Born to Run - Two movies, one with Matthew McConaughey

Lone Star. Brilliant film.

Guess he'll be playing Jurek?

Dazed and confused was solid. Granted he wasn't a main character.

He was not asked to play Jack in Titanic. He was offered the role of life jacket.

Dewey_Runner wrote:

Guess he'll be playing Jurek?

Probably Micah True (El Caballo)

How about some suggestions - which actors should play the main characters?

Micah True -

Christopher McDougall -

Barefoot Ted McDonald -

Scott Jurek -

Jenn Shelton -

Billy Barnet -

Luis Escobar -

Arnulfo Quimare -

Manuel Luna -

His Lincoln commercials are pretty great. I still can't figure out if they're trying to be funny or not but I get a good laugh every time I see a new one. With that said, I can't imagine the movie will be any good.

Actually, he kind of looked like an ultra marathoner in Dallas Buyer's Club. If he is willing to lose 50 pounds again for the role it would be well cast.

Tyrannosaurus Rexing wrote:

George31323 wrote:

Second, there's Matthew McConaughey's movie which will be out in about a year:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/29/matthew-mcconaughey-native-american-born-to-run-gold

That ( a major motion picture being made of McDougal's novel-long infomercial for Vibrams) is awful news.

The book brought about 1000's of vibram wearing and/or home-made shoe wearing and/or bare-foot-running-on-cement, 10:00 per mile fad anti-shodists. What will the movie do? I shudder to think.

Why? What negative impact does this have on your life?

runtherockies wrote:

Actually, he kind of looked like an ultra marathoner in Dallas Buyer's Club. If he is willing to lose 50 pounds again for the role it would be well cast.

Except that PM who has "run" numerous 50Ks and Badwater is very overweight, so apparently not all ultra people are super skinny

jjjjjj wrote:

He was not asked to play Jack in Titanic. He was offered the role of life jacket.

He did play Jack in Titanic. Don't you remember him saying "Rose goon without me". Kate Hudson was the best ever in that as Rose.

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Jefe in the CO wrote:

Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's lighten up on the ageism of MM. I can honestly say that there is almost nothing wrong with being "about 50".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso

It's not ageism, it's self-deprecation.

OK, besides Dallas Buyers Club, True Detective, Dazed and Confused, Contact, Bernie, Tropic Thunder and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, what has Matthew McConaughey ever done for us?

Anyone who says Failure to Launch, Sahara, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Mud, Surfer Dude, The Wedding Planner, The Newton Boys, Larger than Life or the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, has to ask the J-man for a date.

Magic Mike!!!

...filming delayed due to stress fractures

The Guardian makes it sound like Matthew McConaughey "Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey looks set to star in a true life tale of native American “super-athletes” who helped spark a sea-change in attitudes towards barefoot running"

Does this mean he will play a native american runner? Is he claiming he is 1/1000th native american? That seems odd that a white dude will play a native american. Craig Curley should star. Or other mexican runners. I know this might bother some of you but it just seems the logical and respectful thing to do--to have a native american play a native american.

No love for McFarland USA? In theaters February 20th:

http://movies.disney.com/mcfarland-usa

Looks good to me.

question? wrote:

The Guardian makes it sound like Matthew McConaughey "Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey looks set to star in a true life tale of native American “super-athletes” who helped spark a sea-change in attitudes towards barefoot running"

Does this mean he will play a native american runner? Is he claiming he is 1/1000th native american? That seems odd that a white dude will play a native american. Craig Curley should star. Or other mexican runners. I know this might bother some of you but it just seems the logical and respectful thing to do--to have a native american play a native american.

so only people of certain backgrounds can play people of certain backgrounds? that is a dangerous approach that cuts two ways

having an Oscar winner portray someone is respectful

Does he get to take his shirt off?

Mattdamon wrote:

Does he get to take his shirt off?

You didn't read the book, did you? El Caballo never wore a shirt. Made it a slam-dunk pitch to MM by the producers.

Zev wrote:

Dazed & Confused was pretty good....

Pretty good? He absolutely killed it. His finest moment other than Dallas Buyers.