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Harvey Weinstein Addresses 'Inglourious Basterds' Cutting Rumors
Source: GQ
In an interview with GQ, power producer Harvey Weinstein, of The Weinstein Company, addressed the rumors that he was forcing Quentin Tarantino to cut some 40 minutes off of Inglourious Basterds. Weinstein's reply - "No Fucking Way".
You can read his whole response below and read the whole interview here.
Those stories are all untrue. There’s no fucking way. Here, read my lips: That is nuts. Please don’t even write that, it’s insanity. There’s not even a question of that. Whatever you’re reading, it’s like some insane blogger… There’s no truth to any of this. He’s not gonna cut. What he’s doing is just reorganizing some scenes. I mean, the guy had six weeks to cut his movie [for Cannes]; most guys take six months. Most guys take a year. When I worked with Martin [Scorsese], we’d do eighteen months in post-production. Quentin Tarantino cuts a movie in six weeks? Come on, there’s shit on that cutting-room floor that’ll blow your brains out. I was telling Quentin the opposite—"You should put that shit back in the movie." There’s scenes with Brad Pitt and the Basterds, and I’m praying he puts that shit back in, ‘cause it’s un-fucking-believably great. Listen—this movie will be between two hours and twenty minutes and two hours and twenty-seven minutes. I don’t think it’s going to be shorter—it’s just a question of rearranging. I know he’s putting footage back into the movie. I know he’s got some cool shit that he didn’t get time to address.
Inglourious Basterds hits theaters on August 21st
In an interview with GQ, power producer Harvey Weinstein, of The Weinstein Company, addressed the rumors that he was forcing Quentin Tarantino to cut some 40 minutes off of Inglourious Basterds. Weinstein's reply - "No Fucking Way".
You can read his whole response below and read the whole interview here.
Those stories are all untrue. There’s no fucking way. Here, read my lips: That is nuts. Please don’t even write that, it’s insanity. There’s not even a question of that. Whatever you’re reading, it’s like some insane blogger… There’s no truth to any of this. He’s not gonna cut. What he’s doing is just reorganizing some scenes. I mean, the guy had six weeks to cut his movie [for Cannes]; most guys take six months. Most guys take a year. When I worked with Martin [Scorsese], we’d do eighteen months in post-production. Quentin Tarantino cuts a movie in six weeks? Come on, there’s shit on that cutting-room floor that’ll blow your brains out. I was telling Quentin the opposite—"You should put that shit back in the movie." There’s scenes with Brad Pitt and the Basterds, and I’m praying he puts that shit back in, ‘cause it’s un-fucking-believably great. Listen—this movie will be between two hours and twenty minutes and two hours and twenty-seven minutes. I don’t think it’s going to be shorter—it’s just a question of rearranging. I know he’s putting footage back into the movie. I know he’s got some cool shit that he didn’t get time to address.
Inglourious Basterds hits theaters on August 21st
Tags: harvey weinstein, inglourious basterds, movie news, quentin tarantino
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Comment by Matthew Jaques on June 27, 2009 at 11:40pm - "This guy is not guilty. My client is 200% not-fucking-guilty. And if you don't find him innocent then all of you Justice System people and you jurors can go fuck yourselves."
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Comment by PFreaky PFister on June 26, 2009 at 12:01pm - I'm glad that Quentin Tarantino isn't taking the Zack Snyder route and cutting an hour off of his movie
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Comment by el foggy on June 26, 2009 at 11:12am - sounds like he likes the movie
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Comment by Howard Simon on June 26, 2009 at 3:44am - Im really looking forward to Tarantino's movie, because he's just about the only director i know when making an action movie, i actaully care about the dialogue he places in his movies. And im allllllll about the action, but in Tarantino's case i love his talent with dialogue , and i hope he doesnt cut any of the movie.
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Comment by Carlyle on June 26, 2009 at 3:33am
- I learned from the best, Pranksta.
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Comment by The Classic Pranksta on June 26, 2009 at 12:32am - Is Harvey Weinsttein Carlyle? Because that sounds like a Carlyle response.
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Comment by Bagface on June 25, 2009 at 11:47pm - wow, uh Harvey Weinstein has quite the personality doesn't he?
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Comment by Sobo on June 25, 2009 at 11:30pm - i don't think i've ever read an interview with harvey weinstein before. i like it. I've never heard a producer talk about a film in other way except "corporate speech". It's refreshing.
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Comment by Brendan on June 25, 2009 at 10:46pm - Awesome. Can't wait.
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Comment by CTHLHU on June 25, 2009 at 8:47pm -
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