[percy-l] Moviegoer screenplay.

D.E. Pierce leftatthegate at gmail.com
Sat Oct 31 13:47:48 EDT 2009


I seem to recall having read in Patrick Samway's biography of Dr. Percy that
there had been several aborted attempts at filming The Moviegoer, though I
don't remember Mallick having been mentioned. At some point in the late 60s
or early 70s a production might have actually commenced, with Sam Waterston
(apparently a Percy fan) in the role of Binx, but this project was also
shelved.

The most recent news I read regarding the filming of a Percy novel was three
or four years ago. Donal Logue (best known as a comic actor, I think) was
signed-on to direct a film adaptation of The Second Coming, with Bill Paxton
playing Will Barrett. I'm unsure as to what became of that.

- enos

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> From: Henry Mills <hpmills3 at austin.rr.com>
> Subject: [percy-l] FW: Moviegoer Screenplay?
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> Does anyone have any information for Ms. Mullen or other thoughts on the
> subject of MG as film?
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> Best,
> Henry Mills
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> > From: Shannon Mullen <shannonamullen at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:09:34 -0400
> > To: <hpmills3 at austin.rr.com>
> > Subject: Moviegoer Screenplay?
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> > Hello Henry,
> >
> > I'm a film producer based in New England, and this afternoon I was
> discussing
> > Walker Percy's "The Moviegoer" with some colleagues when the subject of
> > Terrence Mallick's adaptation came up.? We'd all heard back in 1997 that
> he'd
> > written a screenplay based on the book, and we're wondering whether
> anything
> > has happened with the project since...?
> >
> > Can you tell me whether you've heard any updates, and whether Mr. Mallick
> > currently owns the book option?? If not, do you know who does?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Shannon A. Mullen
> > e: shannonamullen at gmail.com
> >
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