# Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, and...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229 "2018-11-28T22:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Cindycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/101 "2019-02-24T15:19:46Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > How about something on Fleetwood Mac? Seems there must be some pretty good drama to be mined out of relatonships between the various band members. > > The title could be “Rumours” or “Landslide”. There needs to be a Fleetwood Mac film. That group has a more tumultuous history than Judy Garland (well, maybe…) I’ve been unimpressed with documentaries about the band. They’re dry and don’t personalize the members enough. ---
**Author:** ![Cindycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/102 "2019-02-24T15:22:29Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > I’d love to see biopics of REM and the B-52s. Surprised we haven’t seen one for Nirvana yet! Yay! An REM fan! Too bad the title “Man on the Moon” has been taken. Maybe “Try Not to Breathe” could be a title? ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/103 "2019-03-25T14:24:08Z")
…a Lou Reed biopic would be something. Lots of material there. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/104 "2019-03-25T14:44:16Z")
Can I toss in Billy Idol? I was actually a bit shocked at how interesting his autobiography was (thank you, Mr. Ghostwriter!). It was very readable, unlike recent books by some other music luminaries. ---
**Author:** ![road\_lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@road\_lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/road_lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/105 "2019-03-25T15:45:06Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Darby Crash from the Germs? Now you get to have Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Kim Fowley and other Hollywood/LA folks populating your movie as well. There is a film about Darby Crash/The Germs: What We Do Is Secret, 2007. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What\_We\_Do\_Is\_Secret\_(film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Do_Is_Secret_(film)) Also noteworthy from 2007 is a film about Joy Division, Control, directed by Anton Corbijn. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control\_(2007\_film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_(2007_film)) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/106 "2019-03-25T15:56:42Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > There was talk of a Brian Epstein biopic with Benedict Cumberbatch, but it seems to have come to nothing. That would have been a good story to tell in its own right. There was a (television) biopic of Cilla Black in which some of Brian Epstein’s personal travails were shown in a subplot. It’d be an interesting life story but not really a happy one. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > So, Bowie is too decent a person and too consistently successful in his career to warrant a Hollywood smear-job? Well, I’ll be leaving now, I’ve seen it all. > > Just kidding; thanks for the explanation. It seems solid. Gotta have a good story arc, otherwise you don’t have a movie. The “Urban Myths” series did an episode about Bowie meeting Marc Bolan back in 1964, with Luke Treadaway as Bowie (or rather David Jones as he was then), Jack Whitehall as Bolan and Adrian Edmondson as their obnoxious manager. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/107 "2019-03-26T03:12:13Z")
There is going to be a [Bowie biopic](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/johnny-flynn-play-david-bowie-biopic-stardust-1181578) in the near future. Whether it’s going to focus on his entire life or just the Ziggy Stardust period, I don’t know. (I also think maybe they ought to change the name to _Starman,_ so as not to mix it up with the _Stardust_ that was based on the Neil Gaiman novel.) Anyway, I’ve come across [this rather neat analysis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q3LEaK7_U&t=918s) of the music-biopic formula (one of the pitfalls is trying to fit a musician/band’s entire story into a single movie). Whether you agree with it or not, it’s an interesting watch. ---
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/108 "2019-03-27T15:53:08Z")
There was some talk about a Rolling Stones bio pic regarding their 71’ adventure of exiling themselves to France to record (naturally) “Exile on Main Street”. At one time, Harry Styles was talked about playing a young Jagger. This was maybe 2 years ago. I think the project has been scrapped for whatever reason. The Stones had plenty of larger than life drama from 68-77’. Lots to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229/109 "2019-03-27T16:09:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I want to see a movie about Ellen Foley, with emphasis on her relationship with Mick Jones (of The Clash) and her work with Meat Loaf. Onscreen would she be played by Karla DeVito and her white tanktop? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229.md?page=5)