We have news today about a new George Clooney pic called Men Who Stare at Goats! We get the saucy scoop from our friends at IESB:
George Clooney will topline, and his Smoke House partner Grant Heslov will helm, “Men Who Stare at Goats.”
Pic is an adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronson’s book about the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that was to use paranormal powers. Title refers to the notion that one can kill a goat by staring at it.
I hope this film is about soldiers that are able to kill with a glance, or a word. Power word death, or the “death eye of the goat” are both fantastic powers. A paranormal Battalion is a kick ass idea for a story, and if any of you have had the chance to read Jon Ronson’s book - please fill us in with your thoughts.
The title for this film is so outlandish that I cannot help but give it two mighty thumbs up. If the poster ends up kicking ass, I may have to hang it in my room for the title alone. All hail the might and resilience of the goat!
8 Comments, Comment or Ping
Chris
It’s not a cool effects movie.
The Men Who Stare At Goats is a 2004 non-fiction book by Jon Ronson about the US Army’s exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The book also examines connections between these military programs and psychological techniques being used for interrogation in the War on Terror.
May 16th, 2008
doug nagy
Thank you very much for the clarification!
May 16th, 2008
Royal
What’s that splotchy pink think hanging from the underside of the larger goat?
May 16th, 2008
Rafa1215
Damn. This is just so wrong on so many levels.
May 16th, 2008
Marco from Manila
Is it an udder? (I learned that word from Cow & Chicken)
May 17th, 2008
Plum
This is wild. This weird story of military types doing this as some mind experiment (a la MK-Ultra or something) has been around in the fringes of the fringe UFO High Strangeness literature for some years. And I use the term literature loosely! What is this film? A comedy? An allegory? Both? A bump for the new X-Files film? Oh wait, that’s coming out first… but time may not be relevant in so odd a universe! lol! ;p
May 18th, 2008
Sharon Hollar
Just another thing George and I have in common. Both 1/2 Irish. Both have worked in tobacco. Both have lived in the south. Both have been in leatherheads ( although if I had been in charge I wouldn’t have left him on the cutting room floor). I always wanted to work with goats. I couldn’t help but notice the goats in the picture seem to be Sannans. Thats the type of goat that I was going to buy. They are great milk producers. Unfortunately after I tasted the cheese I found it way to sour and decided I would go off in another direction. Perhaps chickens……….Perhaps toorrow? If George happens to read this………..I am available to fill in as a extra once again….Abuse me if you must….Just remember, it isn’t very nice now is it? :)
May 19th, 2008
Sharon Hollar
sorry, I meant tomorrow…………….finger slipped
May 19th, 2008
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