Comments on: HELL’S ANGELS MOVIE? YES, PLEASE.

By: FritzClapp

FritzClapp — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:16:22 +0000

NO, NO, NO! As a producer of this movie for Fox, I can assure you it is based on Sonny Barger’s autobio, which was a NYT bestseller in 2000. When Tony mentioned the title, hopeless hack Ed Douglas at comingsoon.net ASSUMED it was HST’s book, which it is NOT. It is true that Steve Gaghan is writing that script.

By: aaweeble1

aaweeble1 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:51:46 +0000

Dude! That would be a movie I would be willing to go and see!

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By: Vince Mancini

Vince Mancini — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:33:41 +0000

True, the shower fight scene was pretty awesome, and that was definitely a Tony Scott contribution. And being an Italian, I of course loved the scene where Dennis Hopper explains to Christopher Walken why Sicilians are dark “but the WOPS in northern Italy all have blond hair.”

By: Charlie Br0nze

Charlie Br0nze — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:30:24 +0000

Yeah, the soundtrack has a few bum notes and didn’t it “borrow” some of its score from a Terence Malick movie? For me, watching in the cinema, the scene where James Gandolfini’s enforcer beats the shit out of Alabama and she fights back was just as visceral as the famous Reservoir Dogs torture scene. The impact that Reservoir Dogs had though back in the early 90s was astonishing. Really shook things up.

By: Crapbasket

Crapbasket — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:07:29 +0000

Hmmm, good question. But at the time he was kinda a “hot young writer” so maybe. His Natural Born Killers script got a good crowd. Most of Pulps cast were sort of no names or I remeber that guy, but I think that was his choice.

By: Vince Mancini

Vince Mancini — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:07:18 +0000

@Br0nze

Hey may not have, but Reservoir Dogs was made for hardly anything and look at the people they got for that. And I would argue the TR script was actually better. Some of the things Tony Scott did: totally out-of-place calypso sounding music (really? beach music while a guy’s on the way to kill a pimp?), jamming the camera super close to everyone’s grill in every scene, adding a weird, happy ending epilogue scene thing.

By: Charlie Br0nze

Charlie Br0nze — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:01:27 +0000

The awesome cast didn’t hurt either. Would Tarantino have landed all that talent if he was directing?

By: Crapbasket

Crapbasket — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:55:51 +0000

I’ll agree TR was badass, CB. But how in the fuck does that style translate to the material? Doesn’t. Bay shouldn’t remake (anything) On Golden Pond, James Cameron should stay away from 28 Dresses, and Tony Scott should back the fuck off HA. Now, Ridley…

By: Donkey Hodey

Donkey Hodey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:54:09 +0000

John Travolta killed somebody with kindness to get into the Hell’s Angels.

By: Donkey Hodey

Donkey Hodey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:52:04 +0000

John Travolta knows all about kickstands sinking into the mud.