I don’t wish death on Michael Moore—merely a brain and a touch of humility. But Clint Eastwood may help no matter what you’re after.
Clint Eastwood squinted like Dirty Harry Tuesday night as he took aim at Michael Moore.
“Michael Moore and I actually have a lot in common – we both appreciate living in a country where there’s free expression,” Eastwood told the star-dotted crowd attending the National Board of Review awards dinner at Tavern on the Green, where Eastwood picked up a Special Filmmaking Achievement prize for “Million Dollar Baby.”
Then, the Republican-leaning actor/director advised the lefty filmmaker: “But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera – I’ll kill you.”
The audience erupted in laughter, and Eastwood grinned dangerously.
“I mean it,” he added, provoking more guffaws.
Sitting well out of range at a table in back, Moore – who received a special “Freedom of Expression” award for his anti-Bush polemic “Fahrenheit 9/11” – chuckled.
“Chuckled”…. nervously, no doubt.
…And a caveat: I’m not sure where the New York Daily News got the idea Eastwood is a Republican-leaning guy—maybe he is. And that’s great. But his movie Million Dollar Baby is manifestly a movie endorsing assisted suicide.
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