Well, I thought I saw this somewhere on the board, but now I cannot find it again...so if this is the wrong spot to post this please forgive me.

I have a favorite book that I think would make a GREAT movie and the perfect role for Vincent to play. The book is called "Swan Song" by Robert R. McCammon. It is a bit of a thriller / world war three thing. It is a bit long, over 900 pages in the paperback, so it would be hard to explain the whole thing. But the main hero of the story is a little girl called Swan. There is a lot of details about what happens after the bombs explode and several side stories bringing all the characters together. Not too far into the story Swan getas a protector, a man named Josh Hutchins. He is described as a very tall man (he actually gets asked "how's the weather up there"), good with the little girl and protectove of her. In the book he is black, but with a bit of writers reworking the details of that, Vincent would be great for the role. It is a story about good and evil and I think it would be a challenging character for him to play. Has anyone else read it...? What would you think if you have?
Kim

I'll have to look for that book - it sounds very VDO'esque.

I watched Mary Riley the other night with Julia Roberts and John Malkovich - and after considering your question - I think I'd like to see VDO as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. A chance to play good & evil at the same time - he would be amazing.

That sounds like something he'd like to play. I haven't seen this book. Is it available in bookstores or is it an older book from a library?

My husband?

I don't think so! You're married!

i havent heard of that book kim...but it sounds good:)

I came across this thread this morning , and thought, why not.
I also have an idea for a movie, from a book, with Vincent in it. It would be a Civil War era movie, with emphasis on the border wars.
I am from Osceola, a small town in Mo.,built on the banks of the Osage river. This town was burned to the ground in Sept. 1861 by Jim Lane. It was the equivalent of the burning of Lawrence, Kansas by William Clarke Quantrill. Books and movies have been done about the Lawrence burning, but none, to my knowledge, of Osceola.
One of our local citizens has written a book about this incident. " Richard S. Sunderwirth"
I guess Richard is no literary giant, but he worked hard on this book. He did a great deal of research.
One of the most interesting aspects, to me, of his book, are the many side stories of the characters and incidents of our town. Amusing and otherwise. A good script writer could incorporate these stories and characters, possibly using some poetic license on time lines and etc.
In my mind I see Vincent in a good, strong, gritty character role, whether it be a good or bad character. He is such a versitile actor, one of my favorites. "Pooh Bear", is one of my favorite roles he has done. I love what he did with that character. He could play the violent, unbalanced, paranoid Jim Lane, who commited suicide after the war, or any number of characters. Maybe star,produce and direct. That would be nice.
One story is of an old, square, grand piano. It was delivered to the Lewis family in 1859. This piano miraculously escaped being burned. It is still existence today, in the home of the original owners great, great grandson. I have seen this piano. It is a beautiful instrument. It has been restored and still plays, in tune.
We had a state senator here at that time. Waldo P. Johnson. His desendants are still here. There are funny stories in the book, such as "Old Blue the Catfish", and others.
In my mind, I see the story unfolding around the arrival of the piano, by river barge and then ox cart. Getting the audience involved and interested in the lives of the townspeople before the burning of the town. Then comes the burning. People fled the town. One pregnant woman traveled all the to Tx. in a wagon. There were 9 men executed that day on the square.
My brother has done extra work in movies, with his horses, wagons and buggies. He has had a few lines. He sang a song with Bob Duvall, but it ended up on the cutting room floor. He says no hollywood liberals would do a movie sympathetic to the southern cause. He is a conservative. Well, I am a liberal and I think it is a story worth telling. Liberals are fair minded people.
I have no idea how one would go about getting a movie made, large screen or TV, and I don't think Richard does either. My brother says you need to find a producer. I know Richard would like to see a movie made from his book.
The setting is here. Beautiful scenery and some circa 1800 homes. My brother built an authentic, circa 1700 to 1800 cabin. I am not really sure why. We have trouble getting him to live in the 21st century. It is a very nice cabin. It took him 7 years to build it.
If anyone reads this , they will think, oh no, another Civil War movie, but I can't think of a movie with southern sympathies since, "Gone With The Wind".
These people suffered too. It seems the losing side in any war always pays the higher price.

The name of the books is: "The Burning Of Osceola, Mo." by "Richard S. Sunderwirth"
I see the movie being called "The Old Piano". I have gone on way to long and this probably isn't even the proper place for this, but I was hoping for an opinion or idea from someone. When I ran across this thread,I thought, I'll just throw this out there.
If anyone is interested in looking at the book, I can obtain a copy, or one can be purchased through www harolds bookstore.com. For more info on the burning just enter The Burning of Osceola,Mo 1861 and several websites will come up.

I came across this thread this morning , and thought, why not.
I also have an idea for a movie, from a book, with Vincent in it. It would be a Civil War era movie, with emphasis on the border wars.
I am from Osceola, a small town in Mo.,built on the banks of the Osage river. This town was burned to the ground in Sept. 1861 by Jim Lane. It was the equivalent of the burning of Lawrence, Kansas by William Clarke Quantrill. Books and movies have been done about the Lawrence burning, but none, to my knowledge, of Osceola.
One of our local citizens has written a book about this incident. " Richard S. Sunderwirth"
I guess Richard is no literary giant, but he worked hard on this book. He did a great deal of research.
One of the most interesting aspects, to me, of his book, are the many side stories of the characters and incidents of our town. Amusing and otherwise. A good script writer could incorporate these stories and characters, possibly using some poetic license on time lines and etc.
In my mind I see Vincent in a good, strong, gritty character role, whether it be a good or bad character. He is such a versitile actor, one of my favorites. "Pooh Bear", is one of my favorite roles he has done. I love what he did with that character. He could play the violent, unbalanced, paranoid Jim Lane, who commited suicide after the war, or any number of characters. Maybe star,produce and direct. That would be nice.
One story is of an old, square, grand piano. It was delivered to the Lewis family in 1859. This piano miraculously escaped being burned. It is still existence today, in the home of the original owners great, great grandson. I have seen this piano. It is a beautiful instrument. It has been restored and still plays, in tune.
We had a state senator here at that time. Waldo P. Johnson. His desendants are still here. There are funny stories in the book, such as "Old Blue the Catfish", and others.
In my mind, I see the story unfolding around the arrival of the piano, by river barge and then ox cart. Getting the audience involved and interested in the lives of the townspeople before the burning of the town. Then comes the burning. People fled the town. One pregnant woman traveled all the to Tx. in a wagon. There were 9 men executed that day on the square.
My brother has done extra work in movies, with his horses, wagons and buggies. He has had a few lines. He sang a song with Bob Duvall, but it ended up on the cutting room floor. He says no hollywood liberals would do a movie sympathetic to the southern cause. He is a conservative. Well, I am a liberal and I think it is a story worth telling. Liberals are fair minded people.
I have no idea how one would go about getting a movie made, large screen or TV, and I don't think Richard does either. My brother says you need to find a producer. I know Richard would like to see a movie made from his book.
The setting is here. Beautiful scenery and some circa 1800 homes. My brother built an authentic, circa 1700 to 1800 cabin. I am not really sure why. We have trouble getting him to live in the 21st century. It is a very nice cabin. It took him 7 years to build it.
If anyone reads this , they will think, oh no, another Civil War movie, but I can't think of a movie with southern sympathies since, "Gone With The Wind".
These people suffered too. It seems the losing side in any war always pays the higher price.

The name of the books is: "The Burning Of Osceola, Mo." by "Richard S. Sunderwirth"
I see the movie being called "The Old Piano". I have gone on way to long and this probably isn't even the proper place for this, but I was hoping for an opinion or idea from someone. When I ran across this thread,I thought, I'll just throw this out there.
If anyone is interested in looking at the book, I can obtain a copy, or one can be purchased through www harolds bookstore.com. For more info on the burning just enter The Burning of Osceola,Mo 1861 and several websites will come up.

I came across this thread this morning , and thought, why not.
I also have an idea for a movie, from a book, with Vincent in it. It would be a Civil War era movie, with emphasis on the border wars.
I am from Osceola, a small town in Mo.,built on the banks of the Osage river. This town was burned to the ground in Sept. 1861 by Jim Lane. It was the equivalent of the burning of Lawrence, Kansas by William Clarke Quantrill. Books and movies have been done about the Lawrence burning, but none, to my knowledge, of Osceola.
One of our local citizens has written a book about this incident. " Richard S. Sunderwirth"
I guess Richard is no literary giant, but he worked hard on this book. He did a great deal of research.
One of the most interesting aspects, to me, of his book, are the many side stories of the characters and incidents of our town. Amusing and otherwise. A good script writer could incorporate these stories and characters, possibly using some poetic license on time lines and etc.
In my mind I see Vincent in a good, strong, gritty character role, whether it be a good or bad character. He is such a versitile actor, one of my favorites. "Pooh Bear", is one of my favorite roles he has done. I love what he did with that character. He could play the violent, unbalanced, paranoid Jim Lane, who commited suicide after the war, or any number of characters. Maybe star,produce and direct. That would be nice.
One story is of an old, square, grand piano. It was delivered to the Lewis family in 1859. This piano miraculously escaped being burned. It is still existence today, in the home of the original owners great, great grandson. I have seen this piano. It is a beautiful instrument. It has been restored and still plays, in tune.
We had a state senator here at that time. Waldo P. Johnson. His desendants are still here. There are funny stories in the book, such as "Old Blue the Catfish", and others.
In my mind, I see the story unfolding around the arrival of the piano, by river barge and then ox cart. Getting the audience involved and interested in the lives of the townspeople before the burning of the town. Then comes the burning. People fled the town. One pregnant woman traveled all the to Tx. in a wagon. There were 9 men executed that day on the square.
My brother has done extra work in movies, with his horses, wagons and buggies. He has had a few lines. He sang a song with Bob Duvall, but it ended up on the cutting room floor. He says no hollywood liberals would do a movie sympathetic to the southern cause. He is a conservative. Well, I am a liberal and I think it is a story worth telling. Liberals are fair minded people.
I have no idea how one would go about getting a movie made, large screen or TV, and I don't think Richard does either. My brother says you need to find a producer. I know Richard would like to see a movie made from his book.
The setting is here. Beautiful scenery and some circa 1800 homes. My brother built an authentic, circa 1700 to 1800 cabin. I am not really sure why. We have trouble getting him to live in the 21st century. It is a very nice cabin. It took him 7 years to build it.
If anyone reads this , they will think, oh no, another Civil War movie, but I can't think of a movie with southern sympathies since, "Gone With The Wind".
These people suffered too. It seems the losing side in any war always pays the higher price.

The name of the books is: "The Burning Of Osceola, Mo." by "Richard S. Sunderwirth"
I see the movie being called "The Old Piano". I have gone on way to long and this probably isn't even the proper place for this, but I was hoping for an opinion or idea from someone. When I ran across this thread,I thought, I'll just throw this out there.
If anyone is interested in looking at the book, I can obtain a copy, or one can be purchased through www harolds bookstore.com. For more info on the burning just enter The Burning of Osceola,Mo 1861 and several websites will come up.

Very interesting story, lenore! It sounds like something VDO would do well in! (Not that I can think of much he WOULDN'T do well in. ;-)

[size=4][color=#9932cc]this is just a thought but maybe in a remake of one flew over the coocoo's nest .he can play the jack nickelsons part or maybe playing lenny in of mice and men

The only reason I am posting is because I am getting ready to post some, what I hope will be interesting pics. I don't want this thread to fall off of page 4 before I get it done. I should get it done this weekend. Hope you all enjoy them.

[size=4][color=#9932cc]this is just a thought but maybe in a remake of one flew over the coocoo's nest .he can play the jack nickelsons part or maybe playing lenny in of mice and men

I believe he is credited with playing In a play of Of Mice and Men...so he would be familiar with the characters and the roles.

If they ever made a movie of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" He'd could play the dad.

There is a character in my favorite book series by Dee Henderson named Marcus that VDO would rock at. The book series is called the "O'Malley Series" and it is about a group of 7 people who grew up in the same children's home and decided when they became adults become a family, so they took the last name O'Malley. Marcus is the oldest and the family protector. He is a US Marshall and his book starts off with a murder and he has to protect the witness. (Each book is focused on one of the siblings, but all seven are in each book. All the siblings have similar jobs - one is a forensic pathologist, one is a cop, one is a fireman, etc.) Marcus is the one that all the others turn to for love, support, and guidance. Whenever they show VDO in a suit with the trenchcoat and sunglasses, I totally picture him as Marcus.

There is a character in my favorite book series by Dee Henderson named Marcus that VDO would rock at. The book series is called the "O'Malley Series" and it is about a group of 7 people who grew up in the same children's home and decided when they became adults become a family, so they took the last name O'Malley. Marcus is the oldest and the family protector. He is a US Marshall and his book starts off with a murder and he has to protect the witness. (Each book is focused on one of the siblings, but all seven are in each book. All the siblings have similar jobs - one is a forensic pathologist, one is a cop, one is a fireman, etc.) Marcus is the one that all the others turn to for love, support, and guidance. Whenever they show VDO in a suit with the trenchcoat and sunglasses, I totally picture him as Marcus.

That was a good book and he would be great in that role!

There is a character in my favorite book series by Dee Henderson named Marcus that VDO would rock at. The book series is called the "O'Malley Series" and it is about a group of 7 people who grew up in the same children's home and decided when they became adults become a family, so they took the last name O'Malley. Marcus is the oldest and the family protector. He is a US Marshall and his book starts off with a murder and he has to protect the witness. (Each book is focused on one of the siblings, but all seven are in each book. All the siblings have similar jobs - one is a forensic pathologist, one is a cop, one is a fireman, etc.) Marcus is the one that all the others turn to for love, support, and guidance. Whenever they show VDO in a suit with the trenchcoat and sunglasses, I totally picture him as Marcus.

They are making The Road into a movie. I LOVED LOVED LOVED that book. Such an intense read and written SO beautifully. I think MacCarthy is one of the best novelists we have today. I agree, D'Onofrio would be tremendous as "Dad". The one scene where he has the son practice shooting himself in the head to avoid, rape and canabalism was so hard to read. And the father never loses faith in his son, he loves him dearly. Oh, and the scene where they find the half eaten "people" in the basement and the father has to explain to the son that they can't free them... Can't you just see D'Onofrio acting out that scene wonderfully?

Yeh he would make a great Santa Claus. I am sure he likes kids a lot. I think his father has snow white hair so VDO probably will too in a few years. I think he has been losing wt lately. He gains and loses so much for movie roles it's hard to keep up.

I'll have to look for that book - it sounds very VDO'esque.

I watched Mary Riley the other night with Julia Roberts and John Malkovich - and after considering your question - I think I'd like to see VDO as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. A chance to play good & evil at the same time - he would be amazing.

I believe he is credited with playing In a play of Of Mice and Men...so he would be familiar with the characters and the roles.

I like the white hair thing for sure. Yeah in Tasha's pictures he looks like he has lost weight to me, of course I will take him either way shape or form.

Yeh me too.
Did you look at my pics with my idea for a movie Chestilaroo? I know it's awkward to have to scroll across but I worked so hard on them and I don't think anyone is looking at them.

I did. Cute photos! I like the country, the clean air, the antique stuff... I live in the coast (far from the sea) in the middle of the chaos, the noise and the contamination...

BOT I'd love to see VDO playing that role! Actually I'd watch him playing any role!

icl

Yeh me too.
Did you look at my pics with my idea for a movie Chestilaroo? I know it's awkward to have to scroll across but I worked so hard on them and I don't think anyone is looking at them.

I know I am definitely not tired of these pics I actually very much enjoy them I think they look very nice and interesting especially as a setting for a film, the idea behind the pictures is amazing.

Thanks Chesti: Sometimes the last 3or4 pics are x'd out but you can bring them back by rt clicking on the x, then left click on show picture. I don't know why this happens. I see it thru out the board.
I am going to ask your opinion about my proposal for a movie. If I did more work on this and as much as I would hate it, a little less VDO, and just a good character actor, although I really do think he is one of the best. Do you think this is worthy enough to present, along with Richard's book to some production companies and producers. I haven't shown this to my brother or Richard yet, for fear of being laughed at. I did mention to both of them that I had done something. Richard was excited. Rickey, my brother, seemed interested. I asked Rickey, the other day, if he had ever considered offering up his property as a set for a movie. As is his nature he started listing the problems. Such as housing the many people it takes to make a movie and it takes more than one set and etc. Then he started coming up with solutions, so I think he has given it some thought. He has a couple 100 acres that are not bringing in any return. I know for a certainty Richard wants a movie from his book. What to do. Risk ridicule and show them what I did or just let it go.
I tried to find out from The Vault the other day about the western VDO is supposed to direct in Utah but so far, no reply. I hope for you that it happens. Probably should have put this in a PM but oh well.

I know I can't wait to hear about Utah that would be great. I think you should definitely bring it up...I say take the chance even if it is a little less VDO sad to say but yes. I myself have stories I would love to do and have presented to production companies but they are not near as good as what you have presented here and that is just the basics of your story I would love to find out more in depth about it. In my opinion I say risk ridicule because I don't think there will be much of it. I know for sure this is something that I personally am interested in hearing more about its well worth it and you will never know until you try.

Just the encouragement I needed. This area where I live is just loaded with history. There are gun emplacements, where General Sterling Price and his men camped during the war, on my brothers property. He can give a days tour of trenches in the area and etc. When Rickey was younger he had big plans for here but now, I am sorry to say, the family didn't encourage him the way we should have. He did build his cabin and did other things. He has pretty much stopped the movies since getting older. Falling off of horses and such is more difficult now. He still does the re-enactments. They are not as demanding.
If you have ideas for movies you need to put them to pen. I guess one never knows what might strike an interest from one of the powers that be. They get their ideas from somewhere. They could pick up something, at just the right moment, and bwala it strikes a chord.

Oh good I am glad I could be of some help because really I think it is absolutely amazing I really want to hear more about the ideas you have seriously. History is great and if you have it to your advantage I think it would be great to use. I would love to see one of the re-enactments I have always wanted to. Thats too bad that he has stopped the movies since getting older but I guess it would be understandable it does seem that he has made huge accomplishments tho just from what I've seen I am already hooked to the idea.

I have written a few stories of my own my only problem is after I write them I don't really share the ideas I have due to the fear that it won't strike people's fancy that and I have no idea what to do with them once I'm finished, but you, I think you are on to something for sure you have certainly struck my fancy!

I'll get busy on this and see what I can come up with.
I would love to hear one of your stories. I am no writer, just have ideas for stories but the stories have to pretty much already be there. What I did here is fascinating to me because they are true happenings. Why don't you post one of your stories or ideas. Put VDO in it and you can post it here. Some of the forum members post entire scripts on the cifan fiction thread that are pretty amazing.

You live in such a beautiful place lenore. The book you mention sounds like it would make a great mini series.