-----Original Message----- From: Craig Larson <
CLarson@nhcc.edu> Sent: Jan 5, 2005 10:46 AM To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS:
Stephen Hunter
I know I'm coming to this quite a bit after the fact, but
there's an interesting bit in Terrill Lankford's _Earthquake
Weather_ where his protagonist, a "creative executive," gets
his hands on an advance copy of a Stephen Hunter novel and
thinks how great a movie it could be before regretting that
it could never happen because a studio would want to
re-jigger it so that some young hotshot could play a part
meant for a mature actor. Sounds almost exactly like Vince's
Keanu Reeves anecdote.
Craig Larson
Very good catch, Craig. I'm friends with Hunter, so I've been
tracking the various attempts at bringing POINT OF IMPACT to
the big screen for many years. For awhile it was a
Redford/Pollack film, then that fell out and Friedkin got
hold of it and any number of actors were attached. Many years
ago it was "fast tracked" with Keanu Reeves to become a much
younger Bob Swagger. We referred to this event as "The Keanu
Incident." Luckily, that deal eventually imploded as
well.
I recently watched Friedkin's "THE HUNTED" which he made in
the time slot originally slated for POI. It's POI lite. But
he lifted enough stuff from POI to insure he'll never get
near that material again. There's a great movie to be made
out of POI. I doubt this town could find it with both
hands.
TL
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