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[MrSaigon]

Could you imagine having to work with these aholes? It's so impressive that Sean Penn knows exactly everything that has, is and will happen in Iraq (see another from his collected letters to the South Park guys), because he doesn't even live on our planet.

[The Third Man]

I already disliked Sean Penn, but in addition to that letter, I also only recently found out about this:

And then there was his constant criticism and violence. Once, he tied her to a chair and beat her. Another time, he hit her with a baseball bat. He threatened to shave her head. He chased her out of their hotel room.

Several times he promised to go to rehab or therapy, or to father a child with her, and she took him back.

In June 1987, Madonna went to the Cedars Sinai hospital for an X-ray after Penn apparently hit her across the head with a baseball bat. At the time, they had been having a heart-to-heart talk about reconciling.

Madonna did not make an official complaint because Penn was about to serve a short jail term for attacking a film extra. He served 33 days of a 60-day sentence in the Los Angeles County jail (23 hours a day in solitary) for violating the probation he'd been given for punching a fan.

It was a decision she would come to regret. In the late afternoon of December 28, 1988, Penn scaled the wall surrounding the Malibu house and found Madonna alone in the master bedroom.

According to a report filed by Madonna with the Malibu sheriff’s office, the two began to quarrel. Penn told her he owned her ‘lock, stock and barrel’. When she told him she was leaving the house, he tried to bind her hands with an electric lamp and cord. Screaming and afraid, Madonna fled from the bedroom. What followed was a nine-hour ordeal which left her deeply shaken.

Penn chased her into the living room, caught her and bound her to a chair with heavy twine. Then he threatened to cut off her hair.
According to the police report, Penn was ‘drinking liquor straight from the bottle’ and the abuse went on for several hours, during which time he smacked and roughed up his victim.

He went out to buy more alcohol, leaving Madonna bound and gagged. Some hours later, he returned and continued his attacks.
Madonna said that he untied her after she agreed to perform a degrading sex act on him. She then fled the house and ran to her car.

Penn ran after her and was banging on the windows of her Thunderbird while she spoke to police on her mobile phone. Fifteen minutes later, she staggered into the sheriff’s office.

Lieut Bill McSweeny said: ‘I hardly recognised her as Madonna. She was weeping, her lip was bleeding and she had obviously been struck.

So, yeah...Sean Penn can go to hell.

[cardsfansince82]

It must have been pretty bad to qualify as degrading for Madonna.

[Freed Roger]

Penn gets a lot of [expletive] for his political views & offscreen antics -where it affects how people assess his movies.
But frankly why does that matter?

The movie he directed "Into the Wild". Not the best movie, but a thumbs up from me. Yet people went [expletive] in both directions on it.

Political [expletive] hasn't tainted my views towards Clint Eastwood. The [expletive] he put forth in Trouble with the Curve did that on it's own accord, not any unfortunate RNC appearance.

Kevin Spacey, can't stand that [expletive] and I have no inkling what his political persuasion or what he's donking offscreen.

I've had a longstanding notion an epic movie about John Brown (Harper's ferry) starring Penn. Perfect casting.

[thrill]

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

[Freed Roger]

I already disliked Sean Penn, but in addition to that letter, I also only recently found out about this:

And then there was his constant criticism and violence. Once, he tied her to a chair and beat her. Another time, he hit her with a baseball bat. He threatened to shave her head. He chased her out of their hotel room.

Several times he promised to go to rehab or therapy, or to father a child with her, and she took him back.

In June 1987, Madonna went to the Cedars Sinai hospital for an X-ray after Penn apparently hit her across the head with a baseball bat. At the time, they had been having a heart-to-heart talk about reconciling.

Madonna did not make an official complaint because Penn was about to serve a short jail term for attacking a film extra. He served 33 days of a 60-day sentence in the Los Angeles County jail (23 hours a day in solitary) for violating the probation he'd been given for punching a fan.

It was a decision she would come to regret. In the late afternoon of December 28, 1988, Penn scaled the wall surrounding the Malibu house and found Madonna alone in the master bedroom.

According to a report filed by Madonna with the Malibu sheriff’s office, the two began to quarrel. Penn told her he owned her ‘lock, stock and barrel’. When she told him she was leaving the house, he tried to bind her hands with an electric lamp and cord. Screaming and afraid, Madonna fled from the bedroom. What followed was a nine-hour ordeal which left her deeply shaken.

Penn chased her into the living room, caught her and bound her to a chair with heavy twine. Then he threatened to cut off her hair.
According to the police report, Penn was ‘drinking liquor straight from the bottle’ and the abuse went on for several hours, during which time he smacked and roughed up his victim.

He went out to buy more alcohol, leaving Madonna bound and gagged. Some hours later, he returned and continued his attacks.
Madonna said that he untied her after she agreed to perform a degrading sex act on him. She then fled the house and ran to her car.

Penn ran after her and was banging on the windows of her Thunderbird while she spoke to police on her mobile phone. Fifteen minutes later, she staggered into the sheriff’s office.

Lieut Bill McSweeny said: ‘I hardly recognised her as Madonna. She was weeping, her lip was bleeding and she had obviously been struck.

So, yeah...Sean Penn can go to hell.

Yeah, well - I never read that b/f. until after my post above. Is he so powerful and Madonna so weak that nothing ever came of this legally? Not saying I don't believe it,.... but it is hard to believe. But I'm fully on board now, regardless of court of law. [expletive] Sean Penn.

[Jocephus]

[ghostrunner]

Movies reimagined for another time & place - some of these are better conceived and executed than others, some are bizarre.

This is one I'd kind of like to see.




And I like the idea of this one

[MrSaigon]

Les Mis is ok. I adore the musical, having grown up on the recording with my mother. There's a big step back vocally, most especially with Crowe as has been mentioned, but I didn't care much for Jackman either. I thought Marius (especially) and Cosette were well sung but everyone else was ok at best.

I think it's great they sang everything live, but it seems to have limited the camerawork. It's kind of like a multi person vlog.

[lukethedrifter]

End of Watch was a really entertaining buddy flick at its heart.