And who would star in it?? It could be called a "Dream Movie" as in a "Dream Team" for (American) football! Where you get to choose who directs, who produces, and who stars! and it can be ANYONEyou choose!

There's a french boy actor/singer named Maxence but I don't remember last name, but I think it's lawrence, A very cute little guy and a beautiful voice! maybe the Producer/Director could be Roman Polanski?

Ganymede. Cupbearer to The Gods.
Has there ever been a movie made about Ganymede, if not, why not? We all know the legend and many things have been written about him from an innocent youth snatched by a god to an infamous catamite who seduced a god. The film could be under many categories such as coming of age, drama, thriller, comedy, gay themed or as some would hope for R rated. An international search would have to conducted to find the most handsome boys between 12 and 14 years of age to audition. Please post any thoughts or comments.

hosenhaus wrote on 08. Sep 2012 at 13:52:


Interesting indeed. The first one is anime, the third one is probably too new to have caught attention.
The second one inspired me. I'm not so much interested in violinists, but I do like to fiddle about. If ever there is a remake of Tommy, I'd like to play Uncle Ernie.

My ideal boy movie would be the ultimate version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Selznick version with the precious little Shirley Temple clone Tom Kelly didn't perfectly fit my notion of Tom.  Jackie Coogan (1930) had the acting chops to put his own spin on Tom Sawyer, but Coogan wasn't the epitome of boyishness IMHO.  I would cast Don O'Connor as Tom Sawyer and keep Coogan's co-star, the amazing Trent 'Junior' Durkin as Huckleberry Finn.

Don O'Connor actually played Huck Finn to virtual perfection in Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938), so he could recreate that essential barefoot backwoods authenticity.  But Junior Durkin went beyond perfection, as if Huck jumped right off the page into real life.  Maybe the best acting realization of a literary character, and not just of boys.

Billy Cook excelled as Tom in Detective.  Though based on a lesser work, I think Detective is the best film adaptation of any Mark Twain story, featuring delightful Americana to surround the two masterly boy actors. So I'd use that director Louis King.

But O'Connor could summon Tom Sawyer's extroversion and trouble-making charm better than any actor I've ever seen.  The key to the pairing is Huck's willingness to be submissive to Tom, even though Huck is much smarter of the two.  A natural 'leader of the pack', O'Connor could impose just the right sprinkling of pleasant bossiness for the much cooler Huck to submit to him.  Check Don out in Boy Trouble (1939) to see Tom Sawyer teleported into the 20th century.

O'Connor also stood out in young love roles, essential to playing Tom Sawyer.  I'd pick Sarita Wooten, O'Connor's girlfriend in On Your Toes (1939) to play Becky.

There are many surprisingly authentic foreign versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, better than most American versions, I think.  But Don O'Connor and Trent Durkin are Ultimate Boy Titans, IMHO.

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Trent 'Junior' Durkin
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Don O'Connor and Sarita Wooten