According to Fogerty, thats all he knows about the project, which opens in theaters on Friday.
Over the years, I have often found myself directly opposed to these uses.
This movie has nothing to do with me, or my song.
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They simply picked the title and wrote a completely fictitious story around it.
Written by Fogerty and originally performed by his band Creedence Clearwater Revival, Proud Mary peaked at No.
2 on the 1969 Billboard charts.
The movie poster has my lyrics changed to read… killing for the Man every night and day.
I wrote the song about a mythical riverboat, cruising on a mythical river, in a mythical time…
It was obviously a metaphor about leaving painful, stressful things behind for a more tranquil and meaningful life.
Far from a story about killing people for money.
That is precisely what our Mary is looking to do, and Taraji nails it perfectly.
