Adoy 1 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 My choice would be Richard Dreyfuss. He is a brilliant and terribly underused actor who I'm sure could do it. He could also very easily be made to look like our favorite maestro.And if anyone here says Leonardo DiCaprio...well... KMZT 105.1 FM L.A.'s #1 classical music station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Gavin MacLeod, of Love Boat fame.http://www.tvland.com/shows/loveboat/http://www.asb.com/usr/indtvprd/loveboat/bio1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,799 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 The actor that plays the Governor of Theed, Sio Bibble, from TPM and AOC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Or the guy who plays John Hammond in JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,799 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Or the guy who plays John Hammond in JP Richard attemborough (or whatever :? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,237 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Hmm...Dreyfuss and Attenborough (brother of David, by the way, who did lots of great documentaries - most recently Blue Planet) are good choices. Jerry Goldsmith would of course be played by Dustin Hoffmann......and Bernard Herrmann (1/2) by Warwick Davies (1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 North by Walter Matthau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Hmm...Dreyfuss and Attenborough are good choices.What about Captain Stubing? Figo, noticing Gavin McLeod is only two years Williams' senior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 North by Walter Matthau Yeah, I guess that would be appropriate, considering they are both rotting corpses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Attenborough would be perfect. ever since i saw Jurassic Park, he reminded me of Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,237 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 What about Captain Stubing? Didn't know him and was too lazy to click your links. I can't really imagine him with a beard though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 0 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 I don't think a biopic of JW's life would be very interesting. There's no scandal, no down period, his success is amazing but wouldn't make a very good story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Wait until Hollywood gets a hold of it. Williams will have lived a life of excess that would leave Scarface aghast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Yeah, I guess that would be appropriate, considering they are both rotting corpses. now now, let's not talk like that about Walter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 There was something rotten about Walter even while he was still alive. LOLFigo, who actually likes him, in large part because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WLW 0 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Who would score this film??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Yeah, I guess that would be appropriate, considering they are both rotting corpses. now now, let's not talk like that about Walter. What about North?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 I think Williams should be played by Morn's "auntie." Oh, wait a minute -- that would be Previn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Noo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Goldsmith should be played by none other then Sean Connery.Hoffman isn't a good enough actor.Stefancos- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Yes he is! And Connery looks nothing like Goldsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Connery, with the ponytail from Medicine Man, but without the beard looks PRECISELY like Goldsmith.Stefancos- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Not compared to Hoffman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Could be a golden opportunity to reunite Connery and Michael Caine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,237 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Connery, with the ponytail from Medicine Man, but without the beard looks PRECISELY like Goldsmith.That doesn't count, since he only got that ponytail because he liked Goldsmith's. Hoffmann on the other hand looks like Goldsmith without doing anything special.Anyway, Goldsmith with a Scottish accent? I don't think that would make a very good biopic. Besides, Connery appeared in a number of Goldsmith-scored pictures - he'd have to play himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Connery played Spaniards, Irishmen, Englishmen and Russians without ever attempting to hide his accent, and he kicked ass in those roles anyway.Hoffman may look more like Jerry, but Connery is cool....like Jerry.Off course any biopic about Goldsmith should be directed by Michael Crichton, and score by Jerry himself.Stefancos- expecting a cameo for Paul Verhoeven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 While we're on the topic of composer biopics, I thought I would relate my obvious confusion when it was announced a few years back that Sylvester Stallone would be appearing in a film called Copland.Who would play Leonard Bernstein -- Antonio Banderas?Of course the filmmakers completely missed it, otherwise they would have put a break between syllables. But, as you know, most people in movies are musical ignoramuses.Watch for Pierce Brosnan as Jerry Goldsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Figo,yes something "rotten" LOL while we're on people who look like others...what about this guy for the role of JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 sorry i'm not on my computer so i can't resize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,061 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 How bout David Ogden Stiers of M.A.S.H. to play Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,237 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Why not let Dr. John Williams play Maestro John Williams? eek2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 What would the film be about?Justin - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,237 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 What would the film be about?What's an "Elven-kig"? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMahon 0 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Danny DeVito as John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 :wow: LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetePan 163 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Why not let Dr. John Williams play Maestro John Williams? eek2I didn't know that our John Williams knew so much about farming. I guess he does that after he's finished with composing at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 "4am. Time for milking." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Seriously, why not Phillip S. Hoffman, he is a good actor. He's red headed like Mr. Williams, and a beard and a shave along the top and he's good to go.Richard Dryfuss is a terrible choice, Adoy, really, he's already done Mr Hollands Opus, why play another character with similar lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Dustin Hoffman is not cool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamecube 0 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 What would the movie be about?John Williams is a secret agent, trying to retrieve stolen music from James Horner (or someone else.) He fights the bad guys with his spiritual gift (Still to be thought of), and eventually reaches the Villian. The rest will the script from one of the Celebrety Deathmatches on this board.JW will score it. Just think, a John Williams theme! What would that be like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,236 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 "4am. Time for milking."BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 John Williams is a secret agent, trying to retrieve stolen music from James Horner (or someone else.) He fights the bad guys with his spiritual gift (Still to be thought of), and eventually reaches the Villian. The rest will the script from one of the Celebrety Deathmatches on this board.JW will score it. Just think, a John Williams theme! What would that be like?It's my hero!!!!!! SuperWilliams!!!!! He would say: "Give me back what is morally mine!"Of course, Williams would compose a Superman-like march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought one of the savvier posters might get it.Damian, you never disappoint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 You be careful among them English....with a name like Eli Lapp.....now there's a guy who could play John Williams....trim the long beard and shave some of the hair off, add a pair of 1970s spectacles and hey presto.My choice of characters / actors for the roles as film composers should they be made:1. John Williams - as played by "Eli Lapp" Jan Rubes2. Bernard Herrmann - as played by Kerry Shale in the 1999 TV Movie "RKO 281" (THE FIRST ACTOR TO PLAY A FILM COMPOSER???)3. Jerry Goldsmith - as played by William Shatner4. James Horner - as played by the Blue Fairy from "A.I."5. Hans Zimmer - as played by Josephine from "Some Like It Hot"6. Aaron Copland - as played by Sylvester StalloneHitch, who can't continue as he feels that this sort of behavior is disgraceful and tactless not to mention futile LOL LOL LOL LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty 0 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 How bout David Ogden Stiers of M.A.S.H. to play Williams.Good choice!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Or the guy who plays John Hammond in JPYeah he would be perfect! Looks almost exactly like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,237 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 2. Bernard Herrmann - as played by Kerry Shale in the 1999 TV Movie "RKO 281" (THE FIRST ACTOR TO PLAY A FILM COMPOSER???)One of the main characters in Kenneth Branagh's Dead Again, Roman Strauss, is a composer who wrote a film score. A fictional character of course, but better a fictional film composer than none at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Robert Alda played George Gershwin in Rhapsody in Blue (1945). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross 1 Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 It's my hero!!!!!! SuperWilliams!!!!! He would say: "Give me back what is morally mine!"Actually, he would go like, "yeah, I think thattt . . . .you would need to return what's mine . . . . you see, because there's a certain ammount of my life experience in it anddd . . . I tink that from a moral point of view, it would belong to me."You know, with that voice and hand movement he uses in the interviews or DVD extras.-ROSS, very sleepy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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