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November 12, 2008

Jerry Garcia biopic in the works...

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The untitled project will focus primarily on Garcia’s early life in the Bay Area before he joined the band that would become the Grateful Dead—a period that includes a stint in the military, a life-changing car accident and his first creative encounters with members of the Northern California music scene including future Dead bassist Phil Lesh.

Producers have acquired rights to Robert Greenfield’s book “Dark Star,” an oral history of Garcia from dozens of people who knew him, including musicians, relatives and artist friends like Ken Kesey. Music rights also are being negotiated, though given that the period in Garcia’s life that’s covered is pre-Dead, producers could avoid some of the trickier negotiations.

The Dead has been the subject of number of documentaries—including 1977’s “The Grateful Dead Movie,” a concert film Garcia directed—but the story of Garcia’s life has never been told on the big screen.



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