Comments on: Alec Baldwin Goes off on SAG and Movie Marketing https://www.themovieblog.com/2004/09/alec-baldwin-goes-off-on-sag-and-movie-marketing/ The Correct Opinion Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robyn Rosenkrantz https://www.themovieblog.com/2004/09/alec-baldwin-goes-off-on-sag-and-movie-marketing/#comment-9042 Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:24:16 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=979#comment-9042 Alec Baldwinn is refreshingly honest. I had the honor of working with him in The Last Shot and he is the real thing. He’s a true talent and really really funny. You can see us acting and singing in The Last Shot. We are Bright Blue Gorilla (Robyn Rosenkrantz and Michael Glover). Enjoy it!

]]> By: cal godot https://www.themovieblog.com/2004/09/alec-baldwin-goes-off-on-sag-and-movie-marketing/#comment-9041 Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:31:43 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=979#comment-9041 “Actors are suppositories” is an great & hilarious phrase to add to the “actors are” collection. I’ve heard “actors are cattle,” (Hitch, mis-quoted) “actors are space-holders” (Antonioni, Stroheim), etc. This quote from Baldwin must be saved like a precious heirloom, but passed around like a photocopy.

I don’t think any amount of compensation makes up for the endless mind-numbing exercise in futility that is a press junket. You get $2 mil to do a movie and that covers the press junket too. SOund nice right? But after 15-days of hitting podunk hotels and getting the same goddam questions over and over from insignificant local TV reporters who could burst into flames and no one would care. (And Baldwin’s politics get him the most bone-crunchingly stupid questions I’ll betcha.)

Baldwin’s millions come from wise investment, by the way, fueled by a few big movie paychecks of course. During the divorce he was said to be worth $20 million or so, with around $14 mil in real estate. Hell, at least he’s got a nice crib to return to after all those harrowing publicity tours!

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]]> By: indieb0i https://www.themovieblog.com/2004/09/alec-baldwin-goes-off-on-sag-and-movie-marketing/#comment-9040 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:21:01 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=979#comment-9040 I’m a really big Alec fan myself, so don’t feel bad. I agree with Erin, I don’t think he’s complaining about the work involved. He seems like he’s saying, “How the hell do you expect this to work?” And he’s right. The market is oversaturated most of the time, and sending an actor to 10 different shows and appearances in a week won’t do much to help out a film.

]]> By: Erin https://www.themovieblog.com/2004/09/alec-baldwin-goes-off-on-sag-and-movie-marketing/#comment-9039 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:38:30 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=979#comment-9039 Well, I think what he’s saying is not that he feels overworked by it but that it’s a marketing strategy that is no longer effective. Yanno, in a 3 minutes iview there’s only so many hilarious anecdotes one can impart about 2 or 3 different films. And so films that he feels could do better are barely given a chance to be appreciated.

]]> By: Mantiss https://www.themovieblog.com/2004/09/alec-baldwin-goes-off-on-sag-and-movie-marketing/#comment-9038 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 06:50:04 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=979#comment-9038 The Shadow knows!!!

]]> By: Tracy https://www.themovieblog.com/2004/09/alec-baldwin-goes-off-on-sag-and-movie-marketing/#comment-9037 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:08:39 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=979#comment-9037 I like Alec Baldwin too. In fact, most of the Baldwins aren’t really that bad. Even Billy (excuse me, William) was in Curdled, which was pretty damn cool.

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