Tarantino Claims Casino Royale Success
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Seems like Quentin has a bad case of sour grapes.
TARANTINO CLAIMS CASINO ROYALE SUCCESS
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/tarantino%20claims%20casino%20royale%20success_1025910
Legendary director Quentin Tarantino has claimed that producers stole his idea for the remake of Bond film Casino Royale.
Starring actor Daniel Craig, the latest 007 film proved a huge hit with fans and won acclaim for Craig, who many people first doubted had what it takes to play the suave secret agent.
Tarantino said he wanted to make a more gritty and less glamorous Bond film with previous Bond actor Pierce Brosnan but was told that it was unfilmable, the Mirror newspaper reports.
But just months later production began on Casino Royale, with the emphasis on a tougher Bond and his role as a killer.
"I resent that none of them gave me a shout-out that I'm the one got them making Casino Royale," he said.
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is also said to have put forward Tarntino's name to 007 bosses.
Tarantino claims: "They told him, 'We're afraid Quentin's going to make it too good and f*** the rest of the series'."
He has previously made no secret of his desire to be involved in a Bond film. "I've always wanted to do it," he admitted in 2004.
Tarantino rose to film after directing the cult films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill and has gone on to have a prolific career in Hollywood including numerous acting, writing and producing roles.
TARANTINO CLAIMS CASINO ROYALE SUCCESS
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/tarantino%20claims%20casino%20royale%20success_1025910
Legendary director Quentin Tarantino has claimed that producers stole his idea for the remake of Bond film Casino Royale.
Starring actor Daniel Craig, the latest 007 film proved a huge hit with fans and won acclaim for Craig, who many people first doubted had what it takes to play the suave secret agent.
Tarantino said he wanted to make a more gritty and less glamorous Bond film with previous Bond actor Pierce Brosnan but was told that it was unfilmable, the Mirror newspaper reports.
But just months later production began on Casino Royale, with the emphasis on a tougher Bond and his role as a killer.
"I resent that none of them gave me a shout-out that I'm the one got them making Casino Royale," he said.
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is also said to have put forward Tarntino's name to 007 bosses.
Tarantino claims: "They told him, 'We're afraid Quentin's going to make it too good and f*** the rest of the series'."
He has previously made no secret of his desire to be involved in a Bond film. "I've always wanted to do it," he admitted in 2004.
Tarantino rose to film after directing the cult films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill and has gone on to have a prolific career in Hollywood including numerous acting, writing and producing roles.
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I can't believe this guy's ego. He has made one good film (Pulp Fiction) in his career, and since then he's believed that he owns Hollywood.
And really, how can the 007 Producers steal their own idea? They've always wanted to own the rights to Casino Royale, and have been planning a 'Bond Begins' style film since the mid 80's. So now the opportunity arose where they could actually do both things in one film, and they did it.
So Mr Tarantino, how is this stealing your idea?
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I like everything Tarantino's done (Kill Bill is a blast, as is Reservoir Dogs), though he does rather wallow in being '70s Derivative...
He's a talented director, but I can't help doubt if he could ever summon the restraint necessary to do a producer-driven work such as Bond.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I like his stuff too. I am the proud owner of a Marvin Nash action figure, Duct-taped to a chair, sans ear. Movies about deviant behavior in urban settings continue to be guilty pleasures for me. Did you see Four Rooms?
Back to topic, I think Tarantino could hold up his own against that magnificent genius, Martin Campbell.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Mr. McClory, I mean Mr. Tarantino, needs to get off his high horse.
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It was probably more like, "We're afraid Quentin's going to load it up with cameos from has-been '70s actors, dialogue laden with pop culture references and racist language, and action scenes derived from Hong Kong and f*** the rest of the series."
He has previously made no secret of his desire to be involved in a Bond film. "I've always wanted to do it," he admitted in 2004.
--is true, as I recall (and the general background stuff, natch). The rest just screams, we made this up to sell papers. Twaddle.
That's my favorite scene, from Tim Roth's over-extended trepidations...to the first flick
Heck, Steven Spielberg and James Cameron wanted a crack at Bond, too. Tarantno needs to get in line if he's got any complaints.
You got that right, Hardy. I like Tarantino, up to a point. Pulp Fiction was terrific. And his other movies are very watchable, they just don't add up to much for me. He's kind of a Johnny-one-note. I get tired of the endless homages to other movies and genres. Other directors do that, too, of course. But while Martin Scorsese might steal a shot from John Ford now and then just to show us he's seen -- and memorized -- every movie ever made, he also makes films that have discernable themes. They're "about" something. Tarantino hasn't. Startling images, yes -- but that's not enough for me. I understand his next one will be his bloodiest yet. Not exactly a stretch though, is it?
BTW, I'm considering suing Steven Spielberg. It was my idea to have Liam Neeson play Abraham Lincoln (in their upcoming film) and I am yet to receive either a thankyou or a cheque. X-(
Then Tarantino emerged to say he was hopeing to acquire the rights and do a Bond movie. A bit cheeky, and it came to nothing, but he showed a lot more keenness than Wilson did to do it. He had a fanboy's enthusiasm.
Later after some disappointing Brosnan flicks and the limbo after DAD, it emerged that Brosnan was in talks with Tarantino about doing CR, only set after OHMSS. It all seemed a bit odd, as the novice notion of Bond would be gone. It drew a blank from EON, though I was annoyed that they would pick hacks like Tamorahi and give QT the cold shoulder. I love his stuff in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, though I reckon his CR would have been more like Kill Bill Vol 2, a bit atmospheric and talky. And timeless, mind.
Brozzer got blown out, then it was news that they were pressing ahead with CR without him or QT. I doubt the eventual film owes much to QT's version. Maybe his enthusiasm woke Wilson up to the novel's virtues, and how he could combine it with the coming-of-age flick he always wanted to do.
I prefer QT to Campbell, but why QT has a crush on Bond I don't know, he's above all that. Pulp Fiction is a classic, no recent Bond stuff is imo.
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That's a good point- it probably would have. I rather like the idea of a stylised, timeless Bond- a sort of retro story set today. But I also like what we got, so it's tricky. I suppose a film which does both rather nicely is Ocean's 11: it's set today and doesn't ignore today's issues, but still looks and feels rather 50s/60's.
That's a possibility, yes. He certainly was enthusiastic. It's hard to say, of course- Eon could just have changed their mind on their own, plus it was the last novel left and they'd only just got the rights. Plus QT wasn't the first to show an interest- I'm sure Dalton has been on record as being keen to do it, and there was the attempted stageplay version they canned.
I think he's very good (looking forward to Grindhouse too!) but it's hard to be seen as one of the all-time greats when all of your work feeds off other directors and past works so directly. He's nearly always doing homages rather than totally original works.
If Liam Neeson as Lincoln was your idea, congratulations -- I think it's brilliant casting and Spielberg does indeed owe you a check. But he owes me the movie. I've read the Doris Kearn Goodwin book it's supposed to be partially based on, and now I want to see it onscreen. Sam Waterston was brilliant in a TV adaptation of Gore Vidal's Lincoln, but he was just plain too short to play a guy who was famously tall. Neeson won't have that problem. Although Michael Gambon played LBJ brilliantly in Path to War, and he's considerably shorter than Johnson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5L4vvNpvYw
Again, another "homage" to the bottom of the bill at a triple feature. Quentin apparently went to the drive-in to watch the movies
I have to say that the gal with the assault rifle, or whatever it is, for a leg made me chuckle. But, as you suggest, JD, there doesn't seem much to be much "heart" in Tarantino's films, and Grindstone doesn't seem to be an exception. Not content to mimic B films' content, he now apes their form as well.
BTW, I am a huge fan of Doris Kearn Goodwin. I used to love watching her on Meet The Press and Today, until she was found to have plagiarized a book.
The girl with the gun leg is from Rodriguez's film, but otherwise I agree; when you're a mimic you can't really be an all-time great.
Anyhow, PF is an adrenalin blast. What's wrong with that?
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Yeah; that's a fair point; you're right. He's not a mimic, but I'd say his work is dependant on others to such a large degree that it's hard to call him totally original. I think the spin he gives it is original and recognisable, yes.
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I'd consider this before hammering Tarantino. Interesting how a story like this suddenly came up now that he's about to promote his new movie....