Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Ramones and Television back on the Bowery, sort of

A reader asked if we had heard about a release date for "CBGB," the movie (biopic?) about Hilly Kristal and the rise of his club ... filmed last summer in Savannah, Ga., which subbed for the Bowery of the 1970s... crews replicated the inside of the bar in Savannah's Meddin Studios, where all the interior shots took place.

As far as we know, the film doesn't have a release date just yet for 2013.

Meanwhile, in looking at the production company's website, we did spot a few teaser stills from the film, including:

Merv Ferguson (Donal Logue) and Hilly Kristal (Alan Rickman) ...


... and the film's version of Television...


... and the Ramones...

[Click on images to enlarge]

According to an article in Rolling Stone last summer, "To maintain authenticity throughout the film, [the filmmakers] exhaustively researched other CBGB regulars, and consulted frequently with Television's Tom Verlaine, the Voidoids' Richard Hell and Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz." Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys also has a cameo in the movie as a cab driver who hates the punk scene.

So, any plans on seeing the movie?

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7 comments:

  1. LvVJanuary 30, 2013 at 6:41 AM

    Please note that in the RS comments to that piece, Mr. Hell refutes his involvement in this project:

    I did NOT have any communication with the makers of this movie. I didn't advise them and was not consulted. I don't recall being approached by them, and I wouldn't have participated if I was asked. I suspect the same is true of Tom Verlaine, and also probably Chris Frantz.

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  2. EV GrieveJanuary 30, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    Thanks LvV. Given that the filmmakers' claims are in doubt, I struck out the RS passage ...

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  3. LvVJanuary 30, 2013 at 8:30 AM

    Yeah, these filmmakers seem super-sketch.

    Of course, I will see the film, if only to laugh at the bad sets and questionable casting and goofy dialogue.

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  4. GojiraJanuary 30, 2013 at 10:20 AM

    Oh I'll be there, I can always use a good laugh.

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  5. DrBOPJanuary 30, 2013 at 10:56 AM

    Well if Bieber isn't playing Johnny Ramone, what's the use?

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  6. glammaJanuary 30, 2013 at 1:59 PM

    Oy vey.

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  7. Matthew has 2 T's, dumbassFebruary 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM

    I wish Justin Timberlake was in it...and Lindsey Lohan...LOL. Maybe Avril Livigne could make her film debut in it....she's punk.....

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