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Martin Scorsese to Direct George Harrison Documentary

9/27/07, 10:23 am EST

George Harrison

Bob Dylan and Rolling Stones documentarian Martin Scorsese will direct an authorized documentary about George Harrison, Daily Variety reports. “George Harrison’s music and his search for spiritual meaning is a story that still resonates today and I’m looking forward to delving deeper,” Scorsese said of the project. Harrison’s widow, Olivia, who will serve as a producer on the film, which will go into production this year. “It would have given George great joy to know that Martin Scorsese has agreed to tell his story,” she said. Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have also agreed to participate.

In other rock movie news: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are about to get the documentary treatment at the hands of filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich. Runnin’ Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will debut at the New York Film Festival in October, and will then be available as a four-disc set at Best Buys nationwide. In addition to the documentary film, the release comes with a DVD of the band’s 30th Anniversary Concert in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida, as well as collection of rarities.

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rockbutterfly | 9/27/2007, 11:55 am EST

he’ll do a good job

jungleland | 9/27/2007, 3:58 pm EST

WOW The Petty DVD set sounds great!

Rich N. | 9/28/2007, 5:15 pm EST

Good, time to give George the recognition for an original and a quiet god. Can’t wait to see it.

zapple68 | 9/28/2007, 10:12 pm EST

A great director for an even greater musician! Can’t wait for it. Love to George, Olivia, Dhani, John, Paul, Ringo and Yoko.

AeroBeatle | 9/30/2007, 7:02 pm EST

Can’t wait

harri georgeson | 10/2/2007, 11:26 am EST

when we was lads in ‘bootle’ we used to have fab fun. even then i did not want anything to do with the taxman. i always hid myself on blue jay way or crackerbox palace and always wondered if i needed someone. now this lad martin is going to do me on film…fab! i have to go now as i have a jam session with dr. winston o’boogie in 1o minutes. we have all these lovely apples and brambles and strawberries from my garden here on the other side and we are going to make jam. winston says ‘hi’ to everyone and of course, i say ‘hi’ to all of you also.

harri georgeson | 10/2/2007, 11:29 am EST

little things that will change you forever,
may appear from way out of the blue,
making fools of everyone who dont understand,
its just love,
its just lo, lo, lo, lo, love.

dr. winston o'boogie | 10/2/2007, 11:34 am EST

you know something? i am really getting into this jam session that harri holds every week here on the other side. imagine me making jam…eh? how can i go forward into something i’m not even sure of unless i know how to make jam? well, well, well…now i can. i have something to do instead of just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round. yes, there places i remember in my life but none so good as making jam.

paul | 10/2/2007, 11:39 am EST

hey john…i know its you, so dont try and hide again. i want you to once and for all get yoko to secede to my huge ego and let me take your name off the writer credits for yesterday. i mean, you did nothing on this song…it was ALL me…me…me…me…me…me… me…ooops…got carried away again with my own importance. look, all i want is whats mine, and yesterday is mine…ALL mine. how about it? can i just call yesterday a 100% mCcartney only composed song?

dragon lady | 10/2/2007, 11:43 am EST

NO!!!
dont give your permission to this liverpool lout john!
he could never have written the song unless he had met you, learned from you, received a catalyst inspiration from you, etc. i have refused him for years now when he has whined, and moaned, and cried like a baby asking for his name only on the credits. ok?
oh…by the way my love, i am taking good care of the family fortune…we are worth staggering amounts of money now…way more than when you were here with us. unfortunately that whiner mCcartney is worth more.

ringo | 10/2/2007, 11:44 am EST

same old same old between paul and yoko. no wonder john and george left us.

dr. winston o'boogie | 10/3/2007, 11:38 am EST

ok paul…i was thinking. i will let you put your name 100% on the song if you do two things….

1: rename the song what you originally called it, i.e., ’scrambled eggs’.

2: list the composer name as ‘the walrus’.

if you do these two things paul, i will let you have 100% of the song credits for yesterday…oops…’scrambled eggs’. it is an idiot song. i guess you remember that time you had the audacity and HUGE ego to, in the middle of our live performance as the beatles, on the english show sunday night at the london paladium, to ask me, harri, and ringo to all leave the stage to let you do that idiot song yesterday alone on stage with your guitar. that was why afterwards i changed the next song to dizzy miss lizzie instaed of all my lovin’ so that i could wake the audience up again after they had fallen asleep from you singing that idiot song.

so…there you have it paul. i will give you 100% of yesterdays credits if you change the name to scrambled eggs again and list the composer credits as the walrus.

whats your decision?

dragon lady | 10/3/2007, 11:41 am EST

aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

t he above is japanese for ‘no freakin way john!’

sean and julian | 10/3/2007, 11:45 am EST

peace and love to all.

what the heck are you spouting off about about sean…peace and love? screw that! and screw you and screw paul!

if you dont want a karate chop julian then you better back down man!

oh yeah?

yeah!

paul | 10/3/2007, 11:52 am EST

goo goo goo choo!

i accept your terms jo…oops…i mean, ‘dr’!

now all i have to do is get wacko to sell my other songs back to me and i will once again be ‘king of the world’!

ringo | 10/3/2007, 11:57 am EST

wow…this is getting weird!

instead of ‘lennon and mCcartney’ it is now ‘dr and walrus’. i am thankful i have my travelling ‘all stars’ to fall back on because once paul gets his way…again…then there will again be only 3 priorities and they will be as follows in order of appearance,….

1: paul

2: paul

3: paul

….just like the old days when we were beatles.

harri georgeson | 10/3/2007, 11:58 am EST

….my plan is working.

beat pest | 1/7/2008, 5:46 pm EST

All Starr, with two r’s, Richie. *rolleyes*

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