Comments on Crazy Days and Nights: Today's Blind Items - Kindness

THANK YOU, MIA!!kevin smith immediately came to mi...

2008-07-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

THANK YOU, MIA!!
kevin smith immediately came to mind.
m. night has been the subject of some unfavorable press, even though he's adorable and makes more mainstream movies. same with lucas, and he has more money than God.
i specifically remember kevin saying (probably in "an evening with kevin smith") that all this had afforded him an opportunity to do something really fun and buy a little farm out in the woods somewhere.
i adore him, and i've only heard good things about him.

Lucas has had Skywalker Ranch for over 2 decades.C...

2008-07-17T05:34:00.000-07:00

Lucas has had Skywalker Ranch for over 2 decades.

Cinnarose, contrary to common diva law, one doesn't treat one's staff like shit. M.Night understands the first rule of having money - be aggressive with your partners and equals, and hire a staff you can treat like family.

No truly wealthy person, real wealth (not 1 Hit Single wealth) is bad to their workers. They put their estate managers through rehab, attend their maids' weddings, get their lawyers to help sort out legal problems for the gardener - while being ruthless in the production of their product.

If you find a wealthy person who does otherwise, they risk losing everything.

MNS for sure. This is the obit of James Breen, who...

2008-07-17T04:23:00.000-07:00

MNS for sure. This is the obit of James Breen, who was the worker.

James M. "Jimbo" Breen, 52, who acted and worked in movies, died Thursday of cancer at his home in Willistown.
Mr. Breen worked as a greensman, responsible for providing foliage and other greenery used as backgrounds on sets, on several M. Night Shyamalan films, including The Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable. He had speaking parts in The Happening and Lady in the Water. Mr. Breen worked on other movies as a carpenter. He also was an estate manager in Chester County.

Mr. Breen, who grew up in Drexel Hill and graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1973, began working in the entertainment industry as a carpenter building stage sets for Quinlan Co. He toured Latin America in 2003 as a stagehand for the Philadelphia Orchestra.

At other times, he was a lifeguard for the Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol and tended bar at Jim's in Drexel Hill.

Family members described Mr. Breen as a fun-loving guy and the life of the party. He was an avid hunter and outdoorsman and played ice hockey for the Olympia Otters in an amateur men's league.

He is survived by his mother, Veronica Donoghue; sisters Susan M. Quin and Joann Iuliano; his companion, Meghan Curran; and two nephews.

Urgh. The racism here is appalling.

2008-07-16T18:04:00.000-07:00

Urgh. The racism here is appalling.

Pretty sure this is George Lucas. He has the Skywa...

2008-07-16T15:12:00.000-07:00

Pretty sure this is George Lucas. He has the Skywalker Ranch someplace in California. Not sure how long he's owned it. M. Night Shamalalala seems like an asshole, if what I've read about him is true. Perhaps, if it is Mr. Shamalalala, he treats his employees better than people that he meets in the course of his work.

I can't believe you people don't remember that Tar...

2008-07-16T12:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe you people don't remember that Tarantino adapted an Elmore Leonard novel, and has written several screenplays with Roger Avary. Uma Turman pitched in on both "Kill Bill"s.

Really glad it turned out to be Shyalaman.

Second Jo's question- why is it a blind? This dire...

2008-07-16T08:19:00.000-07:00

Second Jo's question- why is it a blind? This director has shown enormous compassion- this would be a good 'out', but at the same time, everyone's entitled to privacy.

Initially thought Tarantino, for name-recognition, but M Night prob fits better

Why does this have to be blind?

2008-07-16T07:19:00.000-07:00

Why does this have to be blind?

dvz, agreed about FFC. There is something deeply ...

2008-07-16T06:56:00.000-07:00

dvz, agreed about FFC. There is something deeply unhinged about the whole family - though I really like his films and Sophia's as well.

Coppola doesn't write his own material. M. Night does, always, so it's him.

This is so nice to hear on many, many levels. Aga...

2008-07-16T06:07:00.000-07:00

This is so nice to hear on many, many levels. Against my better judgement I love his films. Of course, everyone agrees that The Sixth Sense is good, but even his bad films I like (except maybe The Happening). I am a cancer survivor and I F LOVE The Village, so this is a sad and scary, but great kindness to hear about since i've always thought that M. Night was sort of smug. Really makes me like him so much more. Sad to hear about any cancer death and especially this one. Back to lurking!

jonathan waters! ha ha, no i'm kidding now.

2008-07-16T05:43:00.000-07:00

jonathan waters! ha ha, no i'm kidding now.

Steven Spielberg

2008-07-16T04:30:00.000-07:00

Steven Spielberg

Coppola is a bit of a jerk to everyone but his imm...

2008-07-16T02:07:00.000-07:00

Coppola is a bit of a jerk to everyone but his immediate family, and even they are not always immune. I don't truly think he acts that way intentionally, but it comes from more of a knee-jerk, irrational, genetic, place. (Think of why Nic is such a good guess for so many blinds on this site)

M Night.

2008-07-16T01:28:00.000-07:00

M Night.

Definitely not QT! WAY too self-absorbed. MNS fo...

2008-07-15T22:09:00.000-07:00

Definitely not QT! WAY too self-absorbed. MNS fo sho!

Team.."The Sixth Sense Guy" was also the subject o...

2008-07-15T21:30:00.000-07:00

Team..
"The Sixth Sense Guy" was also the subject of a MAJOR American Express campaign. DO YOU have electricity where you live? Your beligerence make me angry. The man is very accomplished and apparantly very kind.

M. Night is a jerk, from several firsthand reports...

2008-07-15T21:29:00.000-07:00

M. Night is a jerk, from several firsthand reports (go to Pajiba.com for a couple stories)...I don't see him doing this. Sticking with Coppola.

Oh for god's sake, people! Stop guessing. It's sol...

2008-07-15T21:18:00.000-07:00

Oh for god's sake, people! Stop guessing. It's solved.

team said... I've never heard of the Sixth Sen...

2008-07-15T20:14:00.000-07:00

team said...
I've never heard of the Sixth Sense guy. He's hardly a household name. 2:01 PM

Sometimes this blog is so unintentionally funny it's unreal.

Um, yeah if you have electricity, and drive by a movie theater once in a while, perhaps HBO LOL. This one just cracked me the hell up.

kevin smith came to my mind as well, as he has alw...

2008-07-15T19:52:00.000-07:00

kevin smith came to my mind as well, as he has always helped out his freinds with addiction problems (jay) and he seems very loyal to the same team of actors and production people, (you'd think that would be reflective of his real life)

plus he always direccts his own written material, as well as writes for other projects.

M. Night Shamwhatever is the 1st person who came t...

2008-07-15T19:30:00.000-07:00

M. Night Shamwhatever is the 1st person who came to mind. He loves to film in Pennsylvania and I wouldn't be surprised if he bought a farm there.

He also seems much nicer then the other Directors who write their own movies that come to mind like: Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.

Can't remember who else writes his own stuff.....

lucas still has skywalker ranch. only lucasfilm m...

2008-07-15T18:18:00.001-07:00

lucas still has skywalker ranch. only lucasfilm moved to the city. and he doesn't live on the ranch... it's home to skysound, and a retreat for creative types.

i vote for m. n. s., but i also thought of kevin smith, too. i could totally see him doing this, just like afflec did for jay.

Michael Moore?

2008-07-15T18:18:00.000-07:00

Michael Moore?

I yield to the IMDb-searching maven, mazemerizing....

2008-07-15T18:17:00.000-07:00

I yield to the IMDb-searching maven, mazemerizing. Nice find.

...also means I might have to start *liking* M. Night and stop calling him an overhyped Hitchcock wannabe. Damn. Now if he'd only make a good movie...

It is Shyamalan. Here is the obituary I wrote for ...

2008-07-15T18:15:00.000-07:00

It is Shyamalan. Here is the obituary I wrote for his worker James Breen in this month's column at Entertainment Insiders. I wish I had known the info that Ent provided.

JAMES BREEN Died Jul. 3, 2008

Greensman and actor James Breen died at age 52. Mr. Breen worked on a number of films by director M. Night Shyamalan. His credits include "Annapolis," "In Her Shoes," "The Village," "Signs," "Unbreakable," "The Sixth Sense" and "Beloved." Mr. Breen had a voice role in Shyamalan's "The Happening" and a live action role in "Lady in the Water."