Sueing BBM for ten million dollars?
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turi1 — 20 years ago(March 28, 2006 12:10 PM)
I agree with you!! And he was on the mocie like for 30 seconds, and to be honest he has to be happy to be in a great movie!! Imagine if he deserves 10 millions, how much money does jake, michelle, ledger, anne derearves? I hope that nobody give him another movie anymore!!
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Squishy-12 — 20 years ago(March 29, 2006 01:02 PM)
I haven't seen the movi111ce yet, and didn't even know Quaid was in it.
Given that his career is headed deep in the direction of absolute crap like "Category 7: The End Of The World," you'd think he'd be grateful for any work he gets.
Hope he enjoys his new "radioactive" status. Who's going to hire a sloppy dink who will sue you if your movie makes money? -
kiddglock — 19 years ago(November 26, 2006 12:08 AM)
Whether or not he is entitled to whatever amount they settle on will be decided by the courts. What I can't believe is the amount of bashing going on. Randy Quaid's career pre-dated his brother's by several years, unless I'm mistaken. He had already had a significant role in
The Last Detail
, before Deb68nnis ever did anything. He also had a pretty fair sized role in
The Last Picture Show
. Over the years he has done some stuff which was, I'm sure, just for eating money, but he has also done a lot of noteworthy work. He is far from the hack some of y'all are portraying him as. I doubt he will ever lack for work due to his status as a character actor and sometimes lead.
I have come to chew bubblegum and kick asssand I'm all out of bubblegum. -
ofumalow — 18 years ago(February 19, 2008 04:47 PM)
For t1c84hose who keep saying that of COURSE Brokeback was going to make a lot of money, I have to ask: Why then do you think Hollywood hasn't greenlit a single A-list gay-themed project since? I don't mean quasi-gay joke movies like I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. Making fun of gays or characters being "mistaken" for gay (a la Blades of Glory etc.and I'm not saying this is inherently offensive, sometimes it's good-natured as well as funny) is always commercial. (So is the occasional "hot" lesbian scene between straight actresses, because straight male audiences enjoy them.) But the Hollywood suits think "Brokeback" was just a flukeotherwise they'd be lining up serious gay romances, dramas, etc. with major stars playing sympathetic, non-grotesque or humorous gay lead roles. (Bizarro historical figures like Capote don't count.)
I think it was Entertainment Weekly that ran a feature not long ago asking just what happened to the supposed breakthrough heralded by Brokeback's success (and on a smaller plane that same year, Transamerica). It never happened, and I'm sure that's not because there weren't any gay themed scripts around. They're just not getting produced by anyone outside the small-budget indie world. The major studios don't think they are "bankable," or that the Brokeback lightning will strike twice.
Quaid is a good character actor with no real box office value, I would very much doubt he got paid more for any of the mostly low-grade projects he's worked on recently. This is just sour grapes. If he weren't acting so crazily since Brokeback (re: his recent hijinks getting banned from Equity, etc.) he probably could have parlayed this small but strong role in a highly regarded film into a significant career revival. Instead he's burning his bridges. Yeeshhe's got more in common with Britney Spears than his brother these days. -
ofumalow — 18 years ago(March 28, 2008 11:51 PM)
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02062008/entertainment/theater/union_bans__fines_quaid_779144.htm?page=0