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MTV History Feature In The Works
Remember MTV? No, not the present incarnation, the reality show machine that assaults your eyeballs, but the classic MTV that actually showed music videos? Well you may get your chance to revisit the network's golden age as Sony has entered into a deal with director Brett Ratner to produce a film cataloging the rise of Music Television. The film will purportedly be based on the book 'I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution' by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum. Ratner will direct in addition to producing with Jody Lambert ('People Like Us') writing the script. No word yet on when shooting will begin.
I am quite interested in this subject matter. Particularly, I would love to know at what point MTV began to shift from the authority on modern music and pop culture to a dumping ground for cheaply-produced reality TV with barely a hint of a music video to be found. That being said, if Brett Ratner is going to be directing, I'd much rather this was a documentary and not a feature. My concern, apart from my doubts toward Rattner as a director, is that there is going to be this underlying push to recreate the success of 'The Social Network;' another film about the rise of a cultural phenomena. It is true however that documentaries as a rule do not pull in as much money at the box office as biopics and historically-based narratives, and Sony is well aware of this. In any event, I always love cinematic depictions of the 80s, be they films produced within the era or nostalgic recreations. So now the big question looms: who will play the moon man?
What do you guys think? Would you be interested in seeing a film about the history of MTV?
Source: Variety
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Comment by here's jonny on March 21, 2012 at 4:42pm
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I might give a shit if MTV hadnt sold out 13 freakin years ago. Screw MTV because reality killed the video star.
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Comment by Joseph Trochez on March 20, 2012 at 5:31am -
MehTV
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Comment by Blackharp on March 20, 2012 at 5:26am -
Can't wait for the first 5 minutes to actually be music then have the other hour and 25 minutes be random reality show clips.
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Comment by The Host on March 19, 2012 at 9:44pm -
Why Brett Ratner?
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Comment by MavenCree on March 19, 2012 at 7:33pm -
This would just make me feel old.
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Comment by Justin on March 19, 2012 at 6:47pm -
Well we can bet that it won't have music.
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Comment by HudsonsirhesHicks on March 19, 2012 at 5:21pm -
Remember the first video they showed? Video killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. I think the second was Pat Benetar.
Now MTV is just pure shit. Seriously, who watches it anymore?
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Comment by Rusty Shackelford on March 19, 2012 at 3:31pm -
If they end the movie when Daria was cancelled, I'll be fine with the film
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Comment by Richard Dempsey on March 19, 2012 at 3:27pm -
MTV has a history? Well then again I asked that before The Social Network.
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Comment by Spider_Knight_Rises on March 19, 2012 at 2:40pm -
Legend says, MTV used to play music videos!
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