Who's giving him lessons? Tbug On Sep 19, 9:33 am, Mike Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter Sarsgaard is a very talented actor. I think it is great that he > is taking the initiative to learn to play mandolin. I am sure he can > find somebody in New York to help him learn to play mandolin! > > On Sep 17, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Terry Bullin wrote: > > > Peter Sarsgaard, 39, is cast as Monroe. > > "I talked to Peter on the phone the other day," Woodward said. "He > > was in New York taking mandolin lessons. He plays guitar, but he > > needs to be able to play mandolin for the movie." > > > Yea, I'm sure after a couple of lessons in "NEW YORK", he will have > > no trouble playing rawhide........yea right. What I want to know > > is who's going to teach him to sing like Bill? Good luck with that! > > > --- On Fri, 9/17/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Movie planned about life of Bill Monroe > > To: [email protected], [email protected], > > [email protected] > > Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 11:32 AM > > > Saw a link on mandolincafe.com to another article about the Bill > > Monroe movie that's in the works... > > > John > > >http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/149878570 > > > Producer hopes to shoot part of film in Rosine and Owensboro > > > Sept. 16--Bessie Lee Mauldin was 17 when she met Bill Monroe in the > > fall of 1938. > > He had just turned 27, was already a singing star with his brother, > > Charlie, in the Monroe Brothers -- and was married. > > But three years later, Monroe, by then a member of the Grand Ole > > Opry, moved Mauldin to Nashville and made her his "road girlfriend," > > Richard D. Smith wrote in "Can't You Hear Me Callin'," his 2000 > > biography of "the father of bluegrass music." > > Over the next four decades, Monroe and Mauldin had a turbulent > > romance that inspired several major bluegrass songs -- apparently > > including "Blue Moon of Kentucky," Smith wrote. > > Now, a Hollywood company is gearing up to film a movie based on > > Smith's book. And the producer, Trevor Jolly, hopes to shoot part of > > it in Owensboro and Monroe's hometown of Rosine, he said in an e-mail. > > "I've read the script," said Owensboro businessman Terry Woodward, > > who is vice chairman of the International Bluegrass Music Museum. > > "It's a love story about Bill and Bessie Lee." > > And that worries Campbell Mercer, executive director of the > > Jerusalem Ridge Foundation, which owns Monroe's childhood home and > > farm in Ohio County. > > "My concern is that the film not make a mockery of Bill," Mercer, a > > keeper of the Monroe flame, said Tuesday. "It's based on a book by > > Richard D. Smith. It was a book that needed to be written, but it > > was written by the wrong guy." > > Mercer would prefer a movie that focused on Monroe's music, not his > > infidelities. > > But Mauldin is considered to have been Monroe's muse. > > Their child, which she gave up for adoption, according to the book, > > inspired the song, "My Little Georgia Rose." > > And Mauldin, a bass player with Monroe's Blue Grass Boys off and on > > for two decades, played on 99 of Monroe's recordings. > > Reminded that the soundtrack for "Bonnie and Clyde," the 1967 movie > > about gangsters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, contained a lot of > > bluegrass music and brought a lot of new fans to the genre, Mercer > > said, "This time I'm afraid Bill is going to be Clyde." > > Funny stories out there > > Still, he says, "there are some awful funny stories about Bill and > > Bessie Lee out there," including one about Mauldin wrestling another > > of Monroe's girlfriends to the ground in North Carolina. > > Maggie Gyllenhaal, 32, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role > > in last year's "Crazy Heart," recently told ScreenCrave.com that she > > will portray Mauldin in the movie. Her husband, Peter Sarsgaard, 39, > > is cast as Monroe. > > "I talked to Peter on the phone the other day," Woodward said. "He > > was in New York taking mandolin lessons. He plays guitar, but he > > needs to be able to play mandolin for the movie." > > Woodward said: "He's very enthusiastic about the movie. He said his > > father was a big bluegrass fan." > > The ScreenCrave story said Joseph Henry "T-Bone" Burnett, who > > produced the soundtrack for "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," which sold > > 8 million copies, and collaborated on "Crazy Heart" will do the > > music for "Blue Moon." > > Callie Khouri, who grew up in Paducah and wrote "Thelma & Louise," > > wrote the script. "She and T-Bone are married," Woodward said. > > Jolly, whose credits include being sound supervisor on "American > > Beauty" and "The Whole Ten Yards" as well as on episodes of "Lost," > > "The Shield" and "Alias," is producing. > > Finn Taylor ("The Darwin Awards," "Cherish," "Dream With The > > Fishes") will direct. > > Taylor has visited Owensboro four times and Jolly, three times so > > far, Woodward said. "One day when they were here, we walked down to > > the Famous Bistro for lunch," he said. "They said they liked some of > > the buildings downtown and might want to film some here. I just > > listened." > > "Yes, hoping to shoot scenes at Rosine and Owensboro," Jolly said in > > an e-mail Tuesday. "Too early for specifics though." > > Woodward says the movie should be filmed in Kentucky. > > Monroe was born -- and is buried -- in Kentucky. His band and the > > genre of music he created use the state's nickname. And his "Blue > > Moon of Kentucky" is the state's official bluegrass song. > > But Tennessee also wants the movie shot there. > > Battle of incentives > > And a battle of incentives is ensuing. > > "They didn't understand our incentives," state Rep. Tommy Thompson, > > who represents Ohio County and eastern Daviess County, said Monday. > > "I had the film office call and explain it to them," said Thompson, > > who pushed a film incentive package through the legislature in 2009. > > "I think we may have a shot now. It's about bluegrass and Bill > > Monroe. It should be filmed in Kentucky." > > Business Lexington reported this week that the 2009 legislation > > would make filmmakers who spend at least $500,000 in Kentucky > > eligible to receive "a 20 percent refundable tax credit for > > production and post-production expenses." > > Tennessee, the article said, "offers a 13-17 percent tax rebate, > > depending on the production budget and percentage of in-state > > production." > > "Finn and them want to make it in Kentucky," Woodward said, "but the > > money guys will probably have the final say." > > "Trevor came here 18 months ago," Mercer said. "He videotaped me > > playing a fiddle on the porch. We had some coffee, and I showed him > > tapes of different singers." > > Jolly wrote on Facebook in June: "Finn and I drove to Rosine to > > check out Bill Monroe's hometown. Happened to be holding a benefit > > auction for a gal who is suffering from cancer and the townsfolk > > raised $27,000 by selling chickens, farm implements and pies etc. > > Local bluegrass bands were playing. I recorded one and Finn shot > > some pics on his phone." > > Mercer said: "I'm sure they'll use the homeplace" in the movie. > > "They know it's open to them. I've been putting off getting back in > > touch with them, but I'll e-mail Trevor this week. I've got to get > > involved and help them make it good. We've got a wealth of > > information here that should be tapped." > > Movie should help museum > > A major movie about Monroe, coming during the celebration of the > > centennial of his birth (Sept. 13, 1911), is expected to give the > > bluegrass museum a major boost, Woodward said. > > "I think it can be tremendous for the museum," he said. > > He owns the fiddle of Pendleton Vandiver, Monroe's uncle who > > inspired the song, "Uncle Pen." It's now on display in the museum. > > "It's being used on the soundtrack," Woodward said. "I don't know if > > it will be shown in the movie." > > He said, "with Bill's 100th birthday next year and this movie, we > > really need to capitalize on it." > > Mercer said he's heard that Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard may attend > > Rosine's Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Festival, scheduled for Sept. 30- > > Oct. 3. "They have tickets," he said. > > But Woodward said Sarsgaard is supposed to be at the Hardly Strictly > > Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco that weekend. "They say they > > want to end the movie with a montage of scenes from bluegrass > > festivals," he said. > > Thompson describes Mauldin -- "The Carolina Songbird" -- as "a hefty > > blond, flashy dresser, strong, spirited and quite earthy." > > Monroe's wife, Carolyn, finally accused him of adultery and divorced > > him in 1960. > > The divorce decree forbade Monroe from marrying Mauldin as long as > > Carolyn Monroe lived. > > "I don't know how that was legal," Mercer said. > > Maudlin died Feb. 8, 1983, after suffering a heart attack at 63. > > Carolyn Monroe outlived her by nearly 18 months, dying on July 31, > > 1984. > > Monroe died on Sept. 9, 1996. > > Keith Lawrence, 691-7301, [email protected] > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en > > . > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en > > .
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