Agent Stunned Man Has Nerve To Have Seizure During Film Screening
At the Tribeca screening of wretched-sounding horror flick Tell-Tale, some lady in the back started shrieking, interrupting the screening and angering an agent. Why was the rude lady yelling? Her husband was having a seizure.
Friday’s premiere of Tell Tale, which stars Josh Lucas as a man hunting for the guy who murdered the person whose heart he just had transplanted into himself (yes), was interrupted right in the middle of the ultra-violent, climactic torture-porn sequence. Though some people thought the whole incident was a publicity hoax, when people realised that the man was not well, an ambulance was called and the lights came up. So the director, Michael Cuesta, was upset, sure, but an agent from Endeavor was spotted going apeshit.
The audience was told the final five minutes would be shown as soon as the man was tended to, but most people started filing out, getting a good look, a witness tells Gawker, at Dawn Saltzman bellowing into her phone, seemingly irate that something as small as a man suddenly passing out in a crowded theatre would stop something as insanely important as a horror movie screening. At least, I guess, she had her client’s (and her) interests right up there at number one.
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I can relate. About once a month my train is delayed due to a "sick passenger." If any of yuze bitches are reading this, get the fuck sick somewherez else. Thanks.
@NinaHagen: TV Gloetzer, Zwei?
Goethewritesdrivel
If it was a hoax it's nine different shades of awesome. Registered nurses will be in attendance during all showings of the Tingler.
@NinaHagen: Ha. That's a good song.
I continue to sing my song - "Film people are shit...."
Sounds like someone could use a heart transplant. Ideally, an ultra-violent, climactic heart transplant.
Well if the director was really smart, he would have filmed it and used it as part of the trailer.
gonzosmom
Passion.. my friends, that is the passion of someone who loves deeply what they do.
The director immediately regretted his decision to leave in the anime montage.
And yet she could believe that story line.
depardoo
Endeavor you say?
That figures.
We epileptics have a GRAND TIME planning our seizures!
We get together about once a month, at a bar so we can drink heavily and fuck up our our anti-seizure drugs. Then we map out where we'll strike.
I can't give many details, but next month we're going all going to buy seats on the same flight out of Queens, bring flashlights to flicker in our faces, and try to force another emergency landing in the Hudson.
Epileptics forever!
NewsBunny
So it's like the more violent Return to Me? Sounds awful but IMDB says that Brian Cox is in it.
Cecil's Wielder
Same thing happened at Sundance a few years ago at the world premiere of "American Crime" starring the (then) little-known Ellen Page. Also in the last few minutes of the screening during the final torture-porn scene -- though that whole movie was basically torture porn.
BTW, Dawn is great. Love that girl.
snowback