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Murphy and Miller do 'Hippy Hippy Shake'
Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller have been cast in a comedy drama about the swinging '60s.
May 3 2007
Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller are to star in 'Hippie Hippie Shake', a comedy drama about the infamous Oz magazine obscenity trial of the 1960s.
'Billy Elliot' writer Lee Hall has penned the script, which is based on Richard Neville's memoir of the period, 'Hippie Hippie Shake: The Dreams, the Trips, the Trials, the Love-in, the Screw-ups: The Sixties'.
A journey through swinging '60s London, the focal point of the film will be the moment Neville and his cohorts became embroiled in the longest obscenity trial in English legal history following the publication of a particularly explicit issue.
Murphy will play Neville, while 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' helmer Beeban Kidron is set to direct, with the shoot kicking off in London this summer.
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- sam said...
- Will be interesting to see how much of the truth he really tells about his life in London, I was there! Posted on Mar 05 2008 20:43
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- CHAN ROMERO said...
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hi, was wondering wich version of hippy hippy shake were you using. i have the origional if your interested
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- Linda said...
- Love it already! When's the US release? Posted on Sep 27 2007 20:45
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