Who Should Hollywood Make a Biographical Film About?

Which person, duo or group should Hollywood make a high quality biographical film(or documentary) about that has not already been made?

I'll start with one:

Charlie Pride=singer who broke the color barrier in country music. The Jackie Robinson of that field.

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Permalink Reply by mercurio3 on September 24, 2008 at 10:06am: They should do a biography movie of The Clintons with the Monica and all. But not an oversized drama.
I believe "W" is coming out soon... about George W. Bush. does anyone know when?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by macroman on September 24, 2008 at 5:40pm: The initial word was that W would be out in theatres Oct 17. Don't know if that's changed or not.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Signfire on February 6, 2009 at 9:03pm: "W" opened in "select theaters"... some people I know have already seen it. But when it will be released on DVD, I have no idea.

They seemed to have released the film only in "Blue" areas... you know, like on the election map... go figure!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Microwaved on September 24, 2008 at 10:10am: Al Jourgenson and Ministry.

This is a biography I would love to direct and we could start by jumping off of Chris Connelly's book Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried; My Life as a Revolting ....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by insideroom on September 24, 2008 at 10:47am: How about Cathay Williams / William Cathay...
She's a worthy of a biographical film (or documentary)...

http://www.buffalosoldier.net/CathayWilliamsFemaleBuffaloSoldierWit...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by janes'_kid on September 24, 2008 at 11:35am: Tinto Bass; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Microwaved on September 24, 2008 at 11:36am: Do you mean Tinto Brass? I'll second that one if so.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Peter on February 5, 2009 at 2:12pm: agreed; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sevorin on September 24, 2008 at 12:56pm: What a great idea for discussion!

The possibilities are really endless. EVERYONE has a life story worth telling if only you look closely enough. But if we confine ourselves only to more or less "famous" names, whose lives haven't yet -- so far as I know -- been done to death, I wouldn't mind seeing movies made about:

"MEZZ" MEZZROW - The white Jewish Chicagoan who played jazz with Louis Armstrong and insisted on being treated as a black man, even in prison.

ALCIBIADES - The fabulously handsome and capable military leader, womanizer, and adventurer of the days of Socrates.

STERLING HAYDEN - The movie actor, author, OSS agent.

HYPATIA - The pagan mathematician who was hated for her beauty, her intelligence, and her tolerance.

BENVENUTO CELLINI - The Renaissance artist, metal worker, and impossibly excessive personality.

TOM NEAL - The Harvard-educated star of "Detour" and a mess of lesser films, whose own life was as wild and fatalistic as any of his scripts.

HERNAN CORTEZ - The greatest of all the conquistadors.

PAUL ROBESON - College-educated black baritone whose persistent struggle against prejudice got him damned as a communist.

EMILY DICKINSON - America's greatest poet, whose sedentary, recessive life would demand the supreme skills of any film biographer.

SERGEI NECHAIEFF - The anarchist revolutionary and Propagandist of the Deed.

These are a handful. There are a million others.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aces on December 6, 2008 at 12:58am: OMFG, Sevorin!!!!
EMILY DICKINSON is the only name I know on your list. :-=); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sevorin on January 30, 2009 at 12:26pm: If you're a fan of Emily Dickinson, you don't need to know the others.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by beeswax on December 8, 2008 at 4:14am: I admire Paul Robeson a great deal, and would love to see a movie if it was well done, but you misrepresent when you say he was "damned as a Communist" merely because of his civil rights work. He shouldn't have been persecuted for it, but he was a member of the Communist Party and he did defend Stalin's purges, at least according to The Daily Worker. Not to mention the eulogy he wrote when Stalin died, titled "To You, Beloved Comrade." Of course, it's more complicated than that summary, and please don't mistake me for a McCarthyite.; ▶ Reply to This