How about Leonardo DiCaprio for the part of young Wolfgang in the Oliver Stone singing bio?
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Phillip W. Ayling <[email protected]>wrote: > I'll grant you that while I wasn't there, and Mozart was not known as a > vocalist ala Elvis, he was quite the child star. It is generally believed > that the piano and violin playing Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) and his older > sister the harpsichordist Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia (called "Nannerl" as a > nickname) worked what could be called a "vaudeville act" as children doing > the German, Austrian, Parisian and Italian Royalty circuit. > > She was about 5 years older than her brother and originally received top > billing in the "act". Their "act" consisted of trading instruments during > pieces, demonstrating their youthful compositions, singing their own songs, > doing popular music of the time, and making up pieces (including songs) on > the spot for the royalty that was employing them. > > As Nannerl grew older, the novelty of a young child performer was replaced > by the repression of the time forbidding young women to have careers outside > of the home and marriage. Once she reached "marriageable age, the act broke > up and Wolfgang went out on his own. > > Mozart thought Nannerl a fantastic composer too, but because of her gender, > very little of her adult music was ever performed; she far worse off > professionally than her famous brother and his complaints about not getting > commissions or performances. She was "banished" to an arranged marriage with > a much older (twice widowed) wealthy magistrate. > > Perhaps Oliver Stone could set the record straight with a future film. It > is worth noting that with both this topic and the Scorsese thread that no > one has mentioned The Last Waltz. It was a film/documentary which was a big > departure for Martin Scorsese. > > While it technically related to only a single concert performance, it was > also biographical in the sense that it chronicled the lives of The Band and > their 15 or so years as a group. All of that was interwoven into the concert > footage. > > I written too much now and I will stop for the day. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:58 AM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular > singers? > > You see what you can learn on MoPo? > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Dave Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mozart was a singer? >> >> Dave >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Phillip W. Ayling <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:27 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular >> singers? >> >> Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Doors, Walk the Line and Amadeus were all popular >> during their time >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Toochis Morin <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sunday, February 21, 2010 1:02 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular >> singers? >> >> Yes! Coal Miner's Daughter is awesome!! >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Dave Rosen <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sat, February 20, 2010 1:39:21 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular >> singers? >> >> Coal Miner's Daughter, Ray and...Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. ;-) >> >> Dave >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Doug Taylor <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:45 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular >> singers? >> >> The Buddy Holly Story was under-appreciated, IMHO. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> DBT >> >> Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> >> >> >> >> *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of >> *Toochis >> Morin >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:31 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular >> singers? >> >> >> >> FUNNY GIRL with Barbara Streisand >> DORTHY DANDRIDGE with Holly Berry >> WALK THE LINE with Joaquin Phoenix >> LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME with Doris Day >> HANK WILLIAMS with George Hamilton (kind of kitchy though) >> ELVIS PRESLEY with Kurt Russell >> >> Toochis >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Jeff Potokar <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sat, February 20, 2010 10:14:55 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] What WERE the best film biographies of popular >> singers? >> >> A few that come to mind, right off the bat-- >> >> LADY SINGS THE BLUES, with Diana Ross >> THE JOLSON STORY, with Larry Parks >> LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, with Doris Day >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >> >> > All this talk about a Sinatra movie biography got me wondering if there >> is really a need for more biographies of great pop singers. What WERE the >> best film biographies of popular singers? >> > >> > Bruce >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> > ___________________________________________________________________ >> > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> > >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely >> responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ How >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >> MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ How >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >> MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ How >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >> MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ How >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >> MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ How >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >> [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >> MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
