Brad Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 When I saw the Manchurian Candidate this weekend (which BTW is very good, almost as good as the original), they had a trailer for this new film by Taylor Hackford. It looks good but I hope it doesn't turn out like Bird, focusing on the bad things in his life. Anybody heard anything about this upcoming flick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 What WERE the bad things in his life? I know next to nothing about the guy's personal life, but for some reason I always assumed he was a very clean-living man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Look up the chapter on Ray in Joe Goldberg's "Jazz Masters of the Fifties." Highly recommended. I'll give you a hint, from Ray's obituary on CNN.com: "Charles had his struggles. In 1964 he was arrested on drug charges and checked into a rehab center in California. He admitted he had struggled with a heroin addiction for 20 years. "He later became reluctant to talk about the drug use, notes The Associated Press, fearing it would taint how people thought of his work." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Marcus Belgrave, David Newman and Hank Crawford will be represented by a composite character named Quincy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 which role is Snoop Dog going to play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Word is that Jamie Foxx is *excellent* as Brother Ray... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I saw that trailer with Bourne Supremacy. It followed the trailer for Collateral (also with Foxx). As soon as they started playing What'd I Say? my daughter turned to me and said "You're going to see that, aren't you." To which I replied "You bet!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mule Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Word on the street in Hollywood is that the movie is great and Foxx will get an Oscar nomination. There's always a chance that's just a lot of industry hype, but the trailer looked pretty damn good to me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I hope it's good, but I've seen many trailers that were better than the movie. Jack-on What ever happened to the Chet Baker movie? Jack-off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Burke Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I think Jamie Foxx will surprise some folks in the next year or two with his ability to play dramtic roles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 (edited) There was a bit in a NY Times article on Ruth Brown a couple of weeks ago. Ray had asked Ms Brown what actress she wanted to portray her, and she said, "Halle Berry". Ray's response was "Baby, I'm not THAT blind." Edited August 6, 2004 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted August 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I saw that trailer with Bourne Supremacy. It followed the trailer for Collateral (also with Foxx). As soon as they started playing What'd I Say? my daughter turned to me and said "You're going to see that, aren't you." To which I replied "You bet!" That's exactly what my said. BTW, that Collateral movie looks good too. I want to see that this weekend. I know you can't get everything from a trailer but he does look like he could be a very good actor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 I wasn't a particularly big Foxx fan, but I saw him on a rerun ESPN's Espy awards the other day and he converted me. Even if someone else was writing the jokes for him, he was still killing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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