Wrath of Bale Strikes Cinematical
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy
It seems that not long after audio leaked of Christian Bale losing his cool on the set of Terminator: Salvation, Cinematical Managing Editor Scott Weinberg had some choice words for yours truly about our site and my work on it -- only for his oft-dormant temper to flare up similarly and suddenly.As such, I can't say how long this post might remain up, but you can listen in on most of the phone call below. The profanity contained within has indeed been censored, but the volume alone might be NSFW, so keep your fingers on those volume knobs.
I hope you're proud of covering Cinematical in this poison, Mr. Bale. I really do.
(And if that weren't silly enough for you...)
Warning: Video contains foul language and is NSFW
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2-03-2009 @ 2:14AM
James Rocchi said...
Normally, I find this kind of inside baseball despicably inane, but the phrase "That's a Newsie mistake ..." has me paralytic with laughter.
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2-03-2009 @ 12:55PM
Kurt said...
Because I think what this song really points out is that "Newsies" was in dire need of some profanity in it's music.
2-03-2009 @ 11:53AM
Kevin said...
That song was pretty damn catchy. And I agree with what James said. Good f#$%ing shit.
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2-03-2009 @ 11:53AM
daniel clarke said...
I've said ti before and I'll say it again - Christian Bale is a bell-end
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2-03-2009 @ 11:53AM
Discoshrew said...
He said "that's a newbie mistake" not a "newsie mistake"....
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2-03-2009 @ 11:53AM
Erik Davis said...
Actually, he says 'newsie' at first, then pretends he said 'newbie'. This is all too funny
2-03-2009 @ 11:53AM
MatthewRex said...
Christian also has flipped out about the wrong donuts at the craft service table: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbEsynnvW14
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2-03-2009 @ 11:53AM
nickpepito said...
the youtube version reminds me of the mix Prince did for the original Batman. Vicky Vail...
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2-03-2009 @ 12:21PM
Peter Hall said...
Best song ever? Best song ever.
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2-03-2009 @ 12:23PM
John R said...
You know. After all this, if the "I'm the GODDAMN Batman!" line isn't uttered in Nolan's Batman 3 there will be no justice.
Bat-shit Bale FTW. This guy is my hero.
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2-03-2009 @ 12:27PM
Peter Hall said...
Also: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=9c18c185-1572-413c-b618-8f739178c11b 1 minute and 56 seconds in.
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2-03-2009 @ 4:12PM
Jonathan Kuhn said...
That's awesome.
2-03-2009 @ 12:37PM
Jenn Brown said...
Newsies. Heee. Good thing I don't work in an office.
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2-03-2009 @ 12:37PM
Eugene Novikov said...
I'm confident you have to know the participants personally to find this funny. That said, I find it hysterical.
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2-03-2009 @ 3:30PM
Jen said...
This thread is in DIRE need of a true Newsies fan. Mr. Weinberg and Mr. Goss, have you even seen the 1992 classic tale of working class newspaper boys battling William Hearst's empire -- with only their songs and their dancing to guide them? Because it's gut wrenching stuff. HISTORY. The kid from RoboCop 2 is in it. So's one of the Bash Brothers from The Mighty Ducks. And Bale dances his little heart out.
You two, with your parody and your judgement - it just makes me sick.
Love,
Jen
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2-03-2009 @ 10:13PM
Nick said...
My favorite line: Look this is not SlashFilm, dude!
Awesome.
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2-03-2009 @ 3:30PM
Peter Sciretta (Film) said...
Nicely Played sirs, nicely played! :)
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2-03-2009 @ 11:59PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Not sure why this Bale thing is news. Apparently nobody here has worked with a boss that yells? WTF...no big deal.
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2-04-2009 @ 12:17PM
Dom said...
Bale. What a little bitch.
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2-04-2009 @ 12:17PM
SOS said...
Very professional phone call. Senseless yelling and swearing are, of course, the widely used and respected authoritative principals that govern all professional behavior. If you haven’t taken time to tell-off one of your fellow workers in public you are not behaving in a professional manner. Excessively repetitive and sounding like a spoiled little girl while f-ing this and f-ing that and f-ing everything just sounds so professional; don’t it?.... Why sure it does, and it’s the cause of exhilaration, each of us feels inside, when we see professional behavior emulated. Kudos, for your professional emulation!
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