Rob Fuller is back with more movie and screenwriting oddities from the Web. First the secret is finally revealed as Roger Ebert releases the long-rumored original screenplay he penned “Who Killed Bambi”. Per SlashFilm:

Recently Sex Pistols manager and rock impressario Malcolm McLaren passed away, which prompted Roger Ebert to write about his memories of working with McLaren on a film that never fully materialized. In 1977 Ebert worked with McLaren and director Russ Meyer on Who Killed Bambi?, meant to be a punk rock A Hard Day’s Night, but which stalled out while filming.

Now Ebert has released his entire original screenplay online, and it makes quite a little punk rock / mainstream crossover curiosity.

Of the screenplay, Ebert says,

This, for the benefit of future rock historians, is the transscript [SIC] of a screenplay I wrote in the summer of 1977. It was tailored for the historic punk rock band the Sex Pistols, and was to be directed by Russ Meyer and produced by the impresario Malcolm McLaren. It still carried its original title, “Anarchy in the U.K.,” although shortly after I phoned up with a suggested title change, which was accepted: “Who Killed Bambi?” [...] All I intend to do here is reprint it. Comments are open, but I can’t discuss what I wrote, why I wrote it, or what I should or shouldn’t have written. Frankly, I have no idea.

Next from The Independent: “BANNED: The most controversial films”. Titles included in the list:

A Clockwork Orange
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcist
Life of Brian
All Quiet on the Western Front

What? No, Hannah Montana: The Movie?

Then there’s this strange intersection of movies and politics: “Leonard Nimoy gets career tips from John F. Kennedy”:

Since Nimoy had once lived in Massachusetts, he and Kennedy bonded as they discussed the actor’s old neighborhood. Which led Kennedy to give him the following career advice:

It was only about a 10-minute ride. He said, “What are you doing out here?”

I said, “I’m an actor.”

So he said, “A lot of competition in your business.”

I said, “Yeah.”

He said, “Just like mine.”

And we kicked it around a little bit, and then he said, “Just keep in mind, there’s always room for one more good one.”

That was very helpful.

Reminds me when Bob Dylan and Lenny Bruce shared a taxi ride together. Dylan writes about it in his song “Lenny Bruce”:

Man, to have been a fly the wall of that taxi.

Finally a fun video from CollegeHumor.com: “In An Apatow World: An Optimistic Anthem for the Normal Schlub”:

Thanks, Rob!