Comments on: Hollywood, Make This: The Mysterious Montague

By: MaureenBS

MaureenBS — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:54:38 +0000

I kept thinking as I read this book, “Why haven’t I seen a movie about this?” My father, who had also read the book, said that I probably have, just that golf may have been replaced by another sport or activity–the Montague character may have been a boxer or gambler. Regardless, I’d like to see the story on film as written by Montville. Good stuff.

By: Nick Gane

Nick Gane — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:16:58 +0000

My father in law brought the smithsonian mag with him on a recent visit to Oz which had the Montague story in it. I think his story/myth is definitely worth telling and would have more legs than most hollywood pap. If they don’t make it then it would just prove to me that hollywood film makers can’t see past a quick buck.

By: aaron

aaron — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:23:47 +0000

wait a minute… haven’t i seen this guy in a beer commercial?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bc0WjTT0Ps

By: Vin

Vin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:54:32 +0000

Jason Alexander? Paul Giamatti? Jason Bateman?

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:23 +0000

This project sounds awesome. I love stories like that. Hopefully it gets made.

By: GBC

GBC — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:40:23 +0000

A (young) Ernest Borgnine. Sure I know it ain’t possible, but he looks a lot like him…

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:28:12 +0000

I think Mark Ruffalo might be a good pick here.

By: PhilG

PhilG — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:02:05 +0000

Donal Logue

By: Hunter Stephenson

Hunter Stephenson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:23:18 +0000

@ orange / “Golf sucks” argument

This isn’t some gussied up bullshit golf story or a rags-to-riches bag of jelly for lil girls.

It’s about a shark moving into the Land of Wannabe Sharks and it says a good deal about how America feeds on myth and then craps it out and says, “What’s all this myth in my stool?”

Again, it helps to read the article.

By: orange cinema

orange cinema — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:02:50 +0000

I’m with jon, Damon, lebuff, & Costner already did the ‘everyman’ golfer film - with bats/rakes etc. Unless the twist is that he was an alien sent to tell the people of earth to stop fighting; f-ing yawn.

By: loner boner

loner boner — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:47:45 +0000

Liev Shreiber.

By: mkpmedia

mkpmedia — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:45:16 +0000

The guy who played Bruce baxter in King Kong comes to mind.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:42:38 +0000

I don’t know.. There are a lot of great books that should be made into movies. Another “Legend of Bagger Vance” wouldn’t be at the top of my list.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:41:37 +0000

Haven’t heard anything on this, but I would go with everyone’s favorite everyman Paul Giamatti or Tom Wilkinson. or Phillip Seymour Hoffman or… I could do this all day.