Russell Crowe is Bill Hicks (possibly)

[Awesome Wells]

Don't most people stop thinking Bill Hicks as some kind of icon around about their 16th birthday?

Why? What's wrong with liking Bill Hicks? He was funny and, most importantly, pretty right on about a lot of stuff.

 

[Awesome Wells]

You're missing the point.
Besides which he's not that funny though is he, his humour is your typical teenage stoner humour. Although some of his stuff is very funny, but all that crap about taking drugs, goat boy and that isn't in the slightest bit funny or well observed. Give me George Carlin over Hicks anyday. That crap about LSD... jesus, if I want to hear that I'll read a max_freakout post. "Denial is beneath you and through LSD I see through" - wow, fucking deep, man.

perhaps you should grow up a bit; this is pretty poor.

 

[Firky]

Yes I should grow up because I find Bill Hicks like Cheech and Chong talking about politics.

 

[rhod]

A movie about Hicks. What's the point? He'd die again if he knew this was happening. Just watch It's Just A Ride. Fucking Hollywood cunts.

Exactly. "Satan's little helpers", indeed.

 

[jodal]

Goat boy was funny.

Who could play Bill Hicks? Bill Murray 20 years ago perhaps. Or Will Ferrell.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Yes I should grow up because I find Bill Hicks like Cheech and Chong talking about politics.

you should grow up because ranting about how bill hicks seems juvenile to anyone who isn't immature is precisely that. It's pathetic; you're just slagging him off because he's popular.

 

[8den]

Goat boy was funny.

Who could play Bill Hicks? Will Ferrell.

Leave the thread now. Go, turn around and walk away.

 

[Juice Terry]

Dennis Leary could do it, he already knows all the words.

 

[Biglittlefish]

Dennis Leary could do it, he already knows all the words.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Dennis Leary could do it, he already knows all the words.

Someone said John Cusack above, I reckon he'd be good (If memory serves his skit in the film Bob Roberts was apparently inspired by Bill Hicks)...

 

[Badgers]

Actually I think Firky is right....

Hicks is old hat but when I see a thread started by Firky I hang on his every word

 

[Badgers]

Good blog here - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/dannygraydon/blog/2008/08/21/russell_crowe_takes_on_bill_hicks

Had a think about this and I can't see why a film needs to be made? Hicks has a short intense life and I doubt that a film can find a 'hidden depth' to the man? Just a film for the sake of a film and clearly piggy-backing off his name regardless of the actor.

Next film tipped to be made:

David Attenborough?