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Title: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: punkinhead on March 02, 2010, 08:18:35 PM
I was pretty sure nothing exist of the nature...will there ever be one in the works?


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: mikee on March 03, 2010, 12:45:36 AM
"Official"  would mean Phil signs off, approving of the content - and of the payment to him.  Such a meeting of the minds between Phil and any potential filmmaker would seem unlikely.   So unlikely while Phil is alive, at least while he is in control of his affairs.  Will there an unofficial film? Yes there likely will be if somebody can figure out how to do it without getting sued.


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: hypehat on March 03, 2010, 02:38:25 AM
Phil would probably settle for nothing less than the directors chair and a starring role. So we'll have to wait a bit.

It'd be a hell of a biopic, though


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: punkinhead on March 03, 2010, 05:14:10 AM
what about a biography doc?


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: punkinhead on March 03, 2010, 06:07:02 PM
is there a lot of video footage of Spector?  All I've seen is a 'music promo' for White Christmas & his piano performance on the TNT Show


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: Alex on March 05, 2010, 11:05:56 AM
is there a lot of video footage of Spector?  All I've seen is a 'music promo' for White Christmas & his piano performance on the TNT Show

He was in an episode of I Dream Of Jeannie. Plus all of the news footage from his murder trial.


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: punkinhead on March 08, 2010, 11:56:36 AM
on the topic of Spector....

been reading He's a Rebel by Mark Ribowsky (which is fantastic btw), I'm in the 90s era during the Celine Dion sessions....have any of these recordings seen the light of day?


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: Alex on March 13, 2010, 10:10:55 AM
Spector produced Celine Dion? Run for the hills!!


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: punkinhead on March 17, 2010, 11:51:06 AM
In the book, they say the tracks were great, I'm not sure if she sung on top of them; Spector took up so much time to do em (perfection for his "come back")... And there was the big fuss about Phil owning the tapes, which he has a history of doing with the like of Lennon and Cohen


Title: Re: An official Phil Spector biopic?
Post by: Peter Reum on March 18, 2010, 11:48:52 AM
That would be a waste of perfectly good film...