Sarah Campion is said to be doing Keats the Movie right now, based on the bio by
Andrew Motion.
Who is cast for JK I haven't heard.
Ken Russell's tv piece on Coleridge and W years ago I wish I could see again.
Max
Quoting Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]>:
> There seem to be remarkably few films about poets. I suppose there
> are documentaries and TV cultural presentations, but I mean a biopic
> feature film. The major one I can think of is Tom and Viv. There was
> an obscure 1949 film called The Bad Lord Byron which I've never seen
> but which isn't supposed to be very good and isn't available on DVD
> anyway. Of course Byron and Shelley appear in the classic 1935 Bride
> of Frankenstein, but only briefly.
>
> I've often wondered why no one ever made a major film of Byron's life.
> Talk about a movie that has everything! And the extensive letters
> give a vivid picture of him which could translate effectively to the
> screen. And when the action started to drag, you could always bring
> on his dancing bear ...
>
> Dylan Thomas might also be a good choice for a biopic, but I don't
> know of one. Maybe Keats also ...
>
> I've seen references to something called The Romantics, presented by
> Peter Ackroyd, which portrays Byron, Shelley, etc., released in 2006.
> It seems to be a British TV program, but I can't track down a DVD.
> Does anyone know anything about it?
>
> Oh, yeah, there's Shakespeare in Love, but that's not exactly a
> biopic. Oh, and several film and TV versions of The Barretts of
> Wimpole Street, which I guess counts.
>
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