Hollywood stars put into "Movie Jail" that you actually agree with

[madsircool]

Damn ninjaed

[Ellen_Cherry]

@hajario

Whenever there are threads like this, it is a virtual certainty that Annie will post something that doesn’t quite match the question posed by the OP. I’m genuinely surprised when she actually answers one of these questions accurately.

If you have a beef with what Annie X-mas posts, pit her. Keep your insults out of this forum.

[RealityChuck]

Ciff Robertson, who was blacklisted for reporting a crime.

He reported that Columbia executive David Begelman forged his signature on a check, and pressed charges, which led to Begelman’s departure and conviction of embezzlement. Robertson found it hard to get work in Hollywood for several years because of it.

[Little_Nemo]

@Leo_Krupe

The one I think of is Michael Cimino: Michael Cimino - IMDb

He directed Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, then The Deer Hunter. Then came Heaven’s Gate. After that, he became pretty much the butt of jokes. In looking him up, I see he died in July of 2016. Guess his career’s officially over now.

I have to question this. Cimino wasn’t put into “movie jail” for some personal feud. His career ended for what seem like valid reasons. His movies went wildly over their budget and then failed to sell tickets. The studio executives who refused to hire him were doing so for sound business reasons.

[Defensive_Indifference]

@RealityChuck

Ciff Robertson, who was blacklisted for reporting a crime.

He reported that Columbia executive David Begelman forged his signature on a check, and pressed charges, which led to Begelman’s departure and conviction of embezzlement. Robertson found it hard to get work in Hollywood for several years because of it.

And you agree with his banishment to movie jail for that?

[Beckdawrek]

Roman Polanski

[Beckdawrek]

@Beckdawrek

Roman Polanski

I take it back. Apparently he did alright even though he was child rapist and a fugitive. He should have been put in movie movie-jail.

[buddha_david]

Steve Guttenberg. Because, he’s Steve Guttenberg.

@Bayard

And you agree with his banishment to movie jail for that?

It does seem like several people have missed the “agree with” part of the question…

[Leo_Krupe]

@Little_Nemo

I have to question this. Cimino wasn’t put into “movie jail” for some personal feud. His career ended for what seem like valid reasons. His movies went wildly over their budget and then failed to sell tickets. The studio executives who refused to hire him were doing so for sound business reasons.

I thought someone would. That’s why I’m prepared. From the OP:

or even just starring/directing/producing a bunch of major bombs in a role that completely saps a directors credibility. Generally if you see a director who directed something giant in the 80’s/90’s and then only worked on Sci-Fi channel original movies since, they’re in movie jail.

Going by that, Cimino qualifies for this thread. Without the OP’s qualification, I’d be inclined to agree with you.

[Beckdawrek]

Ingrid Bergman had some issue with an illicit affair and out-of-wedlock children. With Rossellini. I think it was petty, what I remember of it.
There were all those actors, writers and others caught up in the ‘House on Anti American activities’ hearings.

[Mahaloth]

I would have supported putting Hitchcock in “movie jail” due to his declining talent. It seems his name kept him going despite a genuine decline in talent after Psycho. He had improved and improved up to that point, then just roller-coastered downwards.

Some people would include The Birds, but I think that is a clear indicator he was losing “it”.

[NDP]

@Leo_Krupe

Does it count as movie jail if the celebrity makes a comeback? Charlie Chaplin was of course a superstar in his Little Tramp days, then fell out of favor because he seduced minors Links: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/charlie-chaplin-seduced-just-15-5448940 http://modernnotion.com/scandal-almost-took-charlie-chaplin/

Of course, in the decades since, Chaplin is now revered again.

The real reason Chaplin fell out favor in Hollywood was forhaving leftist political sympathies during the McCarthy era. The U.S. government cited this as the reason why they tried to bar his re-entry in the country in 1952 (even though it turned out they had no actual supporting evidence).

[Alessan]

@NDP

forhaving leftist political sympathies during the McCarthy era. The U.S. government cited this as the reason why they tried to bar his re-entry in the country in 1952 (even though it turned out they had no actual supporting evidence).

The REAL real reason Chaplin fell out favor in Hollywood was the death of silent cinema.

[Leo_Krupe]

@Alessan

The REAL real reason Chaplin fell out favor in Hollywood was the death of silent cinema.

Krupe’s 8th Law states: No one does anything for just one reason.

[caligulathegod]

@Alessan

The REAL real reason Chaplin fell out favor in Hollywood was the death of silent cinema.

He defiantly made two very popular “silent” films well into the sound era and rereleased an older film re-edited with narration as late as 1942 plus his five sound films. It was, as they say, a combination of things, but this really wasn’t part of it. If anything, he probably could have kept making silent films if he wanted to.

[ftg]

@Mahaloth

Wasn’t Katherine Heigl a huge pain to work with and ended up in movie jail?

Here’s Box Office Mojo’s list of her movie earnings.

Take out stuff where she’s in a big cast or just doing voice work and it’s been pretty bad for the last several years. Maybe time for a Zyzzyx Road II.

Throw in a couple failed TV series for good measure.

Her mother/manager is the stage mom from hell. KH has taken on several of her mother’s traits. The word is out on her.

[Loach]

@Beckdawrek

Ingrid Bergman had some issue with an illicit affair and out-of-wedlock children. With Rossellini. I think it was petty, what I remember of it.

It depends on what you mean by petty. She was married and had a 15 year old daughter. She had an affair with Roberto Rossellini and abandoned her daughter. She didn’t even see her daughter for almost 10 years. That didn’t sit well with fans. She was in Hollywood jail for a few years but made films in Europe. It wasn’t that long before she was back making Hollywood movies.

One thing I didn’t realize until much later in my life was the woman I saw as a broadcaster on my local news was Ingrid Bergman’s daughter, Pia Lindström.

[NDP]

@caligulathegod

He defiantly made two very popular “silent” films well into the sound era and rereleased an older film re-edited with narration as late as 1942 plus his five sound films. It was, as they say, a combination of things, but this really wasn’t part of it. If anything, he probably could have kept making silent films if he wanted to.

The claims Chaplin was a pro-Communist subversive were unsubstantiated bullshit and would’ve easily collapsed had they been challenged. A younger Chaplin would’ve fought against these charges and won but not an older Chaplin. He was now in his 60s and had more than enough money to keep him financially secure. So, he basically said “Fuck this” and spent the last 25 years of his life on a large estate in Switzerland.

[Loach]

@NDP

The claims Chaplin was a pro-Communist subversive were unsubstantiated bullshit and would’ve easily collapsed had they been challenged. A younger Chaplin would’ve fought against these charges and won but not an older Chaplin. He was now in his 60s and had more than enough money to keep him financially secure. So, he basically said “Fuck this” and spent the last 25 years of his life on a large estate in Switzerland.

So he was only guilty of having sex with many young girls.

One of those things I didn’t realize at the time and recently found out, the actress that played Rob Stark’s wife is Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter. She doesn’t hide the fact, the name Oona Chaplin is a dead giveaway. I never bothered to look up her name.

[sachertorte]

I want to say Winona Ryder, but I’m not sure if I have the right actress. The one that had a shoplifting problem.