Dreamworks Mob Vows Revenge Upon Mel Gibson !

Reverend Jim · Feb 27, 2004

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004

Hollywood Bosses Vow to Destroy Gibson :prayer:

"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 :idea:

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 butts, as Lesher so delicately puts it, 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.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/2/26/123109.shtml

BOYCOTT DREAMWORKS !!!! :wave:

kiwimac · Feb 27, 2004

Nope, Boycott Gibson!

Kiwimac

HumbleMan · Feb 27, 2004

Gibson is just bringing the message of the sacrifice Christ gave for us to the mass audience. Like his theology or not, the basic message is the same: Christ died for us so that we may attain salvation.

I wonder if the Hollywood big dogs are upset because he didn't give them a chance to produce it? Liberal ideology of Hollywood aside, it's all about the dollar. And the tie ins.

I just wish people would go see the movie, see the uncompromising love of God on the cross, and be curious enough to at least ask questions.

Blackguard_ · Feb 27, 2004

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, etc,

"I wonder if the Hollywood big dogs are upset because he didn't give them a chance to produce it?"

Don't be ridiculous, Hollywood is as Jewish as the bagel industry, why do you think Gibson gets so much flak?

I challenge anybody to look up the ethnicity of the people in Hollywood who say they are boycotting Gibson, Two of the 3 Dreamworks people named are clearly Jewish, (if "Katzenberg" isn't jewish I'll eat my hat, figuratively) I'm not sure if Geffan is though.

Doctrine1st · Feb 27, 2004

Reverend Jim said:
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004

Hollywood Bosses Vow to Destroy Gibson

"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 butts, as Lesher so delicately puts it, 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.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/2/26/123109.shtml

BOYCOTT DREAMWORKS !!!!

Could it have something to do with how they percieved Jews were portrayed in Mel's movie since both Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen are Jewish?

watt · Feb 27, 2004

isnt spielburg jewish too?
sounds like a jewish name to me...

ifriit · Feb 27, 2004

Here is the article mentioned from the NY Times.

I note that the article doesn't attack the movie or Mr. Gibson, contrary to the NewsMax claim. Also of interest is the Editor's Note at the end, indicating that neither Geffen nor Katzenberg has expressed any anger over the film, and that the assertion was in error. NewsMax can't be faulted for that, since the correction was dated today, but it does take the wind out of the sails of the OP.

In fact, the article even directly states that Katzenberg's anger is not over the movie, but Gibson's refusal to contradict his father's assertion that the Holocaust is a fiction.

Doctrine1st · Feb 27, 2004

ifriit said:
Here is the article mentioned from the NY Times.

I note that the article doesn't attack the movie or Mr. Gibson, contrary to the NewsMax claim. Also of interest is the Editor's Note at the end, indicating that neither Geffen nor Katzenberg has expressed any anger over the film, and that the assertion was in error. NewsMax can't be faulted for that, since the correction was dated today, but it does take the wind out of the sails of the OP.

In fact, the article even directly states that Katzenberg's anger is not over the movie, but Gibson's refusal to contradict his father's assertion that the Holocaust is a fiction.

Ok, NewsMax escapes on a technicality, but oh their track record.........

KarateJack · Feb 27, 2004

UGH. Celebrities make me sick. Well not all, but ones like these. Mel is sick? I guess all the Christians in the world are nuts?

If it wasn't for Diane going into the interview with a machete and butcher knife ready to carve Mel up, he would not be seem "crazy" during his interview. I thought she was trying to stir up more trouble in her interview and came across very rude and insulting to the Christian believe. I lost a lot of respect for her after that interview.

tcampen · Feb 27, 2004

Reverend Jim said:
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004

Hollywood Bosses Vow to Destroy Gibson

"I won't hire him. I won't support anything he's part of." ...

BOYCOTT DREAMWORKS !!!!

Reverend Jim, isn't there an apology and retraction coming from you for putting forth false information?

burrow_owl · Feb 27, 2004

If it wasn't for Diane going into the interview with a machete and butcher knife...

Surely you jest. That interview was a giant piece of fluff.

Blackguard_ · Feb 27, 2004

Watt,

Yes, Spielburg is Jewish,

I thought that was common knowledge.

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