Evan Almighty director Tom Shadyac has been hired to bring the “exicting” true story of John Francis to the big screen. What’s so special about this guy that he deserves a motion picture about him?…. well he walked around the world for nearly two decades and didn’t speak one word to anyone. Cinematic genius.
From Coming Soon…
After witnessing a collision of two oil tankers that wiped out the ecosystem in San Francisco Bay in 1971, Francis boycotted motor vehicles and took off on foot for a cross-country pilgrimage to raise environmental awareness, taking a vow of silence that lasted 18 years. He finally broke silence when he defended his Ph.D. thesis, which he wrote on the subject of oil spills.
How exicting. I’m sure it’s a moving story and all but what’s the point of having a movie where it’s just a guy walking, non stop without even talking.
I’m guessing they will only show those bits in small portions but then doesn’t that defy the object of making a movie about the “amazing” true event that happened in the guy’s life, 18 years of it infact.
Pic on the left is of the man himself…. any ideas of who could play him?
source – variety, coming soon
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My friend Paulo could play the guy – he looks just like him. And I STILL wouldn’t see it.
lol