Whose amazing life-story would you like to see turned into a big-budget film? (1 Viewer)

[livefromDC]

Princess Olga of Kiev. Best revenge story I've ever read.

First story in this collection.

5 People Who Took Revenge to a Whole New Level

They'll tell you that there just ain't no wrath like cold-blooded wrath, 'cause cold-blooded wrath don't stop ... until those who have wronged you are dead, dead, dead.

www.cracked.com

 

[Snakehead]

John Chapman

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Your mom

 

[0rion]

I'm torn between either whoever invented shark bite fittings or the Fleshlight.

 

[DCSaints_Fan]

Your mom

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

Quentin Tarantino would do wonders with this story!

 

[saintmdterps]

How about Manfred von Richthofen? Aka the red baron. He's arguably the greatest pilot who ever lived. When he was
killed in combat allied forces gave him a full military burial. A wreath was placed on the casket that said " To honor
and respect our gallant foe".

War is hell,but that's some great respect

I’d like to see A Higher Call made into a movie. The true story of Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler who happens onto a badly shot-up B-17 over France. Instead of polishing off the bomber, he flies close to it so flak doesn’t shoot it down. He escorts the bomber out over the English Channel, turning back because of Allied fighters.

Stigler didn’t think the bomber would make it back to England but it does. Pilot Charlie Brown knew his plane was as good as dead, so he decided to try to find the German pilot after the war.

He is able to do so. You’ll laugh and cry, you may even cheer. This book might even restore a bit of your faith in humanity

 

[faceman]

I’d like to see A Higher Call made into a movie. The true story of Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler who happens onto a badly shot-up B-17 over France. Instead of polishing off the bomber, he flies close to it so flak doesn’t shoot it down. He escorts the bomber out over the English Channel, turning back because of Allied fighters.

Stigler didn’t think the bomber would make it back to England but it does. Pilot Charlie Brown knew his plane was as good as dead, so he decided to try to find the German pilot after the war.

He is able to do so. You’ll laugh and cry, you may even cheer. This book might even restore a bit of your faith in humanity

I had never heard of this until now. Thank you. I did read the wiki on the incident and see why Sigler was an
honorable man. He was going to shoot the bomber down,but he saw it hadn't lowered the gun turrets.
he could see through a gaping hole in the fuselage Browns crew trying to save the lives of others already
hit by fire. He radioed in to his commander and said it would be the same as me shooting down a man
with a parachute. His commander once told him if you ever shoot down a parachute, I will shoot you first.

 

[saintmdterps]

I had never heard of this until now. Thank you. I did read the wiki on the incident and see why Sigler was an
honorable man. He was going to shoot the bomber down,but he saw it hadn't lowered the gun turrets.
he could see through a gaping hole in the fuselage Browns crew trying to save the lives of others already
hit by fire. He radioed in to his commander and said it would be the same as me shooting down a man
with a parachute. His commander once told him if you ever shoot down a parachute, I will shoot you first.

There was a lot of chivalry on both sides during the air war over Europe. Each referred to the others fighter squadrons as “our opponent” not “the enemy”

After the war Douglas Bader, commander of British Fighter Command, and Adolph Galland, his opposite number in the Luftwaffe, met and became friends. They vacationed together with their families.

The anecdote about Franz Stigler’s commander is true. “We shoot down machines, not people”

 

[Doug B]

Recently, I've been reading the stories of Marvin Gaye's and Tammi Terrell's collaborations in the late 1960s. Their biggest hits are still well-loved today: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", "You're All I Need to Get By", and more.

Fans will know that Tammi Terrell was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1967 that took her life in 1970 a month before her 25th birthday. What they may not know is that despite white-hot success on the late-60s charts, Terrell having no songwriting credits on their material meant that she had almost no income when the tumor progressed to the point that she could no longer tour.

Motown founder Berry Gordy (Gaye's brother-in-law) paid for Terrell to have six operations on her tumor through early 1969. Despite Terrell’s deteriorating condition, Gordy convinced an initially-angry Gaye that producing one more album with the ailing Terrell would help her family with both medical and funerary expenses. While Gaye originally thought that Gordy was taking advantage of Terrell in proposing a new album -- to be titled Easy -- he came to agree with Gordy and pressed forward. Songwriters/producers Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, frequent collaborators with Gaye and Terrell, set to work on writing songs for Easy.

Ashford & Simpson (later successful performers) were fast becoming a Motown power couple. They were financially comfortable for the first time in their lives, receiving royalties from the four R&B Top-Fives they had already written and produced for Gaye and Terrell. To produce Easy with Terrell in such bad health, Valerie Simpson herself did much of the “grunt” singing duties around the studio that Terrell would have done – guide vocals for Gaye, extra tracks of backing vocals, etc. Simpson also arranged to work slowly and deliberately with Terrell to get the final versions of her lead vocals down. Simpson and Terrell worked one-on-one in the studio, with Terrell singing phrases or short lines one at a time and taking breaks as required.

Terrell would go on to have two more operations before passing away in March 1970. Marvin Gaye would record "What's Going On" eight weeks after her funeral.

...

There are a lot of threads to follow in the life stories of these particular artists around this particular time:

- Ashford and Simpson's love story, starting with his sweet shy-boy pick-up lines in church. They maintained a personal and professional relationship throughout the late-60s and would marry in 1974. They remained together until Ashford's 2011 death.

- I didn't go into it above, but Tammi Terrell had suffered domestic abuse at the hands of both James Brown and David Ruffin (Temptations) before she hit it big with Marvin Gaye. Ruffin had also proposed to Terrell on stage during a show while he was married and had three kids at home. She was leaving Ruffin at about the time her and Gaye started recording together.

- Gaye and Terrell toured successfully for a few months, but she collapsed into Gaye's arms on stage during an October 1967 show. This is when her brain tumor was first discovered.

- I think a peek into Simpson's and Terrell's recording work together would be interesting, especially both women's determination while finishing Terrell's swan song Easy.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Recently, I've been reading the stories of Marvin Gaye's and Tammi Terrell's collaborations in the late 1960s. Their biggest hits are still well-loved today: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", "You're All I Need to Get By", and more.

Fans will know that Tammi Terrell was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1967 that took her life in 1970 a month before her 25th birthday. What they may not know is that despite white-hot success on the late-60s charts, Terrell having no songwriting credits on their material meant that she had almost no income when the tumor progressed to the point that she could no longer tour.

Motown founder Berry Gordy (Gaye's brother-in-law) paid for Terrell to have six operations on her tumor through early 1969. Despite Terrell’s deteriorating condition, Gordy convinced an initially-angry Gaye that producing one more album with the ailing Terrell would help her family with both medical and funerary expenses. While Gaye originally thought that Gordy was taking advantage of Terrell in proposing a new album -- to be titled Easy -- he came to agree with Gordy and pressed forward. Songwriters/producers Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, frequent collaborators with Gaye and Terrell, set to work on writing songs for Easy.

Ashford & Simpson (later successful performers) were fast becoming a Motown power couple. They were financially comfortable for the first time in their lives, receiving royalties from the four R&B Top-Fives they had already written and produced for Gaye and Terrell. To produce Easy with Terrell in such bad health, Valerie Simpson herself did much of the “grunt” singing duties around the studio that Terrell would have done – guide vocals for Gaye, extra tracks of backing vocals, etc. Simpson also arranged to work slowly and deliberately with Terrell to get the final versions of her lead vocals down. Simpson and Terrell worked one-on-one in the studio, with Terrell singing phrases or short lines one at a time and taking breaks as required.

Terrell would go on to have two more operations before passing away in March 1970. Marvin Gaye would record "What's Going On" eight weeks after her funeral.

...

There are a lot of threads to follow in the life stories of these particular artists around this particular time:

- Ashford and Simpson's love story, starting with his sweet shy-boy pick-up lines in church. They maintained a personal and professional relationship throughout the late-60s and would marry in 1974. They remained together until Ashford's 2011 death.

- I didn't go into it above, but Tammi Terrell had suffered domestic abuse at the hands of both James Brown and David Ruffin (Temptations) before she hit it big with Marvin Gaye. Ruffin had also proposed to Terrell on stage during a show while he was married and had three kids at home. She was leaving Ruffin at about the time her and Gaye started recording together.

- Gaye and Terrell toured successfully for a few months, but she collapsed into Gaye's arms on stage during an October 1967 show. This is when her brain tumor was first discovered.

- I think a peek into Simpson's and Terrell's recording work together would be interesting, especially both women's determination while finishing Terrell's swan song Easy.

Also conflicting stories about whether or not Marvin and Tammi were ever romantically involved

Some in a position to know say they definitely were

Others who were in a position to know say they absolutely were not

This would fit right into my Motown Cinematic Universe idea