There’s a rumour that Brad Pitt may star in a Hollywood movie version of ‘Brownsville Girl’. The link (thanks, Yvonne) is here, though this is really re-writing the rumour from here.
The former site’s key paragraph is this: “The film would be based on Bob Dylan’s 11-minute long song ‘Brownsville Girl’ – and a script is already out there with Winkler Films set to produce. The screenplay (written by Gangs of New York scribe Jay Cocks, at Dylan’s request) is being described as a cross between The Shawshank Redemption and Bonnie and Clyde… The project is generating heat once again (it’s been around for some time) because Crazy Heart‘s Scott Cooper is considering directing.”
Er, shouldn’t that be Bob Dylan and Sam Shepard’s song ‘Brownsville Girl’? And the last rumour I heard about that was Sam Shepard wrote most of the words. Either way, it’s a joint composition – and since Sam Shepard has written many screenplays, does this mean that Jay Cocks has been asked to write one for this project because Shepard has turned it down?
Taken from this post:
BROWNSVILLE GIRL FILM RUMOUR
