Kit Lambert Project Movie Updates

Wed., May. 29, 2019

• changed the title from "Untitled Kit Lambert Project" to "Kit Lambert Project"
• changed the movie production status to Development

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Sun., Dec. 16, 2012

from The Hollywood Reporter

Cary Elwes to Direct Biopic About The Who Manager

The life -- and death -- of Kit Lambert, famed rock impresario and manager of The Who, is coming to the big screen with all the music and drama that entails, courtesy of producer Orian Williams and actor Cary Elwes, who will be making his directorial debut, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

• added drama as genre
• changed the production status to Pre-Production
• added Pete Townsend as Producer to the credits
• added Cary Elwes as Director to the credits
• added Orian Williams as Producer to the credits
• added Pat Gilbert as Screenwriter to the credits
• added a synopsis

• Kit Lambert discovers the rock band The Who while he is trying to make a film about the band, known then as the High Numbers. Instead, he decides to manage the band and to launch their musical career, and with Chris Stamp -- brother of Terence Stamp ... show all -- Lambert pushes Townshend to take The Who into more experimental avenues. The result is the seminal rock opera album "Tommy," which later becomes a Ken Russell film. Lambert also works with Jimi Hendrix and other artists, and is as known for self-destruction as they are.

• created the movie profile