In 1965, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr played a show at New York’s Shea Stadium. The concert was The Beatles’ largest to date and, understandably, jangled their nerves. While they said they always felt better once they got onstage, Starr noticed some surprising behavior in Lennon. He believed Lennon went “mad” during the show.
Ringo Starr said John Lennon seemed to have gone mad during a Beatles concert
The Beatles’ concert at Shea Stadium had over 55,000 attendees, making it their largest concert up to that point. They found it overwhelming and, according to Starr, the pressure got to at least one of them.
“If you look at the film footage you can see how we reacted to the place,” Starr said in The Beatles Anthology. “It was very big and very strange. I feel that on that show John cracked up. He went mad; not mentally ill,...
Ringo Starr said John Lennon seemed to have gone mad during a Beatles concert
The Beatles’ concert at Shea Stadium had over 55,000 attendees, making it their largest concert up to that point. They found it overwhelming and, according to Starr, the pressure got to at least one of them.
“If you look at the film footage you can see how we reacted to the place,” Starr said in The Beatles Anthology. “It was very big and very strange. I feel that on that show John cracked up. He went mad; not mentally ill,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon was critical of many musicians, but he also had idols who influenced him throughout his career. One of these people was Jerry Lee Lewis. Lennon had admired him since childhood and thought of him as an early inspiration. When he was famous himself, Lennon had the opportunity to meet Lewis. He immediately made it clear that he adored the musician.
John Lennon was thrilled to meet his idol after a concert
In Lennon’s “lost weekend,” a period of time when he was separated from Yoko Ono, he attended one of Lewis’ concerts. During this time, Lennon drank often, which typically made him argumentative and unpleasant. At Lewis’ show, however, he showed a different side of himself.
“I had only three childhood idols, Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee, and I haven’t seen any live,” he told a friend, per the book Lennon: The Definitive Biography by Ray Coleman.
John Lennon was thrilled to meet his idol after a concert
In Lennon’s “lost weekend,” a period of time when he was separated from Yoko Ono, he attended one of Lewis’ concerts. During this time, Lennon drank often, which typically made him argumentative and unpleasant. At Lewis’ show, however, he showed a different side of himself.
“I had only three childhood idols, Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee, and I haven’t seen any live,” he told a friend, per the book Lennon: The Definitive Biography by Ray Coleman.
- 10/13/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ethan Coen wasn’t exactly a scholar on Jerry Lee Lewis. You wouldn’t even have called him a fan, really.
Sure, the Oscar-winning filmmaker — who, along with his brother Joel, has given the world The Big Lebowski and Barton Fink and Fargo and No Country for Old Men and a dozen other movies that have earned rabid cults and regularly show up on Greatest Movies Ever lists — knew “Whole Lotta Shaking Going On.” Everybody does. He could probably sing a few verses of “Great Balls of Fire” in a karaoke emergency if need be.
Sure, the Oscar-winning filmmaker — who, along with his brother Joel, has given the world The Big Lebowski and Barton Fink and Fargo and No Country for Old Men and a dozen other movies that have earned rabid cults and regularly show up on Greatest Movies Ever lists — knew “Whole Lotta Shaking Going On.” Everybody does. He could probably sing a few verses of “Great Balls of Fire” in a karaoke emergency if need be.
- 5/21/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Keir O’Donnell (Fargo, American Sniper) has booked a series regular role in Million Dollar Quartet (working title), Cmt's upcoming eight-episode scripted drama inspired by the Broadway musical. Produced by Leslie Greif and directed by Roland Joffé, Million Dollar Quartet is a coming-of-age story set in Memphis during the tumultuous early days of the civil rights movement, and tells the true story of young musicians Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee…...
- 3/23/2016
- Deadline TV
When a friend of Fats Domino's invited filmmaker Joe Lauro to hang out at Domino's New Orleans house in the early 2000s, he knew he had to make a film about the rock & roll architect. More than a decade later, Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll will air tonight, on Domino's 88th birthday. The film captures how the New Orleans pianist cut what many believe is the first rock & roll record, 1949's The Fat Man, and went onto sell 65 million records, making the Billboard pop chart...
- 2/26/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Jeanie Finlay’s bizarre story of masked Elvis soundalike Jimmy Ellis is as moving as it is entertaining
“They say you can’t make it cos you sound like Elvis. But Elvis sounded like Elvis, and he made it…” Having previously dealt with pop fakery in The Great Hip Hop Hoax, director Jeanie Finlay strikes gold with this wonderfully weird and affectingly melancholy account of how singer Jimmy Ellis found himself at the centre of the strangest chapter of rock’n’roll apocrypha. Dismissed as a Presley soundalike during Elvis’s lifetime, Ellis resurfaced in the late 1970s as the masked Orion, taking his name from Gail Brewer-Giorgio’s fictional tale of a superstar who fakes his own death. Fruitcake conspiracy theories, the emergence of “new” duet recordings with Jerry Lee, and the Sun Records release of Reborn (initially pressed with a lurid coffin-escape cover) convinced fans that Orion was Elvis,...
“They say you can’t make it cos you sound like Elvis. But Elvis sounded like Elvis, and he made it…” Having previously dealt with pop fakery in The Great Hip Hop Hoax, director Jeanie Finlay strikes gold with this wonderfully weird and affectingly melancholy account of how singer Jimmy Ellis found himself at the centre of the strangest chapter of rock’n’roll apocrypha. Dismissed as a Presley soundalike during Elvis’s lifetime, Ellis resurfaced in the late 1970s as the masked Orion, taking his name from Gail Brewer-Giorgio’s fictional tale of a superstar who fakes his own death. Fruitcake conspiracy theories, the emergence of “new” duet recordings with Jerry Lee, and the Sun Records release of Reborn (initially pressed with a lurid coffin-escape cover) convinced fans that Orion was Elvis,...
- 9/27/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 3, 2014
Price: DVD $14.93, Blu-ray $19.97
Studio: Cinedigm
Emile Hirsch (Bonnie & Clyde) and Stephen Dorff (Immortals) are brothers in trouble in independent film The Motel Life.
The drama movie is based on the novel by Willy Vlautin and focuses on Frank (Hirsch) and Jerry Lee (Dorff) who are forced to race across the state to the home of Frank’s old girlfriend Annie (Dakota Fanning, The Runaways) after Jerry Lee is involved in a hit and run accident.
Although they seem safe from the law, Jerry Lee becomes increasing instable from grief, putting them all at risk.
Featuring animation from award-winner Mike Smith (ParaNorman), The Motel Life is the first feature film directed by Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky, producers of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans.
Kris Kristofferson (Deadfall) also stars in the indie film, which got plenty of love from critics. Hollywood Reporter...
Price: DVD $14.93, Blu-ray $19.97
Studio: Cinedigm
Emile Hirsch (Bonnie & Clyde) and Stephen Dorff (Immortals) are brothers in trouble in independent film The Motel Life.
The drama movie is based on the novel by Willy Vlautin and focuses on Frank (Hirsch) and Jerry Lee (Dorff) who are forced to race across the state to the home of Frank’s old girlfriend Annie (Dakota Fanning, The Runaways) after Jerry Lee is involved in a hit and run accident.
Although they seem safe from the law, Jerry Lee becomes increasing instable from grief, putting them all at risk.
Featuring animation from award-winner Mike Smith (ParaNorman), The Motel Life is the first feature film directed by Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky, producers of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans.
Kris Kristofferson (Deadfall) also stars in the indie film, which got plenty of love from critics. Hollywood Reporter...
- 5/8/2014
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
The Motel Life is adapted by Alan and Gabe Polsky, from the debut novel by American writer and musician Willy Vlautin, frontman of alt-country critical darlings Richmond Fontaine. Vlautin’s songs and novels chiefly deal with the disenfranchised no-hopers on the fringes of the American dream, desperate people who make desperate choices. And so it is with The Motel Life.
The film follows the plot of the book faithfully, the story of brothers Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, played by Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff, respectively. Neither brother has much going for them. It’s implied that they’ve been drifters ever since their mother died and Jerry Lee lost a leg in an accident with a train. They move from motel to motel, the drab walls given some semblance of life by Jerry Lee’s drawings. The two escape their mundane struggles through Frank’s stories, where they play...
The film follows the plot of the book faithfully, the story of brothers Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, played by Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff, respectively. Neither brother has much going for them. It’s implied that they’ve been drifters ever since their mother died and Jerry Lee lost a leg in an accident with a train. They move from motel to motel, the drab walls given some semblance of life by Jerry Lee’s drawings. The two escape their mundane struggles through Frank’s stories, where they play...
- 4/2/2014
- by Mark Grassick
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"The Motel Life," the new movie starring Stephen Dorff and Emile Hirsch, tells the story of two brothers who have to go on the run after one of them is involved in a hit and run.
When Dorff originally found the project, as he told MTV New's Josh Horowitz, it started as a way to do something he'd wanted to do for a while: play Hirsch's brother. "This one was kind of a small one from the get-go. It was kind of on the bottom of the pile, but then I found it," he said. I saw that Emile was attached to it."
But from there, it turned into a much more interesting journey into two characters that he found fascinating.
"I thought Jerry Lee was a very different character for me, and it was about trying to find this child-like guy. It seemed like two diamonds in the rough,...
When Dorff originally found the project, as he told MTV New's Josh Horowitz, it started as a way to do something he'd wanted to do for a while: play Hirsch's brother. "This one was kind of a small one from the get-go. It was kind of on the bottom of the pile, but then I found it," he said. I saw that Emile was attached to it."
But from there, it turned into a much more interesting journey into two characters that he found fascinating.
"I thought Jerry Lee was a very different character for me, and it was about trying to find this child-like guy. It seemed like two diamonds in the rough,...
- 11/15/2013
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
Since being selected by Sean Penn to play wanderlust Christopher McCandless in his 2007 film Into The Wild, Emile Hirsch has sustained a streak of provocative work that's the envy of young Hollywood. Though overlooked for his understated but strong turns in movies like Milk and Savages, his performances are so subtle and authentic that there's always room for his costar's shiner characters (like Matthew McConaughey's Joe Cooper in Killer Joe). The same could be said of his latest work, The Motel Life (out in limited release on November 8th), where he plays Frank Lee,...
- 11/7/2013
- Rollingstone.com
On the surface, there should be nothing particularly special about producer-turned-director brothers Gabe and Alan Polsky's debut, "The Motel Life." Threatening to sound like indie-by-numbers on paper, the film, based on the well-received novel of the same name by Willy Vlautin, is indeed familiar in its downbeat, disenfranchised Americana setting and even some of its themes: familial love, redemption and the fragility of hope in the face of ill-starred circumstances. But while it doesn't reinvent the wheel, or revolutionize the genre, it achieves its modest ambitions affectingly well, in no small part due to a clutch of cherishable performances, especially from leads Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff, as brothers Frank and Jerry Lee. And beyond being well-performed, it has an inspired ace up its sleeve: Interspersed within the minor-key drama, but somehow never interrupting its flow, are brief pencil animations, illustrations of the stories Frank tells. These interludes provide a.
- 11/7/2013
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Chicago – Alan and Gabe Polsky are brothers, film producers and now directors. The sibling tandem make their debut with “The Motel Life,” featuring Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff as disparate brothers trying to make a go in life with no money and no prospects, just a series of random motels and their unbreakable kinship.
Alan and Gabe Polsky for ‘The Motel Life,’ on the Red Carpet during the Chicago International Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Brothers Alan and Gabe Polsky are known as producers, for notable films like “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans” (2009) and the HBO documentary “His Way” (2011, profiling producer Jerry Weintraub). “The Motel Life” is the first time as directors, adapting the source novel by Willy Vlautin. This is a stylish film, with an added touch of animation to fulfill the fantasy elements of storytelling between the film brothers.
Alan and Gabe Polsky for ‘The Motel Life,’ on the Red Carpet during the Chicago International Film Festival
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Brothers Alan and Gabe Polsky are known as producers, for notable films like “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans” (2009) and the HBO documentary “His Way” (2011, profiling producer Jerry Weintraub). “The Motel Life” is the first time as directors, adapting the source novel by Willy Vlautin. This is a stylish film, with an added touch of animation to fulfill the fantasy elements of storytelling between the film brothers.
- 11/7/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"All I've ever done is fuck up," one character remarks in The Motel Life, Alan and Gabe Polsky's debut feature. That broad judgment rings too true in this picture, which portrays brothers Frank and Jerry Lee (Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff) as little more than, well, fuck-ups.
Recalling characters from a Bukowski novel or Tom Waits song but with less complexity, the brothers are endowed by their creators with little agency, not doing much except lamenting the sorry state of their lives. Early on, alcoholic Jerry has accidentally committed a hit-and-run, killing a child, and Frank needs to get the cash to split town with his brother before the cops close in.
This development presents some obvious narrative difficulties (sympathizing with a hit-and-run driver isn'...
Recalling characters from a Bukowski novel or Tom Waits song but with less complexity, the brothers are endowed by their creators with little agency, not doing much except lamenting the sorry state of their lives. Early on, alcoholic Jerry has accidentally committed a hit-and-run, killing a child, and Frank needs to get the cash to split town with his brother before the cops close in.
This development presents some obvious narrative difficulties (sympathizing with a hit-and-run driver isn'...
- 11/5/2013
- Village Voice
Rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis has a penchant for the term "kissing cousins."
Heading down the aisle for the seventh time, Lewis, 76, married Judith Brown, 62, who was previously married to Jerry Lee's cousin, Rusty Brown.
Here's the tricky part: Rusty is the brother of Myra Gale Brown, who wed Jerry Lee in 1957 when the "Great Balls of Fire" singer was 23 and Myra was only 13. That marriage (Lewis' third) lasted 13 years but the...
Heading down the aisle for the seventh time, Lewis, 76, married Judith Brown, 62, who was previously married to Jerry Lee's cousin, Rusty Brown.
Here's the tricky part: Rusty is the brother of Myra Gale Brown, who wed Jerry Lee in 1957 when the "Great Balls of Fire" singer was 23 and Myra was only 13. That marriage (Lewis' third) lasted 13 years but the...
- 3/31/2012
- Extra
For Jerry Lee Lewis's new (and seventh) marriage, he's reprising one of his greatest hits. CNN reports that the 76-year-old "Great Balls of Fire" singer wed Judith Brown this month, whom he had met through his cousin Rusty ... Judith's former husband. If that sounds like a familiar sort of scandal for Lewis, it should: He infamously married his 13-year-old cousin Myra Gale back when he was 23, and yes, Myra was Rusty's sister. Boy, Jerry Lee has really got it out for that guy, huh?...
- 3/30/2012
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
In this edition of BruceLee.com Updates, Shannon tells us all about the fundraiser that was held in Seattle. Washington! Shannon also gives a few ideas on how you can help get the Bruce Lee Action Museum up and running! Here’s Shannon with the details!
Hi All,
I wanted to share some clips from the Inaugural Bruce Lee Action Museum Fundraiser we held in Seattle, Wa two weeks ago. I also highlight some activities around the museum and ways that you can get involved if you so wish. We are all so excited about this project. The road will be long, but it will all be very worth it. I want to give a special thank you to Bruce Harrell, Doug Palmer, Mimi Gan, Jerry Lee, Perry Lee, Yale Wong and Omar Lee for their contributions to the inaugural event and for their commitment to Bruce Lee Action Museum project.
Hi All,
I wanted to share some clips from the Inaugural Bruce Lee Action Museum Fundraiser we held in Seattle, Wa two weeks ago. I also highlight some activities around the museum and ways that you can get involved if you so wish. We are all so excited about this project. The road will be long, but it will all be very worth it. I want to give a special thank you to Bruce Harrell, Doug Palmer, Mimi Gan, Jerry Lee, Perry Lee, Yale Wong and Omar Lee for their contributions to the inaugural event and for their commitment to Bruce Lee Action Museum project.
- 11/16/2011
- by Aaron M.K.
- Nerdly
Ok, so this week’s Top 10 may seem a little random, but inspired by the purchasing of a few new vintage movie posters (I’m an avid collector!) and the approach of Profiles in History’s 44th Hollywood Auction this Saturday, I began to think about some of the most cherished pieces of movie memorabilia that fans would surely love to own. We all have a favourite film star, director, franchise or standalone film, which lead the movie memorabilia trade to boom as people found they had much more extra cash over the economically kind years between the 80s and mid 00s. This Saturday will see those lucky enough to still be in this position, battling over the real Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (estimated to sell for between $1-2million!), James Dean’s tweed jacket from Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Jeff Bridges’ ‘The Dude’ jumper from The Big Lebowski...
- 5/12/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
Dakota Fanning is probably the busiest girl in Hollywood these days.
Few days ago we reported that young actress is set to star in the upcoming Mississippi Wild opposite Ryan Donowho, and today, we’re here to report she will star in The Motel Life as well, together with Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff. But, The Motel Life comes first!
So, Fanning will shoot The Motel Life this month together with above mentioned Hirsch and Dorff.
Alan and Gabe Polsky will produce and direct the movie through their Polsky Films banner, with Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster scripting.
It’s an adaptation of the novel by Willy Vlautin that follows: “a few weeks in the broken lives of two working-class brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, who abruptly ditch their Reno motel after Jerry Lee drunkenly kills a boy on a bicycle in a hit-and-run.
The two are case studies...
Few days ago we reported that young actress is set to star in the upcoming Mississippi Wild opposite Ryan Donowho, and today, we’re here to report she will star in The Motel Life as well, together with Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff. But, The Motel Life comes first!
So, Fanning will shoot The Motel Life this month together with above mentioned Hirsch and Dorff.
Alan and Gabe Polsky will produce and direct the movie through their Polsky Films banner, with Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster scripting.
It’s an adaptation of the novel by Willy Vlautin that follows: “a few weeks in the broken lives of two working-class brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, who abruptly ditch their Reno motel after Jerry Lee drunkenly kills a boy on a bicycle in a hit-and-run.
The two are case studies...
- 2/22/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Looks like Emile Hirsch is back!
According to the latest reports, the Speed Racer star has signed on to star in the film adaptation of The Motel Life.
Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin, this project still has neither a writer or a director, but we do know that producers Alan and Gabe Polsky are hoping to shoot the film later this year.
The story “centers on two brothers who flee their Reno motel room after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.”
If you want more details about this, then here’s a The Motel Life book synopsis:
“In a gritty debut, Vlautin explores a few weeks in the broken lives of two working-class brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, who abruptly ditch their Reno motel after Jerry Lee drunkenly kills a boy on a bicycle in a hit-and-run.
The two are case studies in hard luck: their...
According to the latest reports, the Speed Racer star has signed on to star in the film adaptation of The Motel Life.
Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin, this project still has neither a writer or a director, but we do know that producers Alan and Gabe Polsky are hoping to shoot the film later this year.
The story “centers on two brothers who flee their Reno motel room after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.”
If you want more details about this, then here’s a The Motel Life book synopsis:
“In a gritty debut, Vlautin explores a few weeks in the broken lives of two working-class brothers, Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, who abruptly ditch their Reno motel after Jerry Lee drunkenly kills a boy on a bicycle in a hit-and-run.
The two are case studies in hard luck: their...
- 1/26/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans producers Alan and Gabriel Polsky are putting together a film adaptation of Willy Vlautin's novel The Motel Life. The first talent is now on board, as Emile Hirsch has signed to play one of "two brothers who flee their Reno motel room after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident." Variety [1] has the news, saying that the other male lead and additional roles are yet to be cast. A writer and director are also needed, though the Polskys may take on those roles themselves. We haven't seen much of Emile Hisch in the past two years, so I hope this one comes together. And the book sounds like it should go on the read pile and could make for a compelling movie if the rest of the cast is smartly chosen: Frank and Jerry Lee Flannigan, who abruptly ditch their Reno motel...
- 1/26/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Dave Worrall, author of The Most Famous Car in the World, is reunited with Jerry Lee after first meeting in the Us some fifteen years ago when the DB5 was on display in his home. (Photo copyright Cinema Retro)
(Photo copyright: Cinema Retro)
By Dave Worrall
A James Bond Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball sold for £2.7m in London last night, making it the most expensive film prop and movie-related car in history. The American bidder, who was in the room, was beseiged by the press afterward. Sold by Rm Auctions on behalf of Jerry Lee, it was hoped the sale would have topped £3.5m, especially as the proceeds were going to a charity foundation. However, Mr Lee paid just $12,000 for the car back in 1969, so his return of $4.1m wasn't such a bad investment after all.
(Photo copyright: Cinema Retro)
By Dave Worrall
A James Bond Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball sold for £2.7m in London last night, making it the most expensive film prop and movie-related car in history. The American bidder, who was in the room, was beseiged by the press afterward. Sold by Rm Auctions on behalf of Jerry Lee, it was hoped the sale would have topped £3.5m, especially as the proceeds were going to a charity foundation. However, Mr Lee paid just $12,000 for the car back in 1969, so his return of $4.1m wasn't such a bad investment after all.
- 10/28/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
London, Oct 28 – The iconic Aston Martin, driven by Sean Connery in two James Bond films, has been sold for 2.6 million pounds at an auction in London.
An American car enthusiast paid the amount to buy the most famous car and then vowed to take it for a spin around the streets of London.
The silver 1964 Aston Martin DB5, previously owned by American broadcasting boss Jerry Lee who paid 12,000 dollars in 1969, was initially expected to fetch more than 3 million pounds.
The unique car, which boasts an ejector seat, revolving license plates and bullet-proof shield, featured in the ‘Goldfinger’.
An American car enthusiast paid the amount to buy the most famous car and then vowed to take it for a spin around the streets of London.
The silver 1964 Aston Martin DB5, previously owned by American broadcasting boss Jerry Lee who paid 12,000 dollars in 1969, was initially expected to fetch more than 3 million pounds.
The unique car, which boasts an ejector seat, revolving license plates and bullet-proof shield, featured in the ‘Goldfinger’.
- 10/28/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
As British secret agent James Bond, actor Sean Connery drove the famous silver DB5 Aston Martin in the films “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball.” According to London’s “Guardian,” Sotheby’s and Rm Auctions sold the car used in the films yesterday for a little over $4 million. Its U.S. owner, broadcaster Jerry Lee originally bought the 1964 car for $12,000 in 1969. “The James Bond car has brought me much enjoyment for some 40 years,” Lee said.
- 10/28/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Us broadcasting boss sells silver DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball to raise proceeds for charity
A James Bond Aston Martin dubbed "the most famous car in the world" was sold at auction for £2.6 million yesterday.
The silver DB5, which was driven by Sir Sean Connery as the super spy in Goldfinger and Thunderball, had been expected to go for more than £3 million. A spokesman for the auctioneer said: "It's still a lot of money and I don't think anyone's disappointed."
American broadcasting boss Jerry Lee bought the 1964 car for $12,000 in 1969, and since then it has spent much of its time in the United States. He has said he plans to donate proceeds from the sale to his charitable foundation.
He said previously: "The James Bond car has brought me much enjoyment for some 40 years.
"Even as I sell it and use the proceeds to fund the Jerry Lee Foundation,...
A James Bond Aston Martin dubbed "the most famous car in the world" was sold at auction for £2.6 million yesterday.
The silver DB5, which was driven by Sir Sean Connery as the super spy in Goldfinger and Thunderball, had been expected to go for more than £3 million. A spokesman for the auctioneer said: "It's still a lot of money and I don't think anyone's disappointed."
American broadcasting boss Jerry Lee bought the 1964 car for $12,000 in 1969, and since then it has spent much of its time in the United States. He has said he plans to donate proceeds from the sale to his charitable foundation.
He said previously: "The James Bond car has brought me much enjoyment for some 40 years.
"Even as I sell it and use the proceeds to fund the Jerry Lee Foundation,...
- 10/28/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Oct 27 – The iconic Aston Martin used in two James Bond movies is set to go under the hammer in London and is expected to fetch over 3 million pounds.
The 1964 DB5, driven by Sean Connery in ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Thunderball’, is being sold by American DJ Jerry Lee, its first and only owner, Sky News reports.
Its gadgets included a bulletproof shield and revolving number plates.
Lee, who paid just over 8,000 pounds when he bought it in 1969, is hoping to raise around 3.5million pounds and plans to put the money into his charitable foundation.
“The.
The 1964 DB5, driven by Sean Connery in ‘Goldfinger’ and ‘Thunderball’, is being sold by American DJ Jerry Lee, its first and only owner, Sky News reports.
Its gadgets included a bulletproof shield and revolving number plates.
Lee, who paid just over 8,000 pounds when he bought it in 1969, is hoping to raise around 3.5million pounds and plans to put the money into his charitable foundation.
“The.
- 10/27/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Photo by Senor McGuire. Boogie-woogie showman Jason D. Williams is part down-home sage, part outsider artist, and part marketing genius (think Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd). A son of El Dorado, Arkansas, and a local legend in Memphis for decades, he uses phrases like “hot dang,” without irony and can play note-perfect Tchaikovsky, often with a bottle of Heineken balanced on his head. Williams, 51, might also be the biological son of Jerry Lee Lewis. “In Memphis, they’ll fight you if you say that’s not Jerry Lee’s boy. ‘That’s his son. It just is,’” says Todd Snider, the alt-country singer-songwriter and cult hero who produced Killer Instincts in the city’s famed Ardent Studios and Blackbird Studios in Nashville with guests such as ex-Georgia Satellites singer Dan Baird. Williams, blonde and boyish at 51, looks and plays like Lewis. It’s Williams hands you...
- 10/26/2010
- Vanity Fair
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The car in the reception area of the Rac Club, London. The same location it was first display back in 1969. (Photo copyright Cinema Retro)
Author and Cinema Retro publisher Dave Worrall (right) and Don Rose of Rm Auctions pose with “The Most Famous Car in The World". (Photo copyright Cinema Retro)
Last night (21/10/10) saw “The Most Famous Car in The World” return to The Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London, for the first time since it was first displayed there in 1969. The car, the only remaining Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball and now internationally known as “The Most Famous Car in The World” after the title of Dave Worrall’s book, is being sold next Wednesday (27/10/10) by Rm Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s. Owned by Jerry Lee of Philadelphia for some forty plus years,...
The car in the reception area of the Rac Club, London. The same location it was first display back in 1969. (Photo copyright Cinema Retro)
Author and Cinema Retro publisher Dave Worrall (right) and Don Rose of Rm Auctions pose with “The Most Famous Car in The World". (Photo copyright Cinema Retro)
Last night (21/10/10) saw “The Most Famous Car in The World” return to The Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London, for the first time since it was first displayed there in 1969. The car, the only remaining Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball and now internationally known as “The Most Famous Car in The World” after the title of Dave Worrall’s book, is being sold next Wednesday (27/10/10) by Rm Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s. Owned by Jerry Lee of Philadelphia for some forty plus years,...
- 10/22/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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Cinema Retro publisher Dave Worrall (L) with Ajay Chowdhury, publisher of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang magazine.(Photo copyright Dave Worrall. All rights reserved.)
Cinema Retro’s Dave Worrall was reunited with James Bond’s fabled Aston Martin last weekend, some eighteen years since first seeing it in the home of its owner Jerry Lee, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, USA. Dave wrote and published the highly successful book ‘The Most Famous Car in the World’ back in 1991, which tells the definitive history of Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 as seen in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball. In total, there were four cars used back in the mid to late 60s: two for filming, and two for promotional purposes. At the time, Dave tracked them all down, and one of the cars driven by Sean Connery in both films is coming up for auction in October.
Cinema Retro publisher Dave Worrall (L) with Ajay Chowdhury, publisher of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang magazine.(Photo copyright Dave Worrall. All rights reserved.)
Cinema Retro’s Dave Worrall was reunited with James Bond’s fabled Aston Martin last weekend, some eighteen years since first seeing it in the home of its owner Jerry Lee, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, USA. Dave wrote and published the highly successful book ‘The Most Famous Car in the World’ back in 1991, which tells the definitive history of Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 as seen in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball. In total, there were four cars used back in the mid to late 60s: two for filming, and two for promotional purposes. At the time, Dave tracked them all down, and one of the cars driven by Sean Connery in both films is coming up for auction in October.
- 7/5/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
It's one of the most famous cars in movie history, and if you have a spare £4M burning a hole in your tuxedo that you haven't already spent on shaken martinis and duplicitous female spies, then you might just be able to drive it home. We're speaking of James Bond's original Aston Martin DB5, the one he drove in Goldfinger.
As reported in the UK's Daily Mail, the famous movie car, of which only two were ever built, is expected to fetch bids in the region of £4M when it goes up for sale this year.
It is the first time ever that the DB5 has come on the open market.
In the film, the car featured machine guns, a bullet-proof shield and revolving number plates, in addition to a removable roof panel and ejector seat that 007 could use to jettison unwanted bad guys out the top of the car.
As reported in the UK's Daily Mail, the famous movie car, of which only two were ever built, is expected to fetch bids in the region of £4M when it goes up for sale this year.
It is the first time ever that the DB5 has come on the open market.
In the film, the car featured machine guns, a bullet-proof shield and revolving number plates, in addition to a removable roof panel and ejector seat that 007 could use to jettison unwanted bad guys out the top of the car.
- 6/3/2010
- CinemaSpy
It's one of the most famous cars in movie history, and if you have a spare £4M burning a hole in your tuxedo that you haven't already spent on shaken martinis and duplicitous female spies, then you might just be able to drive it home. We're speaking of James Bond's original Aston Martin DB5, the one he drove in Goldfinger.
As reported in the UK's Daily Mail, the famous movie car, of which only two were ever built, is expected to fetch bids in the region of £4M when it goes up for sale this year.
It is the first time ever that the DB5 has come on the open market.
In the film, the car featured machine guns, a bullet-proof shield and revolving number plates, in addition to a removable roof panel and ejector seat that 007 could use to jettison unwanted bad guys out the top of the car.
As reported in the UK's Daily Mail, the famous movie car, of which only two were ever built, is expected to fetch bids in the region of £4M when it goes up for sale this year.
It is the first time ever that the DB5 has come on the open market.
In the film, the car featured machine guns, a bullet-proof shield and revolving number plates, in addition to a removable roof panel and ejector seat that 007 could use to jettison unwanted bad guys out the top of the car.
- 6/3/2010
- CinemaSpy
Got an extra $4 million British pounds burning a hole in your pocket? We've got the perfect way to spend it.
The iconic Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball is going up for auction and conservative estimates indicate the tricked out ride will pull in roughly $4 million pounds for its owner. Two of the Aston Martins were purchased and prepared for use in Goldfinger, but one has since disappeared -- making this a one-of-a-kind collectible for the discerning 007 fan.
Since its cinematic appearances, the car has been in the possession of Jerry Lee, an American who purchased it from Aston Martin in 1969 for $12,000 -- sounds like a good investment in retrospect. The only condition of the deal was that Aston Martin could use the vehicle for promotional purposes whenever they wanted to. Lee drove the car, which has 30,000 miles on the odometer, back in the '70s,...
The iconic Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball is going up for auction and conservative estimates indicate the tricked out ride will pull in roughly $4 million pounds for its owner. Two of the Aston Martins were purchased and prepared for use in Goldfinger, but one has since disappeared -- making this a one-of-a-kind collectible for the discerning 007 fan.
Since its cinematic appearances, the car has been in the possession of Jerry Lee, an American who purchased it from Aston Martin in 1969 for $12,000 -- sounds like a good investment in retrospect. The only condition of the deal was that Aston Martin could use the vehicle for promotional purposes whenever they wanted to. Lee drove the car, which has 30,000 miles on the odometer, back in the '70s,...
- 6/3/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
Ever wanted to own your own 1964 Aston Martin DB5? You see them very rarely in England but every time you do, it’s a thing of beauty! I’ve wanted one every since I saw a man get shot through the roof of the car in Goldfinger. Every boy over the last 50 years has owned the dinky toy and now we get the chance to own the original. The Aston Martin is Bond through and the through. Gadget filled, as British as they come but stunning beautiful (for a car!). The Aston Martin DB5 has it all!
Reuters yesterday confirmed that the car is to go up for auction in October later this year. This Aston was used by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball is expected to go for $5m when it goes under the hammer in at Rm Auctions who are calling it, “the world’s most famous...
Reuters yesterday confirmed that the car is to go up for auction in October later this year. This Aston was used by Sean Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball is expected to go for $5m when it goes under the hammer in at Rm Auctions who are calling it, “the world’s most famous...
- 6/2/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Aston Martin sports car which Sean Connery drove when portraying famous spy agent James Bond is to be auctioned off in October. The 1964 DB5 has been dubbed "the world's most famous car" by auction house Rm Auctions and the experts expect the motor to fetch over $5 million (3.3 million pound sterling).
The car is the last remaining model made for Connery to drive as 007 in the films 1964 "Goldfinger" and 1965 "Thunderball". The motor comes complete with machine guns, a bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, oil slick sprayer and smoke screen, along with other gadgets.
The car is being sold by U.S. radio broadcaster Jerry Lee - the motor's only ex-factory owner. Lee plans to donate the proceeds to charity.
The car is the last remaining model made for Connery to drive as 007 in the films 1964 "Goldfinger" and 1965 "Thunderball". The motor comes complete with machine guns, a bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, oil slick sprayer and smoke screen, along with other gadgets.
The car is being sold by U.S. radio broadcaster Jerry Lee - the motor's only ex-factory owner. Lee plans to donate the proceeds to charity.
- 6/2/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Aston Martin sportscar Sean Connery drove as James Bond is to be auctioned off in October.
The 1964 DB5 has been dubbed "the world's most famous car" by auction house Rm Auctions and the experts expect the motor to fetch over $5 million (£3.3 million).
The car is the last remaining model made for Connery to drive as 007 in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball.
The motor comes complete with machine guns, a bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, oil slick sprayer and smoke screen, along with other gadgets.
The car is being sold by U.S. radio broadcaster Jerry Lee - the motor's only ex-factory owner.
Lee plans to donate the proceeds to charity.
The 1964 DB5 has been dubbed "the world's most famous car" by auction house Rm Auctions and the experts expect the motor to fetch over $5 million (£3.3 million).
The car is the last remaining model made for Connery to drive as 007 in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball.
The motor comes complete with machine guns, a bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, oil slick sprayer and smoke screen, along with other gadgets.
The car is being sold by U.S. radio broadcaster Jerry Lee - the motor's only ex-factory owner.
Lee plans to donate the proceeds to charity.
- 6/1/2010
- WENN
Shortly before his death in 2003, the Man in Black talked about death, drugs, and hearing from fans.
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Kurt Loder
Johnny Cash talks to Kurt Loder in 2003
Photo: MTV News
The great country legend Johnny Cash passed away in 2003, but his legacy remains alive. This week saw the release of American VI: Ain't No Grave, which pulls together the last of the songs Cash recorded with superproducer Rick Rubin. And on Wednesday, Cash's 1958 tune "Guess Things Happen That Way" became the 10 billionth song purchased from the iTunes Store. That milestone earned downloader Louie Sulcer a $10,000 iTunes Store gift card, as well as phone calls from Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Cash's daughter Rosanne.
Today would have been the Man in Black's 78th birthday, and in honor of the outlaw icon, we take a look back at MTV News' conversation with Cash just...
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Kurt Loder
Johnny Cash talks to Kurt Loder in 2003
Photo: MTV News
The great country legend Johnny Cash passed away in 2003, but his legacy remains alive. This week saw the release of American VI: Ain't No Grave, which pulls together the last of the songs Cash recorded with superproducer Rick Rubin. And on Wednesday, Cash's 1958 tune "Guess Things Happen That Way" became the 10 billionth song purchased from the iTunes Store. That milestone earned downloader Louie Sulcer a $10,000 iTunes Store gift card, as well as phone calls from Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Cash's daughter Rosanne.
Today would have been the Man in Black's 78th birthday, and in honor of the outlaw icon, we take a look back at MTV News' conversation with Cash just...
- 2/26/2010
- MTV Music News
Eric Clapton, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Spingsteen, U2 and other music industry big names who have been tapped to join the four-hour HBO special celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The show will feature the concerts on October 29 and 30, that will be headlined by Clapton, Metallica, Wonder, Springsteen and the E Street Band, U2, Aretha Franklin, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Friends, and many others.
Special guests will include Jeff Beck, Chuck Berry, Jackson Browne, Dion, Jerry Lee, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Little Richard, Van Morrison, Sting and James Taylor.
The two-night gigs will celebrate the 25th year of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and will feature entirely different lineups, with artists performing their own songs and the music that inspired them.
The show will feature the concerts on October 29 and 30, that will be headlined by Clapton, Metallica, Wonder, Springsteen and the E Street Band, U2, Aretha Franklin, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Friends, and many others.
Special guests will include Jeff Beck, Chuck Berry, Jackson Browne, Dion, Jerry Lee, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Little Richard, Van Morrison, Sting and James Taylor.
The two-night gigs will celebrate the 25th year of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and will feature entirely different lineups, with artists performing their own songs and the music that inspired them.
- 9/17/2009
- icelebz.com
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