Warning to Michael Moore from Clint Eastwood

Published on January 14, 2005 By iamheather In Politics

Wish I could have been a fly on the wall at this awards dinner. Way to go, Mr. Eastwood. Make our day!

Eastwood stunned a New York filmmaking audience with his comments, the New York Daily News' Lloyd Grove reported today in his must-read column.

"Michael Moore and I actually have a lot in common - we both appreciate living in a country where there's free expression," Eastwood was quoted as telling the National Board of Review awards dinner in New York Tuesday night.

With a cold glare Eastwood took notice of Moore sitting in the audience and said bluntly and without a smile: "But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera - I'll kill you."

The Daily News reports the audience erupted in laughter, and Eastwood grinned. "I mean it," Eastwood said again.

One of the few Republicans in Hollywood, Eastwood had once served as Mayor of Carmel, Calif.

Eastwood made his comments while accepting the Special Filmmaking Achievement prize for "Million Dollar Baby."

Moore was said to be in the rear of the audience when Eastwood made his biting remarks.

Moore also won the group's "Freedom of Expression" award for his Bush-bashing "Fahrenheit 9/11."

Apparently, Moore has not taken kindly to death threats in the past.

The News notes that last year "Moore was outraged when CNN anchor Bill Hemmer suggested during an interview that some folks might want to see him dead."

"Can you think of any other interview in the history of television where a politician or a movie director was asked about people wanting to see him dead?" Moore was quoted as saying.

Moore may have lightened up a bit. His agent told the News: "Michael laughed along with everyone else, and took Mr. Eastwood's comments in the lighthearted spirit in which they were given."

~NewsMax

Comments (Page 2)

Moderateman

on Jan 14, 2005

Reply By: latour999Posted: Friday, January 14, 2005latour999Bowling for Columbine. That would have sucked because it was a good movie.?!?Bowling for Columbine was a good movie

who was bowling? any 300 games?

iamheather

on Jan 14, 2005

Gideon

Contrary to popular liberal belief, the vast majority of gun owners do NOT use them on people.

Yes, this is true, Gideon, but then we wouldn't be such bad people if they acknowledged that. The fear is what they use to motivate other people.

Dr. Guy

Shhh! Let them have their myopia! Ignorance is Bliss!

Yes, it is, Dr. Guy.

Moderateman

wtg heather and I will echo clint

Me, too. I don't own a gun, but I am sure I could find something useful around the house with which to whack him with.

Bowling for Columbine was a good movie

It was a *humongous* POS!!!

latour, I cannot believe someone actually has the guts to admit to your liking of the movie publicly, but to each his own. I am more inclined to agree with drmiler's assessment.

Dr Guy

on Jan 14, 2005

It was a *humongous* POS!!! From what I've seen on this list only the loopy left thought it was good

Correction DR. The loony loopy luddite left.

Otherwise, good show old bean!

UBoB

on Jan 14, 2005

latour, I cannot believe someone actually has the guts to admit to your liking of the movie publicly, but to each his own.

I also enjoyed the movie.

iamheather

on Jan 14, 2005

UBoB

I also enjoyed the movie.

Why does this not surprise me?

UBoB

on Jan 14, 2005

I wonder if Moore would actually go over to Eastwood's house.

Sure!! It's Hollywood remember. All make-believe. They're probably best of friends. Them and the 'wives' get together at least once a week for dinner and cards.

Moderateman

on Jan 14, 2005

Reply #22 By: UBoB - 1/14/2005 7:32:27 PM
I wonder if Moore would actually go over to Eastwood's house.

Sure!! It's Hollywood remember. All make-believe. They're probably best of friends. Them and the 'wives' get together at least once a week for dinner and cards.

good thing clint is rich as it would take the gnp from a large 3rd world country to feed mickey moores fat ass......

Dr Guy

on Jan 14, 2005

Sure!! It's Hollywood remember. All make-believe. They're probably best of friends. Them and the 'wives' get together at least once a week for dinner and cards

Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Babs Streisand? Sure. MikeyMoore? No, Hollywood holds him in contempt. Heis an outsider. And a buffoon!

Cleveland Steamer

on Jan 14, 2005

Riiiiiight. Because homocide is a civilized, proportional reaction to someone showing up at your door with a camera

You right wingers applaud this cowboy talk, but get all bitchy when we call you on it. Can't have it both ways. Either you think homocide is OK (ie "Way To Go, Mr. Eastwood!" ), or you don't. I know which side I'm on. I'm not surprised this article got greenlighted for the front page by Brad "I'll shoot anyone who looks like they might hurt me" Hospital Ward-ell

latour999

on Jan 14, 2005

I'm also proud to be Canadian

Dr Guy

on Jan 14, 2005

Riiiiiight. Because homocide is a civilized, proportional reaction to someone showing up at your door with a camera You right wingers applaud this cowboy talk, but get all bitchy when we call you on it. Can't have it both ways. Either you think homocide is OK (ie "Way To Go, Mr. Eastwood!" ), or you don't. I know which side I'm on. I'm not surprised this article got greenlighted for the front page by Brad "I'll shoot anyone who looks like they might hurt me" Hospital Ward-ell

Oh Look! A LLL lefter! Typical cliches, with the mandatory VRWC! And of course the "it is not my fault!".

As they say on Ghost Busters. "We got one!"

Please tell us more of your trite and tried cliches! And how you are going to save the world!

Oh wait, you dont offer any solutions, just condemnations.

Sorry, just be yourself! We will look for solutions from the more intelligent people!

latour999

on Jan 14, 2005

I am not ashamed to admit that I liked Bowling for Columbine or Fahrenheit 9/11. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm an atheist. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a liberal, progressive, secularist, socialist, whatever. It's all just labels. So you can call me a looney lefty liberal, a pinko commie, a card-carrying member of the ACLU, whatever. I don't care. I have my beliefs and you have yours. And I'm not ashamed to admit that most of my beliefs fall on the far left. So call me a far-left liberal, and I will take it as a compliment.

UBoB

on Jan 14, 2005

I loved both those movies as well as Roger and Me. So much so that I purchased all three for my dvd collection. When the brownshirts finally do come to my door they'll have plenty of 'evidence' to convict me of the soon to be crime of 'liberalism', punishable, of course, by death.

Furry Canary

on Jan 15, 2005

At last, some intelligent analysis of this incident. To Cleveland steamer, latour999 and UBob - hear, hear! It's interesting, isn't it, that the pages of JoeUser are liberally (sic) littered with attacks by the right on Hollywood stars for being supposedly out of touch with 'real' America, yet here they are falling over each other in the race not only to fawn over one of them, but to deliberately confuse him with the characters he plays in his films!

However, sorry guys, but you're on a hiding to nothing. This thread was obviously not established to encourage debate; it was established so that the right could slap each other on the back and feel righteous about it. Consequently you (and I) are resented for even being here - hence Dr Guy's frothing-at-the-mouth rant above. (By the way, anyone who has to rely on 'Ghostbusters' for his quotes must be in SERIOUS trouble ... )

But my final 'accolade' goes to 'Newsmax':
'Apparently, Moore has not taken kindly to death threats in the past.'
Well der.

stevendedalus

on Jan 15, 2005

Other than run and hide what else is there to do but lighten up when under threat of "make my day."

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