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And recently there were "biopics" on Thomas, and on Plath and Hughes. Personally, I think there's more poetry in, oh, say, *Animal House*, than either. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > 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. > > > > -- > > =============================================== > > > > Jon Corelis http://jcorelis.googlepages.com/joncorelis > > > > =============================================== > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au >