Andrew Niccol Signs Up Al Pacino for 'Dali & I'

Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actor "Al" Pacino, real name Alfredo James Pacino, is all set to star as surreal artist Salvador Dali in 'Dali & I: The Surreal story'. Directed by Andrew Niccol, the film will highlight Dali's later life when the artist began to focus more on surreal work.
The script is an adaptation of the Stan Lauryssen book called 'Dali and I' and filming will begin in June in New York and Spain. Niccol is rewriting the script they acquired as a spec written by John Salvati.
The movie will span the 1960s-80s, a time when most of Dali's great work was behind him and he became more flamboyant. The story also will focus on a mentor-protege relationship between Dali and Stan Lauryssens, a young art dealer, reports Reuters.
The film will be produced by Room 9 Entertainment partners David O. Sacks, Daniel Brunt and Michael R. Newman, who also produced the hit satirical film, "Thank You for Smoking," reports Variety.
Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, Marquis of Pubol or Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), known popularly as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish artist and one of the most important painters of the 20th century, notes Wikipedia. He was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking, bizarre, and beautiful images in his surrealist work.
Widely considered to be greatly imaginative, Dalí had an affinity for doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric manner sometimes drew more public attention than his artwork.

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