Comments on: Top 9 Biographical Movies Based on Musicians Lives

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:35:29 +0000

All Great and Entertaining Movies, however, switch No.5, “Ray” around with No.1, “Walk The Line”. And also, don’t you think that No.2, “Amadeus” was a bit on the “Hollywoodish” side ? Salieri did not have any hatred for Mozart at all, if you read the history books, you will find that Salieri was a great admirer of Mozart (even though Salieri was 6 years older than Mozart) There is a book entitled “1791″, which is the year Mozart died and at in the back of the book is a list of every documented ailment that he suffered from going back to when he was a 5 year old. You will be astounded to read as to what illnesses he suffered from and survived. Simply put, he just didn’t take care of himself and was obviously overworked.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:50:26 +0000

Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

By: Starr Calo-oy

Starr Calo-oy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:51:46 +0000

Here is a complete list,but if you have any more, please let me know! I collect these!
Musician Biographical Movies
• Stand by Your Man- George Jones/Tammy Wynette
• The Temptations
• Walk the Line- Johnny Cash
• Coalminers Daughter- Loretta Lynn
• Beach Boys
• La Bamba- Ricky Valens
• Selena
• Buddy Holly Story
• What’s Love got to do with it?- Tina Turner
• Ray- Ray Charles
• The Pianist-
• Amadeus- Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• The Glen Miller Story- Jimmy Stuart
• Sweet Dreams- The Patsy Cline Story
• Great Balls of Fire- Jerry Lee Lewis
• Shine- Australian pianist David Helfgott
• The Doors
• Beyond the Sea- Kevin Spacey
• Janis Joplin
• Control- Ian Curtis of Joy Division.
• Sid & Nancy
• Bird
• Immortal Beloved
• Sweet & Lowdown- Sean Penn
• La Vie En Rose
• I’m not There- Cate Blanchart
• Elvis & Me
• Crossroads- Robert Johnson
• Lady Sings the Blues
• All That Jazz

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:22:18 +0000

To yo yo. You must remember that Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” is just one of those Orwellian stories and not about the life of the guys in Pink Floyd, however a movie about the founding member, Syd Barrett would be a good. But I stand behind you 100% for “The Doors” of course about the life of Jim Morrison

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:18:38 +0000

Tom : “Immortal Beloved”

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:15:26 +0000

What I find amazing about Gary Oldman is that he could portray Sid Vicious of the ***** Pistols’ in “Sid And Nancy” and then a few years later portray Ludwig Van Beethoven in “Immortal Beloved”. Talk about the flip of a coin !!!

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:10:48 +0000

In my opinion, this list should be at least the Top 50 ever made as their are so many great movies about the lives of musicians and composers

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:08:25 +0000

To Bex, I give you two thumbs up, and I mean WAY up for those two movies “Basquiat” and “Pollock”. Both such tragic lives and of course dying way too young. Did I hear correctly that Basquiat had an affair with Madonna ? And also for the record, Just a few months ago a Jackson Pollock went up for auction and fetched $160,000,000 which broke the record, but then again if that record has broken, I would not be surprised.

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:03:35 +0000

I would like to quote from a video / movie guide about an omission from this list that may be compelling to you. Its called VideoHound’s Golden Retriever Guide. The name of the movie : “Sid And Nancy”….The tragic, brutal true love story of the ***** Pistols’ Sid Vicious and American Groupie Nancy Spungen, from the director of “Repo-Man”, Alex Cox. Remarkable lead performances in a very dark story that manages to be funny at times. Depressing but engrossing, no appreciation of Punk Music or sympathy for the self-destructive way of life is required. Actor Gary Oldman (as Sid Vicious) and Chloe Webb (as Nancy Spungen are superb. Music by Joe Strummer, The Pogues, and Pray For Rain. Also, how could you ever, ever omit the movie “The Doors” about Jim Morrison starring Val Kilmer as the hopelessly alcohol and drug addled “Lizard King”. When the movie critic Gene Siskel was alive, he was quoted as saying that Kilmer’s performance of Morrison goes down as one of the greatest acting achievements every filmed. And one other, and that is “The Gene Krupa Story” starring Sal Mineo as Krupa

By: Bex

Bex — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:49:59 +0000

oh man what a GREAT list! idk if you have made one about movies of the lives of artists or not, but Basquiat & Pollock…two amaaazing films about the lives & times of the artists. jeffrey wright as Jean Michel Basquiat & David Bowie as Andy Warhol make that movie SHINE. & Ed Harris did a great job as Jackson Pollock. just thought id mention 2 films about painters in case anyone would be interested. Basquiat is my favorite movie EVER. the rest of the cast is SO amazing: dennis hopper, claire forlani, benecio del toro, courtney love, gary oldman, parker posey just to name a few. seriously, anyone who loves art..see Basquiat!!! xo!