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May 30, 1999Weirdness on BATTLEFIELD EARTH?
Ok folks, first off we'll have to be wary of the folks out there in the world that want to spread bad rumors about the film solely on account of the fact that.... Well... L Ron Hubbard wrote the novel, and is the father of Scientology. And there are ALOT of anti-scientologists. BUT.... Does that mean you can't trust any of the bad news? Well, not exactly. I've read the script, and didn't really care for it that much, and the only anger at Scientologists I have is for the have billion "Come Get Your IQ Tested" papers they hand out, out by the University of Texas here in Austin. And ya know.... I'm not really upset about that. So remember... take the following with a grain of salt or an entire bag full.... The following is... RUMOR...
Yo! Talking from Montreal. I have an aquaintence working on the BATTLEFIELD EARTH film up here and the word is that 1) Forrest Whitaker(?) ran a mile when he read the script and saw his meager pay packet for acting in said godawful script. 2) at the time of writing, wierd and whacky costumes designed by Patrick Totopolus(?) of Independance Day fame had been sliced and diced because of budget cuts. Now the wierd and whacky aliens inhabiting earth will have ankle-length coats to hide the fact their ain't no budget to dress them.
Just like that, you should see the aliens... boy what a hoot! Do you remember that awful film with Dan Akroyd about aliens with tall, bald, egg-heads living on earth. Well... Travolta and co. will be hairy egg-heads in Gucci leather coats!
The director of the film, Roger Christian (famous for cinematographic epics such as... exactly what has the guy done?) (HARRY NOTE: WELL HE DID DO SECOND UNIT ON STAR WARS EPISODE ONE) was so worried about finances - or rather lack of - he flew off to Cannes armed with animations, pictures and promises to try and drum up the other HALF of the budget (I just hope he didn't take the script!). He had boasted when he first came here that if ever there was any problem, Mr. Lucas esq. would jump to his help but it seems the great one is too busy on damage control to his catastrophic sci-fi opus.
The funny thing about all that is that although the budget is in trouble, it seems Mr. Travolta still wants his $21,000,000 fee for acting in the film.
Just one question: how come aliens from other planets always have two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears and one month, and talk American?
The Informant