Brokeback’ actor not happy, nor gay

Daily Times ^ | 03-26-2006 | Daily Times

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

US actor Randy Quaid has sued the makers of “Brokeback Mountain” for 10 million dollars, claiming they hoodwinked him into accepting a low-ball salary for his role in the Oscar-winning movie. The star of “Midnight Express” and “Independence Day” claimed in his suit filed in Los Angeles on Thursday that producers falsely told him the movie would be “a low-budget, art house film, with no prospect of making any money.”

But Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s gay cowboy tale, that cost around 14 million dollars to make and stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, has become an Oscar-winning sensation, raking in 160 million dollars in global ticket sales. Quaid, who played tough sheep rancher Joe Aguirre, said that by Hollywood standards, a low-budget movie budget cost beteen 500,000 dollars and seven million dollars.

The suit also claims that producers “were engaged in a ‘movie laundering’ scheme designed to obtain the services of talent such as Randy Quaid on economically unfavorable art film terms.” Focus Features did not immediately return calls for comment on the legal challenge over the film that won three Oscars including best director on March 5.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

An actor getting screwed? I'm shocked, I tell ya.

[Mike Darancette]

Quaid should have suspected something when he learned the Lawyer handling the contract was named Ben Dover.

[thoughtomator]

Sounds like he took it up the backside. Bugger.

[Delta 21]

"low-ball"


HA HA

You kill me!

[HOTTIEBOY]

Man walks up to a whorehouse and knocks on the door.
"who is it?"
"I'm lookin to get screwed" the man says.
"Slide twenty dollars under the door" So he does.
A long time laps.
He knocks again.
"who is it?"
"I said I'm looking to get screwed" he says.
"Again?"

[jdm]

Well, it's stiff competition.

[CzarNicky]

Quaid signed for the net not the gross didn't he?

[Yaelle]

He sure took it in the rear.

[Horatio Gates]

Geez, was he in that movie too?

I've lost all respect for Cousin Eddie

[NonValueAdded]

You would think this "low-budget film strikes it rich" thing happens enough that these actors - you know, the people who know so much about everything they're wannabe presidential advisors, at least on TV - would write contingency clauses in their contracts to cover such an eventuality. Well, I hope Quaid is also suing his agent and his contracts lawyer.

As for him not being gay, well ... there was that kiss. Didn't he expect to gain a label by playing a gay sheepboy? When it comes to the Quaid brothers, I'll stick with Dennis.

[sully777]

Cattlemen around here remind everyone the guys in Bungstain Mountin' were sheep herders, not cowboys.

[Echo Talon]

take it, and like it.

[backhoe]

So help me, God-- I swear, someday I will quit posting these graphics...

[nickcarraway]

This pretty much explodes the myth that this movie was a big flop.

[gulfcoast6]

He sould not have acted in the movie.

[MotleyGirl70]

I didn't know Cousin Eddie was in "BM" either.

Shame on Cousin Eddie.

Best Male Perfomance in Oscar history! :)

"Save the neck for me Clark." Lol.

[E Rocc]

[backhoe]

Thanks- I may steal that graphic.