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post #181 of 192
3/1/13 at 8:26am
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Can somebody here solve McTiernans legal issues, that would be a good start.

McTiernan's final appeal was shot down by the Supreme Court. There's no one left for him to appeal to. He's going to prison, and when he gets out, it's extremely doubtful that any studio would hire him again, given that what got him in trouble was hiring a PI to illegally wiretap a producer he had a dispute with. People hold grudges in Hollywood.
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post #182 of 192
3/1/13 at 10:19am
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Originally Posted by Josh Z View Post

what got him in trouble was hiring a PI to illegally wiretap a producer he had a dispute with.
That is some insane $hit....
Did the PI take it upon himself to wiretap or did McTiernan tell him to?
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post #183 of 192
3/1/13 at 11:23am
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That is some insane $hit....
Did the PI take it upon himself to wiretap or did McTiernan tell him to?

I believe that's in some dispute. (All McTiernan was actually convicted of was lying to the FBI about his relationship with Pellicano.) I haven't really followed the case that closely, but this recent Hollywood Reporter article has a basic overview:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/die-hard-director-john-mctiernan-412690

Regardless of what prosecutors could actually prove in court, no one in Hollywood will ever trust McTiernan again.
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post #184 of 192
3/1/13 at 12:50pm
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All McTiernan was actually convicted of was lying to the FBI about his relationship with Pellicano.
Assuming he didn't have a criminal record, I am surprised he would be given a prison sentence for simple perjury.
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post #185 of 192
3/1/13 at 2:20pm
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I believe that's in some dispute. (All McTiernan was actually convicted of was lying to the FBI about his relationship with Pellicano.) I haven't really followed the case that closely, but this recent Hollywood Reporter article has a basic overview:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/die-hard-director-john-mctiernan-412690

Regardless of what prosecutors could actually prove in court, no one in Hollywood will ever trust McTiernan again.

McTiernan's sordid story is just one more example showing that it's never about the crime, it's the coverup.
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post #186 of 192
3/1/13 at 9:24pm
Went to see this tonight. I didn't hate it as much as a lot of folks seem to. I will say it didn't "feel" like a Die Hard movie. As a stand alone action movie it was decent. They could have given it any generic action name, e.g. Last Stand In Moscow, and it would have fit better than using the Die Hard banner. But you know it will look and sound amazing on BD, and I'll end up buying it.
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post #187 of 192
3/1/13 at 10:08pm
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Assuming he didn't have a criminal record, I am surprised he would be given a prison sentence for simple perjury.

Considering that he was initially sentenced to only four months, appealed the verdict, lost the appeal, and then the original judge increased the sentence to a year, it sounds like she was trying to make an example out of him.

Also, I don't think the charge was so much perjury as impeding a criminal investigation or something along those lines.
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post #188 of 192
3/1/13 at 11:50pm
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Went to see this tonight. I didn't hate it as much as a lot of folks seem to. I will say it didn't "feel" like a Die Hard movie. As a stand alone action movie it was decent. They could have given it any generic action name, e.g. Last Stand In Moscow, and it would have fit better than using the Die Hard banner. But you know it will look and sound amazing on BD, and I'll end up buying it.
Where have you been hiding?
And where is Stephen?

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Originally Posted by Josh Z View Post

Considering that he was initially sentenced to only four months, appealed the verdict, lost the appeal, and then the original judge increased the sentence to a year, it sounds like she was trying to make an example out of him.

Also, I don't think the charge was so much perjury as impeding a criminal investigation or something along those lines.
OK, still...it seems a little harsh.
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post #189 of 192
3/2/13 at 8:18am
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Where have you been hiding?
And where is Stephen?
OK, still...it seems a little harsh.

Now that you mention it, it's been quite some time since we've heard from sb1. Hope he's ok.
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post #190 of 192
3/2/13 at 9:00am
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Originally Posted by Waboman View Post

Went to see this tonight. I didn't hate it as much as a lot of folks seem to. I will say it didn't "feel" like a Die Hard movie. As a stand alone action movie it was decent. They could have given it any generic action name, e.g. Last Stand In Moscow, and it would have fit better than using the Die Hard banner. But you know it will look and sound amazing on BD, and I'll end up buying it.

Good to know wabo ill buy it when it hits blu ray
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post #191 of 192
3/2/13 at 9:01am
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Now that you mention it, it's been quite some time since we've heard from sb1. Hope he's ok.

Another person I haven't heard from sometime is MR 3D himself Lee Stewart.
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post #192 of 192
3/2/13 at 1:49pm
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Another person I haven't heard from sometime is MR 3D himself Lee Stewart.

Indeed! Hopefully they're both just taking some time off from AVS...
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