Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney
Remember that movie, "My Date With Drew"? A documentary which follows a mans journey to obtain just one date with Drew Barrymore. Well this movie, "Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney", has the same premise:
August, 1965. Ruth Anson, a teenage-reporter for ABC-TV news, is covering the 'teen-beat.' One of her first interviews: the Beatles, where she asks a young Paul McCartney if he has any plans for marriage. His response, "Only if you'll marry me." Forty years later, Ruth, in search of "closure," obsessively attempts to reconnect with McCartney. "Help" is provided by an opportunist film director who sees Ruth's personal quest as a golden opportunity to reach his professional heights. He assigns a camera-crew to follow Ruth as she, in turn, follows McCartney. But it's not long before the director realizes this 'serious documentary' could just turn into a money-pit with limited marketability. And then he has a brainstorm: in the spirit of reality-TV, he manipulates his production to become more entertaining ... and far more embarrassing for the unsuspecting Ruth.
The movie is set to be released on September 2, 2008. Hopefully I will have a review in the near future.
August, 1965. Ruth Anson, a teenage-reporter for ABC-TV news, is covering the 'teen-beat.' One of her first interviews: the Beatles, where she asks a young Paul McCartney if he has any plans for marriage. His response, "Only if you'll marry me." Forty years later, Ruth, in search of "closure," obsessively attempts to reconnect with McCartney. "Help" is provided by an opportunist film director who sees Ruth's personal quest as a golden opportunity to reach his professional heights. He assigns a camera-crew to follow Ruth as she, in turn, follows McCartney. But it's not long before the director realizes this 'serious documentary' could just turn into a money-pit with limited marketability. And then he has a brainstorm: in the spirit of reality-TV, he manipulates his production to become more entertaining ... and far more embarrassing for the unsuspecting Ruth.
The movie is set to be released on September 2, 2008. Hopefully I will have a review in the near future.
posted by Jeff at 11:33 AM
2 Comments:
Sounds interesting, if a bit derivative. We'll see how it turns out.
David - I'm pretty excited about this, I really loved the movie "My Date With Drew" due to all of its quirkiness, and I think this might be the same, at least I hope so.
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