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Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt Jul 9, 2007 Brad Pitt will star in a remake of 60s classic movie 'Bullitt'. The actor will take the role of Lt Frank Bullitt made famous by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen in the 1968 original film. A source said: "Brad shares a lot of the same passions as Steve McQueen - including a love of motorbikes and fast cars - so it was a dream role for him." The original film sees the tough detective hunting a hitman who has killed his fellow officers. The movie is renowned for featuring one of the best car chases in cinema history as McQueen's Mustang car speeds through the rollercoaster streets of San Francisco. Brad, 43, has been linked with the role since 2003 but the project has only now been given the green light as film bosses desperately try to kick-start as many movies as possible before the Screen Actors Guild begin their anticipated strike action. Brad can next be seen playing legendary outlaw Jesse James in the western 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford', due out in October. --- I'm guessing Ford will let the new/next Bullitt Mustang star in the film, and Dodge the SRT-8 Charger...? Patrick Some interesting conflicting information that this is NOT going to happen is in this article - http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/05/pitt-bullitt-classic-mcqueen-remake-to-begin- production/ >Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt >Jul 9, 2007 [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > Some interesting conflicting information that this is NOT going to > happen is in this article -http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/05/pitt-bullitt-classic-mcqueen-remak... I'm guessing Brad and Angie rented the "Gone in 60 Seconds" DVD and decided one re-make turkey in the family is enough. Rats. I was really looking forward to seeing Pitt in blonde dreadlocks. 180 Out On Jul 16, 6:50 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt > Jul 9, 2007 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Patrick I wonder who will play the city of San Francisco? I doubt a production company could take over the city today the way the original did in '68. I also wonder why they would want to remake this movie. How many times have I read in this very NG how bored the young uns get watching the original. Maybe Brad wants a turkey remake to match Angie's Gone in Sixty Seconds disaster. Will Brad wear the dreads too? Nonetheless, if this thing gets even slightly good reviews I'll be there (same as GISS II). 180 Out > On Jul 16, 6:50 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: >> Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > 180 Out Listen, Brad: Steve McQueen was a racer I /knew/ Steve McQueen Brad, you're no Steve McQueen Give it up  SignatureFrank ess > On Jul 16, 6:50 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: >> Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > I also wonder why they would want to remake this movie. ><snip> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up every original script idea and now have to rehash movies from the last 60 years to find a hit. They wonder why movie theater revenues keep dropping? It's because they give us one or two decent original movies every summer. Then they milk those for the next 5-10 years with sequels. The same thing is happening in the music industry. There are very few musicians/groups that I would shell out money for their albums. Once the baby boomers are dead the music industry will be bankrupt and deservedly so. >> On Jul 16, 6:50 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: >>> Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > Once the baby boomers are dead the music industry will be bankrupt and >deservedly so. Two word: A-Team Movie This could be awesome, guys, but OTOH... -- lab~rat >:-) Stupid humans... lab~rat >:-) wrote: >>> On Jul 16, 6:50 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: >>>> Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > This could be awesome, guys, but OTOH... Here's my problem with this type of movie... I know what it will be before I sit down in the theater. It would be nice to get to a theater without any premeditated plot. I think it is why I am gravitating away from action movies. There are some that have come out like LOTR, The Matrix, among a few others where they did the three movies, tied the story off and were done with it. These movies had vision, purpose and a good reason for sequels. One fed the other and did so in a logical, necessary way that made the next movie in the sequence more enjoyable. Do we really need another Die Hard movie? Is Spiderman IV really something that will impress me? Heck, anymore I'll take a good chick flick over a rehashed action movie. I guess my big complaint is that Hollywood thinks throwing in awesome special effects means they don't need a good plot or script. > lab~rat >:-) wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > big complaint is that Hollywood thinks throwing in awesome special > effects means they don't need a good plot or script. Hollywood is indeed brain dead. Nothing good at all coming out of there except perhaps the Simpsons Movie and Pirates of the Carribean stuff. The last thing we need is more remakes. That being said, the one remake I'd really love to see (and it's never been done) is Dr. Strangelove - one of the best movies of all time IMO. I'd love to be in on the casting for that one... >> lab~rat >:-) wrote: >>> [quoted text clipped - 72 lines] > been done) is Dr. Strangelove - one of the best movies of all time IMO. > I'd love to be in on the casting for that one... Some movies they are better off not screwing with. These type of movies can't be improved, or even remotely equaled, by a remake. I mean who but Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman can play their roles in Casablanca? Brad Pitt and Angelina Joli? >>> lab~rat >:-) wrote: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] > mean who but Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman can play their roles > in Casablanca? Brad Pitt and Angelina Joli? Nah, Jim Carey and Tea Leoni. LOL! >>>> lab~rat >:-) wrote: >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 78 lines] > > Nah, Jim Carey and Tea Leoni. LOL! Then they should name it Casablanka. >>>>> lab~rat >:-) wrote: >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] > > Then they should name it Casablanka. Exactly. :) > one80...@hotmail.com wrote: > Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up > every original script idea and now have to rehash movies from the last > 60 years to find a hit. They wonder why movie theater revenues keep > dropping? It's because they give us one or two decent original movies > every summer. Then they milk those for the next 5-10 years with > sequels. > The same thing is happening in the music industry. There are > very few musicians/groups that I would shell out money for their albums. > Once the baby boomers are dead the music industry will be bankrupt and > deservedly so. You must be hoping to hear your next hit song/group by listening to commercial radio. Patrick >> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > You must be hoping to hear your next hit song/group by listening to > commercial radio. Most of the time I listen to talk radio in the car. Everything from conservative to NPR. There isn't much to the new stuff even when it's done by the older groups. I do have a subscription to Napster. >>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > conservative to NPR. There isn't much to the new stuff even when it's > done by the older groups. I do have a subscription to Napster. In the car, I listen to the HD2 channels - totally commercial-free. It's satellite without the satellite and associated costs. >>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > In the car, I listen to the HD2 channels - totally commercial-free. > It's satellite without the satellite and associated costs. What equipment does one need to listen to this stuff? >>>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > What equipment does one need to listen to this stuff? I haven't purchased one yet myself, but I have been shopping. I want a component HD tuner to use with my existing home sound system... Here are a few links, provided with no personal recommendations, simply some leads... http://www.rtgrim.com/store/hd_radio.html http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204222834&loc=111 http://www.nextag.com/JVC-KD-HDR1-HD-87122853/prices-html I won't pay for Cable TV or Satellite Radio. Free 1080i HDTV broadcast over the airwaves ROCKS. >>>>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204222834&loc=111 > http://www.nextag.com/JVC-KD-HDR1-HD-87122853/prices-html Does this pick up regular FM station that broadcast in HD? > I won't pay for Cable TV or Satellite Radio. Free 1080i HDTV broadcast over > the airwaves ROCKS. >>>>>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Does this pick up regular FM station that broadcast in HD? The JVC picks up everything. You can set the scan for only digital, only analog, or both. >> I won't pay for Cable TV or Satellite Radio. Free 1080i HDTV >> broadcast over the airwaves ROCKS. You know it. And unlike analog TV, the cleanest digital signal possible comes to you over the air. Cable and satellite digital can't possibly match the clarity. >>>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > What equipment does one need to listen to this stuff? HD Radio. Here's what I have in the Dak: http://tinyurl.com/398lmr Just a few quirks, but I can easily live with them. All in all an awesome unit. One of the few with the HD tuner built in (most require an outboard HD unit). FM HD is about the same quality as a CD; AM HD is about the same quality as analog FM. Get one - after a week you'll wonder how you got along without it. >>>>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Get one - after a week you'll wonder how you got along without it. Do you have a subscription to XM or Sirius? I have an XM receiver and a subscription. >>>>>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Do you have a subscription to XM or Sirius? I have an XM receiver and > a subscription. No, and I don't want one. Call me what you will, but I'm not paying a monthly fee to watch TV or listen to radio. I get both HDTV and HD radio over the air for free. >>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > In the car, I listen to the HD2 channels - totally commercial-free. > It's satellite without the satellite and associated costs. Your the first person I heard of using that. How's it sounding for you? Any drop-outs (blank air)Are you close to a metro area? I figured they would have commercials, how can they make money? SignatureTropic Green Y2K Mustang GT W/bits & pieces http://tinyurl.com/yjdb66 GILL <gills@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in news:-cmdnVmrp- OxiTzbnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@comcast.com: >>>>> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: >>>>> Because most of Hollywood is brain dead. I guess they have used up [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > commercials, how can they > make money? Sound is nothing short of awesome. I'm lucky because SoFla is pretty flat and I'm usually no more than 25 miles from any of the major outlets, so I almost always get great reception. Once in a while I get drop-outs, and on the main stations the tuner just reverts back to analog. The only issue with that is if the station hasn't sync'd the digital side with the analog, you hear either a delay or a skip-ahead (digital is always several seconds behind analog to the ear). When the HD2 or HD3 stations drop off, it's pure silence as there's no analog counterpart. AFAIK by law, the sub-stations (HD2 and HD3) aren't permitted to broadcast commercials yet. Who knows if/when that will change, but for now it's awesome. CD-quality, commercial-free, free radio 24/7. I figure they all think that if you're listening to their HD2 station you're not listening to the competition. Here in SoFla almost all the major FMs are broadcasting in HD (unfortunately, the local classic rock outlet isn't HD because of a power issue so they say). About half the HDs have HD2 sub-channels. One has an HD3 which broadcasts 24/7 NOAA weather. Here's the basic lowdown on all the HD2 commercial-free channels I can get: 2 classical 1 classic rock 1 80s 1 adult contemporary 1 country 1 dance 1 R&B oldies 1 hip-hop (not that I'd actually listen to that) plus a couple spanish... And that's not to mention the "regular" HD1/analog stations. > GILL <gills@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in news:-cmdnVmrp- > OxiTzbnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@comcast.com: [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > And that's not to mention the "regular" HD1/analog stations. Wow! I'm going to have to get one for my Ranger, thanks Joe SignatureTropic Green Y2K Mustang GT W/bits & pieces http://tinyurl.com/yjdb66 >> GILL <gills@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in news:-cmdnVmrp- >> OxiTzbnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@comcast.com: [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > get one for my Ranger, > thanks Joe http://tinyurl.com/398lmr >>> GILL <gills@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in news:-cmdnVmrp- >>> OxiTzbnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@comcast.com: [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > > http://tinyurl.com/398lmr Done! Should get it in 6-5 days Looks like free shipping and all that I need to install it too! I guess when I get a job I'll get some new speakers too. SignatureTropic Green Y2K Mustang GT W/bits & pieces http://tinyurl.com/yjdb66 GILL <gills@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in news:UdmdnSsOh7Q- zzzbnZ2dnUVZ_gidnZ2d@comcast.com: >>>> GILL <gills@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in news:-cmdnVmrp- >>>> OxiTzbnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@comcast.com: [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] > I'll get some new > speakers too. Yeah, Crutchfield is great IMO. Their kit had everything for my Dak - installation was a breeze. For $200 you can't beat that unit. NoOption5L@aol.com wrote in news:1184898778.917550.13690 @o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: >> one80...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Patrick That's where the "hits" are... >>> The same thing is happening in the music industry. >>> There are very few musicians/groups that I would shell >>> out money for their albums. >>> Once the baby boomers are dead the music industry will >>> be bankrupt and deservedly so. The big record companies are going to only be what dies. They've tried to strangle the market with their bullshit playlists. And now it's bitting them in the a.s. >> You must be hoping to hear your next hit song/group by >> listening to commercial radio. > That's where the "hits" are... Years and years ago, maybe. But over the last 20-30 years commercial radio has become a machine that creates it's own "stars/hit songs". Much like American idol. It isn't about creativity or talent, it's only about what markets well. Thankfully, the web and MP-3 players have come to the rescue. Now all you have to do is frequent the music blogs/sites and you'll find the truly innovative/creative artists. Then it's only a matter of buying the music that appeals to you and popping it in your MP3 player. Who needs commercial radio stations and their recycled garbage music and non-stop annoying commercials? My recent favorites Andrew Bird "Armchair Apocrypha" Josh Ritter "Animal Years" Patty Griffin "Children Running Through" Electralane "No Shouts, No Calls" Johnny and the Moon "Green Rocky Road" The National "Boxer" & their previous CD "Alligator" And you'll hear none of it on any of the "hit making" radio stations. And that's sad... Patrick >>>> The same thing is happening in the music industry. >>>> There are very few musicians/groups that I would shell [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Much like American idol. It isn't about creativity or talent, it's > only about what markets well. Exactly. That's where the "hits" are... > Thankfully, the web and MP-3 players > have come to the rescue. Now all you have to do is frequent the music [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Patrick It's just the way things are. "Hits" are on "hit making" stations. Good music is on other stations. At home I'm listening to Internet radio a lot more than traditional OTA radio. A quality stream @ 128 or higher through a stereo sounds a _lot_ better than any FM (except HD). As for OTA, the HD2 stations are pretty cool (see 'Return of Bullit' thread). Isn't there anyone left in Hollywood with an original idea for a movie script? > Brad Pitt On the Role of Lt Frank Bullitt > Jul 9, 2007 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Patrick > Isn't there anyone left in Hollywood with an original idea for a movie > script? [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >> Patrick I have an idea! Why not have Brad Pit drive a green tricycle with a cool horn on the handle bars and chase bad guys riding skate boards. this would revive bullit and keep the environmentalists happy. >> Isn't there anyone left in Hollywood with an original idea for a movie >> script? [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > horn on the handle bars and chase bad guys riding skate boards. this would > revive bullit and keep the environmentalists happy. Can anything make them happy? |
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