From: Erin Noonan (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 02:25:57 BST
No I was just going by what's in Lila.
I remember you named the actor that Pirsig requested play him
in a previous post so I was confused what exactly happened.
So there's still hope, good!
erin
>Hey,
>Some of the posts in this thread seem to imply that Pirsig decided not sell
>the rights to his book. But I have been under the impression that Redford
>did acquire the rights to ZMM and is still planning to (try to) make it a
>movie. I think I got this impression from AP pieces like the following....
>
>"According to the Daily Variety, issue date Jan 25, 1999....in an article
>pertaining to Mr. R. when he was asked what his future projects are, well
>this is what was wrote on the subject: "As for future film projects, he is
>noncommittal, allowing only that his list of top-priority projects remain
>the same: "The Legend of Bagger Vance," "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle,"
>"Time and Again," and "George Washington." Then the next paragraph says
>this: "He has however, begun work on a project about big business which was
>originally meant to be the final part of a trilogy that started with
>"Downhill Racer" and "Candidate." At the time, he couldn't get a script he
>felt was good." Surprisingly the movie we thought was next called "Spy Game"
>was not at all mentioned by him."
>
>
>Does anybody know for sure that Pirsig DIDN'T eventually decide to sell the
>rights?
>
>just wondering
>rick
>
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