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melophobe - concert reviews and concert photos: Hold Steady frontman to adapt Fargo Rock City (the Chuck Klosterman memoir)
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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Co-Writing Fargo Rock City Movie: http://bit.ly/19sDdH via @addthis 17 days ago |
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RT @pitchforkmedia The Hold Steady's Craig Finn co-writing film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman's Fargo Rock City http://bit.ly/28o44S 10/30/2009 |
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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn headed for the movies? Sort of: http://bit.ly/28o44S http://bit.ly/46XBl7 10/29/2009 |
Hold Steady frontman to adapt Fargo Rock City (the Chuck Klosterman memoir)
melophobe - concert reviews and concert photos —
... is adapting Fargo Rock City (the great book about a kid growing up loving hair metal in a rural community) into a movie. The story revolves around how music/genres can shape our pivotal years and have a direct impact on our minds in the later ones. It’s a really funny/amusing book and I highly recommend you pick it up (it’s by Chuck Klosterman, a Spin mag writer). And I’m betting that it will translate really well into a movie. Here’s more info from Pitchfork: ...
The Hold Steady:
The Hold Steady's Craig Finn to Co-Author Fargo Rock City Adaptation
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... Business Blog, Finn and Ruprecht acquired the rights to the book, and are set to co-produce the film along with Klosterman. According to the blog, "The 1980s-set screenplay will revolve around a group of high school seniors facing graduation as they try to find success with women and generally break out of their geeky cocoons." So wait, does this mean this coming of age story will not have an indie soundtrack? Is that even legal? Sounds like suicide guys. Suicide.
[Pitchfork]
