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NoirFan

11-07-08 11:24 PM

The Killer Inside Me (Winterbottom): Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Quote:

Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba are teaming with director Michael Winterbottom for "The Killer Inside Me," an adaptation of a novel from noir author Jim Thompson.

The story follows a West Texas sheriff (Affleck) and his downward spiral from a boring small-town cop into a ruthless, sociopathic murderer. Alba plays a prostitute.

I'm extremely ambivalent about this one. The Thompson book is a seriously twisted cult classic, and while I have some faith in Casey Affleck, I doubt Alba has the requisite chops. Cue drooling smiley in response to the sentence "Alba plays a prostitute".

Solid Snake

11-07-08 11:30 PM

Alba is a movie star, of sorts. Not an accomplished actress. Movie stars and real actors are two different things at times..in her case she's not accomplished as an actor.

Perkinsun Dzees

11-08-08 03:09 AM

"Alba plays a prostitute."

:drool:

Larry C.

11-08-08 03:12 AM

I'd like to be the killer INSIDE Alba!!!!

Seantn

11-08-08 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Perkinsun Dzees (Post 9058974)

"Alba plays a prostitute."

:drool:

Oh boy, prostitutes! I can only imagine how many guys have fucked her and what kind of diseases must fester within those nether regions!

CKMorpheus

11-08-08 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Seantn (Post 9059006)

Oh boy, prostitutes! I can only imagine how many guys have fucked her and what kind of diseases must fester within those nether regions!

You're taking it way too literally. It just means we get Alba dressed skankily and thus half-naked! You know this to be true!

Zen Peckinpah

11-08-08 07:53 AM

Knowing she's an absolute prude (and apparently very nasty) in real life our dreams will not come true.

Tarantino

11-08-08 11:04 AM

Isn't that an oxy-moron?

= J

Dr Mabuse

11-08-08 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkinsun Dzees (Post 9058974)

"Alba plays a prostitute."

:drool:

You missed your cue.

Matthew Ackerly

11-08-08 11:40 AM

This was already made into a underrated film with Stacy Keach and maybe now we can get that 1976 film on DVD.

Neeb	11-08-08 12:43 PM

Uh, you had me until "Jessica Alba."

She's like good movie kryptonite.

Adroit

11-08-08 01:22 PM

My great grandfather wrote this book. We've been in development hell for about ten years on this, excited to see it's finally on it's way. Go see the Grifters and the Getaway to get a sense of Thompson's stories.

PopcornTreeCt

11-08-08 01:53 PM

Jessica Alba will never be nude... so I can't get excited if she won't take acting seriously.

Casey Affleck is great though.

Lastyear

11-08-08 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Ackerly (Post 9059295)

This was already made into a underrated film with Stacy Keach and maybe now we can get that 1976 film on DVD.

Actually the 76 film was terrible altho Keach wasn't a bad casting choice. I like Affleck but he seems a bad fit for this role. Needs to be someone more like a yoing Warren Oates or Tommy Lee Jones.

NoirFan

11-19-08 04:41 PM

Elias Koteas joins the cast.

JackBurton

11-20-08 08:25 AM

I read the novel last year and enjoyed it quite a bit. Never saw the '76 film, but I've heard bad things. Hopefully they don't butcher it this time around.

sauce07

11-20-08 10:27 AM

Anything Winterbottom does has money from me

clappj

11-20-08 11:21 AM

Sweet!
I love to see film adaptations of Thompson's books!

inri222

11-20-08 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by clappj (Post 9083988)

Sweet!
I love to see film adaptations of Thompson's books!

So do I.
Love this one :

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...rL._SS500_.jpg