Supposedly, the Oscar-winning actor had a billing dispute with director Brian De Palmam, so he had his name removed from the credits. I was wondering if anyone knows how many other people who appeared in this dismal epic asked to have their names removed after it came out.
Apparently the dispute was that his name should appear "Above the title or not at all" and since there were a bunch of actors who already had their names above the title they opted for "not at all". Certainly a smart move in retrospect....
If you're like me, it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA
There's actually a rather amusing anecdote in Julie Salamon's The Devil's Candy:
Initially, a comedy club that had Richard Belzer tooted him as being in "The hit film Bonfire of the Vanities". After about a week, it was switched to, "The new film Bonfire of the Vanities".
Not entirely relevant, but in the same vein.
smooth.
"Hipness is not a state of mind, it's a fact of life!" - Cannonball Adderley
So that's why!!!
shareI'm reading "The Devil's Candy" right now. What it boiled down to was F. Murray Abraham saying if he wasn't billed above Morgan Freeman, then he didn't want any billing at all.
"How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
I have the feeling that many actors who worked on this film have decided not to include it in their resumes, not even the great Tom Hanks.
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Maybe they should have added a S before the word hit!
Its that man again!!
Abraham was one of the films most funny characters, his dialogue ripe with expletives was hysterical and he was always berating his sub-ordinates. Also Freeman was very good in his scenes where he is cursing out the defendants and lawyers and anyone who trys to cross him.
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