Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["D.E. Pierce" <leftatthegate AT gmail.com>]

I seem to recall having read in Patrick Samway's biography of Dr. Percy that there had been several aborted attempts at filming The Moviegoer, though I don't remember Mallick having been mentioned. At some point in the late 60s or early 70s a production might have actually commenced, with Sam Waterston (apparently a Percy fan) in the role of Binx, but this project was also shelved.

The most recent news I read regarding the filming of a Percy novel was three or four years ago. Donal Logue (best known as a comic actor, I think) was signed-on to direct a film adaptation of The Second Coming, with Bill Paxton playing Will Barrett. I'm unsure as to what became of that.

- enos

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:21 PM, <percy-l-request AT lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

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  1. FW: Moviegoer Screenplay? (Henry Mills)


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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:20:13 -0500
From: Henry Mills <hpmills3 AT austin.rr.com>
Subject: [percy-l] FW: Moviegoer Screenplay?
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Does anyone have any information for Ms. Mullen or other thoughts on the
subject of MG as film?

Best,
Henry Mills



> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Shannon Mullen <shannonamullen AT gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:09:34 -0400
> To: <hpmills3 AT austin.rr.com>
> Subject: Moviegoer Screenplay?
>

> Hello Henry,
>
> I'm a film producer based in New England, and this afternoon I was discussing
> Walker Percy's "The Moviegoer" with some colleagues when the subject of
> Terrence Mallick's adaptation came up.? We'd all heard back in 1997 that he'd
> written a screenplay based on the book, and we're wondering whether anything
> has happened with the project since...?
>
> Can you tell me whether you've heard any updates, and whether Mr. Mallick
> currently owns the book option?? If not, do you know who does?
>
> Kind regards,
> Shannon A. Mullen
> e: shannonamullen AT gmail.com
>


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