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Dancing Star Accused of "Violating" Iraq Film
Mark Cuban by Craig Sjodin/ABC
Billionaire Mark Cuban, who somewhat inexplicably has endured Dancing with the Stars' first cuts, is simultaneously involved in some fancy legal footwork. At a Monday panel discussion about the Iraq War film Redacted, director Brian De Palma accused Cuban, who financed the pic, of obscuring a montage of wounded GIs because "he was disturbed by [them].... I felt my cut was violated." The New York Daily News says fellow panelist and film distributor Eamonn Bowles defended Cuban by blaming the edit on "an untenable legal situation," to which De Palma snapped, "It's a specious legal issue.... [M]y picture was redacted."
Cuban did not answer the News' calls, but Bowles chalks it all up to a "misunderstanding" about photo rights.
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Oct 11, 2007 8:41 AM
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Being from Houston it is genetically impossible for me to be a Mark Cuban fan  , but it seems to me that if you are going to make a controversial film, you should at least make sure your backers share the same ideology?
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Oct 11, 2007 10:29 AM
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My understanding is that they are not wounded soldiers, but dead soldiers, whose bodies were desecrated and violated. I hope that Cuban did not show them for moral and ethical reasons, not legal ones.
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Oct 11, 2007 12:04 PM
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If you're right, Supramom2000, I agree with you. DePalma can claim all the artisitic license he wants, but that image isn't necessary.
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Oct 11, 2007 12:07 PM
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no it most certainly is not Katcon! Hope he gets booted off Dancing soon. He can't dance, he is VERY annoying! He needs to just go away.
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Oct 11, 2007 12:13 PM
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Meanwhile, no word on how we can "obscure" 98 minutes of DePalma's masterpiece Snake Eyes.
chris (or Black Dahlia, Femme Fatale, Mission To Mars, Raising Cain, or Bonfire Of The Vanities)
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Oct 11, 2007 12:24 PM
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The question is really much simpler then the legal aspects. The question is why he would finance a film that is so Anti-American with a director that has stated how much he hates this country. Not to mention a film that will only increase terrorist attacks towards our military.This country already sent those men to prison for the terrible acts they committed, to once again show it to the world is a disgrace. He is also planning to produce a film claiming that the US government blow up the Trade Center. He should not be applauded on TV he should be ignored by all Americans who love this country regardless of our personal political beliefs.
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Oct 11, 2007 12:25 PM
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marnes - while Brian de Palma can be critical of US policies, I have never heard him say he hates America. Do you have a direct quote or are you just riffing?
And how exactly would a film increase terrorist acts towards our military? Does bin Laden go down to the local multiplex and grab a tub of popcorn or do you think he waits until it shows up on pay per view? Then, after viewing the film bin Laden and his minions get together and say "Wow! That movie really irks me! Let's go kill some more US military!" Do you honestly think a movie has that much power?
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Oct 11, 2007 12:49 PM
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marnes, get a grip.
It is not anti-American to be against the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. If it is, most Americans, in your view, are anti-American.
It is not anti-American to be against the Cheney-Bush White House. If it is, most Americans, in your view, are anti-American.
It is anti-American, however, to be against free speech, or to suppress dissent, or to mindlessly believe whatever a politician tells you is the truth.
And nobody's buying that Brian de Palma, whose entire livelihood rests on the public's acceptance of his work, has EVER said that he "hates America". It does sound, however, like you've got a lot of hate for America and our freedoms yourself. Why is that?
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Oct 11, 2007 12:49 PM
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If you're right, Supramom2000, I agree with you. DePalma can claim all the artisitic license he wants, but that image isn't necessary.
depalma disagrees. the images were and are very necessary. which is why the issue exists.
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Oct 11, 2007 1:23 PM
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hunbun26 - And how exactly would a film increase terrorist acts towards our military? Does bin Laden go down to the local multiplex and grab a tub of popcorn or do you think he waits until it shows up on pay per view?
That is not what I think. The fact is this movie will be shown more around the world then it will in American theaters. This will be used to represent all our soldiers not just the few killers that actually did the crime. Do you really think this will not be used as another recruitment tool for the extremists. And diablorabotico - can there be any discussion about anything that doesn't become about Bush. I have no problems with anti-war movies - everyone should be anti-war, but making a movie just to show how evil our brave military is, when it was just a few monsters that did this is just wrong - regardless of anything else. If you weren't so blind by your hate for Bush, you'd see that.
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Oct 11, 2007 1:55 PM
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hunbun26 - And how exactly would a film increase terrorist acts towards our military? Does bin Laden go down to the local multiplex and grab a tub of popcorn or do you think he waits until it shows up on pay per view?
That is not what I think. The fact is this movie will be shown more around the world then it will in American theaters. This will be used to represent all our soldiers not just the few killers that actually did the crime. Do you really think this will not be used as another recruitment tool for the extremists. And diablorabotico - can there be any discussion about anything that doesn't become about Bush. I have no problems with anti-war movies - everyone should be anti-war, but making a movie just to show how evil our brave military is, when it was just a few monsters that did this is just wrong - regardless of anything else. If you weren't so blind by your hate for Bush, you'd see that.
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Oct 11, 2007 1:55 PM
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Another contestant on DWT-Dlist is making news !!
Another chance I can mock the contestant on this stupid, worthless show.
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Oct 11, 2007 3:43 PM
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Hello... Just a quick note about your comments about Mark Cuban being "inexplicably" still on "Dancing with the Stars"... Excuse me, but the 3 people who have been eliminated, in my humble opinion, deserved it much more than he did!!! At least he's trying, not doing too shabbily, quite frankly, considering he just came off of hip surgery a few months ago & is NOT 21-years old!!!! Hmmmmmmm...
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Oct 11, 2007 5:16 PM
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I think we'd have to see the footage that was redacted in order to make a judgement on whether Mark did the right thing. It sounds to me like it was egregiously graphic and perhaps Mark felt that it was too gruesome to include in footage that would be seen by family members of the piece. Either way, if Mark had the rights to edit the film, then DePalma needs to shut his artistic crying.
I believe that documentaries serve a purpose but that doesn't mean that we need to see all the gore to get the point.
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Oct 11, 2007 5:44 PM
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