S/D: James Brown on film

^^^ some of those interviews were really funny tho. and at least they were with the musicians. (or maybe I'm remembering a different Miles electric DVD)

has anyone else seen 'soul power,' about the '74 concert brown and some other ppl did for the ali/foreman fight? it's pretty great!

It ran in DC for just a week and I was out of town and missed it. grrrr.

saw the Ali film which has some of that footage, but not the concert film

Soul Power playing in my town on September 18 (hopefully it will run for a week) and I can not wait.

If anyone stumbles across a torrent DVD of all of the James Brown 70s Soul Train performances you MUST dl.

soul power is amazing

he also had his own soul train ripoff called "future shock" which was totally bonkers and coked up and awesome. see here for details ; )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keq7LzYoC0c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgaEoOj-DeY

not seen soul power yet but the night james brown saved boston i thought was more interesting just for what the boston officials had to say than anyone else. some cool footage there but it was mostly pretty run of the mill and generic.

biopic coming, w/ director of The Help and the star of 42

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/42-chadwick-boseman-jim-brown-imagine-uni-1200585911/

(URL author seems to be thinking of the running back)

This is the link I hoped to find when I came to the thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oLmZRyUbgFI#t=4629

is there any way a james brown biopic won't be terrible?

biopics are always terrible

Ha, was about to post, "No, the __________ biopic was good!" Then I realized I couldn't think of a good biopic.

(though Ray was reasonably entertaining, at least)

biopics are terrible. but lawrence of arabia is one of my favorite movies. is david lean available to direct this james brown biopic.

a james brown biopic made in 1971 starring JB as himself might've been good

there are a number of good biopics but we've done this before

i thought ray was pretty good.

also: W

I watched Alex Gibney's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown and thought it was pretty good. Lots of great concert footage and interviews with former bandmates. Streaming on HBO Now at the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyJofMdkQi8

A lot of great stories in that doc

Get on Up was not as bad as I was expecting but of course by no means good. Darryl from the Office was terrible as Maceo and Bootsy had no lines. Boseman clearly put a ton into the role though - I thought he was credible in the lead.

oh yeah, that's one of the best musician documentaries i've seen. it cuts through a lot of b.s. and actually has some information and ideas i hadn't heard before. and it actually features some incisive observations from human garbage al sharpton.

xpost, i mean mr. dynamite, obv.

no kidding - Mr Dynamite rendered the biopic ridiculously superfluous.

i liked mr dynamite. i wish it was a series. felt like there was so much more to look at. but its prob one of the best biopics ive seen, as far as biopics tend to go.

*music docs, not biopic! still want to see get on up.

the only thing I didn't like about Mr. Dynamite was how it basically stopped at like 1972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09qbhwcpA6A

killing it from the start. that sideways slide across the stage, it's like he is moonwalking at a 90 degree angle

i wish all the live footage in that doc was available. so incredible.

i don't think it's rare anymore...? There was a US DVD a few years ago.

(i'm talking abt TAMI)

he's referring to Mr. Dynamite, which has a bunch of live footage I've never seen anywhere