Ten years after his untimely death, INXS frontman Michael Hutchence will be brought to life on the big screen in a new film, Slide Away.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the film will show the rock star’s ghost revealing his life of excess to his young daughter, Tiger Lily. The film refuses to shy away from any details, with scenes showing Michael’s high-profile relationships with Kylie Minogue, Helena Christensen, and Tiger’s late mum Paula Yates. In the film, he even takes his daughter to the Double Bay Ritz Carlton on the day of his death.
While the concept is original, I can’t help thinking the premise is a little far-fetched. Slide Away is set on the 10th anniversary of Hutchence’s death, which is this year, making Tiger Lily 11 years old. Surely Michael, deceased or not, wouldn’t take his young daughter on such an adult journey.
Morgan Freeman’s company, Revelation Entertainment, is producing Slide Away, while long-time INXS film clip director, Nick Egan, is in the director’s chair.
“I have always made it very clear I wanted to avoid the traditional biopic,” Nick Egan told The Daily Telegraph. “It’s been done ad nauseam and I’m trying to raise the bar.”
The film’s approach is anything but traditional. But will the gamble pay off? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
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