rec.arts.movies.past-films

Jim Beaver wrote:
> "Frank . Maloney" wrote in message
> news:13g5lqgh7f21946@ ...
>
>> I wasn't going to say anything because I've bitched about this film too
>> often already, but the misrepresentations are particularly egregious in
>> this biopic. OK, no one could have filmed a gay Cole then, I accept that,
>> and his marriage was unquestionably a love affair, sans sex. But he was
>> far more crippled, vastly more tortured both by his legs and his doctors
>> with their endless operations than the movie even hinted at. It is the
>> story of his triumph over his pain that makes Cole Porter's career so
>> special and inspiring.
>
> It makes me wonder if there isn't a possibility of a "remake" that gets it
> right this time (or at least closer). Wonder who owns the Porter library?
>

Well, despite its shortcomings I do think _De-Lovely_ (2004) was a step
in the right direction.

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Frank in Seattle
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Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."