Reply With QuoteI find this out over a year ago
Still no new real big developments for the project
I doubt it will get made.
http://www.tcb-world.com/showthread....nny+West+movie
Toronto-based music producer RLF Entertainment Properties is moving into features and is developing a pic revolving around former Elvis Presley bodyguard Sonny West.
Ricki Landers Friedlander has dubbed the new film company RLF Victor Prods.. The banner, with offices in Toronto and Los Angeles, plans to produce and fund one or two pics annually.
Cindy Friedlander has been tapped prexy of the new film company, which is developing several other celebrity bio projects in addition to the West project, "Fame & Fortune."
RLF Victor has also hired industry veteran Todd Slater to build its Los Angeles office and exec produce its slate. of films. Slater has held exec posts as Philip Anschutz Film Co., Baldwin Entertainment Group and Huntsman Entertainment.
"Fame & Fortune" will be told through eyes of Presley's friend and bodyguard, who penned with Marshall Terrill the bio "Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business." West will be a producer with the Friedlanders and a co-writer with Cindy Friedlander and Justin Scro.
Ricki Landers Friedlander jointly owns two music companies with partner Bob Gallo - R & B Music Studios and Talent Masters Ltd. in Toronto and New York. RLF Entertainment Productions owns several music catalogues and develops pop bands and single pop artists.
2009/09/14 www.elvisunlimted.com / www.epgold.com
I find this out over a year ago
Still no new real big developments for the project
I doubt it will get made.
http://www.tcb-world.com/showthread....nny+West+movie
Thanks, for posting Jen.
I hope it does get made. It could be interesting.
franny
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No, but it could be close second.Originally Posted by john carpenter
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Diane
Sonny West's book was okay.
if they stick to Sonny's book and his recollections, don't take a lot of historical liberties with the story and the film has a decent budget the movie could be alright.
What killed the 2005 miniseries for me was all the inaccurate things in the script and Johnathan REEk Meyers.
unfortunately the movie is to be produced by a Canadian production company i've never heard of so it will probably be low budget.
Just because you haven't heard of the Canadian production company, you shouldn't assume to say it will probably be low budget...and why use the word "unfortunately"...
franny
I was just going to post something along those lines frannyJust because you haven't heard of the Canadian production company, you shouldn't assume to say it will probably be low budget...and why use the word "unfortunately"...
franny
I was just going to post something along those lines franny
franny
I sincerely hope it doesn't get made. I have a strong feeling, if it does, it will be more of the same that we have already seen. JMO.
Yep areed.
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Just because you haven't heard of the Canadian production company, you shouldn't assume to say it will probably be low budget...and why use the word "unfortunately"...
franny
Because since i've never heard of it it's probably not a very big production company which means it will not get a distrubution deal with a major studio.
If it is indeed a small production company as I suspect it will not have a very big budget.
If it has a small budget the script and movie will probably be really crappy.
As you know Elvis movies have a tendency to not have very much money behind them and turn out to be of very poor quality.
examples Elvis and the Beauty Queen and the 2005 miniseries looked low budget to me and look at how much they are loved by the fans.
I use the word unfortunately because this movie has the potential to be good and might still suprise me, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Canada is cheaper to make movies
You beat me to it, Jen! :-P
Elvis bodyguard for tell-all biopic
Monday, September 14 2009, 3:17pm EDT
By Oli Simpson
Rex Features
The former bodyguard of Elvis Presley has agreed to give a tell-all account of his life with the iconic singer for a forthcoming biopic.
Presley's ex-security guard Sonny West will reveal his behind-the-scenes perspective of the troubled star's rise to fame and struggle with drug addiction in new film Fame & Fortune, reports Daily Variety.
West was employed by the musician from 1960 until 1976, one year before he suffered a fatal heart attack in his Graceland mansion.
Presley's former associate will also co-produce and co-write the movie as part of the deal signed with Toronto-based company RLF Victor Productions.
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I strongly disagree with all three of you very much. In spite of what people want to think of Sonny West, he truly loved Elvis and tried his ******** to help him and what did he get in return? He (along with Red and Dave Hebler) got fired for trying to save their boss's life.
What nobody wants to try to understand is that after the firing, they had no connection or way to speak with him whatsoever to possibly sort things out between the three of them and Elvis. Elvis told them supposedly that they would be hired back but...we all know what happened...and I sure as **** would trust Sonny's word a **** of a lot more than David Stanley, who is (like his mother) nothing but trash and a hemmorhoid on the Presley legacy.
Judge not lest ye be judged.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of all the negative talk about Sonny around here.....all one has to do is watch the DVD called, "Up Close & Personal With Sonny West" to realize how much love that this man had (and still has) for Elvis. There are stories in there that just make you want to bawl your eyes out.
*leaves thread before I say something else that might get me banned*
What nobody wants to try to understand is that after the firing, they had no connection or way to speak with him whatsoever to possibly sort things out between the three of them and Elvis.
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What about the alleged taped phone conversations between Red and Elvis?
Yeh, me too. Sonny WestI sincerely hope it doesn't get made. I have a strong feeling, if it does, it will be more of the same that we have already seen. JMO.
Tony, man not everyone has to agree with you..I mean seriously how many movies are the so called bestfriends going to make off of Elvis..maybe they should have tried saving their boss' life BEFORE they got fired ........or wrote the book before they did instead of after they got fired.
"How do I get placed in situations like this? Ah hell, I guess it's all part of showbusiness "~ Elvis in his limo on his way to perform in Omaha, NE on June 19th 1977
Hmmm....this would CERTAINLY be interesting to see, that is for sure...
Unfortunately though, I have to agree that what we'll get is probably a low quality production with too many liberties being taken with the story to really be true to the real Elvis story!
TCB!
Mike
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Brad,
All of the guys (especially Sonny and Red) tried to talk to Elvis about the drugs many, many, many times but in his denial he told them (and I'm papraphrasing here): "I can stop when I want to!".
Well, that moment of 'stopping' happened on 8/16/77 - way too late for anyone to do anything.
it's been said before: You can't stop an addict from drinking or smoking or taking drugs unless they want to do it themselves - and Elvis was in severe denial about his drug problem and it cost him his life.
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