Greatest Movie NEVER Made?

[Nighthawk]

There is a discussion going about the greatest movie ever made. But what about the greatest movie never made?

The Onion has an interesting list of 'vaporware' projects -- although not all of them are movies. http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/vaporware_no_more_31_lost

As for something not on that list, check out: http://www.islets.net/film/irobot.html

Thoughts?

NH

 

[Ethan Bentley]

A film version of the 1984 musical.

 

[norton]

Atlas Shrugged

 

[CopperNY]

a big budget production of "Gilgamesh".

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Springtime for Hitler. All of it.


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[millbrookmusic]

Freddie Mercury biopic.

 

[John in Covina]

Atlas Shrugged

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I'll second that nomination!

 

[John in Covina]

Did they ever make a movie of Lucifer's Hammer?

 

[Widebrim]

A theatrical biography of the 3 Stooges. (Or at least The Shemp Howard Story!)

 

[John in Covina]

I think that Mel Gibson did a made for TV 3 Stoogies historical film some years back that was quite good.

 

[John in Covina]

They never did any sequels to Remo Williams!

 

[Jerekson]

How about a version of Dune that's actually worthy of Frank Herbert's vision?

I understand there is a new making in the works, but with director Peter Berg my hopes are only permitted to be so high...

 

[thunderw21]

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I'll second that nomination!

Third!

 

[Tiller]

Third!

Fourth! Although it would have to be a very long movie. It really would work better as a trilogy like Lord of the Rings. I think it would almost work better as a TV mini series.

 

[Coopsgirl]

John Mulholland (film historian) sent me a copy of an extended treatment that Gary Cooper purchased for his Baroda production company in the late 50s. It was called The Proud Sheriff and was written by Alan Marcus and was based on the novel by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. Gary became too sick with cancer to make it and as far as I know, no one else has used it.

It's sounds like it would have been a really good Western and Gary would have been perfect in it. Here's a link to a detailed description of it that I posted at the TCM board. It's long so I'm just giving the link if anyone's interested in reading it.

http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=140423&tstart=60

 

[Dixon Cannon]

'Flip Corkin'

The Col. Phil Cochran story starring Tom Berenger!
Now that would be a good one!

-dixon cannon

 

[Widebrim]

I think that Mel Gibson did a made for TV 3 Stoogies historical film some years back that was quite good.

Yeah, it was fairly good, although it concentrated too much on the Curly years (in my opinion).