Bogdanovich's Petty documentary is in the can

[Livia]

It's being shown at the NY Film Fest:

"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream," directed by Peter Bogdanovich, US, 2007
Rarely, if ever, has the history and development of a major rock band been explored with the care and the depth with which Peter Bogdanovich approaches Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Starting out from Gainesville Florida, the band (as Mudcrutch) headed to Los Angeles in the mid-'70s and soon attracted the attention of producer Denny Cordell. Their first singles failed to cause much of a stir in the U.S., but in the U.K., they were hailed as the best American band in years. After a hugely successful European tour, they headed home, this time finding a much warmer response from critics and the public alike. Liberally peppered with rare concert footage--from Florida bars to "The Top of the Pops" to major stadium appearances--the film also chronicles Petty's epic battles with the record industry and collaborations with Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Roger McGuinn and the Traveling Wilburys. Dispensing with the cynicism that usually accompanies longevity in rock music, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have managed to remain fresh, feisty and popular for over thirty years. Peter Bogdanovich helps us understand why.

http://www.indiewire.com/ots/2007/08/nyff_07.html

[Livia]

It's long!

Peter Bogdanovich will complete the set with "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream," an in-depth look at the legendary American rock band to be screened at its full 238 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission.

http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=festivals&Id=2119

[rbs3676]

I have been waiting for this for what seems like years!! I absolutely ADORE Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I can't think of a better film to see right now. When is it out on DVD? I want mine with lots of cheese!!!

rbs

[David]

It's long!

Peter Bogdanovich will complete the set with "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream," an in-depth look at the legendary American rock band to be screened at its full 238 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission.
Holy Ring Cycle! That's a LOT of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Nearly 4 hrs long.

This film might prove to be the "Last Waltz" of today. If it does, Stevie will be a part of it. :thumbsup:

[SortaSavageLike]

Unless a large portion of this documentary consists of Tom Petty leading an Arab army against Turkey during the first world war, there's no reason for it to be 238 minutes long. :rolleyes:

[TrueFaith77]

I had written a longer reply and accidentally deleted it. So I'll just say that Peter Bogdanovich is a great filmmaker so I'm excited to see this (in other words: I'm seeing it for Bogdanovich not for Petty). And I'm really hopeful there's some Peter-meets-Stevie stuff in the doc.

About Peter B. I'd say he's on my short list of filmmakers I'd love to do a "narrative" movie about Fleetwood Mac (for his creds on such material, check out "The Cat's Meow" or "This Thing Called Love" not to mention two of the greatest American films of all time: "The Last Picture Show" and "Texasville"). The other filmmakers I'd want to do a movie about the Mac are: John Boorman, Alan Rudolph, Kathryn Bigelow, and (one can dream) Bernardo Bertolucci.

And since this is a fun game to play, I have to recommend to Hollywood that this actor be cast to play Lindsey:

Steven Strait!

I'd post his pictures on here, but I'm afraid he's too hot to handle! oy. (And I'd feel silly but check him out). There's a great picture of him with a guitar/banjo and a cigarette in his mouth that is so Lindsey. But he's just the dreamiest thing ever.

I can't figure who should play Stevie, Christine, John, and Mick (maybe a computer animated Shreck-like Mick would be good :laugh:)

Ok so this was as long as my last post. . . just without pictures.

[JazmenFlowers]

I've always been a casual Petty fan, but seeing him on tour twice last year converted me to a new appreciation for his music. I can't wait to see this and see La Nicks during one of the best tours she's done.

[rbs3676]

I've always been a casual Petty fan, but seeing him on tour twice last year converted me to a new appreciation for his music. I can't wait to see this and see La Nicks during one of the best tours she's done.

I understand what you mean, Jazzy. Once you've seen Tom and the Heartbreakers live, you are just blown away. Awesome performers. I've always been a HUGE Tom Petty fan - have everything he's ever released - so this upcoming Tomumentory is gonna be a major deal for me. Can't wait! :thumbsup:

rbs

[Livia]

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/06/smoking-section-fiona-apple-kanye-west-and-tom-petty/

In 1974, in Gainesville, Florida, Tom Petty hopped into a van to L.A. to pursue his dreams of rock & roll stardom. Ten miles outside of town, the van broke down. Captured on video, these moments of never-seen footage are a blip in the amazing four-hour documentary “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” in which director Peter Bogdanovich tells the Heartbreakers’ story. The doc also features Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl and others talking about Petty’s legacy. It hits in October, but the S.S. got a sneak preview. If you’re a Petty fan (and who isn’t?), prepare to wet yourself.

:]

[MacMan]

Here's the cover of the dvd... and there's a coffee table book coming as well.

New Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Coffee Table Book "Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Running Down A Dream" To Be Released This Fall
We are excited to announce that Chronicle Books will release a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers coffee table book this fall! This will be a high-quality, coffee table book. It will include over 200 photos, many never published before, as well as many images of historical ephemera such as Tom’s handwritten lyrics, personal snap shots and set lists. The text will include excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s interviews for the forthcoming documentary with Tom, the Heartbreakers and others. Below is a press release from Chronicle Books about this project. ?

?CHRONICLE BOOKS TO PUBLISH NEW TOM PETTY BOOK IN FALL ?

?Internationally renowned independent publisher Chronicle Books, based in San Francisco, is pleased to announce the November 2007 release of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Running Down A Dream. ?

With more than 30 years of writing, recording and performing to his credit, Tom Petty ranks as one of the major voices of American popular music. This celebratory, very personal volume includes more than two hundred photographs—many never before published—and the artist’s own account of his remarkable life and career. With additional commentary by friends, bandmembers, and fellow musicians, the volume affords an intimate view of an artist who, for thirty years, has been a maverick, an outspoken advocate of artists’ rights, and the best songwriter of his generation. Coinciding with the publication of the book are the theatrical release of a film documentary by acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich, and a PBS broadcast of the 30th Anniversary Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert.

The book will be available in stores beginning November 1, 2007.

[danax6]

I am really excited about this. I hope it becomes available in Europe around the same time. I'm wetting myself. ;)

[amber]

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/06/smoking-section-fiona-apple-kanye-west-and-tom-petty/

If you’re a Petty fan (and who isn’t?), prepare to wet yourself.

:]

Adult diaper at the ready!

[JazmenFlowers]

Here's the cover of the dvd... and there's a coffee table book coming as well.

New Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Coffee Table Book "Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Running Down A Dream" To Be Released This Fall
We are excited to announce that Chronicle Books will release a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers coffee table book this fall! This will be a high-quality, coffee table book. It will include over 200 photos, many never published before, as well as many images of historical ephemera such as Tom’s handwritten lyrics, personal snap shots and set lists. The text will include excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s interviews for the forthcoming documentary with Tom, the Heartbreakers and others. Below is a press release from Chronicle Books about this project. ?

?CHRONICLE BOOKS TO PUBLISH NEW TOM PETTY BOOK IN FALL ?

?Internationally renowned independent publisher Chronicle Books, based in San Francisco, is pleased to announce the November 2007 release of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Running Down A Dream. ?

With more than 30 years of writing, recording and performing to his credit, Tom Petty ranks as one of the major voices of American popular music. This celebratory, very personal volume includes more than two hundred photographs—many never before published—and the artist’s own account of his remarkable life and career. With additional commentary by friends, bandmembers, and fellow musicians, the volume affords an intimate view of an artist who, for thirty years, has been a maverick, an outspoken advocate of artists’ rights, and the best songwriter of his generation. Coinciding with the publication of the book are the theatrical release of a film documentary by acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich, and a PBS broadcast of the 30th Anniversary Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert.

The book will be available in stores beginning November 1, 2007.
I wonder if Petty fans are bitching about the use of an old picture. :shrug:

but mad props to him for giving his fans this. um, hello Stevie? documentary and coffe-table book! maybe they should go to dinner again, let Stevie ask him to help her write a song and he can give her this kind of advice. :laugh:

[Livia]

Nothing new here, but it's an email from Tom's official fan club. Makes it all official. :thumbsup:

Dear Tom Petty Fans,

On October 14 the hotly anticipated Warner Brothers Records film Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will have its first public screening. Directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show), Runnin' Down A Dream has been selected to close the 2007 New York Film Festival.

Ticket sales begin on Sunday, September 9 at 10am at the box office located at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street or by phone at CenterCharge 212 721 6500

On Monday, September 10 at tickets go on sale online at tickets.filmlinc.com

For more information on tickets, go to the New York Film Festival's web site

Runnin' Down A Dream tells a great American story, that of a band that came from the middle of nowhere to win the hearts of millions. The film focuses not only the Heartbreaker's inspiring ride to the top but the story of what they did when they got there, as artists, as a band, as people. Bogdanovich's film explores many of the underlying reasons for the band's unparalleled capacity not only to endure but to thrive. Gritty, exuberant, infectious: Runnin' Down A Dream tells the Heartbreakers' story as never before. The New York Film Festival screening will take place at the legendary Walter Reade Theater on October 14.

This is the first of many announcements coming in the next few weeks regarding the film, the 250 page coffee table book also titled Runnin' Down A Dream and the Highway Companions Club.

More info on this exciting project to follow.

[MacMan]

Nothing new here either, just the Warner Bros. Press Release.

Sep 10, 2007 06:00 ET
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/rel_us_print.jsp?id=767830

"Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers," a Film by Peter Bogdanovich, to Debut at New York Film Festival
Chronicle Books to Release Petty Retrospective

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - September 10, 2007) - On October 14, the hotly anticipated Warner Bros. Records film "Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" will have its first public screening. Directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), "Runnin' Down A Dream" has been selected to close the 2007 New York Film Festival. "Runnin' Down A Dream" tells a great American story, that of a band that came from the middle of nowhere to win the hearts of millions. The film focuses not only on the Heartbreakers' inspiring ride to the top but the story of what they did when they got there, as artists, as a band, as people. Bogdanovich's film explores many of the underlying reasons for the band's unparalleled capacity not only to endure but to thrive. Gritty, exuberant, infectious: "Runnin' Down A Dream" tells the Heartbreakers' story as never before. The New York Film Festival screening will take place at the legendary Walter Reade Theater on October 14. Beginning October 15, "Runnin' Down A Dream" will be screened at select theaters nationwide. A list of cities and participating theaters will be announced shortly.

The film, two years in the making, weaves together remarkable archival material, previously unseen 8mm footage, new live and rehearsal footage, and extensive interviews conducted by director Bogdanovich. Producer, George Drakoulias claims that it was Bogdanovich's work on "The Last Picture Show" that made him think the director would have a sensitivity for the context of the Heartbreakers' story. "That movie made me think that Peter could really grasp the intricacies of what we were looking at in this 30-year career," Drakoulias explains. In zeroing in on both the shadows and the light around the band's uniquely American success story, Bogdanovich finally explores the complexity of the American dream itself. As he describes, "I saw the film as a vivid piece of Americana about a natural-born poet-musician from Florida who decided to go West with a richly talented band to become rock stars. It is an extraordinary odyssey, the fascination being I think in the details of the adventure."

"Runnin' Down A Dream" digs deep in order to reveal the combination of unwavering talent, artistic vision, and sheer persistence that has made the Heartbreakers' thirty-plus year run possible. The film features in-depth interviews with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and the circle of musicians, friends and collaborators who came into the band's orbit over the years. Participants include Stevie Nicks, Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, George Harrison, Jackson Browne, Roger McGuinn, Dave Stewart, Jeff Lynne, Rick Rubin, Jimmy Iovine, Johnny Depp, and others.

In addition to tracking the Heartbreakers over their decades together, "Runnin' Down A Dream" also follows Tom Petty's solo adventures and his time as a Traveling Wilbury alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison. A celebration of what can happen when artists are given the chance to explore the depths of their own talent, "Runnin' Down A Dream" is the story of an artistic victory unlike any other.

In mid-October, building upon the film's momentum, Chronicle Books will release "Runnin' Down A Dream," a 250-page coffee table book that will be available in mid-October at book shops throughout the US and Canada. It includes more than 300 photos and extensive text from the Bogdanovich interviews. Together, the interviews and photos provide a unique, inside perspective on the remarkable life and career of a rock and roll legend.

Tickets for the New York Film Festival screening will be available at www.filmlinc.com/nyff/tickets.html.

ABOUT TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS released their debut album in 1976. Since that time they have sold more than 50 million records and remain one of the biggest touring acts in the business. Despite the scale of their success and the creative range of their work, the Heartbreakers maintain a reputation as a rock-and-roll band, always true to the music's original inspiration. Between the Heartbreakers' recordings and his solo work, Tom Petty has received 18 Grammy nominations. Honored with lifetime achievement awards including Billboard's Century Award, MTV's Video Vanguard Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Petty, with the Heartbreakers at his side, has achieved the status of legend among his fellow musicians and listeners worldwide.

ABOUT PETER BOGDANOVICH

Peter Bogdanovich has earned a reputation as one of American cinema's great filmmakers. In addition to his work as a director, Bogdanovich has received acclaim as an author, a critic, a screenwriter, a documentarian, an actor, and a historian. His films, including "The Last Picture Show," "Paper Moon," and "Mask" have been Oscar-winning landmarks. "The Last Picture Show" is a National Treasure as declared by the Library of Congress. Viewers know him for his recurring role and directing work on "The Sopranos." Film historians and movie buffs alike know him both for his monographs on Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, and John Ford. On the heels of "Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers," Bogdanovich will return to feature film directing with a new film entitled "Star-Crossed," based on a true Hollywood love story. He's also planning a return to the theater, to do a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' last play, "In Masks Outrageous and Austere," which is being co-presented by Gore Vidal.