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Re: (TV) Mainstream movie Marquee Moon shout-out

Ty, I thought you were going to tell us there were shots of the Mamas & the Papas contractual-obligation final album (PEOPLE LIKE US) in the film; pleased to find TV there instead. It wouldn't be crazy if it pushed a few copies of the record, not at all. Who wouldn't want to listen to the music young Captain Kirk likes?

Question for the group: Has any film (indie or mainstream) ever used Television's music? Not counting films made by Amos Poe. I know Verlaine has "scored" a few films, but don't know of tracks from any Television album appearing in any film... even though the latter half of "The Dream's Dream" sounds like it was written to close a dramatic scene.

--Phil



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 From: Ty Burr <tyburr@comcast.net>
To: tv@obbard.com 
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 10:18 PM
Subject: (TV) Mainstream movie Marquee Moon shout-out
 
Just got back from screening the upcoming "People Like Us," a pretty soapy melodrama about the estranged son (Chris Pine) of a deceased L.A. record producer and the half-sister (Elizabeth Banks) he never knew he had. Etc etc. Watchable movie if not exactly a good one, but there's a scene where the hero's in a record store with his 11-year-old nephew, and lays the following CDs on him, in prescribed order: Clash/London Calling, Gang of Four/Entertainment, Buzzcocks/Singles Going Steady, Joy Division/Unknown Pleasures and Television/Marquee Moon. The cover photo gets a nice close-up and there's a later shot of the vinyl album. Of course, the actual soundtrack is awash in "sensitive" piano and strings, and not a note of our boys are heard. But it's interesting to see the band name-checked for mainstream hipster credibility in a studio film (written by the guys who wrote the "Transformers" movies, no less!)

Weird. And maybe it'll move a few copies of the album.

Ty
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