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8111	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 12:15 AM This is kinda trivial, but I'm sort of a closet fan movies that portray the stories of musicians, I can't help but watch them. Yesterday at work I caught part of one about the Osmonds and I hate to admit it but I would have sat and watched the whole thing if I had time. Some I have seen include: La Bamba (Ritchie Valenz) Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis) Selena Hysteria (Def Leppard) Walk The Line (Johnny Cash) Coal Miners' Daughter I saw part of the Buddy Holly one and part of one about The Jacksons and another about Hank Williams, what are some others?
Dexter	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 12:23 AM I know of Grace Of My Heart which was very loosely based on the character of Carole King. Does that count? Great performance by Illeana Douglas and an excellent soundtrack! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116442/
miraclemaker	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 12:41 AM The Rose - story based on Janis Joplin's life
zedsalt	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 4:10 AM Amadeus The Doors The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle Hedwig and the Angry Inch A Mighty Wind Phantom of the Paradise Sid and Nancy This is Spinal Tap
tsand20175	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:01 AM well I'm not a fan of Docu-dramas but I'm a big fan of actual documentaries about musicians. PBS has an excellent series called "American Masters". So far I've seen Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Les Paul, Ella Fitzgerald, Mile Davis and many others. Excellent show.
leflaw	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 10:40 AM "Bird" with Forrest Whittaker was great. "Benny Goodman story" with Steve Allen was kind of neat ( I think Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton were in it) Also, "Backbeat" with Steven Dorff ( Stuart Sutcliffe/Beatles story). DONT MISS "THE RED VIOIN"!!!!!!
leflaw	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 10:40 AM uh Red Violin
Electronicla...	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 11:05 AM I've seen the Red Violin, brilliant film, I loved the way it was passed on through the ages, still on my hard drive. Another good one is Hilary and Jackie about a Cellist. Then of course the film Shine about a pianist who was so brilliant it sent him over the edge (Nervous Breakdown)
SimonWaldram	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 11:08 AM Bird and Backbeat are fantastic. There's also Control (Ian Curtis / Joy Division), I'm Not There (Bob Dylan) and Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday).
hate9wicket	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 11:50 AM Hmmn.. 24 Hour Party People was cool, about Tony Wilson and the Manchester Factory Records and Hacienda Club scene. Almost Famous could be considered a fictional retelling of true events. I've been meaning to see Control. I recall there being a tv series about early Elvis when I was a kid, but am foggy on details. There were also 3 movies, one w/ Kurt Russel, one mostly about Pricilla with Dale Midkiff, and one with Jonathan Ryes-Davies???
leflaw	Date: August 11, 2008 @ 12:01 PM heres an oddity. The Dreammakers with James Franciscus
zedsalt	Date: August 12, 2008 @ 3:26 AM A bud of mine recently let me borrow a couple late '50s early '60s (?) B movies about making it big in the music biz. I can't remember the titles offhand, something like "The Wild Bunch" and "Fast Guitar", packaged on one DVD. They were hilarious, cheeseball stuff. There's probably a whole subgenre of films like that.

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