In a classic case of turnabout is not-so-fair-play, Dick Clark decreed from his hospital bed that Michael Moore, whose Fahrenheit 9/11 was ruled ineligible for the Globes this year, could not even attend the awards and pressured the HFPA into enforcing his decree.
That’s right… Harvey Weinstein was told “no” by the HFPA. Michael Moore was not allowed in the room.
You may recall the confrontation with Dick Clark in Bowling For Columbine. Oops.
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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?
So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.
And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.
There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.
I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.
But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”
My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher
“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.
~ David Simon
Where is this news coming from? I ask because it seems pretty obvious that Dick Clark is much more ill than has been reported. He released a statement something like six weeks ago that he had suffered a MILD stroke. If you’ve ever had experience with stroke victims, you know that no one stays in the hospital for this long with a mild stroke. So I’m wondering if it would even be possible for him to have had any role in this alleged ouster.
What is Clark’s connection with the HFPA that would even give him the power to do this?
Clark produces the show.
Has anyone noticed that Harvey is taking after Moore in his grooming? Pretty soon, you won’t be able to tell them apart.
BAFTA noms are out, by the way.
Never mind, looked up that he produced the show.
Hilarious.
for reasons like this is why i love dick clark. way to stick to your guns. moore was probably in his mansion bossing his servants around anyway
I hope that Dick Clark feels good about how he has spent his life, and is at peace with all that fudge he’s shilled off the backs of his welfare program workforce.
Dick Clark may be incapacitated and damaged physically by the stroke, but my experience with stroke victims is that their intellect and reasoning ability aren’t necessarily affected. It’s frustrating to them to not be in control of their motor skills and they will often assert themselves in any way that they can. Therefore it makes sense that Dick Clark might decline to include Michael Moore in the production of the GG’s show. However, that doesn’t mean he has the power to prevent him from being invited as a guest. That would be up to the HFPA.
Michael might have added a little spice to the proceedings which were so PC and well behaved I fell asleep during the presentations.
At least the HFPA seemed to have declined inviting Paris Hilton. A blessing.
Who cares about the golden globes anyways? Just another lame precursor to the oscars for stars to promote their movies.
not inviting paris? what party doesn’t invite her???
Considering what a dishonest ambush it was (although the one he pulls on Heston was worse), the last thing Moore should expect from Clark is fair play. That’s kharma for you , baby.
I enjoyed bowling for Columbine, with the exception of the Dick Clark part, I didn’t feel that had anything to do with the topic of the film. So in this case Moore got exactly what he deserved.
You mean he couldn’t try to hog the spotlight as the media whore he is? I feel sorry for him.
Ambush of Dick Clark? Surely not. You just cannot
ambush a man in Clark’s position. If you listen
to Howard Stern. YOU WOULD KNOW SOMETHING
about the difficulty of ambushing Dick Clark. Bloody
aggrevated conservatives. You folks. Oy.
This is just poor taste on Dick’s part. Magnanimous:
not just a word a way of life.
My respect for Mr. Clark just increased tenfold!
I like Mary already.
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didn’t i choke u after billy was found dead? we all knew u were a bitch. but listen hombre, u could have picked a few better “nurses” to be. at least be semi comical
no nom’s for mikey moore. i think stella may jump off a building now. remember to write that note out before u do it, stella
I meet Mr. Clark while attending the Golden Globes after in the Coconut Club for deserts and champange when he finished talking to Faye Dunaway in 2000! He was a friendly, kind gentleman who I pray will get better for all the entertainment he produced. God Bless Dick Clark.
Didn’t anyone SEE Bowling for Columbine?? And do you really still have respect fo Dick Clark? Who cares about Clark… he’s a meaningless icon, a poster boy for dilluted show-biz a**holes.
I dont agree with evrything Moore says, but I hope you all can atleast recognize that he is making a difference… and if that means pi**ing off a few thousand ignorant Americans, than so be it. And to the shmuck who made the wisecrack about him and his mansion…. if you only knew how much he gave to his charities. What have YOU done lately?
I dont see how anyone can have such a great opinion on Clark, since its obvious that NO ONE really knows him, except his family, whom most of which he doesnt get along with.
Bottomline: Moore might rise up as a hero someday… while Clark will be dead buried underneath a golden tombstone. Either way… I hope your heads are out of your a**es by then.
And to Mr. Hayer:
Ofcourse Clark was a kind gentlemen to you… he’s a star and has been for over 50 years. He’s got that pretentious thing perfected!
To sum this all up:
Clark was embarrassed of the truth. Michael Moore is smart and clever and Dick Clark is a 75 year old little boy.
And to “media whore” Mark:
Ofcourse Moore is a media whore. It gets the job done, doesnt it? It obviously does, since SO MANY people are pi**ed at him… but none of them can really explain why. And do they investigate for themselves? No. They just watch Fox News while they eat their TV dinners, and then formulate their opinions.
Just go back inside your personal safety bubble, America, and you’ll be just fine.
Watch Michael Moore’s THE BIG ONE, ROGER & ME and his TV NATION episodes, and then maybe your opinions will have changed a bit.
And dont formulate your opinions by what the government-controlled-media tells you.
Think for yourself. Remember, they used to tell us that when we were kids… but it looks like most of you forgot.
TeamBanzai:
Clarks part in “Bowling…” had perfect relevance, and was supposed to a make point.
Watch it again (with your ears this time).