Bill: In addition to the two written by Bertolucci with
Marlyn Goldin, I know about the Jim Bridges version, a script
by Neil Jordan, a Westlake version after he wrote The
Grifters, one done by I don't know what screenwriter with
Volker Schlondorff, and a couple of passes by writer/director
Larry Bishop (who is, incidentally, Joey Bishop's son). But
I'll bet there are at least another half dozen that Grimaldi
paid for over the years.
The first Bertolucci script was always my
favorite. Perfect tone between the characters. GReat sense of
the place and the importance of Poisonville in moving the
story along. Perfect pitch in getting all the factions at war
with each other. Extraordinary agility in moving through the
film as the lines of power shifted. None of the others came
close, not even his second screenplay -- more a rewrite than
a new script. Neil Jordan's was excellent also, but not quite
right in getting the tone of that era and that extraordinary
place. Larry Bishop's were ... I don't know ... the best word
to describe his take is "odd." Schlondorff, whose Tin Drum
was utterly remarkable, had a great take on the picture also
but he was un-financable in Hollywood.
--steve kesten
> Do we know whether a screenplay was written for this
abandoned
> project? I'm interested in quality screenplays, even
for films that
> never get made.
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