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Fantasia 2010: ‘Lemmy’ A Surprising & Warmhearted Portrait Of Rock ‘N’ Roll’s Last Renegade

Kevin Jagernauth — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:17:00 +0000

Let’s face it. While a lot of classic rock still, well, rocks, the guys who once wrote the music, lived a life of gleeful debauchery and changed music history are mostly millionaires, living quiet respectable lives only to come out of hiding every now and then to earn a few more million dollars by playing a concert or releasing a half-baked album. That’s right Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon and all your buddies, we’re looking at you.

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Director Larry Charles Says Mötley Crüe Film, ‘The Dirt’ Is Dead For Him, Calls The Band “Crappy”

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:24:00 +0000

We all remember the long-gestating Mötley Crüe biopic, “The Dirt,” that’s been in development for over six years. Last we heard the Crüe themselves were pissed at MTV Films for having never gotten the film off the ground and wanted to take back project and shop it around to another studio.

Once attached to the film was director Larry Charles (“Religulous,” “Borat”), but according to an interview with Coming Soon (via Slash), said he doesn’t know what’s happening with the film and he sounds like he’s no longer attached to it.

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Motley Crue Want MTV Films Out Of The Picture On Long-Developing ‘Dirt’ Biopic

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:16:00 +0000

After years of script re-writes and stalled pre-production Motley Crue’s self-developed biopic of their deliciously scandalous 2001 bio, “The Dirt,” (written by sarger Neil Strauss) has still not reached the big-screen and the members of the aging rockers – particularly unofficial mouthpiece, bassist Nikki Sixx – are pissed.

In 2006, the Crue and MTV Films announced a deal to develop the project, but it looks like the “Smoking In the Boys Room” rockers want out.

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