Nick Cassavetes' Going After Cacciato

TheCentralScrutinizer · 17 Jan 07 :: 05:07

I've got a huge scoop for you guys. Or at least a potential one. Chris and Nick are indeed in talks for a film. See below...

Re: Some questions for Nick
by sisterdebmac 1 hour ago (Tue Jan 16 2007 17:46:24 )
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Good question. Matt said he was starting a new casting gig today. Any chance you guys are working together again? Also heard a rumor that you've been talking to Chris about maybe doing something. True?

Deb

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Re: Some questions for Nick
by ema521 27 minutes ago (Tue Jan 16 2007 18:35:19 )
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Yes.

I should be filming "God is a Bullet" this spring. If you are not acquainted with the novel, it's amazing. Chris and I are talking about "Going After Cacciato", a project I've been trying to make for almost 10 years.

I don't know if I can do another full film here on IMDB unless they change the trolling rules. Everybody has the right to their own opinion, but there was so many things said. I guess I'm overly sensitive.

I do thank all of you for paticipating on this board, however. Even the negative posts. It has been a great help and a real eye opener. God bless everyone and stay safe, healthy, and happy.

Nick

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Woohoo!

Deb

TeeJay · 17 Jan 07 :: 08:14

Oh, that's VERY cool. You go, Nick! Yay for Chris! Guess now you can ask him about it at the con openly, too. Can you add a question to the catalogue, Deb?

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 17 Jan 07 :: 10:35

Woohoo! New Movie Alert! Cooooool!!!! (We need a dancing smilie here! LOL)

TeeJay · 17 Jan 07 :: 11:30

Well, we're not quite there yet with the new movie alert, first we need confirmation that it's gonna happen, but I would have to agree with needing a dancing smiley. This is great news both for Nick and Chris! I hope it works out!

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 17 Jan 07 :: 12:39

Well, I couldn't come up with a better name right then. That was the only thing that came to my mind, so I called it New Movie Alert. I know that we first need comfirmation.

Susanna · 18 Jan 07 :: 09:39

Awesome. Or potentially awesome.

TeeJay · 18 Jan 07 :: 09:56

Oh no! It's a war story:

Going After Cacciato

Amazon.com (review for the novel):
"In October, near the end of the month, Cacciato left the war."
In Tim O'Brien's novel Going After Cacciato the theater of war becomes the theater of the absurd as a private deserts his post in Vietnam, intent on walking 8,000 miles to Paris for the peace talks. The remaining members of his squad are sent after him, but what happens then is anybody's guess: "The facts were simple: They went after Cacciato, they chased him into the mountains, they tried hard. They cornered him on a small grassy hill. They surrounded the hill. They waited through the night. And at dawn they shot the sky full of flares and then they moved in.... That was the end of it. The last known fact. What remained were possibilities."

It is these possibilities that make O'Brien's National Book Award-winning novel so extraordinary. Told from the perspective of squad member Paul Berlin, the search for Cacciato soon enters the realm of the surreal as the men find themselves following an elusive trail of chocolate M&M's through the jungles of Indochina, across India, Iran, Greece, and Yugoslavia to the streets of Paris. The details of this hallucinatory journey alternate with feverish memories of the war--men maimed by landmines, killed in tunnels, engaged in casual acts of brutality that would be unthinkable anywhere else. Reminiscent of Joseph Heller's Catch-22, Going After Cacciato dishes up a brilliant mix of ferocious comedy and bleak horror that serves to illuminate both the complex psychology of men in battle and the overarching insanity of war. --Alix Wilber

Review
"Simply put, the best novel written about the war. I do not know . . . any writer, journalist, or novelist who does not concede that position to O'Brien's Going After Cacciato."
--Miami Herald

"A novel of great beauty and importance."
--Boston Globe

"Stark . . . rhapsodic. . . . It is a canvas painted vividly, hauntingly, disturbingly by Tim O'Brien."
--Los Angeles Times

"As a fictional portrait of this war, Going After Cacciato is hard to fault, and will be hard to better."
--John Updike, The New Yorker

Not too fond of war movies, myself. Not sure I'm really gonna be jazzed about this one, but I'm trying to keep an open mind.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 18 Jan 07 :: 10:03

TeeJay wrote:

Not too fond of war movies, myself. Not sure I'm really gonna be jazzed about this one, but I'm trying to keep an open mind.

Dito. I don't like war movies that much.

Susanna · 18 Jan 07 :: 10:20

War movies aren't actually the type of movies I go out of my way to see, that's for sure. But, look on the upside, this has the potential to have lots of hot Chris in it. Uniform. Need I say more?

domesticelefant · 18 Jan 07 :: 11:39

Yeah, that could be at least one reason to watch the movie.
Uniform. I feel some naughty thought coming.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 18 Jan 07 :: 18:06

I wonder if he's up for the role of Cacciato or Berlin. I posted a question to Nick about what kind of role he was considering Chris for but he hasn't answered yet. I'm not sure he'll be back to the AD board, but I'll let you guys know if I can get an answer.

To me, it sounds fantastic!

Deb

TeeJay · 18 Jan 07 :: 18:48

I've seen a few war movies, and I don't recall liking any of them. Some were pretty impressive, yes. But not in a good way. I think I fast-fowarded through the last twenty minutes of Saving Private Ryan because even for me there was too much gore and mindless killing. This may also be a non-American thing. I'm really fed up with the way Hollywood movies tend to praise the US patriotism above anything. Adding to the fact that the war(s) is a bit of a touchy subject for us Germans ("Don't mention the war!!" LOL), even though I'm not really someone who dwells on issues from past history that you don't really have any active involvement in. I mean, yes, the war and Hitler happened, and it was horrible and we need to remember that to not let it happen again. But, please, can we not expatiate this over and over again? (I'm speaking very generally here, this is not meant to be taken personally. And I do realize this movie is not gonna be about Germany in the first place.)

Like I said, I'll try to keep an open mind on this one, but I can't see myself getting as jazzed about it as I am about e.g. Fanboys. But I'll go and watch anything with Chris in it at least once. I also asked myself whether Chris was gonna play Cacciato or Berlin. Or someone else entirely. Let us know what Nick says, if he does, Deb.

Oh, and I'm also not a uniform person. I think I'd rather see Chris in a casual jeans-and-t-shirt outfit than in a soldier's uniform. But that's just me. And I'm not saying I'm not curious about how he'd look in one!

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 18 Jan 07 :: 20:02

TeeJay wrote:

I also asked myself whether Chris was gonna play Cacciato or Berlin. Or someone else entirely. Let us know what Nick says, if he does, Deb.

Yeah, me too.

As to war movies, I have to say, I haven't watched a lot of these movies. I watched Pearl Harbour once, but usually I think that there is still too much war out in the real world, so I don't need to see that on TV or in the theaters too. I guess I'll just focus on the acting and not on the subject of the movie.
And well, not every uniform looks hot, you know?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 18 Jan 07 :: 22:56

I'm not crazy about war movies either, but I do like the more philosophical ones, which is what this sounds like. I recently watched Jarhead twice, it was so good. Or maybe it was just seeing Jake Gyllenhaal in his little Santa hat --- and nothing else. Hmmm.

I rather like the idea of Chris being in something gritty like this. I need to read the book to see which character he most resembles. Looks like they're both pretty big roles so I'd be happy with either one. I already added a question about this project to the list of interview questions for FXS. Maybe I can get an anwer about it in the next couple of weeks, whether it comes from Nick or Chris.

Deb

Susanna · 19 Jan 07 :: 03:22

I'm not into guts and gore either. And I know what you mean about the US patriotism thing TeeJay, there just seems to be to much emphasis on American troops coming in and 'saving the day' in American war movies. But this one sounds like it could be better than your average blood and guts fest. But then again, I don't have that much information on it.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 19 Jan 07 :: 04:36

I read the first few pages on Amazon.com this afternoon. It's pretty cool. Like that review says, it's reminiscent of Catch-22, which is a great book and a very good movie too. This book, Cacciato, is described as hallucinogenic and poetic. And I'm buying it. I'll read it on the plane ride down to Orlando. I wonder if Chris has read it. I wonder if Nick wrote the script and if Chris has read that. More questions for the interview.

Deb

TeeJay · 19 Jan 07 :: 09:09

I read the first few pages on amazon.com too this morning. It's well written and I have to admit that it sparked my interest, but I'm still no big fan of war stories. If we get confirmation on Chris actually doing this, I might go read it after all. I haven't read Catch-22 either.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 19 Jan 07 :: 13:30

I usually like to read the book before I see the movie, but I guess I'll make an exception here and read it afterwards. Let's see.

TeeJay · 19 Jan 07 :: 14:04

I looked around online a little and found this:

Currently, Cassavetes is developing several projects that reflect both his versatility and his passion for compelling narrative. He recently completed writing and will direct an adaptation of Tim O'Brien's National Book Award-winning novel, Going After Cacciato, a hallucinatory dark comedy about a private who deserts his post during the Vietnam War. In addition, Cassavetes is penning and will executive-produce an updated version of his late father John's classic noir film The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, for director Sam Bayer.
http://www.cinemareview.com/cast.asp?mo … astid=2386

I ran across some news items about Nick doing this movie that dated back to 1999, hoping for a 2000 release of the movie. I wonder what went wrong. Articles also mentioned a production company called A-Mark in connection with GAC. So this will be another indie? If so, can we expect to see this one before 2009? (Sorry if I sound bitter, but I'm just so fed up with all the waiting.)

Oh, and if may quote Chris: "I prefer drama, but comedy is different and unique. Dark comedy is the hardest… It's fun and challenging." So if this happens for him, there's his challenge. Chris, we dare ya!

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 19 Jan 07 :: 14:35

Dark comedy. This should be watchable then.

TeeJay wrote:

Oh, and if may quote Chris: "I prefer drama, but comedy is different and unique. Dark comedy is the hardest… It's fun and challenging." So if this happens for him, there's his challenge. Chris, we dare ya!

Definitely!

TheCentralScrutinizer · 19 Jan 07 :: 18:35

Well, Nick did say he's been trying to make GAC for ten years. A-Mark is the same production company that made AD. It might be Nick's own company. Those projects do sound great, but God Is A Bullet is up first. Matt started casting that one this week.

Deb

peek-a-boo · 26 Jan 07 :: 23:30

I think that a war movie can be good or bad depending on the aspects that go into it
If it is well acted and focuses on some other things besides the fighting of the war than it can turn out really cool:cool: but if its all fighting and blood and stuff then boo:mad:
But this is cool that he might get to work with nick again because tjat is what he really wants to do
sooooo YAY

TheCentralScrutinizer · 29 Jan 07 :: 06:40

I'm about halfway through the book now and it's really not a blood & guts kind of thing. It's much more about the inner journey of Paul Berlin. I would dearly love to see Chris play this role. it's terrific book so far!

Here's the scoop on that as it stands right now. Nick and Chris are in the talking stages. He doesn't know which role Nick is thinking of him for and he hasn't seen the script yet, but it is finished and Nick is supposed to be giving it to him soon.

Deb

domesticelefant · 29 Jan 07 :: 10:56

Sisterdebmac wrote:

it's really not a blood & guts kind of thing. It's much more about the inner journey of Paul Berlin. I would dearly love to see Chris play this role. it's terrific book so far!

Ah, okay, that sounds good. Then I might give it a chance. But I guess I'm still going to see the movie first and then read the book, since I have to find out if it's available in German, too.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 29 Jan 07 :: 21:16

I was thinking about this last night and it's more of a chase movie than a war movie. The guy's unit is trying to catch up to him and bring him back. It's their trek across the continent in his pursuit. That's the crux of the story.

Deb

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