Mamet script’s are for actors. Nice guy? I don’t give a shit. Good sitcom father? Fuck you–go home and play with your kids. The parts are weak. The parts are weak? Fucking parts are weak? You’re weak. I’ve been in this business fifteen years. What’s your name? FUCK YOU, that’s my name! You know what it takes to cast Tim Allen in one of Mamet’s films, even one about mixed martial arts?
It takes brass balls.
Tags: Tim Allen, David Mamet, Redbelt
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I would love to play devil's advocate and make a case for Tim Allen, but I think even the devil's advocate would not take up Tim's case.
Uh....Wild Hogs?
OK - nevermind.
Going back, I flinched when I first heard Steve Martin was going to be in one of Mamet’s films, (The Spanish Prisoner), but thought he might be an interesting choice since he'd done semi-dramatic roles before. Here though, good luck. Tarantino’s the only director I know who can resurrect an actor’s career.
That makes as much sense as casting Freddy Prinze Jr. for a mobster flick co-starring Jean Claude Van Damme and norm Mcdonald... though to be honest, I'd love to see Norm doing a mafia scene.
As for Tim Allen, when you are worthy of having all your movies thrown in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart, there's a reason for that. I'm still wondering why people with talent shoot themselves, yet the Uhr-uhr guy still keeps making shitty movies.
Sorry folks, D. Mamet is way overrated as a director. Sure he wrote Glengarry -- pure cinematic gold, no doubt -- and any number of successful plays, but as a director? House of Games? The Spanish Prisoner? Anyone remember Things Change? Joe Mantegna has made a career of appearing in sub-par Mamet flicks. The Allen pull is surprising, sure, but it's not like the catalog will suffer much for it.
Sub par? Gotta differ there. House of Games and Things Change were solid films. I’d put Things Change on par with A Bronx Tale or Miller’s Crossing as far as the mobster genre goes. A lot of his work that he writes and/or directs is subtle and far more unpredictable than most of the b-movie thrillers out there.
You make him sound like Brent Ratner. He made Steve Martin actually look like a real actor. If anything, Tim Allen gets the bump here by doing this.
The only thing I will say that really sucked was Mamet’s recent Ford spots.
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