novabrkr said:

I really liked the one for Serge Gainsbourg that came out last year - Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque).

Hmm. Most of them have sucked though. I remember liking the miniseries on TV for The Temptations, but it might not have been as good as I remember.

... uhm, Velvet Goldmine?

I LOVE that movie but I don't think David Bowie or Iggy Pop would agree with you that that was a biopic hahaha

Timmy84 said:

SoulAlive said:

I love 'Lady Diana Sings The Blues'

you at least like Diana's performance in it,right?

SoulAlive said:

Timmy84 said:

you at least like Diana's performance in it,right?

Yeah.

I love sooooooo many. Not just music biopics but biopics in general. I may not have the official name for some of these but you know what I mean.....

What's Love Got To Do With It

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The Natalie Cole Story

The Jackson's: An American Dream

LaBamba

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

The Temptations

Lady Sings The Blues

Hendrix

Great Balls Of Fire

The Buddy Holly Story

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

The MC Hammer Story

Coal Miner's Daughter

The Hank Williams, Jr. Story

The Little Richard Story

Liberace

Selena

The Doors

Elvis

Milk

W.

Come On Get Happy (The Partridge Family Story)

Growing Up Brady

Malcolm X

The Medgar Evars Story

Ghosts Of Mississippi

King (The Martin Luther King, Jr. Story)

.

.

.

[Edited 1/31/11 13:56pm]

missfee said:

My Favs:

"What's Love Got to Do With It"

"Walk the Line"

"Ray"

"The Temptations"

But when I saw La Bamba, I developed a life long crush on the guy on the right (Esai Morales):

Esai Morales was great in La Bamba, but you have to check out his terrific performance in Mi Familia, along with Jimmy Smits and Edward James Olmos. Ranks up there with my favorite movies.

missfee said:

But when I saw La Bamba, I developed a life long crush on the guy on the right (Esai Morales):

I saw him for the very first time when they aired "LaBamba" on one of the cable channels right after I first joined the org in 2004 and instantly went stoned ass crazy over him. He was the finest thing I had seen in ages and in that scene where he was selling drugs and lifted up his shirt and unzipped his pants to show that biker the bag of weed he has stuffed in his pants, when I saw the top of those white briefs with that treasure trail going down into them, I was dripping pre-cum.

vainandy said:

I love sooooooo many. Not just music biopics but biopics in general. I may not have the official name for some of these but you know what I mean.....

What's Love Got To Do With It

54

The Natalie Cole Story

The Jackson's: An American Dream

LaBamba

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

The Temptations

Lady Sings The Blues

Hendrix

Great Balls Of Fire

The Buddy Holly Story

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

The MC Hammer Story

Coal Miner's Daughter

The Hank Williams, Jr. Story

The Little Richard Story

Liberace

Selena

The Doors

Elvis

Milk

W.

Come On Get Happy (The Partridge Family Story)

Growing Up Brady

Malcolm X

The Medgar Evars Story

Ghosts Of Mississippi

King (The Martin Luther King, Jr. Story)

.

.

.

[Edited 1/31/11 13:56pm]

Oh see well I was just focusing on music artist biopics but yea if we were to talk generally, yea, Malcolm X, Medgar Evars, etc would all be included.

purplethunder3121 said:

missfee said:

My Favs:

"What's Love Got to Do With It"

"Walk the Line"

"Ray"

"The Temptations"

But when I saw La Bamba, I developed a life long crush on the guy on the right (Esai Morales):

Esai Morales was great in La Bamba, but you have to check out his terrific performance in Mi Familia, along with Jimmy Smits and Edward James Olmos. Ranks up there with my favorite movies.

musicjunky318 said:

Here's a few to pick from. Feel free to add more.

The Jacksons: An American Dream (Michael Jackson, The Jackson Family)

I'm Not There (Bob Dylan)

Selena (Selena)

The Temptations (The Temptations)

In His Life: The John Lennon Story (John Lennon)

Little Richard (Little Richard)

Elvis (Elvis Presley)

Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Ray (Ray Charles)

Cadillac Records (Etta James, Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess)

The Runaways (Joan Jett)

Notorious (The Notorious B.I.G.)

Sinatra (Frank Sinatra)

EDIT:

Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Frankie Lymon)

[Edited 1/30/11 19:54pm]

All those!!! Oh and Immortal Beloved and Coal Miners Daughter!

No mention of the Natlie Cole Story or The Doors or The Osmonds.

WLGTDWI also but really that was more an Ike Turner movie than a Tina Turner movie. I remember most of Ike's lines and hardly any from Tina.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

No mention of the Natlie Cole Story or The Doors or The Osmonds.

Vainandy mentioned Natalie Cole and I mentioned the Doors lol

THe Osmonds' biopic was defintiely better than the Jacksons'!

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

No mention of the Natlie Cole Story or The Doors or The Osmonds.

Vainandy mentioned Natalie Cole and I mentioned the Doors lol

THe Osmonds' biopic was defintiely better than the Jacksons'!

What, are you chewing on paint chips!

Walk Hard

Spinal Tap

The Rutles

Hedwig & the Angry Inch

The Buddy Holly Story

Man In The Mirror (yikes)

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

Vainandy mentioned Natalie Cole and I mentioned the Doors lol

THe Osmonds' biopic was defintiely better than the Jacksons'!

What, are you chewing on paint chips!

Please. Like I was gonna give that Disney-esque Jackson flick a chance? I didn't like the Osmonds either but the way they produced it was ten times better than what Grease-Maine and Margaret produced.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

The Buddy Holly Story

Man In The Mirror (yikes)

You're eating those paint chips!

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

What, are you chewing on paint chips!

Please. Like I was gonna give that Disney-esque Jackson flick a chance? I didn't like the Osmonds either but the way they produced it was ten times better than what Grease-Maine and Margaret produced.

I grew up with this movie, I know it by heart.

HotGritz said:

musicjunky318 said:

Here's a few to pick from. Feel free to add more.

The Jacksons: An American Dream (Michael Jackson, The Jackson Family)

I'm Not There (Bob Dylan)

Selena (Selena)

The Temptations (The Temptations)

In His Life: The John Lennon Story (John Lennon)

Little Richard (Little Richard)

Elvis (Elvis Presley)

Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)

Ray (Ray Charles)

Cadillac Records (Etta James, Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess)

The Runaways (Joan Jett)

Notorious (The Notorious B.I.G.)

Sinatra (Frank Sinatra)

EDIT:

Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Frankie Lymon)

[Edited 1/30/11 19:54pm]

All those!!! Oh and Immortal Beloved and Coal Miners Daughter!

^^^ How could I forget that one?! Great script, great acting from Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones--a classic! Oh, that brings to mind another good country biopic--Sweet Dreams from 1985, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

Please. Like I was gonna give that Disney-esque Jackson flick a chance? I didn't like the Osmonds either but the way they produced it was ten times better than what Grease-Maine and Margaret produced.

I grew up with this movie, I know it by heart.

I wish I didn't. I don't know, it's like every time I read or watch the reality of the situation, it doesn't make the film enjoyable anymore. I think the only quotes I can get is from Ms. Katherine (Angela). Without her that film would've been REALLY shitty to me. And yes I'm honest. It was a part of my childhood but not one I want to be reminded of.

I did like Katherine's put-downs on Joe especially when she stopped him from whupping their now-TEENAGE sons! "Go to bed Joseph... GO...TO...BED!"

purplethunder3121 said:

HotGritz said:

All those!!! Oh and Immortal Beloved and Coal Miners Daughter!

^^^ How could I forget that one?! Great script, great acting from Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones--a classic! Oh, that brings to mind another good country biopic--Sweet Dreams from 1985, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.

Yeah Coal Miner's Daughter and Sweet Dreams were great films.

Timmy84 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

^^^ How could I forget that one?! Great script, great acting from Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones--a classic! Oh, that brings to mind another good country biopic--Sweet Dreams from 1985, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.

Yeah Coal Miner's Daughter and Sweet Dreams were great films.

Oops! Forgot to state that Sweet Dreams is about the country songstress Patsy Cline (who mentored Loretta Lynn BTW) for those who might want to check out the movie.

Timmy84 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

^^^ How could I forget that one?! Great script, great acting from Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones--a classic! Oh, that brings to mind another good country biopic--Sweet Dreams from 1985, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.

Yeah Coal Miner's Daughter and Sweet Dreams were great films.

Is Sweet Dreams the movie about Patsy Cline or am I thinking of another Jessica Lange performance?

HotGritz said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah Coal Miner's Daughter and Sweet Dreams were great films.

Is Sweet Dreams the movie about Patsy Cline or am I thinking of another Jessica Lange performance?

Yeah it's about Patsy Cline.

Timmy84 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

^^^ How could I forget that one?! Great script, great acting from Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones--a classic! Oh, that brings to mind another good country biopic--Sweet Dreams from 1985, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris.

Yeah Coal Miner's Daughter and Sweet Dreams were great films.

Funny how one great movie reminds you of another...even if it isn't a biopic! Thinking of country biopics reminds me of another classic movie from 1975--Nashville--which was loosely based on some famous country artists at the time (a lot of artistic license!) and was also a social commentary on the 70s. It was directed by Robert Altman and remains one of his best IMO.

vainandy said:

missfee said:

But when I saw La Bamba, I developed a life long crush on the guy on the right (Esai Morales):

I saw him for the very first time when they aired "LaBamba" on one of the cable channels right after I first joined the org in 2004 and instantly went stoned ass crazy over him. He was the finest thing I had seen in ages and in that scene where he was selling drugs and lifted up his shirt and unzipped his pants to show that biker the bag of weed he has stuffed in his pants, when I saw the top of those white briefs with that treasure trail going down into them, I was dripping pre-cum.

oh wow!!!!! That was intense.

vainandy said:

missfee said:

But when I saw La Bamba, I developed a life long crush on the guy on the right (Esai Morales):

I saw him for the very first time when they aired "LaBamba" on one of the cable channels right after I first joined the org in 2004 and instantly went stoned ass crazy over him. He was the finest thing I had seen in ages and in that scene where he was selling drugs and lifted up his shirt and unzipped his pants to show that biker the bag of weed he has stuffed in his pants, when I saw the top of those white briefs with that treasure trail going down into them, I was dripping pre-cum.

Oh Lord Andy what would we do without your commentary?

lavender1983 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Esai Morales was great in La Bamba, but you have to check out his terrific performance in Mi Familia, along with Jimmy Smits and Edward James Olmos. Ranks up there with my favorite movies.

La Bamba is my fave biopic too. Esai Morales definitely stole the whole movie. That scene at the end where he walks on the bridge and screams out "Ritchie!!!" gets me everytime. He should've won an Oscar, seriously.

KemiVA said:

lavender1983 said:

La Bamba is my fave biopic too. Esai Morales definitely stole the whole movie. That scene at the end where he walks on the bridge and screams out "Ritchie!!!" gets me everytime. He should've won an Oscar, seriously.

Esai was definitely the star of the film and to back up Andy, he's a hunk.

Timmy84 said:

vainandy said:

I saw him for the very first time when they aired "LaBamba" on one of the cable channels right after I first joined the org in 2004 and instantly went stoned ass crazy over him. He was the finest thing I had seen in ages and in that scene where he was selling drugs and lifted up his shirt and unzipped his pants to show that biker the bag of weed he has stuffed in his pants, when I saw the top of those white briefs with that treasure trail going down into them, I was dripping pre-cum.

Oh Lord Andy what would we do without your commentary?

Leave it to Andy to state what people think but don't say...