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Post by Jennifoofighter on Sept 13, 2010 7:33:55 GMT -5
This news is courtesy of our dear BrightEyes:
Garth Brooks song becoming Lifetime movie EXCLUSIVE: Three actors set for 'Unanswered Prayers' By James Hibberd
Sept 12, 2010, 11:00 PM ET
A Garth Brooks song is becoming a two-hour Lifetime telefilm.
Inspired by the country singer's No. 1 hit "Unanswered Prayers," Lifetime has cast Samantha Mathis and Eric Close in the lead roles. The film centers on a man (Close) happily married to his wife (Mathis) but who must make a tough choice when his high school crush (Madchen Amick) comes to town.
"Unanswered Prayers" will premiere in November.
"Through his music, Garth Brooks is one of the greatest American storytellers ever, and we couldn't be more excited to be working with him on adapting 'Unanswered Prayers' into a major original movie," said Tanya Lopez, senior vp original movies at Lifetime. "The huge popularity of 'Unanswered Prayers' is proof his work touches so many people."
Sony Pictures Television will produce the film, shot in Virginia; Brooks and Lisa Sanderson are executive producing. Emmy winner Steven Schachter directs.
Mathis, who next appears in a recurring role on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," is repped by Paradigm and Schiff Co.
Close and Amick are repped by Gersh.
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Post by Jennifoofighter on Sept 23, 2010 9:46:18 GMT -5
Just cuz it seems relevant, here are the lyrics to the song that the movie is based on:
Artist: GARTH BROOKS Album: Double Live Title: Unanswered Prayers
Just the other night A hometown football game My wife nd I ran into My old high school flame And as I introduced them The past came back to me And I couldn't help but Think of the way Things used to be She was the one that I'd wanted for all times And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine And if he'd only grant me This wish I wished back then I'd never ask for anything again
Sometimes I thank God For unanswered prayers Remember when you're Talkin' to the man upstairs That just because He doesn't answer Doesn't mean He don't care Some of God's greatest gifts Are unanswered prayers
She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams And I could tell that Time had changed me In her eyes too it seemed We tried to talk About the old days There wasn't much We could recall I guess the Lord knows What he's doin' after all
And as she walked away And I looked at my wife And then and there I thanked the good Lord For the gifts in my life
Sometimes I thank God For unanswered prayers Remember when you're Talkin' to the man upstairs That just because He may not answer Doesn't mean He don't care Some of God's greatest gifts Are unanswered prayers
Some of God's greatest gifts Are all too often unanswered Some of God's greatest gifts Are unanswered prayers
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Post by Jennifoofighter on Sept 23, 2010 10:01:01 GMT -5
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Post by iretos on Sept 23, 2010 11:33:08 GMT -5
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Post by dee on Sept 27, 2010 9:21:08 GMT -5
I'm so excited about this. I love Garth Brooks and his song Unanswered Prayers and I think EC is the perfect choice for the role. I saw this picture on twitter. twitpic.com/2se9kvMy daughter worked a chef event at OSU where Trisha Yearwood was a guest chef and she got to meet Trisha (Trisha wrote a cookbook and likes to cook, I didn't know this) but Garth had to many people around him so she didn't bother to try and meet him.
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Post by Cindy on Sept 27, 2010 11:18:55 GMT -5
Dee,
Oh whoa! Thank you so much for posting that Twitter pic there! Eric is in there... and I'm glad he sporting his usual fluffy hairstyle there!
So that right there is a big plus in my book... despite the 'iffy' storyline there... I still don't know how to feel about it after reading all those spoilers... Hehe!
Jenn - Thanks for posting those lyrics to the song... I can see now how it will end... especially if the movie is based on the song.
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Post by Jennifoofighter on Sept 27, 2010 14:38:46 GMT -5
Thank you so much Iretos and Dee for sharing such great bits!!
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Post by mimi on Oct 30, 2010 4:42:26 GMT -5
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Post by Cindy on Oct 30, 2010 10:17:02 GMT -5
Mimi, I hope it's okay to post the article here... but I just had to highlight this one part here... Talk about him channeling some serious, serious 'Marty Bear' here! LOL! Man! I do love the new pic of Eric there! He looks so gorgeous and handsome! ![:-*](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-love029.gif) And add to the part of him channeling some 'Marty Bear'... Squeal worthy!!!! ![:-*](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-love029.gif) ;D ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) Thank you so much for sharing this! I hope we will be getting more press once we get closer to the movie premiere date. ****** originally posted — November 2010 Close Calling Mega-Fan Eric Close Stars In First-Ever Film Based On A Garth Brooks HitBy Lori Acken Munching a raspberry scone on the set of Unanswered Prayers, the new Lifetime original film premiering Nov. 29 and based on the 1990 smash by country music superstar Garth Brooks, Eric Close happily recounts the first time he met the singer. "Back in '92, I was working on a soap opera on the NBC lot and I was friends with a person who worked on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno," Close recalls. "So I used to hang out with her and I got to meet a lot of the guests. Well, Garth was a guest on the show one particular evening and I was new in the business and a huge, huge Garth Brooks fan. So here I am hanging out in this room with Garth for, like, an hour just talking about life and about music. It was just one of those great moments in life." Eighteen years later, when the former Without A Trace star's team approached him about starring in the first film based on a Brooks tune (and executive produced by the singer who spent time on the set), "I said 'I'll do it!'" Close laughs. "They said, 'Well, do you want to read the script the first?'" and I said, "No! I'm going to read the script. But I'm doing this." In keeping with the ballad's storyline, Close plays Ben Beck, a former small-town football star turned happily married father who's life is upended when his high-school flame Ava (Damages' Mädchen Amick) returns to town and stirs up long-repressed yearnings in Ben. "My character had a scholarship to UVA and he got injured so that dream went away," Close explains. "He ended up coming back to this small town and working for his wife's family business. Now they've been married for quite a while and the economy is not doing great and here's a guy who's at a point in his life where he wonders, 'What if.' What if I had been with this other girl that I loved and we went off and traveled the world? What if my football career hadn't been cut short? What would my life have been like? He has to go down kind of a dark road before he realizes he's got it pretty good." But this is not a film about infidelity stresses the actor, whose parents have been married 45 years and who calls his own wife of 15 years his best friend. "It's a really cool story because it deals with a lot of issues that a lot of families are dealing with -- financial pressures and broken dreams and disappointments -- but this movie really looks at how you deal with those disappointments and how you can turn those things into positives." Close gives the example Ben's relationship with his own boy. "Ben sees a lot of himself in Jesse and sees his son doing things and making decisions that take Ben back to his own teenage years and cause him to reevaluate how he is as a father -- and the pressures he's putting on his son to be a great football player. He comes to realize that his son may have different dreams than he had and that he needs to encourage and support him in those dreams and help him to become his own man." Channel Guide Magazine - Zap2It
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Post by SeptemberBaby on Oct 31, 2010 8:25:56 GMT -5
Great interview! Thanks Mimi! I remember he was on a talk show a while back (Rosie, perhaps??) and he was talking about knowing someone who worked on the Jay Leno Show and he got the chance to meet Tom Cruise. I think TC was promoting The Firm and EC was just starting out then and asked for advice and he said that TC was very gracious and helpful.
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Post by Jennifoofighter on Nov 1, 2010 9:38:33 GMT -5
Thanks Mimi! That was a very nice article and I agree with Cindy that I giggled that he was eating a raspberry scone. LOL.
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Post by Bright Eyes on Nov 1, 2010 17:36:41 GMT -5
Mimi, You're a sweetheart!! Thank you so much for posting the lovely article!!! I see I wasn't the only one giggling at Eric and the raspberry scone!! LOL!! And I have to say, our boy looks MIGHTY FINE in that gorgeous picture. ![:-*](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-love029.gif) Yup, one of the nicest pics I've seen in a long time.....Makes me want to run my fingers through his hair....Sigh!!!!
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Post by dee on Nov 2, 2010 11:08:24 GMT -5
Thanks Mimi for the article and great picture. I agree with Bright Eyes, he does look MIGHTY FINE. Looking forward to the movie.
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Post by mimi on Nov 16, 2010 14:42:36 GMT -5
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Post by Bright Eyes on Nov 16, 2010 18:13:10 GMT -5
OMG!!! Mimi, I think I've died and gone to heaven!!! Those pics of Eric, each and every one are just gorgeous!! The man gets better looking every day..... ![:-*](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-love029.gif) Thank you sooooo much for posting them! I'm gonna have sweet dreams tonight......... ;D
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