Franklin (Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin)
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Re: Franklin (Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin)
It does look good! I love Douglas in just about everything he's done (Wonder Boys is one of my top favorite movies of all time), so I'll be zeroing in on this, for sure.
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I also adored the HBO miniseries John Adams, for similar reasons (excellent acting and casting and great attention to detail in the writing and ambiance), so this is right up my alley! I rewatch John Adams every summer around Independence Day. <3
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Awesome, but pisses me off it's on AppleTV+! So much promising stuff that doesn't get released for theaters!
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Originally Posted by mattiasflgrtll6 (Post 2453749)
Awesome, but pisses me off it's on AppleTV+! So much promising stuff that doesn't get released for theaters!
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Re: Franklin (Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin)
Oh.
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Originally Posted by Austruck (Post 2453748)
I also adored the HBO miniseries John Adams, for similar reasons (excellent acting and casting and great attention to detail in the writing and ambiance), so this is right up my alley! I rewatch John Adams every summer around Independence Day. <3
But Douglass as Franklin strikes me as strange casting at first glance. Just because Douglass is physically ectomorphic (tall, thin, etc.) - the very opposite of the more endomorphic Franklin. |
Maybe it's a Multiverse take on Franklin
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Originally Posted by FilmBuff (Post 2453881)
Maybe it's a Multiverse take on Franklin
Come to think of it, James Earl Jones would make an excellent Franklin! ;) |
Originally Posted by Captain Steel (Post 2453884)
Very good.
Come to think of it, James Earl Jones would make an excellent Franklin! ;) |
Originally Posted by Captain Steel (Post 2453880)
Paul Giamatti was good casting for Adams (they were both short, stocky and not what most people would define as "handsome"). I agree, it was a great series - even inspired me to read the biography it was based on... and I'm not one for biographies.
But Douglass as Franklin strikes me as strange casting at first glance. Just because Douglass is physically ectomorphic (tall, thin, etc.) - the very opposite of the more endomorphic Franklin. But somehow I have a gut feeling that Douglas will make it shine anyway. He's *that* good. |
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Oh, and yes, I read the John Adams biography due to the series, too. My first David McCullough history book (he's a Pittsburgh native), and I've bought and read many of his books since then. He makes history come alive!
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Re: Franklin (Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin)
Questionable streaming in lieu of Apple, here I come! Major Michael Douglas fan here, and it looks like he's going a little out of type. Never saw him take on a historical figure with a classical accent before, and he looks like he's killing it in the trailer.
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Watching episode 1 right now... Will report back (without spoilers)!
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Interesting. Being also a history geek, I've never quite been able to figure out what some of those historic figures would sound like if they spoke. They're usually oil paintings on walls. Franklin might (or might not) have a mid-Atlantic accent, but that can have considerable variation today, not to mention that you'd have to go back to the 1700's and figure out what it might have been then, before all of the later immigrant influences arrived.
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Originally Posted by Captain Steel (Post 2453884)
Very good.
Come to think of it, James Earl Jones would make an excellent Franklin! ;) |
Originally Posted by skizzerflake (Post 2455338)
Probably not. Race was an even bigger barrier in Franklin's time than it is today. Someone would have made note of that. Also, nothing suggests that Franklin had that big, booming voice.
But as to Franklin's voice, I imagine to be a member of Congress (before there were any microphones) and an international diplomat, Franklin would have had to been able to project his voice as well as anyone else in such a position (especially to contend & converse with the likes of John Adams). Personally, I loved the deep, rich and resonant voice of actor Howard da Silva who played Franklin in the movie musical 1776 (1972). |
Originally Posted by Captain Steel (Post 2455344)
Franklin would have had to been able to project his voice as well as anyone else in such a position (especially to contend & converse with the likes of John Adams).
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Re: Franklin (Michael Douglas plays Benjamin Franklin)
I remember reading in one of their biographies (don't remember which) a story where Adams and Franklin had to share a room overnight.
They got into an argument about having the window open while they slept - one felt the cool night air was the key to good health and the other felt that it would lead to illness like pneumonia. (But I don't remember which one argued which position.) |
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