Al Pacino and Cillian Murphy have signed onto “Dali & I: The Surreal Story.†In the film Al Pacino will play the famous Surrealist painter Salvador Dali and Cillian Murphy will play his young art dealer named Stan Lauryssens. The film will be directed by Andrew Niccol.
The movie, which will span the 1960s-80s, follows the time in Dali’s life when most of his great work was behind him and he became more flamboyant. Dali also developed a mentor-protege relationship with a young art dealer named Stan Lauryssens, who will be played by Murphy.
Room 9 originally acquired the project as a spec written by John Salvati, based on Lauryssens’ autobiographical book “Dali and I.” Niccol rewrote the script.
“Dali” is scheduled to begin shooting in early 2008 on location in Spain and New York.
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September 27 2007 @ 11:33 am
[...] September 27, 2007Al Pacino signed to play Salvador Dali The movie, which will span the 1960s-80s, follows the time in Dali’s life when most of his great work was behind him and he became more flamboyant. Dali also developed a mentor-protege relationship with a young art dealer named Stan Lauryssens, who will be played by Murphy. Room 9 originally acquired the project as a spec written by John Salvati, based on Lauryssens’ autobiographical book “Dali and I. Dash said “”The affection for the show lies in the one-liners, as . Pens said “Hello, here you can read all info about pen pal . Movies » Tom Hanks, to Produce Nazi Thriller
arnold said
October 10 2007 @ 6:42 am
Pacino’s last movie 88 Minutes was pretty thriling
http://www.coplace.com/m/88-minutes-94015.htm
Now he want to play Dali? Why not. It should be a remarkable role.