Tommy James’ story is heading for the big screen. Why? Mario Puzo’s Godfather and The Don as well as Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty and Be Cool already did it.
“Tommy James’ story is heading for the big screen. Why?”
Because there’s nothing like the context of reality — a real pop star, a real record label, a real convicted executive, and real mobsters — to make a drama all the more compelling. The problem with movies like The Godfather, et al. is that they come across as fanciful fiction which can be dismissed by the public as celluloid creations which really do not imact their lives; in contrast, movies like Goodfellas & Donnie Brasco are all the more gripping because we know the players aren’t characters but real people . . . and they often live on our street blocks.