By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2009 7:10 am EST
And honestly, I’d be perfectly happy if the Ramones stayed off the biopic bus. They’re goofy enough when playing themselves (see Rock’n’Roll High School) and I can’t imagine the level of caricature that might be witnessed should we find Nic Cage in a shaggy bowl cut impersonating Joey Ramone. The band earned a lot of cred and dignity through sheer force of will and staying power, and I’d rather just stick with the good but not great documentary End of the Century. (Then again, I would have said I’d rather not see a Joy Division biopic, either, and Control did a great job with Ian Curtis. So…)
As THR synopsizes:
John Cummings, Jeffrey Hyman, Thomas Erdelyi and Douglas Colvin were the four key members of the Ramones, going by the names Johnny, Joey, Tommy and Dee Dee Ramone. Formed in Queens, NY, in 1974, the four (unrelated) musicians became cult symbols and fathers of the punk movement, attaining little commercial airplay but heavily influencing modern music with songs like “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Rockaway Beach” and “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”.
