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Al Pacino to play Joe Paterno in HBO biopic

Maybe DL fave Meredith Baxter can play Dottie Sandusky!

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by Anonymousreply 34April 1, 2018 3:21 PM

Will any "name" actor play Joe Sandusky? That would take giant balls of steel.

by Anonymousreply 1June 7, 2017 1:44 AM

Here's your Dottie & Jerry

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by Anonymousreply 2June 7, 2017 2:30 AM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 3June 7, 2017 10:04 PM

They are holding a casting call right now! Come on, we need some dataloungers in this thing:

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by Anonymousreply 4June 16, 2017 12:01 AM

Bet y'all didn't know Mnuchin who's a cabinet secretary for Trump is producing this movie.

by Anonymousreply 5July 31, 2017 4:56 PM

^ Now that he's out of a job, he can focus on producing

by Anonymousreply 6July 31, 2017 8:07 PM

Who's going to play the teens in the shower?

by Anonymousreply 7July 31, 2017 8:16 PM

r7, I'm twinky enough to pass for a teen

by Anonymousreply 8August 1, 2017 1:16 AM

Finally, a comeback role for Jeffrey Jones!

by Anonymousreply 9August 1, 2017 1:22 AM

bumping

by Anonymousreply 10August 1, 2017 9:08 PM

Trailer.

Premieres Saturday, April 7 on HBO.

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by Anonymousreply 11February 23, 2018 11:49 PM

So I guess it's too late to cast Kevin Spacey as Jerry Sandusky?!

by Anonymousreply 12February 24, 2018 12:23 AM

It's way too soon to make a movie about this awful situation. It's simply exploitation to make money off it. Hollyweird strikes again.

by Anonymousreply 13February 24, 2018 12:31 AM

Actually, I think it looks good; Penn State is a weird culture - like a cult - this film seems to have captured that.

by Anonymousreply 14February 24, 2018 12:37 AM

"It's way too soon to make a movie about this awful situation. It's simply exploitation to make money off it."

It's been over 6 years since the scandal broke, and there have been plenty of movies and tv movies about real life crimes.....why is this one unacceptable, but not the others?

by Anonymousreply 15February 24, 2018 2:03 AM

Ftuifff

by Anonymousreply 16February 25, 2018 12:33 AM

It's airing next Saturday - is anyone here gonna watch?

by Anonymousreply 17March 31, 2018 2:31 PM

I bet it'll be good. This is about Paterno and Pacino is perfect casting. I've got to say, when people pose that silly question about which guy is the better actor between De Niro and Pacino, Al seems to do the most interesting work. Considering he is in his 70's now I think he's pretty damned remarkable.

by Anonymousreply 18March 31, 2018 2:34 PM

Who is Joe Sandusky, r1?

by Anonymousreply 19March 31, 2018 2:35 PM

Excuse me, r6?

by Anonymousreply 20March 31, 2018 2:37 PM

gawd, old al can barely make it thru a scene without oxygen....

he so dilapidated....sad

by Anonymousreply 21March 31, 2018 2:38 PM

R21, I worked with him!

by Anonymousreply 22March 31, 2018 2:46 PM

Jim Johnson, a character actor I'm not familiar with, is playing Jerry Sandusky and damn if he doesn't look just like him.. Made the hair on my neck stand on end. I wonder if he comes out of a theater background because his IMDB resume is very slender. Lot of TV work

by Anonymousreply 23March 31, 2018 2:46 PM

He does look a lot like him

by Anonymousreply 24March 31, 2018 2:54 PM

R13 - way too soon to make a movie? I'd say the subject became fair game when George Mitchell declared Penn State cured and the NCAA rolled back the sanctions.

by Anonymousreply 25March 31, 2018 3:30 PM

The trailer looks good

by Anonymousreply 26April 1, 2018 12:25 AM

It'll be interesting to see how they handle Paterno . I mean how mmuch did he know, what did he suspect, and how did he reconcile all that.

by Anonymousreply 27April 1, 2018 4:19 AM

R27 - those questions have been answered. It would be a rewriting of history to even suggest he didn't know.

by Anonymousreply 28April 1, 2018 1:55 PM

sorry wrong thread.

by Anonymousreply 29April 1, 2018 2:12 PM

Pacino employed Lucia Sola, mum of pal Leo Di Caprio 's rumoured current Beard Cami Morrone, as his Beard lol

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by Anonymousreply 30April 1, 2018 2:17 PM

If only Leslie Nielsen was still alive to play Joe Sandusky they look pretty similar.

by Anonymousreply 31April 1, 2018 2:33 PM

Spacey could have played Sandusky brilliantly. Missed opportunity for his comeback role.

by Anonymousreply 32April 1, 2018 3:16 PM

Why didn’t they ask me to direct the shower scenes? I have experience.

by Anonymousreply 33April 1, 2018 3:18 PM

They should have asked me to play Sandusky! I have experience.

by Anonymousreply 34April 1, 2018 3:21 PM
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