Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Bob Marley'in hayatı film oluyor


ANKARA-
Reggae müziğini Jamaika sınırları dışına taşıyarak efsaneleşen Bob Marley'nin yaşam öyküsü beyazperdeye taşınıyor. Genç yaşta kanserden ölen Marley'nin hayat hikayesini anlatan ilk filmin yapımcıları arasında sanatçının eşi Rita Marley de yer alacak.

Sinema sektörü yayın organı Hollywoodreporter'ın haberine göre, Bob Marley'nin yaşam öyküsünü içeren filmle ilgili hazırlıklar, sanatçının eşi Rita Marley'nin gözetiminde başladı.

Filmin, Bob Marley'nin yaşam öyküsünün yanı sıra, Rita-Bob Marley çiftinin nasıl tanıştığını ve yaşadıkları aşkı da beyazperdeye taşıması hedefleniyor. Başrol oyuncularının seçilmesi ile ilgili ayrıntıları planlamaya başlayan Rita Marley, bir bölümü Jamaika'da çekilecek yapımda ünlü müzisyenin gençliğini ve sonraki yıllarını iki farklı aktörün canlandırmasını düşünüyor. Filmde, müzisyenin orijinal parçalarının düzenlemeleri kullanılacak.

TORUNU VE GELİNİ DE FİLMDE

Rita Marley'nin yapımcıları arasında yer alacağı filmde Marley ailesinin diğer fertlerinin de rol alması planlanıyor.

Rita Marley, filmde kendisini canlandırması için ailenin ünlü ferdi Lauryn Hill'i düşünüyor. Bob Marley'nin dördüncü oğlu olan Rohan Marley'nin eşi rap şarkıcısı, albüm prodüktörü ve oyuncu Hill ile temasa geçen Rita Marley, sanatçıdan yanıt bekliyor. Marley, filmde eşinin gençlik yıllarını da torunu Stefan'ın canlandırmasını düşünüyor.

Marley, yapımın prodüksiyonunu, 2004 yılında gerçekleştirilen ''No Woman No Cry: Bob Marley ile Hayatım'' adlı otobiyografide birlikte çalıştığı The Weinstein Co. ile birlikte yürütecek.

Rita Marley, filmin oyuncularının henüz belirlenmediğini belirterek, ''Lauryn'in beni canlandıracak en ideal kişi olduğunu düşünüyorum'' dedi. Hill'in, Bob Marley'nin eski eşi Janet Hunt ile evliliğinden olan Rohan Marley ile evli olduğunu ifade eden Marley, ''Çünkü Lauryn benim hayatımı da yakından biliyor'' sözleriyle efsane müzisyeninin gelininin filmde rol alması yönündeki isteğini dile getirdi.

Filmin çekimlerine gelecek yıl başlanması, 2009 yılında seyirciyle buluşması planlanıyor.

Tanınmış yönetmen Martin Scorsese'nin hazırladığı, Bob Marley'ye ilişkin bir belgeselin de sanatçının 65. yaş günü olan 6 Şubat 2010 tarihinde gösterime girmesi planlanıyor.

BOB MARLEY'NİN YAŞAM ÖYKÜSÜ
Asıl adı Robert Nesta Marley olan unutulmaz sanatçı, 6 Şubat 1945 tarihinde Jamaika'da dünyaya geldi.

5 yaşındayken annesinin Kingston'a taşınmaya karar vermesinin ardından Bob ve ailesi, yaşamı boyunca Bob'un en iyi arkadaşlarından biri olan Bunny Livingston ve ailesi ile birlikte yaşadı.

Reggae müziğinin sadece Jamaika sınırlarında kalmamasını sağlayıp, onu bütün dünyaya duyuran en önemli isimlerden biri olan söz yazarı, şarkıcı ve gitarist Marley, profesyonel anlamda müziğe The Wailers grubu ile başladı.

Bob, The Wailers'tan ayrıldıktan sonra, üç kadın reggae sanatçısının oluşturduğu The I-Threes adlı gruba müzikal alanda yardım etti.

Şarkılarında politik içerik de bulunan Marley, ''Catch A Fire'' adlı çalışmasını 1972 yılında yayımladı. Bu çalışmayı, 1973 çıkışlı ''Burnin?'', 1975'te kaydedilen ''Natty Dread'' ve 1975 tarihli ''Live'' albümleri izledi. İngiltere, Almanya gibi önemli Avrupa ülkelerinde büyük dinleyici kitlesine sahip olan Marley, bu sayede Avrupa'da özellikle o yıllar için büyük önem taşıyan konserler verdi.

En popüler şarkılarından biri olan ''Get Up, Stand Up'' ile sosyal karmaşayı konu edinen Marley'nin ''No Women, No Cry'' adlı parçası dillerden düşmedi.

1978'de Afrika insanına yapılan insancıl yardımlara şarkılarıyla destek olduğu için Birleşmiş Milletler Barış Madalyası'na değer bulunan Marley, bu ödülü aldığı sene insancıl yardım amacıyla Jamaika'da konsere çıktı.

Sanatçının ''I Shot The Sheriff'' ve ''Get Up, Stand Up'' gibi şarkıları, ünlü sanatçı Eric Clapton tarafından yıllar sonra yeniden düzenlendi.

Fırtınalı bir yaşamı olan ve bir kısmı evlilik dışı ilişkilerden 13 çocuğu bulunan Bob Marley, 11 Mayıs 1981 tarihinde 36 yaşında deri kanserine yenik düştü. (AA)


The Weinstein Company Acquires Rights to Produce the First Ever Feature Film About Legendary Musician Bob Marley

NEW YORK, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Company is thrilled to announce that they have acquired the rights to develop, produce and distribute the first ever biopic about the legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and activist, Bob Marley and his wife Rita Marley. The feature film will be based on the autobiography "No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley" written by Rita Marley, the widow of the legendary reggae musician. The book is an intimate and epic account of their relationship, which went from the streets of Trenchtown to the heights of the international music and political worlds. Rudy Langlais ("The Hurricane") is set to produce the film from a script written by Lizzie Borden ("Working Girls"). Rita Marley will serve as executive producer. More details about the project will be announced soon. The announcement was made today by Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company.

Rita Marley stated, "Bob always told me, 'Wherever you are I will be there' and I didn't understand it until much later. Our lives began in a government yard in Trenchtown with hopes of reaching the world through music and through our dreams. I wrote my book to tell my story -- of the dreams we shared and those days we spent living and believing in our hope. I saw it and now we get to tell it through our movie. I have waited a long time to tell this story, about growing up in Jamaica and meeting Bob and making our music and falling in love and making our family. All that, and all that we went through went into this. Now is that time. This is my story."

Harvey Weinstein stated, "I could not be more excited about this film and about bringing audiences around the world a true look into the delicate and dynamic lives of Rita and Bob Marley. Bob Marley was a prolific individual who has influenced and impacted the world with engaging messages he expressed through his moving and socially observant music. His voice commanded attention, it commanded compassion, and it commanded peace. He was a profound musical prophet, whose voice and words inspired generations across the world. We hope this film will resonate across all classes and creeds."

Rudy Langlais stated, "Rita Marley is the only one and the only way to tell this extraordinary love story. There's a reggae song, 'She who lives it, knows it.' Rita lived it all with Bob - the rugged years in the Trenchtown ghetto, the rise to fame and stardom with the Wailers, the complex love affair that spanned his short life, the attempted assassination of both of them on the eve of a concert, and his tragic death at 35. Rita was there, she saw it all -- and she is taking us into the heart of it all through her amazing book and story. This is Rita's story of her life with Bob."

Production Executive, Ben Famiglietti brought this project to The Weinstein Company, along with Michael Cole, Co-Head of Production. They will oversee the project on behalf of The Weinstein Company. Eric Roth, EVP of Business and Legal Affairs negotiated the deal on behalf of The Weinstein Company. Mickey Freiberg from ACME Talent Literary along with Eric Weissmann from Weissmann, Wolf, Bergman, Colman & Silverman negotiated on behalf of Rudy Langlais and Lizzie Borden. Attorneys Bob Epstein, Marvin Zolt and Claude Ismael represented Rita Marley in negotiations.

"No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley" written by Rita Marley with Hettie Jones, was published by Hyperion in May of 2004.

About Rita Marley

Rita Marley was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, married Bob Marley in 1966 and remained married to him until his death in 1981. She was the mother of two of his children, who displayed musical talent like their parents. Rita was also a musician, and performed with a girl-group called the I-Three who had been the back-up singers to Bob Marley and the Wailers. After having witnessed the visit of Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie to Jamaica in 1961, Rita Marley converted to the Rastafarian religion and introduced it to Bob as well. He began to devote his spiritual life to its beliefs and adopted its traditions, which included wearing his iconic dreadlocks. As Marley's music and persona became more and more controversial in Jamaica, the political turmoil it stirred resulted in an assassination attempt on the eve of a concert in Kingston, at which Bob and Rita were shot. To this day, Rita Marley is a benefactor of numerous humanitarian causes. She continues to perform worldwide and lives in Ghana, West Africa.

About Bob Marley

Bob Marley was born under the name of Nesta Robert Marley in the Jamaican countryside town of Nine Miles in 1945. His father was a white Jamaican Marine Officer and Captain of English descent, while his mother was a young black Jamaican girl. After his father's death, Bob moved with his mother to the Kingston ghetto of Trenchtown. There he began playing music, imitating American R&B, and soon formed a band with several other musicians, including Neville O'Riley Livingston and Peter Tosh, calling themselves The Wailers. Their music evolved into what they called "reggae," expressing their rebellious spirit against British colonial rule. Financed by Island Record owner and fellow Jamaican Chris Blackwell, Marley and the Wailers soon were brought to international attention and broke out into world fame. Marley went solo under Blackwell's direction and became an international legend, his music addressing everything from passionate love to revolution in the third world, to humanity's unity in the anthem "One Love." Bob Marley died of a long- gestating cancer in 1981. At the end of the century, Time Magazine and The New York Times named him the most important popular artist of the 20th Century and his record "Exodus" the important record of the century. He was also awarded the United Nations Medal of Peace for the Third World.

About The Weinstein Company

The Weinstein Company (TWC) was created by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films Corporation in 1979. TWC is a multi-media company that officially launched on October 1, 2005. Dimension Films, the genre label that was founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, is also included under the TWC banner.

During the Weinsteins' tenure at Miramax Films the company released some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent feature films which received 249 Academy Award(R) nominations and won 60 Oscars(R), have generated billions of dollars in worldwide box office receipts and billions more in home video sales. In its history, Dimension Films has released some of the most successful franchises including "Scream," "Spy Kids" and "Scary Movie.

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