Can someone please get some smelling salts ready, because we may just pass out from excitement. The NY Times reports Al Pacino is set to play controversial musical producer Phil Spector in a film to be written and directed by none other than David Mamet.
The currently untitled film which will be made at HBO is still in early stages of development with Barry Levinson producing (who directed the multiple Emmy nominated “You Don’t Know Jack” starring Pacino earlier this year). There’s no word yet on what the focus of the film will be; if it will be a sweeping biopic or tackle the bizarre later years in the already eccentric producer’s life. At any rate the soundtrack is sure to be aces. Spector developed his famous Wall Of Sound production, made instantly classic songs for a variety of girl groups including The Crystals and The Ronettes, made his contemporaries green with envy and perhaps most famously, mixed and finished the Beatles last album “Let It Be.” In more recent years, he’s known for outrageous hair and for murdering actress/model Lana Clarkson.
However unsavory his personal life, his mark on the music world is undeniable and a film about him is sure to be fascinating. But more importantly: Spector + Pacino + Mamet? Fuck. Yes.
