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Hollywood Bosses Vow to Destroy Gibson
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| 2/26/04
Posted on 02/26/2004 10:03:52 AM PST by areafiftyone
I won't hire him. I won't support anything he's part of."
So says a chairman of major Hollywood studio quoted today by the New York Times in its latest attack on Mel Gibson and "The Passion of the Christ."
Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, who along with Steven Spielberg are the big cheeses at the powerful DreamWorks, and who just happen to be Democrat activists, are angry about the movie, according to the Times. And the chairmen of two other big studios say they won't work with Gibson.
"Amid the daily dealings of Hollywood, the film and the star have been fodder for unfavorable gossip. Dustin Hoffman has talked to friends about what he called Mr. Gibson's 'strangeness' during the ABC interview. The producer Mike Medavoy said Mr. Gibson's religious zealotry made him feel uncomfortable," the Times fretted.
'Antichrist' Welcome
Others, however, think Tinseltown's notorious avarice will rule in the end.
"If the movie works, I don't think it will hurt him. People here will work with the Antichrist if he'll put butts in seats," said John Lesher, an agent with Endeavor.
And the wallet-packing butts are there. The $30 million movie made up to $20 million or more on its debut Wednesday, Box Office Mojo estimated today.
The Associated Press today estimated Wednesday's take at more than $20 million, with a total so far of up to $26 million including previews Monday and Tuesday.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gibson; hollywood; hollywoodleft
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To: areafiftyone
What they fail to notice/mention is that many Jews in the film are portrayed as sympathetic, objecting to the manner in which Jesus was arrested, objecting to the "trial," ("This is a travesty! A beastly travesy!").
If anything, it was anti-Roman--those guys GLEEFULLY scourged him, laughed, mocked, and beat him. A handful of Jews pressed for his death and stirred a mob-mentality.
I thought it was VERY fair, VERY balanced...
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:02:02 AM PST
by
jcb8199
Another example of the "Tolerance" and "diversity" of the Leftist Elites!
To: areafiftyone
This is no surprise. He is a Christian(practicing) devoted family man, and he did it his way. Now to make a movie about Christ. You knew this had to happen. Orson Wells bucked the big shots(in their minds) in HW too. Eveyone remembers Orson Wells, but for the life of me I can't remember the name of one of his detractors.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:05:40 AM PST
by
marty60
To: areafiftyone
Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, who along with Steven Spielberg are the big cheeses at the powerful DreamWorks, and who just happen to be Democrat activists, are angry about the movie, according to the Times. And the chairmen of two other big studios say they won't work with Gibson. Gee...and where's the Left's outcry over this most egregious CENSORSHIP, hmmmm?
Oh right...only the Left has the right to free speech. Silly me...
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:05:42 AM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I'm pro-choice. I just think the "choice" should be made *before* having sex.)
To: areafiftyone
"You'll never work in this town again! You hear me, Cecil B. de Mile?!"
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:07:09 AM PST
by
talleyman
(Caviar emptor (a warning from the sturgeon general))
To: areafiftyone
Has anyone posted the link to the original NYT story? Talk about making your skin crawl:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/26/movies/26GIBS.html?ei=5062&en=ab23785e81e0ea8e&ex=1078376400&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position= Talk about a blacklist! The duplicity of these people is unbelievable. When John Travolta made a movie based on a book by the Scientology creator, were people threatening never to work with him again? But when Gibson makes a film about his faith, he's not going to work in Hollywood again?
Another amazing thing about this story: Whenever people claim Jewish ownership of media, they are called bigots. Look at the Jewish opposition lining up and their significant roles in the media described in this story. Doesn't exactly diffuse that argument.
I'll have to wait to make this call, but I'm betting the reaction against this film will prove to be just as powerful a witness as the film itself. The stumbling block indeed.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:08:32 AM PST
by
BigTime
To: international american
Dreamworks has too much money to be hurt. They'll have less of it if we boycott THEIR movies...
House of Sand and Fog - Opened Dec 2003
Win a Date With Todd Hamilton - Opens Jan 2004
EUOTR - Opens Feb 2004
Envy - Opens April 2004
Shrek 2 - Opens May 2004
Anchorman - Opens July 2004
Shark Tale - Opens Oct 2004
Madagascar - Opens summer 2005
BTW, their website sucks, it takes forever to download all the crap they have on there. I am buying 5 ticket to Mel's movie and sending them to my mom for her birthday.
To: zip; BOBWADE
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:10:48 AM PST
by
Mrs Zip
To: hchutch
Because if they try to blacklist Mel Gibson, he just might name names.I am sure the whole town is lunching at The Ivy as we speak, shaking in their Guccis.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:15:20 AM PST
by
veronica
("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people." GW Bush 1-20-04)
To: Psalm 73
Didn't Dustin Hoffman produce a child out of wedlock with Beverly DeAngelo? Hmmmmmm. An immoral cur calling Mel Gibson "strange"? Give me Gibson any day of the week.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:15:24 AM PST
by
NCC-1701
(GIVE US BACK LOGO-FREE TV!!!!!)
To: areafiftyone
Check out a copy of Hollywood Interrupted--one of the authors is a freeper. He's got the goods on these "celebrities".
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:15:55 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: veronica
Didn't you mean The Ivory Tower?
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:16:55 AM PST
by
NCC-1701
(GIVE US BACK LOGO-FREE TV!!!!!)
To: marty60
William Randolph Hearst and the gossip writer Louella Parsons.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:18:26 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: veronica
Some of them are.
You've got freepmail.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:20:10 AM PST
by
hchutch
("I never get involved with my own life. It's too much trouble." - Michael Garibaldi)
To: ravingnutter
"BTW, their website sucks, it takes forever to download all the crap they have on there. I am buying 5 ticket to Mel's movie and sending them to my mom for her birthday."
Good for you!
I don't go to any Dreamworks movies.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:22:00 AM PST
by
international american
(Kerry has hired a full time clerk to keep track of his lies..........)
To: areafiftyone
Hollywood Bosses Vow to Destroy GibsonWhere are they going to find the time?
They are in an all out effort to destroy Bush. Can they spare the time?
Maybe they'll have their "people" do it.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:22:19 AM PST
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(The word system implies they have done something the same way at least twice)
To: ravingnutter
"BTW, their website sucks, it takes forever to download all the crap they have on there. I am buying 5 ticket to Mel's movie and sending them to my mom for her birthday."
Good for you!
I don't go to any Dreamworks movies.
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:23:33 AM PST
by
international american
(Kerry has hired a full time clerk to keep track of his lies..........)
To: Quix
AMEN!
78
posted on
02/26/2004 11:24:48 AM PST
by
Iron Matron
(Civil Disobediance? It's not just for liberals anymore! FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!)
To: jcb8199
"What they fail to notice/mention is that many Jews in the film are portrayed as sympathetic, objecting to the manner in which Jesus was arrested, objecting to the "trial," ("This is a travesty! A beastly travesy!")."
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Maybe this is the real motive behind Jewish criticisms and the Passion movie. Maybe Jewish leaders are afraid that some fellow Jews may decide to accept Jesus as their long awaited Messiah. Maybe modern Jewish leaders fear mass revolt within their own congregations. Jesus presented this same challenge 2000 years ago and many feared Him. The leaders feared $$$ loses as He turned over the tables of their money changers as well as their interpretation of Law. Jesus was and is still is the "Rock of Offense" ....
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:25:42 AM PST
by
juzcuz
To: vetvetdoug
So far, I've counted three of us in agreement . . . . .
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posted on
02/26/2004 11:28:11 AM PST
by
Iron Matron
(Civil Disobediance? It's not just for liberals anymore! FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!)
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