http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=9912&Pg=1
Still more news about TV shows getting the big screen treatment: Universal is in final negotiations with Colin Farrell to play Detective James "Sonny" Crockett and Jamie Foxx to star as Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the film version of Miami Vice.
Michael Mann executive produced the original series, which ran on NBC from 1984-89. Mann is also in negotiations to write, produce and direct the film version. Anthony Yarkovich, who created the TV series, will executive produce.
The project has been facilitated by the merger of Universal and NBC. Reviving Miami Vice on television is also under consideration. The newly merged company has also announced it will release the Universal-owned Miami Vice series on DVD.
The last bit is the best. Miami Vice has been held up on DVD for years because of licensing issues with the music. Fucking RIAA. And now... finally? I hope I hope.
― Lifted, or, the story is 'neath my ass (kenan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:08 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― Lifted, or, the story is 'neath my ass (kenan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:11 (8 years ago) Permalink
(not really)
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!!!!! omg
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― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 14:57 (8 years ago) Permalink
One of the famous things about Miami Vice was that it used lots and lots of popular music. Releasing it on DVD requires re-licensing all the music, apparently, and the record companies wanted scads of money to do that, apparently. It's typical stupid bullshit. Of course they stand to make much more money from people buying 80's music because they saw it on Miami Vice (albeit 20 years later).
― Lifted, or, the story is 'neath my ass (kenan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 15:07 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 15:19 (8 years ago) Permalink
And they might not. The RIAA needs to lighten up, though. If they didn't try to charge so much to begin with, everyone would make money. But there are plenty of threads on the complete lack of logic in record industry business practices.
― Lifted, or, the story is 'neath my ass (kenan), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 15:22 (8 years ago) Permalink
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 16:20 (8 years ago) Permalink
(2) do you think they'll use that jay-z/linkin park song in the movie? ouch.
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 06:11 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 06:32 (7 years ago) Permalink
It looked almost cheap for a $120mln film.
sometimes (as in parts of "collateral") mann goes for artifacts and other "cheap" elements as part of the visual design. one problem w/digital is a sort of correlative to its ability to get a lot of detail in darkness: controlling the points of light in the mise en scene becomes potentially difficult, as any stray bulb can take a sudden prominence.
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― gear (gear), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 07:46 (7 years ago) Permalink
angela bassett in drag
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Season Two gets underway with a two hour episode titled “The Prodigal Son.� The two part episode is nothing short of excellent and sets the season off on the highest level. Crockett and Tubbs travel to New York on the hunt of a Columbia drug ring that is killing off federal agents. Crockett walking the streets of New York at night as the Glenn Frey song “You Belong to the City� plays is hands down one of the best sequences in the history of the series. Another great moment involves Tubbs rushing to the airport as the Phil Collins song “Take Me Home� plays in the background.
also: steamy sexoring w/ tubbs & pam grier (to the sounds of the aforementioned phil collins song! best montage ever.)
― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:37 (7 years ago) Permalink
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 27 January 2006 17:01 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 January 2006 17:17 (7 years ago) Permalink
You can't have the same guy playing Ray Charles play Tubbs, man. Foxx ain't as lionesque.
― stockholm cindy (winter version) (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 January 2006 17:19 (7 years ago) Permalink
More character scenes, which aren't bad or anything, but losing that cold open is a major bummer.
― Gukbe, Friday, 17 June 2011 16:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
You can get a HD version of the theater cut, but it's on HD-DVD.
So, it probably exists out on download sites.
― mh, Friday, 17 June 2011 16:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
i keep meaning to read the first draft screenplay to see if there was ever meant to be more FBI stuff. the open is totally different to either version afaict.
http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/miamivice.pdf
― caek, Friday, 17 June 2011 16:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
such mixed feelings on all mann's stuff exc. heat. opening of ali def. inspired. jamie foxx is a ridiculous actor.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 17 June 2011 16:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
so i read the screenplay. it clearly wasn't final: there's a ~3 scene bit toward the end where it's just "a scene in which ..." and then placeholder description.
but anyway major differences from the director's cut (i missed this in the cinema):
isabella is afro cuban
nicholas has one line, delivered over the phone
yero has a speech where he tells this story about how pablo escobar used to execute his good pilots after six flights, and he is 3 times as good as escobar, so he will take out tubbs+crockett after two.
the fbi mole plot is even thinner: it's the same up to the bit where yero agrees to share intelligence and tells them to check their email, but in the screenplay the email never comes. i'm not sure that plot ever had an ending.
the final showdown is very different. isabella is already with crockett when they find out yero has trudy, and gives them advice (she runs the drugs in on the boats with them). the trailer doesn't get blown up after they get trudy back, no hospital scenes, totally different action set pieces in the cargo park or wherever it's supposed to be
no shot of montoya's back
― caek, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 09:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
why are mann's director's cuts pretty much shittier than the theatrical cuts across the board?
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 June 2011 11:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think he works better with whatever small constraints a theatrical cut imposes in that it cuts out the last 5% of the cruft that we really didn't need.
― mh, Wednesday, 29 June 2011 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
there is an all regions UK Blu Ray release of the theatrical cut fwiw.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
sweet! There seem to be a bunch of random stores on amazon that keep selling region-free UK copies of films. I think the version of Zodiac I have is actually the brit one.
― mh, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
If you're going to spend a mil or two shooting a speedboat race, you might as well put it somewhere if it doesn't make final cut.
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
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Ha, yeah, just bought the UK bluray of Zodiac too. Apparently the 2 Disc American release is slightly better in quality but it's OOP and going for big bucks.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
i got laughed at irl this weekend for saying that i really like this movie
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^i have been there
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ppl are idiots
I just tell people it's going to be bad the first few times, and after that amazing.
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
in general ppl look at you like an alien if you say you like michael mann
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
in general ppl look at you like an alien if you say you like Miami.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
well yeah that too
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
do you like....mojitos
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
whenever Sarge returns we take my catamaran to Havana to cool it with some mojitos.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
sounds like you're a fiend for them
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
i would like a mojito rn
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:04 (45 minutes ago) Permalink
fuckin' Philistines
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:09 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wtf is wrong with people?
― mh, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
first they came for the challopers and I said nothing
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
This is like the awkward party conversation where someone is like "I don't really like CSI or whatever tv show, but I like movie crime stuff" and I'm like "well, do you like 'Silence of the Lambs' and that type of thing because there was this movie by Michael Mann who starred the one dude from CSI and it's called Manhunter..." and then I get mocked about the fact there is a movie called Manhunter directed by Mann
― mh, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
many you guys need to hit better parties
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
*man
story of my life
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
still easily the best action film i've ever seen. too nervous to watch it again in case in doesn't live up to what i remember.
is the Director's Cut worth a watch just for the boat chase bit? the 'cold' opening is so good i can't believe there's a version, any version that *doesn't* start that way.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
There are some good extra character scenes (more Trudy iirc) so it's worth seeing. But yeah I'd rather jettison all of that for the in media res club bit.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
man i love the boat race opening. it feels so expansive but cold (dunno if miami cold is like louisiana cold but kinda clammy and unnatural) and empty. the transition from that into the neon claustrophobia of the club is pretty awesome.
― adam, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
love this fuckin movie
― adam, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, May 15, 2012 12:48 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so sad because this happened at _my party_
― mh, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Boat scene is cool, but there's a chunk of stale exposition on the shore afterwords setting up the club sting that kind of kills it for me.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
so I like this movie now!
Colin Farrell's hair though = so so so gross. It's like he poured crude oil over it.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 September 2012 13:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
It is so much fun to love this movie.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2012 13:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
and the film was a hit:
Miami Vice opened at No. 1 in the United States, knocking Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest out of the number one position at the box office that weekend, after Pirates led the box office for almost a full month.[20] In its opening weekend, the film grossed over $25.7 million at 3,021 theaters nationwide, with an average gross of $8,515 per theater.[21] The film would go on to earn $63.5 million domestically.[21] Miami Vice would fare better internationally. The films aired in 77 countries overseas, grossing $100,344,039 in its international run.[22] Overall the film grossed $164 million worldwide[21] helping to further surpass the reported $135 million budget.
The film stands as one of Michael Mann's top three most financially successful films, next to Heat and Collateral.[23]
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 September 2012 13:33 (9 months ago) Permalink
i remember going to see this opening weekend and being forced to sit on the stairs
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, 3 September 2012 13:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
The story I've told before is that when I went to see this some weekend afternoon, it was bright and sunny when I went in, and when I went out everything was drenched, there were branches, leaves and other refuse strewn about everywhere, street lights were blinking yellow. It was like some hurricane hit outside in the middle of the movie. Very memorable.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 September 2012 14:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
the UK bluray has the theatrical version?!?!?!?
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 30 December 2012 05:27 (5 months ago) Permalink
Colin Farrell's hair though = so so so gross.
Zappa stache.
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Sunday, 30 December 2012 05:29 (5 months ago) Permalink
Hey, Jose Yero is starring (with Jimmy Smits) in a play at Steppenwolf, and I'm going to opening night next week. Will try to shake hands with Cochi Loco and will send him all your ILX love.
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Sunday, 30 December 2012 05:31 (5 months ago) Permalink
Yes it does. The lack of that opening on the American Blu Ray is why I refuse to plop 7 bucks down for it.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 30 December 2012 05:34 (5 months ago) Permalink
really stoked that it's available in some form though, region free blu ray players are cheap these days
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 30 December 2012 06:27 (5 months ago) Permalink
Uk version is region free
― mh, Sunday, 30 December 2012 06:45 (5 months ago) Permalink
I gots it
oh snap
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 30 December 2012 06:47 (5 months ago) Permalink
good rec for a region free BD player?
― 乒乓, Sunday, 30 December 2012 14:57 (5 months ago) Permalink