The Once a Runner movie?

as Parker (if it was parker) on mensracing.com pointed out, the best potential non-athlete character is the trainer guy, which you left out

in other news, he also said there is another printing coming out -- so for those idiots like myself who bought it for waaaay too much $$$ (+100), let's drink to stupidity

Are you serious - you paid a lot of money for it? I guess I would have too, but last year I found it at Chapters (our local big-box book store) for $4 Canadian. I tried to explain the significance of the find to my wife, but I don't think she understood.

I'll give it a shot. I don't know if any real runners can act, but Pat Porter did alright as Viren in Without Limits. Excuse all the spelling goofs.

Q - Tobey Maguire

Denton - Russell Crowe

Walton (NZ MILER) - Ewan McGregor

Doobey(football coach and AD) - R.Lee Ermey or Billy Bob Thorton

Jack Nubbins - Eminem

Andrea - Katie Holmes or some blonde, need more blondes

O'Rork - I'd use a real runner for this part since he doesn't say much

Cassidy = Freddie Prinze Jr.

Denton = Brad Pitt

Walton = Hugh Jackman

Doobey = Danny Glover

Nubbins = The guy who played "Stifler"

Andrea = The daughter in "24"

O'Rourke = Ben Affleck

Oh God! Joe, I always enjoy your posts, but you've gone too far this time. Freddie Prinze Jr.? I hate that guy. You might as well go for Matt Damon for the roll of O'Rourke. He's ten times better than Affleck.

If Hollywood really got a hold of the film rights, here is who they'd cast:

Quenton Cassidy - Jonathan Lipnicki or Shaquille O'Neal

Bruce Denton - Jack Palance

John Walton - Richard Thomas (after all, he played John Boy Walton)

Dick Doobey - Don Knotts

Jack Nubbins - Peewee Herman

Andrea - Carmen Electra

O'Rork - Mike Myers, "If it ain't Irish, then it's CRAP!)

Please don't let this thread die.

any Lipnikci reference makes the post five star. what about nick nolte for doobey... he was great in blue chips. i'm sure carvey wouldn't mind either the role of quenton or denton. the internal rhyme that parker had at his fingertips was incredible.

Cassidy = Luke Perry

Denton = Brad Pitt

Walton = Johnny Knoxville

Doobey = The guy who plays Newman in Seinfeld

Nubbins = Kid Rock

Andrea = Sarah Michelle Gellar

O'Rourke = Macauley Culkin

How could you forget Meisner, the books greatest character? The mirror image to Cassidy's success. The constant reminder that injury/ illness could be around the corner?

a little afterschool IMDb action:

quentin: ewan mcgregor

denton: ed o?brien (6?4? radiohead rhythm guitarist)

andrea: anna paquin

mizner: luke wilson

nubbins: dj qualls (from road trip)

judge at ?the trial?: john parker, jr.

cornwall: dana carvey

mobley: ron lester (billy bob from varsity blues)

doobey: phillip seymour hoffman

doobey?s secretary: leaning towards traci lords on this one

prigman: bruce mcgill (mississippi DA in the insider)

brady grapehouse: charles dutton (from rudy and Roc)

o'rork: keith kelly

sam bair: sam bair, jr.

shorter: don sage, avec headband

walton: robert carlyle (begbie in trainspotting)

pale faced equipment guy: me

producer: owen wilson

mizner loses his Italian flavor, but that?s not as important as getting the Wilson brothers involved. I don?t know if the quiet, unassuming obrien can run, but it would be funny to stage sage outkicking him

if one were to choose actual runners for the top two roles, id say dan wilson and culpepper

i really wish i could somehow fit steve buscemi, but what can you do.

We're trying to sell a movie here. FP Junior is oddly unwatchable for a guy who's popular. But he's probably capable iof playign acollege kid (Chris Rock would be good but looks way too old).

Matt Damon's too thick to play an Irish runner in the 1970s. Besides, I know an actual runner who could stunt-double for Ben Affleck (he has used this to great advantage in certain social situations). And there aren't many lines for that Irish guy, right? Just look like you can outrun someone.

I am very, very sheltered. What is Once a Runner about, where can i find it, and how much should i pay for it??

ohdeargod. you must be a youngster. once a runner was a novel that came out in the early 80's about the trials and tribulations of a collegiate miler. it is, quite simply, the finest piece of literature (fiction or non-) ever written about distance running. as the inside cover says: "caution: this book may tell you more than you really want to know about running". a cult classic, a bible, a metaphor for life. where can you find it? i've seen it on ebay and amazon.com's used section a few times. how much is it worth? priceless. i wouldn't sell my tattered, dog-eared, well-worn copy for nuthin'. find it, read it, live it.

I hate to say, if but a movie would be atrocious. I don't even want to think about it. The little nuances are what make the book so good, because Parker (though not an exceptionally gifted writer) has an unbelievable ability to pick up all the quirky habits of runners and explain them in writing. Trust me when I see these wouldn't translate into a movie (and I've spent an entire long run discussing this before).

Eat my ass.