In his autobiography, Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known, Knotts fondly recalls the film and the difficulties of making it: "I was only on-screen as myself for about twenty minutes.
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As it was, the film didn't quite fit into any niche though it was targeted at family audiences and kiddie matinees. Limpet was a little too weird to pass as a Walt Disney film (it was actually produced by Warner Brothers) but if it had actually been created and marketed by the folks at Disney, it might have been a huge success at the box office. Granted, the premise of The Incredible Mr. Yet, despite a happy ending, there is a core of sadness at the center of the film - that of a loner who never finds his place in human society and instead chooses to live in an alternate fantasy world. Navy's secret weapon, tracking down and sinking Nazi U-boats in the Atlantic. His new life underwater proves to be a lot more exciting than his former life as a man he falls in love with a beautiful female dolphin called Ladyfish and he becomes the U.S. During an outing to Coney Island with his nagging wife Bessie (Carole Cook) and her admirer (Jack Weston), Limpet falls off the pier and is miraculously transformed into a dolphin. Set during the early days of World War II, Knotts plays Henry Limpet, a henpecked bookkeeper in Brooklyn whose only pleasure in life is his all-consuming interest in aquatic life. Limpet (1964), an odd combination of live-action and animation which works as both a fantasy musical-romance (the songs by Sammy Fain and Harold Adamson include "I Wish I Were a Fish") and an underwater espionage thriller. The strangest one of all, however, is The Incredible Mr. Chicken (1966), a haunted house farce, and The Love God? (1969), in which he inherits a girlie magazine and becomes a national sex symbol. While he is most famous for his hilarious portrayal of small town deputy sheriff Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, his film career is distinguished by a handful of truly eclectic comedies like The Ghost and Mr. Just check out the many internet shrines and personal pages dedicated to him on the worldwide web.
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Limpet,” Key told TheWrap “that’s the plan, as it stands.” The comedic duo are currently filming the fourth season of Comedy Central’s hit series “Key & Peele.”īest known for his iconic role as Don Draper on AMC’s “Mad Men,” Hamm recently starred in Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm.” He’s represented by CAA.Believe it or not, Don Knotts enjoys a vast cult following. Hart, Key and Peele are expected to voice sea creatures in the movie.Īlso read: ‘Key & Peele’s’ Keegan-Michael Key Talks Emmy Race, ‘Fargo,’ ‘Police Academy’ RebootĪsked last month whether he and Peele were going to be involved with “Mr. Hamm is being courted to play the human villain, a shrewd businessman who mines the ocean floor, while McBride and Silverman are in talks for live-action roles. When he’s turned into a fish, Limpet sets out on an adventure to save his town and the sea world, learning valuable lessons along the way. Galifianakis is expected to star as Larry Limpet, a bearded beach bum trying to save the fish population. Linklater has already recruited his “Waking Life” and “A Scanner Darkly” collaborators, Femke Wolting and Tommy Pallotta, to test rotoscoped animation concepts. Production could start as soon as this fall, provided talent deals close and the cast’s availability works with Linklater’s schedule, though the live-action scenes may not be filmed until early 2015.Īlso read: ‘Boyhood’ Review: In Richard Linklater’s Intimate Epic, Time Keeps on Slippin’ Into the Future (Video)
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Limpet” was directed by Arthur Lubin and starred Don Knotts as the title character.īill Gerber ( “Grudge Match”) is producing the modern-day update under his Gerber Pictures banner along with Akiva Goldsman of Weed Road.
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Linklater will direct from a script based on the novel by Theodore Pratt, though the project has had a prolonged development period, as WB has been trying to update the story for two decades.Īlso read: Jon Hamm Describes His Soft-Core Porn and Dating Game Show Days as ‘Soul-Crushing’
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Limpet,” which has Jon Hamm circling a live-action role opposite Zach Galifianakis, and comedy stars Danny McBride, Sarah Silverman, Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele in talks for various roles, multiple individuals familiar with the fantasy adventure movie have told TheWrap. With Richard Linklater‘s “Boyhood” hitting theaters Friday, the director has started casting another passion project - WB’s remake of “The Incredible Mr.