Movies that never were

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-15-2007, 10:32 AM

Usually I hate top 10 lists - this one is an exception. Some of these I'd heard of, most I hadn't, and in every case I learned something about these ill-fated projects. Read both pages!

Not Afraid · 08-15-2007, 10:40 AM

There's at least one on the list I would like to have seen made into a film, but not with the proposed star. Although, "Dunces" was a great book, I'm not sure it would translate successfully into a film. Granted, it's been about 20+ years since I've read it.

mousepod · 08-15-2007, 11:03 AM

I'd add a few: Stranger In A Strange Land, from a script by Daniel Waters; David Lynch's Ronnie Rocket; Kubrick's Napoleon; Hitchcock's No Bail For The Judge with Audrey Hepburn; and of course, Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-15-2007, 11:06 AM

And then there's Gilliam's Man of La Mancha (hmm, now I'm forgetting if that would actually have been the title) staring Johnny Depp, which turned into Lost in La Mancha, a documentary about how it never got made.

CoasterMatt · 08-15-2007, 12:02 PM

I'd like to see Time Bandits.

JWBear · 08-15-2007, 02:15 PM

Rama was an awsome book, but I just can't see it on the big screen.

wendybeth · 08-15-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And then there's Gilliam's Man of La Mancha (hmm, now I'm forgetting if that would actually have been the title) staring Johnny Depp, which turned into Lost in La Mancha, a documentary about how it never got made.

First movie I thought of when I saw this thread.

Did anyone make Ayn Rand's "We the Living"? I love that book and always thought it would make a great movie, albeit a depressing one if they stayed within the actual storyline.

Strangler Lewis · 08-15-2007, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

There's at least one on the list I would like to have seen made into a film, but not with the proposed star. Although, "Dunces" was a great book, I'm not sure it would translate successfully into a film. Granted, it's been about 20+ years since I've read it.

I think the movie to be made there is a Charlie Kauffmanesque intersection of life and art thing focusing heavily on Toole's life, his weird domineering mother and the speculation of some that she actually wrote the book.

Alex · 08-15-2007, 02:55 PM

And a healthy dose of asking why people think the book is so great.

Maybe I was overhyped for it but when I finally got around to reading it I was extremely disappointed.

Capt Jack · 08-15-2007, 02:59 PM

Halo's dead? Im crushed beyond words

08-15-2007, 10:32 AM	#1
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	There's at least one on the list I would like to have seen made into a film, but not with the proposed star. Although, "Dunces" was a great book, I'm not sure it would translate successfully into a film. Granted, it's been about 20+ years since I've read it.
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I'd add a few: Stranger In A Strange Land, from a script by Daniel Waters; David Lynch's Ronnie Rocket; Kubrick's Napoleon; Hitchcock's No Bail For The Judge with Audrey Hepburn; and of course, Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And a healthy dose of asking why people think the book is so great. Maybe I was overhyped for it but when I finally got around to reading it I was extremely disappointed.
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