“Shoot The Breeze” To Be Used In Hoffman’s New Movie

Mister D: Whether Bette sings on the track, I don’t know.

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Hoffman wanted to be a jazz pianist
November 19th, 2008 – 1:05 pm ICT by IANS –

London, Nov 19 (IANS) Oscar winning actor Dustin Hoffman says he would have been a jazz pianist if he had not got a acting break in “The Graduate”.Hoffman still thinks his friend Mike Nichols played a joke on the world when he cast him in the lead role. He also believes he would have been a theatre actor if he was not drawn to jazz.

Contactmusic.com quoted him as saying: “I really wanted to be a jazz pianist”¦ Acting was just a way to fail with a little more ease and not have my lack of talent show so much as it did on piano. I just had this freak accident happen, called Mike Nichols.

“I actually wrote a composition we used for my new movie, ”˜Last Chance Harvey’, when I was in my 20s and my first girlfriend left me for my acting teacher. It’s called ”˜Shoot The Breeze’. Bette Midler wrote the lyrics and sang it once and Sting has sung it.”

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9 thoughts on ““Shoot The Breeze” To Be Used In Hoffman’s New Movie

  1. Someone on youtube commented that they saw the screening of the movie. The song was used as a piano melody by Dustin. My question to them is…well, will there also be a cover??

    Sting seems to sing this song often at charity events, along with Dustin. My guess is that Sting will prob appear on the soundtrack. And do I have any hard evidence of this….um, no.

  2. That’s the way I thought it would go down, but I can’t find evidence of a soundtrack. If there is going to be one, the Sting cover is a high possibility…..

    Hope you get to visit….

    Love, D

  3. Dude, I left you a message on your cell… Did you get it? It was very late when I called but I have no consideration for people who sleep at night… I will FB you the dates.

  4. Elaine Paige sings a fantastic version of this song on her new dvd Celebrating 40 Years on the Stage! I recommend it for everyone.

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