Hello, Chaille! I haven't heard from you in a long time. Good to
see you back! I've been mostly talking to myself in here, lately.
Hopefully, there will be more Keitel related stuff to talk about in
the near future. "National Treasure" and "Be Cool" will both be out
in a few months, and hopefully there will be some more stuff, soon.
Scorsese is beginning pre-production on his next film, "The
Departed", soon. Wouldn't it be great if...? Well, you know what I
mean. It's doubtful, but I wish Keitel and Marty would get together
again. Also, De Niro is about to start shooting "The Good Shepherd",
which he directs and acts in, in October. Leo Di Caprio stars in
both, and Matt Damon is in talks for the Scorsese film. I really,
really wish that one of them would use Keitel in their film, (or both
would be great, too!). I'd love to see Keitel in some big, prestige
movie for a change, instead of : the good little film that no one
sees, or the big bad film that no one likes! Wishful thinking...
we'll see...



--- In harveykeitelfans@yahoogroups.com, "straycat442003"
<straycat@a...> wrote:
> Hi Bev!
>
> I read that, too, but Coppola never asked anyone else (that I know
> of) to sign that kind of contract. He either learned his lesson or
> that was the excuse for being fired that Keitel used. Like DKelly
> said, no one really knows what the "real" reason was. The
difference
> of opinion of how Keitel should have played the character makes the
> most sense to me. They were from two different worlds and Keitel
can
> be frightening in some of his chararacters.
> Who knows?
>
> Chaille
>
>
>
> --- In harveykeitelfans@yahoogroups.com, b c
> <teenyweenyminiaturecottage@y...> wrote:
> > It was because Coppola wanted exclusivity for a long period of
time
> on HK's films and he was not about to sign his life
> away................Bev
> >
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> > From: dkelly26666
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> > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:08:48 -0000
> > From: dkelly26666
> > Subject: Re: Reflections In A Golden Eye
> >
> > Hello!
> > I'm not sure anyone knows the specifics of why Keitel was
> > fired. He was famously cast in the lead role of Willard during
pre-
> > production in 1975. He would have played opposite Marlon Brando
and
> > Robert Duvall. It truly was the role < I feel, that would have
made
> a
> > huge star out of Keitel, much like the Godfather films did for Al
> > Pacino and (in Part II) Robert De Niro. Unfortunately, just about
> two
> > weeks into production, Coppola suddenly fired Keitel, much to the
> > dismay of the film's other producers. Production was halted,
> > temporarily, until Martin Sheen was cast as his replacement, and
> went
> > on to do this very famous film. Sheen was great in the part, but
I
> > often wonder what could have been with Keitel in there.
> >
> > Anyway, neither side have much wanted to talk about it since.
> > Keitel DID say in his Playboy '95 interview that he didn't hold
any
> > grudges againt Coppola after all these years. He said something
to
> > the effect that they would have to be some really sad old men to
> > still be bearing scars about that one. I once heard someone
> speculate
> > that Harvey and Coppola's personalitites simply clashed. That
> Francis
> > was this rich California kid from some fraternity at UCLA, and
> Keitel
> > was this tough, blue-collar kid from Brooklyn. Also, Keitel had
> > mainly worked with friends like Scorsese and De Niro up to that
> > point, and he may have been used to a bit more creative freedom
> than
> > a tyrannical Coppola was willing to give him. In any case, it
> DIDN'T
> > happen, and they obviously have never tried to work together
again.
> >
> > Sadly, Keitel's big Hollywood career took an instant nose dive
> > after that, and he wouldn't be back for many years. He always
> worked,
> > mind you, but he never again achieved a big level of stardom
until
> > about 16 years later.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In harveykeitelfans@yahoogroups.com, Carrie Anderson
> > wrote:
> > > HI,
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me why Keitel was fired during
> coppolas 'apocolypse
> > now'?
> > >
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