Clint Eastwood says he will "kill Michael Moore"

[Mari333]

Michael Moore and I actually have a lot in common - we both appreciate living in a country where there's free expression," Eastwood told the star-dotted crowd attending the National Board of Review awards dinner at Tavern on the Green, where Eastwood picked up a Special Filmmaking Achievement prize for "Million Dollar Baby."

Then, the Republican-leaning actor/director advised the lefty filmmaker: "But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera - I'll kill you."

The audience erupted in laughter, and Eastwood grinned dangerously.

"I mean it," he added, provoking more guffaws.



http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/270757p-231851c.html

[seabeyond]

1. if he comes knocking on his door to do a documentary

eastwood is probably friends with heston and bothered by that scene

but whatevah

[mopinko]

28. that scene kinda bothered me

i thought heston looked pathetic. so old, and obviously out of it.

[Emboldened Chimp]

2. I don't care about Clint's politics

He's been a filmmaking hero of mine practically all my life. He's no fundie, but if he leans right, so what? He's a great filmmaker.

[JanMichael]

3. It's still pretty a assholish thing to say, don't you think?

Or is that him just playing up his Dirty Harry role again?

[johncoby2]

4. I agree, but if Clint comes to my door.....

Ill kick is ass. Then kill him. :-)

[StClone]

20. Same here

Clint, knock on my door and I'll make your day. :-)

[Stirk]

14. That's how I feel about Mel Gibson.

And most of the other famously right wing entertainers. I can dislike their politics, and still enjoy their work. Clint Eastwood has made some of my favorite movies.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. I think I read that

Michael Moore was there at this event when Clint made this comment. And Michael laughed.

[Deja Q]

5. Isn't there a law that can be used to throw that antediluvian twit in jail

or something?

[sonicx]

6. it was a joke, but I didn't find it very funny...

he's a libertarian, btw.

[ChairOne]

15. It's nice that DUers are soooooo accepting of "jokes"....

Do we also accept Jimmy Swaggart's knee-slapper?

"I’ve never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I’m gonna be blunt and plain; if one ever looks at me like that, I’m gonna kill him and tell God he died"

I just love how open to humor we DUers are. "It was just a joke".

Just a joke.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. Clint was being Clint

At least he didn't call him a traitor and un-American which is the usual tact.

[beam me up scottie]

9. The fact he felt the need to mention killing him at all

is pretty pathetic. You win an award and that's the best you can do?

[toddaa]

19. Evidence?

Please cite specific cases when Clint Eastwood called someone a traitor or un-American. If it's his usual tact, then you should have no problem coming up with five examples.

[sonicx]

22. you misunderstood. He means right wingers in general call MM a traitor...

Eastwood probably wouldn't do that, tho. He defended Tim Robbins.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

24. I never said that was HIS tact....

...but rather the tact of the typical right winger who would feel the need to spout off on Michael Moore.

[vpigrad]

8. Again we see what type of people own guns!

They're violent and abusive.

[govegan]

11. And what type of people stir the popular imagination

Eastwood's limited intellectual capacity is what makes him a good propagandist and builder of escapist fantasies that titillate the emotional nihilism of the popular media and its worshippers.

[ultraist]

16. "Make my day."

[Alisa]

26. I don't think what Clint said was funny, but your logic is off base

I own a gun and I'm not "violent and abusive".

[fujiyama]

10. He was kiddin around

After all, not only did Moore go after Heston, who is buddies with Clint, but he went after Dick Clark as well.

I don't see why anyone is taking this seriously.

[beam me up scottie]

12. We're not screaming 911 but

personally, as a consumer, I want to know where every one of my dollars go.

[Maria Celeste]

27. It a thin skinned crowd here tonite

and I too see it as rough humor, nothing more.

Any celeb these days has enough security to stop a MM or any other camera ambusher. Door cams or at least a peephole would seem to be a way to defeat such tactics for us common folks.

House I was raised in had automatic sprinklers that always drenched the front walk. There were holly box hedges on either side, making escape hard. More than once they went off at very inconvenient times. Always thought it would make the perfect means to deter unwelcome media types.

[jayfish]

13. A True Disappointment And A Step...

backward for old Clint. Especially after "Unforgiving", which in my opinion is heavily anti-violence.

Jay

[MattBaggins]

17. OK lets see if we can play the baby game too

You kill Moore and we will kill you.... I mean it

Wow Clint, that sounds really really dumb doesn't it? Grow up you Cheneying Idiot.

[Jade Fox]

18. Gee, I was just starting to like old Clint....

who seems to be intent on making very good movies in his old age.

But that's a throw-back to his old "make my day" bullshit.

[lastknowngood]

21. A cowards boast! Clint only plays a hero he's just another

repug thug. Don't take for him in a real world he should be arrested for threating the life of another person. If you think that is just funny try saying the same thing with a repug's name and see how the media and police react.

[leesa]

25. Well, if you've done something sleazy enough to deserve it, then so be it

I really don't have respect for any Republicans anymore. They don't control their own minds.