Miami Vice

[myrrh]

I was reading the new Vibe, and was surprised to find out Micheal Mann is making a Miami Vice movie!

A quick search found a pic here.


Because Mann is doing it, it could be one of the best TV shows to movies ever!!!! I wonder if they'll have the same theme music?

[Animal Boything]

I haven't seen that show since it was on in the 80's, and I remember very little about it. Can anyone who's seen it recently tell me how well it holds up today?

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by Animal Boything

I haven't seen that show since it was on in the 80's, and I remember very little about it. Can anyone who's seen it recently tell me how well it holds up today?

not good, its purely nostalgic really

its too phoney / glitzy in a world of CSI type shows...

still the movie might well be quite good...i think that they are making it, so that its set in the 80's??

[grady]

AWESOME!

But I am a huge fan of Michael Mann's work, and he is perhaps one of my favorite directors working today. Regardless, this project is gonna be cool for me as I used to watch Miami Vice on occasion and I'm curious to see how Michael Mann is approaching shooting the film and creating the look of it.

More than likely, he's probably using the Viper digital cameras that he used on Collateral. On futher research and inspection of this topic I found this link and pictures of Mann, Foxx, and Farrell.

Ah...a new Michael Mann film to look forward to.

another link to check out, a slideshow from a TV station.

Go here

Another of the director of the project.

[GforGroove]

i think is going to be awsome too!!!!
Not that i was fan of Miami Vice but i can't forget don jonson's white pants!

Is going to look stylish as hell.. beach, cars, guns, michael mann

sounds good def!

[b.miller]

i couldn't really say much about actually remembering any of the TV show, but i do know it's credited for changing the way TV shows were made back in the day, introducing that highly stylized action-movie-y feel to what was up till then largely just talking heads and muted colors. Like most of everything in the 80s i can see it not holding up today, but historically speaking it was pretty special (for better or worse).

[maus]

my friend and i just finished watching the entire first season of MV on DVD. it's dated, a little cheesy, but has definite Mann stamps on it. a lot of the origins of what we saw in later films like Heat and Collateral can be seen there. Mann didn't direct the early episodes, of course, but his influence as Exec. Producer is well felt.

farrell sucks, but this might be ok.

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[djeddy]

crockett is played by colin farrell while jamie foxx is tubbs.

they shot a scene a block away from my office here. they also shut down the 395 here for a couple of days because they were shooting a scene as well.

originally i thought it was gonna be another BAD micheal bay-like piece of shit, but since micheal mann is involved, it can actually have some depth and soul. mann can make a really good movie 'the insider' but he can also make a piece of shit like 'band of the hand' which believe it or not, was the movie that inspired mann's miami vice.

[grady]

Originally Posted by djeddy

crockett is played by colin farrell while jamie foxx is tubbs.

they shot a scene a block away from my office here. they also shut down the 395 here for a couple of days because they were shooting a scene as well.

originally i thought it was gonna be another BAD micheal bay-like piece of shit, but since micheal mann is involved, it can actually have some depth and soul. mann can make a really good movie 'the insider' but he can also make a piece of shit like 'band of the hand' which believe it or not, was the movie that inspired mann's miami vice.

But he didn't necessarily direct Band of the Hand but rather he was a executive producer on it. Not quite the same thing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090693/fullcredits

[djeddy]

Originally Posted by grady

But he didn't necessarily direct Band of the Hand but rather he was a executive producer on it. Not quite the same thing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090693/fullcredits

bah my bad...you're right..starsky directed that film.. brain fart..

anyway i DO know it was the movie that inspired miami vice. the whole violent gang warfare in miami, with a hip 80s soundtrack to boot. thats miami vice yo.