Bonded At The Hip

Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere to HBO publicists (sent today): I’m looking to jump in on any press events, junket interviews, DVD screeners or screenings that will allow me to full savor David Mamet‘s Phil Spector (HB), 3.24). I’ve been all over Phil Spector since ’09 and am a huge fan of Vikram Jayanti‘s The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector, which Mamet has said was an inspiration for his script. So please send me a screener or invite me to whatever press gatherings or you-name-it. Thanks.

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  • http://twitter.com/jessecrall Jesse Crall

    I’d be groveling to see this as well. Great tagline amongst other encouraging elements.

  • http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

    Wonder can Mamet still deliver the goods despite turning into a right wing, pally with Glenn Beck and supportive of Sarah Palin CLOWN?

    • robert jenks

      yeah, because not sharing your gimme-gimme politics is really the gold standard for creativity.

      • http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch

        It’s not a question of politics; getting pally with a moronic huckster like Glenn Beck isn’t a sign of conservatism, it’s a sign of senility at best. I’ve nothing against intelligent conservatism, but Mamet’s late conversion has all the hallmarks of a mid-life mental collapse rather a reasoned change of heart. Even Christopher Hitchens, who’d swung pretty far to the right himself, thought Mamet’s conservatism was absurd and dumb.

  • Raising_Kaned

    Thom Phoolery says…

    Can’t wait to see Al as Don and Helen as Melanie.

  • Bobby Cooper

    Wigs aside, Pacino should have stipulated in his contract a to-scale coke nose prosthesis. To use Mamet’s own tough guy dialogue: “Make it look real. You gotta make it look real.”

  • Mr M

    Who are these actors? Thank god they put their names above their heads.

    Oh wait.

    New movie marketing law: 3 or fewer people on the poster with their faces clearly visible get their names above their RESPECTIVE heads regardless of billing. Nobody gives a shit if Pacino’s name is listed to the right of Mirren’s on the poster. It looks 10,000x dumber with “Helen Mirren” tangled in Pacino’s hair.

  • Trimmer

    It’s playing at LACMA in a week. Mamet will be there for a Q&A.

  • http://www.facebook.com/corey3rd Joe Corey

    Pacino looks like Paul Stanley of Kiss.