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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Jason Reitman
yummy_pizza — 17 years ago(February 24, 2009 02:26 PM)
A few days agoSunday I believe, my boyfriend, who works at a small movie theater in Ann Arbor, told me that Jason Reitman and some friend of his showed up thinking they were going to see Let the Right one In. Apparently they had the times screwed up, and it wouldn't be showingb68 until later that evening. Reitman proceeds to bitch in such a way that it was the theater's fault for not having it showing when HE wanted to see it.
He demands to speak to the manager. Then he pulls the "do you know who I am?" card and asks the theater to screen his choice film in a half hour. They argue with him that customers have already purchased tickets to the next show, and they can't just play Let the Right One In. Reitman doesn't care and demands that the manager call whoever he needs to call to show the movie. He then starts saying such a**hole crap as "well, I made Thank You for Smoking and Juno, and those probably made you a lot of money, so you can do this for me. His reason for not wanting to wait until the evening? He would miss his Oscar party. OH DEAR!
So after some talks with higher ups at the theater, they decide to screen it for Reitman and his buddy at the smaller theater down the street. Once he gets there, he doesn't like the theater and makes his displeasure known.
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yummy_pizza — 16 years ago(May 24, 2009 09:41 PM)
Why would I put any effort into creating such a story? I could care less about him. Especially more so now. I thought it absolutely horrendous that this man should think he's so much more important and entitled to any special treatment. beep that.
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burgerroyal — 16 years ago(September 25, 2009 11:06 PM)
Yummy Pizza, I would like to hear Jason Reitman's side of the story as this seems like an extreme exaggeration/ complete lie. I for one, refuse to judge Jason Reitman's whole character based on one supposed outburst, it's just not fair to him. But regardless, the man makes great movies and thats all I care about..
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freakyfelix — 16 years ago(December 25, 2009 11:56 PM)
If only he made "great" movies, but unfortunately no.
These are movies that in 10 years no one will remember. They're sort of a fad.
I tried to watch Juno, I really couldn't. I tried Up in the Air, so boring I couldn't finish watching.
What can I say? Forgettable stuff. Then I learned he's the son of a producer and it all became clear how these movies get made. -
DameFlux — 16 years ago(March 25, 2010 04:16 AM)
Exactly. You are just presenting one side and unfairly in a place where he can't respond. This is someone who gave an unemployed song writer the break of his life. Nobody would have done that but him , they want "bankable stars". This man is a saint. I don't know what was said or by who but they gave him the screening for a reason.
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Gus-69 — 14 years ago(January 30, 2012 04:15 PM)
Nobody's a saint.
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Sydafex7 — 16 years ago(December 08, 2009 11:17 AM)
uhhh, said "If you woulda said Kanye West or Bale instead of a genius and talented director it woulda made sense"
Yeah, because all geniuses and talented people are super nice and not beep Usually those are the worst ones
Bale and Kanye are both talented, and they are als both beep -
MrSumada_the_Herostratic — 16 years ago(September 12, 2009 09:12 PM)
I had the honor of working with Mr. Reitman, and he's as kind and down-to-Earth as a guy can get. Gonna go ahead and call shenanigans on that story..
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