Sunday, April 21, 2013

1980 - Silver Surfer movie

“We’re going to make an epic picture on the scope of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY with the kind of soundtrack that that film had, only using contemporary rock and roll. It’s even conceivable that the Surfer might have a chant or a fanfare made up of one thousand electric guitars…doing the Silver Surfer has always been a dream of mine, and now it’s going to be realized.” 
—Lee Kramer, would-be SILVER SURFER producer (and Olivia Newton-John boyfriend), quoted in “Cosmic Silver” by James Burns, Mediascene Prevue #42, Sept/Oct 1980


4 comments:

  1. Wow, never heard about this one. Was that actualy in development? Having been made in 1980 it would've had a potential to be something special. Movies like Tron or Dune comes to mind when looking at this poster.

    -MarvelFan

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  2. Geez...a modern rock Surfer sounds so awful... shouldn't it at least be SURF ROCK like Dick Dale or the Ventures?

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  3. I don't think it got very far into development, if at all.

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  4. I love that image. The producer, Lee Kramer, did Xanadu. So your millage may vary. The idea of a Silver Surfer/Cosmic Marvel soundtrack by ELO is just too much for my earthling mind to handle.

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