cyberpunk & the GR movie

[Ted Samsel]

Paul opines:

> On another topic:  I've been impressed by everyone's choices for
> actors and directors for the GR movie.  But I find this
> scenario more frighteningly plausible:  Pynchon's next book
> hits big (for intrinsic or extrinsic reasons) and he becomes
> a hot property.  Some schmuck studio buys the rights to all
> his books (given the man's slow output, he opts to take the cash
> and let the credit go).  The resulting film resembles the
> Stigwood production of _Sgt. Pepper_ And features such stars as
> Roseanne, Madonna, Bruce Willis, etc, etc.
> Bets, anyone?
> 
Probably so. Too bad that Ken Russell's unique talents died on
the vine. I think he directed the aforementioned El Sargento
Pimentel......

But with the NBNW ref in GR & Tom (GUMP) Hanks being the modern
Cary Grant (according to the trade rags), would Tom Hanks (with a
DiNiro gain of adipose) make a decent Tyrone Slothrop?

And yet, in the intro to SLOW LEARNER, TP admits to a fond affection
for one of my favorite characters, Pig Bodine. A sitcom with Bodine's
zany (yet unhygenic) antics? I LIKE that.