All star cast picks for "Dream: If not for Katie..."

Below are the cast picks that I have made for the movie “Dream: If not for Katie.” Please feel free to comment or make your suggestions! Your input will be considered!  If anyone might have a suggestion for an elderly, Native American woman to play Winona, please leave a comment with your suggestion.

If you are not familiar with the characters, please read the novel!

Thank you,

Anita

Rick  (the bartender) :

             
Matthew McConaughey                                                 

Woody Harrelson

             

The Renegade:

Stone Cold Steve Austin                                                             

Kane

Mr. Fred Martin:

Hugh Jackman    

                                                           
Jason Lee

Mrs. Margaret Martin:

Tilda Swinton   

                                                                           
 Gwyneth Paltrow

Dirk Sternwall:

Zack Ward    

                                                  
Kevin McKidd

Abby Sternwall:

Nicole Kidman

Elisabeth Moss

Billy Sternwall:

              
Bobby Coleman    

                                                        
Asa Butterfield

Matthew Martin:

              
Cody Simpson  

                                                              
Greyson Chance

 

Jack LeShea:

              
Warren McCullough   

                                                  
Orlando Bloom

Sequoya:

              
Booboo Stewart    

                                                       
Eddie Spears

   

Alexandria:

              
Anne Hathaway   

                                                         
Olivia Wilde

Katie:

              
Taylor Swift      

                                                             
Kate Bosworth

The Pinkerton:

           
 Clint Eastwood  

Sam Elliott

The Wagon Master:

              
Robert Duvall 

                                             
Kevin Costner

  Now, let's hear your choices!             

Family history continued...

I had to add the informational comment from my cousin Karen.  I did not know the following and found it very interesting:

Hi Anita, cousin Karen here (Ed's daughter). Great documentation & history!

Did you know that Grandpa initially entered the US illegally, through Mexico, to see if he could find work? Grandma's ring was sold for funds. Then he went back to Austria to get Grandma, your dad, and Steve. It is sad that citizenship judges told immigrants to "Americanize" their names. One brother became Wood, one Smith, I think. I have as photo of Uncle Eddie's "Massiczek" mailbox.

Did your dad tell you that in 1931, the family traveled by train to NY, looking for work? NY sent them right back to CA, paying their passage. My dad chuckled while telling us that.

THANK YOU COUSIN!!

Anita

Family history

The documents above are a 1923 German passport and the birth certificates of my grandparents.  My grandfather (Stefon Massizek) and grandmother (Marie Massizek) came to America from Vienna, Austria.  Note the birth date of my grandparents (1896). 

Also pictured in the passport is my Uncle Steve (Stefon).  My father (Gottfried) was an infant and is listed under Kinder in the document, but was not included in the picture.  

The birth certificates of my grandparents show that the original spelling of the Massic family name was Mafsiczek.  How it got changed to Massizek prior to the passport, I do not know. 

The young family came to America through Ellis Island soon after this passport was made.  The officials there changed our family name to Massic.  Only one of my relatives, that I am aware of, escaped the naturalization process with the original family name and that was my Great Uncle Ed Massiczek. What a shame that history is distorted for the ease of spelling and pronunciation.

Award Award winners and “Dream: If not for Katie”

Looking back on the recent 2012 Oscar Awards, I could not help but choose the nominees that would fit in the cast of, “Dream: If not for Katie”.  Here is the list:

Demian Bichir (Fred Martin)

George Clooney  (The Wagonmaster)

Jean DuJardin (The Pinkerton)

Brad Pitt, (Jack, the Bartender)

Jonah Hill (Mr. Gardner)

Kenneth Branagh (Dirk Sternwall)

Max von Sydow (Pastor Robinson)

Nick Nolte (Mr. Sweeney)

Christopher Plummer (The General)

Glenn Close (Mrs. Smith, The General’s Wife)

Rooney Mara (Katie Martin)

Meryl Streep (The Independence Hotel Manager)

Michelle Williams (Margaret Martin)

Berenice Bejo (Mrs. LeShea)

Jessica Chastain (Katherine Jones)

Melissa McCarthy (Mrs. Gardner)

Janet McTeer (Abby Sternwall)

Please feel free to leave a comment with your vote!