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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
Good, I hope he gets his time in, gets out and back to making movies. It's been 7 years since we've had a movie from him and that's far too long. Rollerball aside, he's always been a director who puts out a movie that's fun at the very least.
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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
Originally Posted by Boba Fett
(Post 10261866)
Good, I hope he gets his time in, gets out and back to making movies. It's been 7 years since we've had a movie from him and that's far too long. Rollerball aside, he's always been a director who puts out a movie that's fun at the very least.
On a related note, its kind of funny how he remade 2 Norman Jewison films in about 3 years, each to different results (The Thomas Crown Affair = Pretty enjoyable caper; Rollerball = Holy hell, fucking awful) |
Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
I hope so as well, maybe a studio like Lionsgate might be able to help him, clearly someone with a movie like the original Die Hard on his CV couldn't get another directing gig.
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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
He...also did Predator.
on topic: Jesus..I didn't know about this wire tapping shit. Damn. |
Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
Now he'll hopefully have time to check out the DNRed waxy Predator Ultimate Edition blu-ray and let people know what he thinks about what Fox did to it...
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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
Sentenced today to 1 year in prison, per IMDb;
The Die Hard and Predator director has just been sentenced to a year in prison for his part in the Anthony Pellicano illegal wiretapping case. Basically what this boils down to is that McTiernan knowingly hired a private detective who used illegal wiretaps to gather information and lied when asked about it by investigators. |
Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
What kind of battery was used to power the wiretaps I wonder?
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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
Originally Posted by Groucho
(Post 10410891)
What kind of battery was used to power the wiretaps I wonder?
Spoiler:
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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
You mean by a sexual....predator?
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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
Guy was one of the finest directors of action. Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, 13th Warrior (underrated) and The Thomas Crown Affair are all first rate.
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Re: John McTiernan Gets 6 Months in Prison
He's supposed to have a movie coming out next summer called The Camel Wars.
An Iraqi-American soldier is sent to fight in the Iraq war and has to choose between his conscience and his country, while coming to terms with a centuries-old civil war. |
John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
How did that happen? The one who barely did shit ends up in the shitter while the one who actually DID someone is on interviews laughing it up recounting his good ol days on Animal House.
It's a crazy business as Tony would say. http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-co...cino-pic-1.jpg |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
I saw a documentary about the John Landis situation, he didn't exactly get off scott free and it was an accident. It just made them enforce child labor/safety laws more in Hollywood. There's supposedly footage of the accident.
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Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
With the garbage those 2 have made in the last 20 years they should both be in prison.
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Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
You can edge blame onto others when it's a set accident, you can't do the same when you're lying under oath.
Plus lets face it, McTiernan isn't in a real prison. Hell even the homepage looks like it's for a college: http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/yan/ |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
I think John Landis has more than paid...when was the last time he made anything significant or remotely entertaining?
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Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Originally Posted by RichC2
(Post 12010421)
Plus lets face it, McTiernan isn't in a real prison. Hell even the homepage looks like it's for a college: http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/yan/
JOHN MCTIERNAN Register Number: 43029-112 Age: 63 Race: White Sex: Male Located at: Yankton FPC Released Date: 04/01/2014 |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
(Post 12010427)
Hey - let's all send John some email! :) Anyone want to try on behalf of the group and see if we get a reply?
Released Date: 04/01/2014 |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Originally Posted by duff beer
(Post 12010247)
How did that happen? The one who barely did shit ends up in the shitter while the one who actually DID someone is on interviews laughing it up recounting his good ol days on Animal House.
It's a crazy business as Tony would say. |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
McTiernan got screwed by the government.
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Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Well, Landis did have Spielberg by his side during the proceedings. Twilight Zone The Movie was a Spielberg production, I believe. That gets you the best legal representation money can buy. Even in the 80's.
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Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Originally Posted by PenguinJoe
(Post 12010284)
I saw a documentary about the John Landis situation, he didn't exactly get off scott free and it was an accident. It just made them enforce child labor/safety laws more in Hollywood. There's supposedly footage of the accident.
It sounds like there were some safety precautions that should have been taken during filming and I'm not sure where most of the blame went but I assume the studio takes out insurance policies to cover just such events. It was an unfortunate situation but I wouldn't have placed the blame on Landis either. |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 12010623)
I've seen some of the footage. You can't really see much except the helicopter blades splashing down right on top of Vic Morrow and the kids. The water they were in hides most of the carnage.
It sounds like there were some safety precautions that should have been taken during filming and I'm not sure where most of the blame went but I assume the studio takes out insurance policies to cover just such events. It was an unfortunate situation but I wouldn't have placed the blame on Landis either. |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 12010623)
I've seen some of the footage. You can't really see much except the helicopter blades splashing down right on top of Vic Morrow and the kids. The water they were in hides most of the carnage.
It sounds like there were some safety precautions that should have been taken during filming and I'm not sure where most of the blame went but I assume the studio takes out insurance policies to cover just such events. It was an unfortunate situation but I wouldn't have placed the blame on Landis either. |
Re: John McTiernan is in jail while John Landis is scott free
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 12010623)
It sounds like there were some safety precautions that should have been taken during filming and I'm not sure where most of the blame went but I assume the studio takes out insurance policies to cover just such events. It was an unfortunate situation but I wouldn't have placed the blame on Landis either.
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