Rolling Stones 60s Arrests To Become a Movie

[DudeAsInCool]

           Rolling Stones' arrests to become movie  

LONDON, -- U.S. cable network HBO has commissioned a movie  

about the 1960s drug arrests of Rolling Stones' Keith  

Richards and Mick Jagger. The Independent reported Sunday  

the movie, "A Butterfly on a Wheel," is to be filmed next  

year with actor Nigel Havers playing his father, Lord Havers,  

who was the defense attorney for Jagger and Richards, both  

of whom faced heavy fines and prison sentences. "It's a  

quirky bit of English history, but it has international  

appeal -- 1967 was just an incredible year and this incident  

was a very significant turning point in history and the way  

the media works," said screenwriter Nick Fisher. "It was  

perhaps the birth of a new kind of youth culture and a change  

in tabloid journalism -- it was the first big 'pop stars and  

drugs' story." In 1967, after a tip, police raided Richards'  

home, where traces of marijuana were found. In addition,  

amphetamine pills were discovered in Jagger's coat and heroin  

was found on a visitor. Both Richards and Jagger were con-  

victed and sentenced to prison, but there was a public outcry  

and the cases were appealed. Richards subsequently won his  

appeal and Jagger's prison sentence was reduced to probation.  

Via MSN 60s/70s Rock N Roll Club

[liesabath]

Those were the days :smokin: :rotfl: :bigsmile:

[slum_goddess]

unless the political tide changes fast i don't think making/releasing this film is a very good idea now...the states are trying to distance themselves from the free-thinking 60s, the political pendulum's so far right; i'm expecting to read about 'glorifying drug use' and other such nonsense.