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![]() マジソン・スクエア・ガーデンで、 エルヴィスの登場前に パーカー大佐と最終打ち合わせをする ジェリー・ワイントローブ | |||
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特別に Jerry Weintraub の名前が入ったマジソン・スクエア・ガーデン公演のチケット
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(Feb. 7, 2005)
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英ヒットチャート、 エミネムがプレスリー抑えトップに
[ロンドン 6日 ロイター] 6日発表の英ヒットチャートは、 エミネムの 「ライク・トイ・ソルジャーズ」が 初登場でトップに立った。
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(Feb. 6, 2005)
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Willie Nelson always had Elvis on his mind for a song
Country singer had the clear voice of Presley in his head By Eddie McIlwaine Jaulhouse Rock was all very well at No 1, but Willie Nelson still reckons that Always on My Mind was the best song Elvis ever crooned. Especially as Willie, who is coming to Dublin in the spring, wrote the lyrics to the love ballad. "People are always telling me how well I sing Always on My Mind," declared Willie today. "But the plain truth is, it was always meant for Elvis. I only sang it myself as an afterthought and now I'm not allowed off a stage without performing it. "I sat down one afternoon with a clear sound of the Presley voice in my head and wrote that song. Mind you, I had a beautiful woman in my eye when I was putting the words down, but I'm not saying who she was. "The point is, this was always an Elvis special and didn't he do so well with it? Come on ? Elvis with that ballad stuck with you for a long while no matter how good I do it." Nelson, enjoying a new lease of life, has been in Belfast several times down the years, but this time, the nearest he will get is Dublin's Point on April Fool's Day April 1. You can get tickets at the usual Wonderland agencies here. |
(Feb. 3, 2005)
Jerry Weintraub, the Colonel & Elvis
![]() George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Jerry Weintraub | 映画「オーシャンズ12」の プロモーションで来日した プロデューサーの ジェリー・ ワイントローブ(右端) |
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Jerry Weintraub & the Colonel
It happened more than 30 years ago, but Jerry Weintraub - like many men - still vividly recalls his first cigar. Weintraub is an entertainment mogul: a movie producer (The Karate Kid), a political fund-raiser (for former president George Bush), even an occasional actor (The Firm), but he started as an agent and then a concert promoter. In the late 1960s, he was negotiating to promote the Biggest Star of Them All: Elvis Presley. "I went to Vegas to meet with Elvis' manager, Col. Tom Parker. We talked at what was then called the International Hotel . . . at the roulette wheel," Weintraub recalls with a chuckle. "When we finally made our deal - a very big deal - Colonel Parker reached in his pocket, pulled out a cigar and stuck it in my mouth." "Parker was almost 60 then, Weintraub not yet 30, and as Weintraub waited for a light, Parker said, 'Son, if you're going to be a big promoter and a big producer, you have to learn to smoke cigars.'" What kind of cigar did Colonel Parker give him? Weintraub laughs. "It wasn't a good one." |
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ジェリー・ワイントローブ & パーカー大佐
30年以上昔のことだが、 ジェリー・ワイントローブは 初めて葉巻を吸った時の事を はっきりと覚えている。 「ラスベガスで エルヴィスのマネージャー、 パーカー大佐に会ったんだ。 インターナショナル・ホテルの ルーレット台で話していて、 大きな商談が成立した時、 大佐がポケットから葉巻を取り出して、 私の口に咥えさせた。」 「パーカーは60才、 私は30にもなってなかった。 パーカーは言ったよ。 『坊や、 大物になりたかったら、 葉巻を吸うことから始めなよ』って。」 どのような葉巻でした? 「安物だったよ。」 |
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Barry Levinson, Jerry Weintraub & the Colonel
The film will tell the story of Weintraub's early career, when he was hired and mentored by Col. Tom Parker, the longtime manager of Elvis Presley. Weintraub became the promoter of Presley's concerts. "It'll be told from my point of view, cover how we got together, how we did the Presley tours, everything that happened over the years," Weintraub said, confirming he'd made a deal on the film with Ron Shelton. "Parker gave me my first huge break in show business. I got to promote all the Elvis shows, right until the end. He was my mentor, my teacher, my father figure. It's a road story, about a guy from New York and a guy from the South who got together and made a lot of money. He certainly made my career." The Colonel and Me, an Elvis movie without Elvis? May 21, 2003 - According to Variety, Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson (Rain Man) will direct The Colonel and Me for producer Jerry Weintraub (Ocean's Eleven). The script is by Bo Goldman (Scent of a Woman). Ron Shelton (Hollywood Homicide) was previously attached to write and direct. The Colonel and Me is a biopic about producer Weintraub and his relationship with Col. Tom Parker , the former carnival huckster who became Elvis Presley's notorious manager. Weintraub, Variety tells us, "got his big break when Parker tapped him to promote Presley's concerts. Parker, who hailed from the South, took the young New Yorker under his wing and became a father figure." Well, as many of you know, I'm a big Elvis fan and I just need to correct something Variety reported. It turns out Parker wasn't from the South - he was born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk in The Netherlands. Rumor has it he was really an illegal alien who assumed the name "Tom Parker." Indeed, some have speculated that the reason why Elvis never toured outside the U.S. (except for a weekend in Canada during the late 1950s) was because Parker was afraid he'd be found out and deported. Parker did not go with Elvis when he was stationed in Germany during his Army service. As far as anyone knows, Elvis never knew the truth about his infamous manager. |
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映画「The Colonel and Me」
ジェリー・ワイントローブは 「The Colonel and Me」という自伝映画を 2年前に計画してました。 監督は「レイン・マン」のバリー・レヴィンソンの予定でしたが、 今現在、 進展はありません。 |
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"Pure Country," George Strait & the Colonel
The interview took place a few hours into the final day of filming. It was about 5A.M., and the sun had not yet begun to shine on Las Vegas. With only a final scene to finish, George resisted the temptation to say he felt positive about his first film. But his upbeat manner and easy confidence revealed more than his words. "I can't really tell you how I'm doing," says the soft-spoken, humble Texan. "All I can tell you is what they tell me, and they seem pleased with it." In truth, George was lured into acting with severe reservations. Producer Jerry Weintraub, whose credits include Nashville!, Diner and The Karate Kid, received a call from an old friend, Colonel Tom Parker, the famous manager of Elvis Presley who still apparently sits around thinking about how gifted, shy singers with matinee-idol looks should supplement their already enormous incomes with million-dollar movie deals. Parker told Weintraub that George could be a movie star. Weintraub attended an Ace in the Hole concert in the Houston Astrodome, saw tens of thousands of screaming women the whole time George was on stage, and, drawing on his years of experience, he figured the Colonel might be right. "He was kind of hesitant at first," says Weintraub, a tall, brawny fellow who speaks with a casual, confident persuasiveness common among laid-back moguls with killer instincts. "He said to me, 'What do I have to gain? I sell a lot of albums. I've got a great life. What is this going to do for me? And I don't know how to act."' Weintraub, over several meetings, tried to convince him otherwise. "Acting is reacting," he told him. "It's not that big a deal." George finally asked for a script. Weintraub paid for a customized job tailored to the singer's strengths. He can sing. He's an authentic rancher who can ride and rope. "This is a story about a country singer and a story about a man in turmoil," Weintraub says. "It's a family movie and a terrific love story. I think country music fans, who are legion now, will love it." George liked the script, though he suggested a few changes. "Originally we were going to call the main character 'Bubba,' and George said we couldn't do that," Weintraub relates. "He taught me a few other things I wasn't familiar with. There's a very sensitive area right now with country singers. They don't want to be considered hicks. This movie doesn't do that. It's real life stuff." (Later, I complimented George on the name change, suggesting Bubba was a name only people outside of the South would use for a country singer. He gently corrected me. 'Well, we call my son 'Bubba,"' he said, and I looked to see how many steps it would take to get out the door of the bus. "I just didn't think it was right for the character." Gentleman that he is, I was allowed to stay.) Weintraub, a big-time producer who tends to gamble and who wins more than he loses, climbed further out on a limb. He edged beyond promoting his $10 million movie venture to predict that his cinematic discovery has a future in Hollywood. "It was important that George was a singer in this movie, and he will sing in future pictures, the producer pronounced. "But I think there will come a time when he makes a movie where he doesn't sing. He reminds me of Alan Ladd, back when Ladd was a number-one box office star. "The women are going to go nuts over this guy, and guys like him because he's a man's man. I mean, he did all his own rodeo stuff in this movie. He got on a horse, he's a great rider, and he did his own ropin'. He shows up on time. He works real hard. And he's a great guy on top of everything else. I've enjoyed this experience with him more than anything else I've done in years." George, however, offers a more low-key assessment. "I never saw it as a risk," he says of his new role. "I see it as an adventure. It's a good change of pace for me. I got to try something new. I'm enjoying it, and depending on how it goes, I'll consider doing another down the line. If it comes out okay, and I can see that I can do it, and if it's possible for me to do more, then I will. I feel comfortable out there." |
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映画「Pure Country」のジョージ・ストレイト
映画「Pure Country」の主役を探していたジェリー・ワイントローブに ジョージ・ストレイトを推薦したのは パーカー大佐です。 パーカーは ラスベガス・ヒルトンで ジョージ・ストレイトのショーを見ていて、 彼の俳優としてのスター性を見抜いていたのです。 |
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Coming soon!
One and only interview with Jerry Weintraub 近く、ジェリー・ワイントローブの貴重なインタビューを載せます。 英語だけでしたら 今でも載せられるのですが、 翻訳に時間がかかるので、 しばらくお待ちを。 このインタビューとは関係ありませんが、 1975年大晦日のポンティアック公演。 当初、 ローリング・ストーンズの公演予定で 会場が押さえられていたのです。 ところが ミック・ジャガーの病気で キャンセルとなり、 困ったワイントローブは パーカー大佐に頼み込み、 エルヴィスが出ることになったのでした。 |
(Feb. 3, 2005)
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