncho	Jun 25th, 2008 08:14:08 PM
Now then...
Al Pacino??? by TheTagger	Jun 25th, 2008 08:14:57 PM
Hoo-ha! I dont think Pacino was a 1920s gangster. Al Capone, maybe.
third by surprider	Jun 25th, 2008 08:16:35 PM

Ha ha AL PACINO... by blckmgk13	Jun 25th, 2008 08:22:31 PM
....he's an old as fuck gangster turned actor evidently. Too funny.
Finding the right people to film it is the big issue by Mavra Chang	Jun 25th, 2008 08:24:24 PM
King's work translated into film seems to fall into the golden pile or the crap pile, sad to say (and I say this as a lifelong fan of his writing). I hope that this one makes it into the first group. Anyone who likes King's earlier writing (before he started all of the metaphysical "and then she walked into the painting" stuff) should check out the books of his son, Joe Hill. "Heart-Shaped Box" and "20th Century Ghosts" are great scary reads.
aw man by Ace of Knaves	Jun 25th, 2008 08:29:15 PM
micheal mann's public enemies has got the roving outlaw bankrobbers covered next year, the dillinger gang in particular. lets focus on the mob maybe a finally good, ACCURATE account of either Al Capone(nee pacino) Dutch Schultz, Mad Dog Coll, or Legs Diamond.
Yeah by Gwai Lo	Jun 25th, 2008 08:29:39 PM
It doesn't seem like this is all that likely since Public Enemies is in production? Said Volcano to Dante's Peak. Ah well, sounds cool. And what the fuck, Stephen King has a writing son?
O_Goncho... by LordPorkington	Jun 25th, 2008 08:32:48 PM
Oh Godo, you're a cunto! And if this movie has Shawshank potential then I am Mickey Mouse.
Cool by Dangkok_Bangerous	Jun 25th, 2008 08:33:37 PM
This was a pretty good story. You should totally read E.E. It's got some of my favorite King short stories.
Pacino? HAHA! by dr sauch	Jun 25th, 2008 08:36:00 PM
It's funny cause it's true!
Looking forward to Public Enemies. by mrfan	Jun 25th, 2008 08:36:15 PM

Gwai Lo by Mavra Chang	Jun 25th, 2008 08:44:48 PM
All three of his children write, but only one writes horror, so far.
So is this a new script? Currently filming? by TrumpyEatsPotatoes	Jun 25th, 2008 08:56:58 PM
400 words into this fucker and I still don't know what this is about.
Pacino was talking about GREAT ASSES... by IAmJack'sUserID	Jun 25th, 2008 09:06:40 PM
...before it was the cool thing to talk about. I mean, I'm talking the 20's and 30's, man.
King's kids... by TrumpyEatsPotatoes	Jun 25th, 2008 09:11:00 PM
I'm reading "Heart-Shaped Box" right now by his son, Joe Hill. It's not bad.
Nothing for the aughts? by Rev. Artemis Prime	Jun 25th, 2008 09:23:19 PM
Road to Perdition. How could you forget this masterpiece, being such a fan of the genre? A far better movie than the Untouchables. And by the way Mr. Beaks, thanks for that spoiler warning. Really glad you put that up. Nice and obvious and all. Cause this article didn't give away every point and incident in the story at all. And I am not a sarcastic bastard.
You have to admit... by posbasso	Jun 25th, 2008 09:24:28 PM
Capone was great in Frankie and Johnny.
Warren Oates, motherfuckers! by joshmnileski	Jun 25th, 2008 09:40:13 PM
Someone had to say it.
Al "Whoowaaah!" Pacino? by KurtLockwood	Jun 25th, 2008 09:59:28 PM
He has become self-parody.
Shit, I JUST finished Everything's Eventual by BurtGummer	Jun 25th, 2008 10:00:35 PM
like 2 days ago, then I see this. One of my favorite SK short stories. The description of the bullet extraction in the book was one of the nastiest things i've ever been forced to visualize, doubtful the movie would match it. Very cool that a script has already been written. Too bad Public Enemies is already being made.
Hoodlum was a pretty decent movie by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 25th, 2008 10:26:49 PM
Tim Roth was terrific in that.
"Al Pacino" by phaedrus007	Jun 25th, 2008 10:27:30 PM
Best typo of the year.
Damn You MCMLXXVI by TheyCallMeMisterBay	Jun 25th, 2008 11:09:34 PM
Damn You MCMLXXVI
I Meant John Cazale by mrbeaks	Jun 25th, 2008 11:59:18 PM
Sorry.
Shawshank Rules! by RicardoMontalban	Jun 26th, 2008 12:17:58 AM
Let's hope this new flick is even as half as good as "Shawshank." Hey movie fans, check out this awesome new blog at thebitterproducer.blogspot.com
So it won't make EW's new classics, then by chrth	Jun 26th, 2008 07:28:27 AM

huh. by dingus khan	Jun 26th, 2008 08:02:55 AM
couldn't ANYTHING be good with the right director, cast, and crew? it seems like undeserved praise to say, "this could be good...if all the elements work out." more than likely, some elements will not come together and this will be a 2-star biopic that will be forgotten except in the stephen king scope. fuck, i'm crabby this morning...pickin' nits!!!
Public Enemies might be cool, though. by PumpyMcAss	Jun 26th, 2008 08:17:54 AM
I had some friends who worked on it when they were shooting in Wisconsin, said shit looked kind of cool. Plus: Michael Mann, bitches.
You should crack that book open by skimn	Jun 26th, 2008 11:12:41 AM
if just to read the story in which a matre'd in a restaurant goes insane. It is one memorable story.
hoodlum was terrible by Ace of Knaves	Jun 26th, 2008 01:01:21 PM
trite, wildly innacurate, one-sided derivative flat garbage. roth was good at what he was doing, but it was a complete cartoon of dutch schultz, who was surely a madman, but he wasnt always in foul-mouthed psycho mode like he was i that movie. bumpy johnson and his cousin causing some die-hard style explosion at a schultz brewery was ridiculous, and the portrayal of tom dewey , one of the greatest racket-busters there ever was, as a corrupt shit borders on offensive.
Sounds interesting... by SunTzu77	Jun 27th, 2008 03:22:36 AM
Sounds like an interesting piece of writing. I'm personally eager to Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" and Ridley Scott's "The Kind One."

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