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Dear Errol

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The only reason I’m posting this is because Errol Morris was okay with doing the same, but I have to say, it’s hilarious:

Letter to Errol Morris from Harvey Weinstein re: The Thin Blue Line

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13 responses to “Dear Errol”

  1. Guy Lodge Avatar

    Aaaand … Morris wasn’t nominated.

    Say what you like about Harvey, but he knows his audience.

  2. BurmaShave Avatar
    BurmaShave

    That’s awesome. “If you continue to be boring, I will hire an actor in New York to pretend he’s Errol Morris”. So good. What a champ.

  3. Jim T Avatar
    Jim T

    That was just beautiful!! :p
    It proves how passionate he is about what he does.

  4. Robert Hamer Avatar
    Robert Hamer

    To be fair to Morris, Guy, The Thin Blue Line was disqualified from the Best Documentary Feature category, and it didn’t really stand a chance of getting a Best Picture or Best Director nomination.

  5. Guy Lodge Avatar

    True. I’d forgotten that.

  6. Zac Avatar
    Zac

    After reading that, I had to check the date to make sure it didn’t say April 1.

  7. Maxim Avatar
    Maxim

    To be fair, Harvey may have had a point. As a producer, he’s brilliant. He’s insufferable and pain to be with but he’s a born producer who gets it.

    I just wish he was also an objective kind of guy.

    P.S. The last line is hilarious given everything that came before it.

  8. Maxim Avatar
    Maxim

    One more thing: Harvey could have hired Philip Glass ;) .

  9. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    I wish I could get away with communicating like that with people in my life. You can’t help but giggle at that.

  10. Hans Avatar
    Hans

    I have a feeling he’s on the verge of sending Christoph Waltz a similar letter. He always looks pissed whenever the camera cuts to him during a Waltz speech.

  11. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    Hans:

    I’m beginning to think that’s just the expression Harvey naturally bears. He just kind of snarls.

  12. Al Avatar
    Al

    What a dick, really funny guy, but a dick.

  13. Glenn Avatar

    I think that warrants a “LOL!”