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Blow-up Over Castro Visit (Robert Duvall blasts Spielberg for his toadying Castro jaunt)
NY Post (print edition only)
| 1/7/04
| Michael Starr
Posted on 01/07/2004 6:37:07 AM PST by dead
Tough-guy actor Robert Duvall is blasting presumptuous Steven Spielberg for meeting with Fidel Castro in Cuba over a year ago.
Spielberg went down there recently and said, The best seven hours I ever spent was actually with Fidel Castro, Duvall tells Charlie Rose on tonights 60 Minutes II, alluding to Spielbergs November 02 sojourn to Havana to screen eight of his movies there.
Now, what I want to ask him and I know hes going to get p***ed off Would you consider building a little annex on the Holocaust museum or at least across the street to honor the dead Cubans that Castro killed?
Thats very presumptuous of him to go there, Duvall says. Rose then asks Duvall, 73, if he would deliver his message directly to Spielberg who won an Oscar for directing the Holocaust movie Schindlers List and is heavily involved in SHOAH, a Holocaust remebrance project.
You bet, Ill tell him that, Duvall replies. Ill never work for at [Spielbergs company] Dreamworks again, but I dont care about working there, anyway.
TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: castro; cuba; dreamworks; duvall; hollywood; hollywoodleft; holocaust; humanrights; spielberg; stevenspielberg
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To: SwatTeam
Well, The Apostle wasn't very memorable. The Apostle was one of the best, if underrated, movies of the past ten years, IMO.
And only an actor of Duvall's caliber could've salvaged a movie like Falling Down.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:12:26 AM PST
by
skeeter
(Fac ut vivas)
To: OldFriend
If Spielberg made the statement immediately upon it's being in the papers I would believe him, but I suspect his outrage at being exploited for propaganda is recent. I e-mailed the WSJ and got a reply with a link to a letter from his press agent denying the quote. It was a serious response and I believe the guy. The Cuban papers are insane, and Spielberg, as Left as he is, is probably at least smart enough not to have said something so dumb. But it doesn't change the facts of what he does admit to doing and saying on his trip to Cuba which are bad enough for me.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:16:59 AM PST
by
Texas_Dawg
(Few forums are home to as many people who despise our President as FR.)
To: All
Isn't it nice to know that Duvall is one of the Hollywood types from the old school?? I don't know about his politics, but this statement about Castro and Spielberg is wonderful, and he will remain on my best see list. My don't see list is long and getting longer. I won't watch or buy any pictures from the Blame America First Crowd and haven't for a long time, even before 9/11.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:18:34 AM PST
by
cousair
To: sarasota
This is one bad ass Duvall flick!!!
To: dead
Duval's headed to the black-list!
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:19:36 AM PST
by
Guillermo
(All Puns Intended)
To: Hazzardgate
The Outfit was great.
Mel Gibson did a movie a few years ago, Payback, that had exactly the same story, though I don't think it was credited as a remake.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:24:24 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
I have always thought him one of the best actors, not to mention the huge amount of sex appeal he still convey's across the screen.
To: dead
Robert Duvall has been one of my favorite actors for decades. Nice to know he also has the guts and class to speak what's on his mind.
To: Hazzardgate
I'll look for it and thanks for the heads up.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:35:40 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: sarasota
I'm wondering if anyone has been Robert in "Let's Give Them Something to Talk About"? Another brilliant portrayal.
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:36:57 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: Guillermo
Duval's headed to the black-list!He's blacklist proof. He's too big and too independent. That's the beauty of this. :)
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posted on
01/07/2004 7:37:35 AM PST
by
veronica
("Clinton happens"....F. Lee Mark Levin)
To: skeeter
I just reviewed his filmography in IMDb. For someone whose performances have been uniformly superb for four decades, there are surprisingly few of my personal favorite films.
To Kill a Mockingbird and
Sling Blade are certainly in that category.
Tender Mercies is dear to my heart. I loved the scene in
Rambling Rose when Laura Dern makes a pass at him but "Daddy" exhorts her to reclothe her breast.
In special mention category, as a young kid, I was impressed with Lucas' dystopic sci-fi student film THX 1138: Duvall starred in its disappointing feature version.
To: NutCrackerBoy
"replace that titty ' was the line
To: dead
I can't believe nobody's mentioned "Apocalypse Now" on this thread.
Good lord, he made killing commies and surfing look like fun.
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posted on
01/07/2004 8:29:21 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
The greatest movie Robert Duvall was in was his first movie, "To Kill a Mockingbird". It obviously was not his biggest roll or, consequently, his best performance. "Tender Mercies" is his best acting job, IMO.
To: Walkingfeather
"replace that titty" was the line
Actually I think it was "replace that tit."
To: dead
Whoo hoo! A bump for Boo Radley!
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posted on
01/07/2004 8:58:41 AM PST
by
Paradox
(Cogito ergo boom.)
To: NutCrackerBoy
I was impressed with Lucas' dystopic sci-fi student film THX 1138So was I, but I don't believe I've seen the student version. It was remade as a feature.
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posted on
01/07/2004 9:01:24 AM PST
by
js1138
To: Your Nightmare
All. I loved " The Great Santinni" for obvious reasons, "Lonesome Dove" was fantastic, but thought " Secondhand Lions" one of his best. Semper Fi
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posted on
01/07/2004 9:09:54 AM PST
by
gunner03
(just another grunt)
To: ActionNewsBill
I don't recall any bad movies he has been in. Though Sixth Day was a fairly standard action movie, his performance in that movie was fantastic.
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