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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Jeff L.

Sorry, but I have to somewhat differ with your comments with respect to the
incident Russell Crowe was involved in. First, of all Crowe is not one of the
"media darlings" (or Hollywood, either). Sure, he threw a phone, but it was
at a wall, not at this consierge at the Mercer Hotel. The "media" then blew
it out of proportion and were hyping up a multi-million $$ law suit. Well, the
bottom-line settlement was about 1/2 million to this hotel employee.

Trust me, I do have insight into this matter since my younger Daughter, Zoe,
lives in Coffs Harbor, Australia; and, in fact her ranch borders on Crowe's
property. Calling that part of Australia can be quite problematic at times,
and compound that with a 14 hour (ahead) time difference. So, believe me, I
can appreciate what Russell was experiencing that nite when he was trying
to call his wife. And, apparently ran into an employee that wasn't too under-
standing.
No, I cannot accept that as a reason for this movie doing poorly at the
movies. It has to be something else, because it is a great true life story.
Russell Crowe is a darn good actor, and he has proven it....he is akin to
the old time actors, such as Richard Burton, etc.