Why in God's name did Harvey Keitel do this movie? He's a DEMOCRAT

[LynneSin]

Did he not read the script and see that it was a partisan repuke fest? I just don't understand it.

I mean here is his donation list:

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Harvey_Keitel.php

He not only gave to John Kerry in 2004 but also to Hillary Rodham Clinton TWICE

[BobRossi]

1. To many...

The dollar knows no party line.

[wanpete]

2. cash rules everything around me...C.R.E.A.M....dollar dollar bill y'all...

[Catherine Vincent]

3. For all we know he may not have known it would

be an attack on Clinton.

[patricia92243]

4. I wondered about that too. I have always liked him - loved "The Piano."

Did not know he was a Democrat. That makes it even worse that he would appear in such hog-wash.

[Anakin Skywalker]

5. It's probably just another job to him?

But the other one (Patricia Heaton) has a different reason, I am sure.

[LynneSin]

11. Yeah but Keitel has had an illustrious acting career

I mean that guy has done some amazing work out there and racked up plenty of major acting awards and nominations. He doesn't need a crappy TV movie, hell he can just call Martin or Quentin and he'll be lined up for one of their next movies.

At least DeNiro has class with the 9/11 documentary he narrated for CBS. I do plan to watch that

[Olney Blue]

6. The same way an actor can play a murderer, or a dictator?

[LynneSin]

12. Yes, but playing a murderer or a dictator usually isn't glorifying it

or presenting major misinformation about actual events in history.

I remember Robert Carlyle doing Hitler (and quite well I might ask), it was an amazing TV mini-series that gave some scary insight to just who Hitler was and how he rose to power. But imagine if that movie was written by Mel Gibson's dad, a man quite vocal that the Holocaust never existed and Carlyle now was playing this Hitler role where suddenly Hilter is lovable and jews never suffered under his rule. We all know that was clearly not the case but could you imagine the outage?

I probably wouldn't have watched any docudrama about 9/11, but I wouldn't have been outraged if they just presented the facts in an unbiased manner

[whistle]

7. Harvey Keitel must have thought the Kool Aid was grape juice

...and vodka! I don't understand either

[orpupilofnature57]

8. He's not the busiest man in Hollywood ,he is an actor ,not a Cracked actor

[AnnieBW]

9. Show BUSINESS

It's called "show BUSINESS" for a reason. He's using the Yuppie Nuremburg Defense - "I have a mortgage to pay."

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Money talks. nt

[LynneSin]

14. You think George Clooney would do a movie like this?

Or Tim Robbins?
Or Sean Penn?
Or Robert DeNiro?
Or Susan Saradon?

Or a mile-long list of some of the great progressives out there in Hollywood.

Money Talks only to those who have no values. Clearly Keitel has shown he has none. I won't spend another dime on any movie he is in even if it is a Tarrentino or Scorsese flick. Hell Martin Scorsese is a pretty major liberal himself and an amazingly iconic director who has done some great films featuring NYC. Keitel's last donation to HRC was back in 2000 whereas Scorsese gave to her in 2004. I'm thinking Harvey isn't going to have too many more Scorsese films to fall back on

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Martin_Scorsese.php


Hollywood has a long memory. I still remember when they gave director Elia Kazan an honorary Academy Award about 10 years ago. He was one of the first big Hollywood names to name names during Jospeh McCarthey's communist witch hunts. When he got that honorary oscar, most of the audience at the awards ceremony (and this was in the 90s) refused to get out of their seats or clap their hands.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001415/bio

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. No because they are REAL Liberals and Democrats! They have

proved themselves over and over again in real time and not just in donations to liberal and democratic candidates. I wasn't aware of Harvey Keitel's politics until now and it seems he doesn't back up his political contributions, hence my opinion of him, "money talks".

[LynneSin]

26. Here's a stunner, Amy Madigan - former board member for NARAL

and SHE is in it.

They seriously must have kept some of the script back.

I mean, one thing about Keitel is the guy is a dedicated NYCer and perhaps he might have seen the script for his role and thought this was a great way to remember what happened on 9/11.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Madigan
Madigan is also a political activist; among other things, she has served on the national board of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a pro-choice/women's rights organisation.

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. That is a stunner! Isn't she married to Ed Harris? Isn't he a liberal?

Color me shocked! Five years after 9/11 even and especially a NYCer would want too know or at least question what happened that day, right? And want nothing but the absolute truth to come out. :shrug:

[LynneSin]

28. She was on the NARAL board and he is a major liberal

(and a major hottie too)

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. LOL He is a hottie! nt

[davekriss]

25. You are right

I am absolutely puzzled why Keitel would do this film. And disappointed.

[lonestarnot]

41. Sell your soul, your mother, your dog and country. Nice.

[MuseRider]

13. So is Amy Madigan.

Who knows, perhaps as others have said they didn't know?

[UTUSN]

15. Why do SPIELBERG and Oliver STONE work with this wingnut?? n/t

[NYCGirl]

16. Because he supports Democrats?

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Harvey_Keitel.php

[LA lady]

20. Did you see Iger's??!!

He's the CEO of Disney. 75,000$ to Democrats!

[LynneSin]

18. Keitel isn't a 'wingnut'

although according to his ex-wife Lorraine Bracco he may or may not be abusive. I don't think that was every finalized.

He's a democrat or at least he was up to 2004 when he donated to Kerry

[SammyWinstonJack]

31. She was married to Keitel? I thought she was once married to

James Edward Olmos. Is he a Democrat?

[NYCGirl]

17. I would guess that either he didn't see the entire script, or the edited

version of the film differs greatly from the working version.

[LynneSin]

19. If he's playing John O'Neil then there would be no need for him to see

the script based on the Clinton years.

I could see that

[LynneSin]

22. OMG - Amy Madigan is in it?

Her and her husband Ed Harris are pretty committed liberals

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=madigan&first=amy
http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Ed_Harris.php

They must not have let the actors read the entire script

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001496/bio
Amy, along with husband Ed Harris, were among a strong minority of attendees of the 2000 Acadamy Awards who refused to applaud during director Elia Kazan's acceptance of his honorary Oscar. They were protesting Kazan's contribution to the Hollywood blacklisting during the Cold War.

[porphyrian]

23. Actors have to pay rent.

Also, if they don't do something every so often, they fade quickly into obscurity.

[fujiyama]

29. THat's my guess

I think Nathan Lane was once asked why he did "Mouse Hunt".

He said somrthing like "it's a paycheck".

[LynneSin]

33. Yes but was Mouse Hunt right-wing propaganda?

I could understand if he does a bad movie

I don't understand if he does a movie that has the sole purpose of providing misinformation to the public on a national tragedy

[SammyWinstonJack]

38. mouse hunt or pure unadulterated propaganda? Which too choice as

as liberal? A paycheck is one thing, and I would think that neither Keitel or Madigan is that hard up for $$$ as to sell themselves out for propaganda. :shrug:

[BootinUp]

24. Shit I don't know, he needed work?

[Hissyspit]

32. He plays John O'Neill, a TRUE American hero, BUT

some of his dialogue that I have seen is clearly inflammatory toward the Clinton administration.

Keitel should have had flags go up in his mind. I am disturbed that he did this, too.

[Neshanic]

34. Demowhore

[SoCalDem]

35. Why? money....money trumps good sense..n/t

[The Stranger]

36. He's a second rate actor and a stooge.

[blondeatlast]

37. See "Be Cool." Worst damn movie I've seen lately.

He's prominent--and crappy (in "Be Cool," I mean).

He's clearly in it for the money.

[LynneSin]

40. But as I said about another movie: "Be Cool" wasn't propaganda

It was created in hopes of convincing the population to buy into their skewed revisionist history of a national tragedy.

It was just a bad movie

[kerry-is-my-prez]

39. He's Apparently Desperate for work....

n/t