Brando Unauthorized

First we had Darwin Porter's Brando Unzipped, a self-proclaimed "no holds barred" book that seemed to concentrate more on Marlon's supposed sexual exploits than his actual career. Now we have Brando Unauthorized, a film directed by and starring Damian Chapa. Like Unzipped, the film will touch lightly on Brando's career, but will examine more closely his childhood and his relationship with his son Christian.

This project seems a little suspicious to MFB, to say the least. We admit, we haven't seen the movie yet, but judging from the movie's tagline, "Genius actor, Controversial Man, A Parent With Turmoil", something tells us the film won't be looking at his films.

MFB would love a project to come along that appreciates Brando for what he was and is: an icon of the 20th century, instead of focussing on the troubles he had off screen. We would also love an actor and director, respectively, to come along worthy of the project! Look at the facts: James Dean got James Franco in the self-titled T.V. biopic James Dean (2001), Johnny Cash got Joaquin Phoenix in the Oscar-nominated Walk the Line (2004), Elvis Presley got Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Elvis (2005)...you get the picture!

In our opinion, only TCM's documentary Brando (2007) has come remotely close to fairly and accurately representing the legend that was Brando, with excerpts from the people who knew him best. You would have thought, of all the actors ever to grace Hollywood, Brando would be the prime target of directors falling over themselves to do a biopic on the silver screen. Well, you thought wrong!

So, Hollywood, our plea to you is to start writing such a project! Please! Millions of Brando fans like us would be very grateful!