THE TEMPTATIONS true story d.v.d/video

[DISCODISK]

today i finally watched the temptations-the true story ive had the video and d.v.d for almost 2 years,although ive been dying to see it ive sort of waited for a special day[that never came!] today i visited friends and they have bought me another one for my b/day so we all watched it.for any motown/temptations fan i cant reccomend this highly enough its fantastic so well made they have all the dance moves to perfection! a really moving film,this on both video and d.v.d are cheap on e.bay all the time at almost 3 hours its a great way to spend an evening 10/10 :grin: ANYONE SEEN IT ??

[DanceMan]

Yes....I saw it when it aired on WNBC a couple of years ago and I highly agree that it was well worth the viewing time.....Anything Motown is worth a look-see, especially if it is from the 60's to early 70's era when the Company was in full swing.....

[markydefad]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DISCODISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!!!!!!!

Enjoy your day, my friend!!!!!

Marky

[Nano]

Hey guys, when I was doing research for the "Who's dead" topic I remember to have found a website with contents of a lawsuit put by both Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin's families against the producers of the movie (made for TV, if I remember correctly). They said the pic had done a lousy job in depicting the last days of the band, and specially the whereabouts of Ruffin's death. Given that you have seen it, what do you think? Just family pride, or there was reason to do that?

[Funky Dude]

Happy Birthday, Disco Disk .

My 21st birthday is coming up October 1st and you wouldn't believe what I got for an early present, a brand new computer and desk. This is TOP NOTCH, Pentium IV 2.4GHz with 512Mb RAM, 64MB G-Force 4 video card, DVD ROM, 40x CD writer, 19" monitor, 3D Soundblaster with subwoofer, scanner and printer and 56k modem. This is THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT I'VE EVER HAD!!!

Yeah, if I come across the Temptations True Story on DVD I'll check it out.

Anyhow have a happy and pleasent birthday Disco Disk .

[DISCODISK]

well thanks MARKY and FUNKY,wow GREAT present funky im sure YOU will make good use of that i assume its from your mum,you can thank her by making a c.d of POPCORN shell love you forever funky i promise you :grin:

[DISCODISK]

On 2002-09-21 21:26, Nano wrote:
Hey guys, when I was doing research for the "Who's dead" topic I remember to have found a website with contents of a lawsuit put by both Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin's families against the producers of the movie (made for TV, if I remember correctly). They said the pic had done a lousy job in depicting the last days of the band, and specially the whereabouts of Ruffin's death. Given that you have seen it, what do you think? Just family pride, or there was reason to do that?

HI NANO,i thought the film was quite accurate from what i know,eddie wasnt portrayed badly at all hes death was only spoken about,david was shown being tossed from a car if it wasnt the exact same street i dont know,if anyone had a right to be upset i think it would have been pauls family as he was shown arguing with his family. my ONLY complaint would be they just skipped over the first 7 single releases and treat her like a lady,rick james/standing at the top wernt even mentioned

[zeca azevedo]

On 2002-09-21 15:56, DISCODISK wrote:
today i finally watched the temptations-the true story ive had the video and d.v.d for almost 2 years,although ive been dying to see it ive sort of waited for a special day[that never came!] today i visited friends and they have bought me another one for my b/day so we all watched it.for any motown/temptations fan i cant reccomend this highly enough its fantastic so well made they have all the dance moves to perfection! a really moving film,this on both video and d.v.d are cheap on e.bay all the time at almost 3 hours its a great way to spend an evening 10/10 :grin: ANYONE SEEN IT ??

Hi Disco,

I saw the mini-series about THE TEMPTS and I agree with you, it is great. I think THE TEMPTS is THE soul group of all-time. I like the film, even if the movie shows the vision of ONE member of THE TEMPTS over the others. The actor who impersonates David Ruffin is just great (I'm forgetting his name now, shame on me).

Peace,

zeca azevedo

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[Boodikka]

The overall film was fairly accurate. There were a couple of nit-picky inaccuracies in the film: 1) When they go to see The Cadillacs in concert, The Cadillacs are doing lots of dancing, splits, etc. The Cadillacs never did anything like that in concert. 2) The story David Ruffin tells about his mother is a complete fabrication, in fact, no one remembers ever hearing anything like that from Ruffin IRL.
The first half of the film, especially the early scenes, portray their lives as some sort of African-American "Happy Days". This was late '50s Detroit, so I'm sure it was nothing like that. The second half is much darker, sadder, and easily the best part of the film (Melvin's offscreen death is SAD, people).