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Post by Jim Boylston on Dec 3, 2008 8:17:43 GMT -5
How'd I miss this? A film about the history of Chess Records opens December 5. www.cadillacrecordsmovie.com/I'm looking forward to this. Wouldn't it be great if Willie Dixon became a household name? Jim
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Post by TRK on Dec 3, 2008 8:38:17 GMT -5
Let's hope they do justice to the story!
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Post by Jim Boylston on Dec 11, 2008 20:55:37 GMT -5
I caught this on Friday night and was pleasantly surprised. Good performances from all the actors and a pretty decent script. Phil Chess didn't get a mention, and some of the details were omitted, but the dynamics between Leonard and the artists were spot on. Mos Def was a really good Chuck Berry, and the guy that played Howlin' Wolf was great. Thumbs up from me.
I'm still shocked that anyone would even make a film about Chess Records.
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Post by bobdurham on Mar 14, 2009 0:28:49 GMT -5
This never made the theaters near me but I just picked up and watched the DVD -- some fantastic music. Loved the movie -- Beyonce's voice knocked me out.
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Post by Jim Boylston on Mar 14, 2009 10:28:36 GMT -5
This never made the theaters near me but I just picked up and watched the DVD -- some fantastic music. Loved the movie -- Beyonce's voice knocked me out. Agreed, and I loved the guy that played Howlin' Wolf.
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Post by bobdurham on Mar 14, 2009 11:24:56 GMT -5
I've seen videos of the Wolf and Eamonn Walker has him down pat -- even to his rendition of "Smokestack Lightnin'" -- it sounds like Howlin' Wolf himself. I thought all of the music was faithful to the originals, even Muddy Waters' Alan Lomax field recording of "Can't Be Satisfied." I like the fact that the new movies depend on the actors for the music rather than dubbing it in from professional singers or trying to "improve" and modernize the music.
"Walk the Line" was another great movie where the music was faithful to the originals.
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Post by Jim Boylston on Mar 14, 2009 12:56:07 GMT -5
I enjoyed "Walk the Line" as well, and for all its lip-synching, I think "That Thing You Do" does a great job of capturing the early '60's music scene. Music movies (as opposed to musicals) often miss the mark, but there are some good ones out there, "Cadillac Records" being the most recent. I recently saw "Once," and thought it was stellar. It's an independent Irish film that stars Glen Hansard (who also wrote all the music) as a struggling busker. Its another music movie that totally "gets it." Jim
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