I was not interested in reading until my brother gave me a copy of “Red Planet” when I was around 10 - I still consider it one of my all-time favorites. I didn’t care much for Heinlein’s other juveniles, except for “Rolling Stones”. Also liked “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” - I still think it would make a great movie.
Okay, assuming we got together all the Heinlein fans here on FR, gathered up 100 million bucks to make a film of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, we would need a surefire Producer and Director and I, of course, offer myself for a very reasonable fee...
Now, we need to cast the film. Who would we have play our characters?
Manuel Garcia O'Kelly "Mannie" Davis
Mycroft Holmes, Mike the computer & Adam Selene
Wyoming "Wyoh" Knott
Professor Bernardo de la Paz
Stuart Rene "Stu" LaJoie
Mimi "Mum" Davis
Hazel Meade
Warden Mortimer Hobart
Authority Security Chief Alvarez
My choices off the top of my head this morning would be as follows:
James Caviezel or Dean Cain as Manuel Garcia O'Kelly "Mannie" Davis
James Woods as Mycroft Holmes, Mike the computer & Adam Selene...
Ron Silver as Professor Bernardo de la Paz...
Angie Harmon as Wyoming "Wyoh" Knott
Bo Derek as Mimi "Mum" Davis...
Kelsey Grammer as Warden Mortimer Hobart
Bruce Willis as Authority Security Chief Alvarez
Okay, what do ya'll think?