Michael Bolton was not in Dune

12/04/2012 , 10:03 AM by Joel Rheinberger 

Michael BoltonI spoke to singer Michael Bolton this week, as a part of my Local Radio job.

I read his official bio and cruised around a few websites, to see what interesting facts about him I could turn up.

There on Wikipedia it said that he was in the movie Dune, alongside Kyle McLachlan.

Now that is a cool litle factoid we could chat about!

The only trouble?  It's not true.

I know, because I asked him.  Apparently there's someone else named Michael Bolton who is in that film, but it's not him.  And he's tired of being asked about it.

So let's do him a favour and remove it from his Wikipedia page.

I've provided the embarassing bit of audio below, so you can use this blog entry as a primary source.

 

 

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Hey Gail, that is interesting. I "saw" that movie a long time ago and didn't care for it much. Glad I didn't buy it! :D Can you tell us where that interview came from? Just checking. Thanks for posting this here sweetie, take care. Hugs, sincerely, Sylvie from Canada

A truly fantastic little tidbit Gail....apart from it being lovely to hear Michael's voice again !! lol   Thanks for finding and sharing !!! :)

 

Sylvia.  Your wee Scottish friend.

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How funny and yet we had that photo of him posted on here yonks ago where he has the peircing blue eyes!! 

I am laughing so hard....that has seriously made my day!!

Thanks Gail.

Jennifer 

Thank you Gail, very interesting! I was just going to post this and saw you already had.  I have copy/pasted the entire article and even some reader comments for all of you.

Joy

Short interview on Aussie radio station.

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Michael Bolton was not in Dune

04/12/2012 , 10:03 AM by Joel Rheinberger

Michael BoltonI spoke to singer Michael Bolton this week, as a part of my Local Radio job.

I read his official bio and cruised around a few websites, to see what interesting facts about him I could turn up.

There on Wikipedia it said that he was in the movie Dune, alongside Kyle McLachlan.

Now that is a cool litle factoid we could chat about!

The only trouble? It's not true.

I know, because I asked him. Apparently there's someone else named Michael Bolton who is in that film, but it's not him. And he's tired of being asked about it.

So let's do him a favour and remove it from his Wikipedia page.

I've provided the embarrassing bit of audio below, so you can use this blog entry as a primary source.

(Image lifted from Wikipedia, thanks to their creative commons licence.)

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There is a production designer/art director named Michael S Bolton-probably who the singer is being confused with. the credit given for a Michael Bolton is being an extra playing a drummer during a duel.


Posted by: Terrie Neilson | 12/04/2012 at 03:40 PM



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYuAiNauYg0/TdXtZqvroHI/AAAAAAAAACo/r0Zx7...

This photo would seem to support the singer MB in Dune stories

Posted by: Wes | 13/04/2012 at 02:41 AM



Nice find, Wes. It does look a bit like him, especially that long hair. I can see why someone would decide it was Michael Bolton.

But the face is different, and the man himself stated plainly that it's not him. So is anyone keen on editing the wiki page?


Posted by: Joel Rheinberger | 13/04/2012 at 04:55 AM

Thanks a million for that information Joy...... a great read !! :)

 

Sylvia.  Your wee Scottish friend.

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