You nailed it Mike. 'nuff said. -Paul Custer,KY
--- On Tue, 9/21/10, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > From: mistertaterbug <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Movie planned about life of Bill Monroe > To: "Taterbugmando" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 8:30 AM > And Campbell Mercer hasn't made a > mockery of Monroe? Maybe he oughta > read up on how he's handled things in his *own* backyard. I > really > think that anybody who's looking to this movie to be > anything other > than entertainment is just asking to be disappointed. I > haven't seen > anything in print that's included the words 'historical' > or > 'documentary'. While the movie will probably bring in > people who were > not aware of Monroe's music, it doesn't appear that Bill's > artistry is > the focal point of the film. Like it or not, infidelities > sell tickets > more readily to the masses than hill country music does. > > There's just no point in us all chasing our tails over > this. It's > going to be what it's going to be and nothing will change > that. > Tbug > > > On Sep 17, 11:32 am, Terry Bullin <[email protected]> > 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 at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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