Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: KR on November 20, 2021, 12:28:14 PM
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https://deadline.com/2021/11/jonah-hill-jerry-garcia-martin-scorsese-grateful-dead-pic-apple-1234875832/amp/
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"Scorsese is on board to direct and produce ... Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will executive produce ... Apple has rights to use the group’s musical catalog for the film"
Could be interesting.
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Jonah Hill is one actor that could definitely pass as being Jerry on LSD. Should be interesting. Hope they get to The Wall of Sound era!
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This could get ugly. At least it has to be better than Jerry in Half Baked!
Bill, tgo
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Hopefully they get period-correct instruments for this film. Would like to see some Alembics on the big screen
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... and a period correct wall of sound. :)
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I'm really excited about this movie. Jonah Hill played an excellent character in Wolf of Wall Street and Moneyball. I really don't see how someone could make a film about the Dead and not include the wall of sound or Jerry's legendary instruments. They are just as iconic in their own way.
It's a pity they don't have Owsley to help supervise production (of the film). At least they have good source material for the score. Now the question arises - how closely are they going to show Jonah's hands? I really dislike it when they add obviously badly faked playing instead of using film cutaways to real players. I'll be curious how much time is really devoted to them playing vs personal material (hopefully the latter - in my never humble opinion.)
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... and a period correct wall of sound. :)
Interestingly, I know someone who is building his v.3 of a functional Wall of Sound replica (1/6 scale?). I hope they hook up with him to use it for the movie!
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I wonder if any of the alembic connection with Jerry & GD will be recreated in some scenes and if so who would be playing Ron or other alembic staff of the time.
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... and a period correct wall of sound. :)
Interestingly, I know someone who is building his v.3 of a functional Wall of Sound replica (1/6 scale?). I hope they hook up with him to use it for the movie!
I’ve seen videos of this Wall. Very cool! He even has the tiny little double mics that Ron designed to avoid feedback with the mic facing the Wall.
Bill, tgo
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... and a period correct wall of sound. :)
Interestingly, I know someone who is building his v.3 of a functional Wall of Sound replica (1/6 scale?). I hope they hook up with him to use it for the movie!
I’ve seen videos of this Wall. Very cool! He even has the tiny little double mics that Ron designed to avoid feedback with the mic facing the Wall.
Any of the videos publicly available on-line?
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Ask and ye shall receive!
Bill, tgo
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Thanks! Also checked out one of his videos with it set up on stage.
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Here's the 1/4 size version. He's working on a 1/2 scale size one next - two stories tall and 30' wide!
Bill, tgo
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Ah; I didn't notice that they were different.
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That is AWESOME. Craftsmanship at the highest level. Very impressive.
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Here's the 1/4 size version. He's working on a 1/2 scale size one next - two stories tall and 30' wide!
Bill, tgo
Very excellent! The keys and bass need to be by their respective array and stacks though...:)
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I gotta admit, this movie concept seems a little weird to me, kind of like watching a Beatles cartoon.
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I gotta admit, this movie concept seems a little weird to me, kind of like watching a Beatles cartoon.
I agree. I'm skeptical. But, hoping for the best.
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I gotta admit, this movie concept seems a little weird to me, kind of like watching a Beatles cartoon.
I agree. I'm skeptical. But, hoping for the best.
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The Scorsese flick, to me, on the surface it seems like a terrible idea and basically a money-grab. If Jerry was alive I doubt he would approve. I did like the meme I saw that showed them casting Iggy Pop as "naked pole-humping dude" from Sunshine Daydream, that would be worth seeing...
On the other hand the documentary being produced by Justin Kreutzmann seems like it will be a much better representation of what Jerry was about as a person. Much more excited about this than the Scorsese film.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/jerry-garcia-documentary-produced-radicalmedia-1234886815/ (https://deadline.com/2021/12/jerry-garcia-documentary-produced-radicalmedia-1234886815/)
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The Scorsese flick, to me, on the surface it seems like a terrible idea and basically a money-grab. If Jerry was alive I doubt he would approve. I did like the meme I saw that showed them casting Iggy Pop as "naked pole-humping dude" from Sunshine Daydream, that would be worth seeing...
On the other hand the documentary being produced by Justin Kreutzmann seems like it will be a much better representation of what Jerry was about as a person. Much more excited about this than the Scorsese film.
https://deadline.com/2021/12/jerry-garcia-documentary-produced-radicalmedia-1234886815/ (https://deadline.com/2021/12/jerry-garcia-documentary-produced-radicalmedia-1234886815/)
Yeah, that was my first reaction, too. But the involvement of the other band members - and especially that of Phil - gives me hope.
Peter
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Jonah Hill should play Keith. He'd nail that part.
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There seems to be plenty of video and still photos available to create quality documentaries. If Scorsese wants to use character actors to play the parts, he might consider a fictional movie that captures the spirit of the individuals and their collective story rather than specifically portraying them. More like Kerouac with On The Road, and Dharma Bums, or the Greateful Dead songs themselves (The Other One, Cassidy, Dire Wolf, New Speedway Boogie, Casey Jones, West LA Fadeaway, Box of Rain, Attics of My Life, Ripple, Broke Down Palace, it Must Have Been The Roses, etc., etc.). I think that would be more interesting. But maybe that is the intent. :)
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There seems to be plenty of video and still photos available to create quality documentaries. If Scorsese wants to use character actors to play the parts, he might consider a fictional movie that captures the spirit of the individuals and their collective story rather than specifically portraying them. More like Kerouac with On The Road, and Dharma Bums, or the Greateful Dead songs themselves (The Other One, Cassidy, Dire Wolf, New Speedway Boogie, Casey Jones, West LA Fadeaway, Box of Rain, Attics of My Life, Ripple, Broke Down Palace, it Must Have Been The Roses, etc., etc.). I think that would be more interesting. But maybe that is the intent. :)
A script written around the songs? Yeah. Having once been dragged to a high school production of _Mama Mia!_ (a nephew was in the cast........), I think your idea sounds a _whole_ lot better than that one, Rob!
Peter
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I would imagine Ken Burns could do a tremendous documentary on the subject.
Bill, tgo
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I would imagine Ken Burns could do a tremendous documentary on the subject.
Bill, tgo
Agreed