No, not these Titans:
I’m referring, of course, to Pauly Shore and Wes Craven:
These two Olympians of the film world are suing each other, and the rest of us can only look on and weep:
- Pauly Shore Countersues Wes Craven
Thu Feb 21, 6:17 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - Pauly Shore is suing neighbor Wes Craven for creating a nightmare on his property in a dispute between the two that began last year.
Shore claimed that a landslide on his Hollywood Hills property in December 2006 was caused by Craven’s failure to properly maintain vegetation and landscaping on a hillside on his property, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Superior Court.
The comedian also alleged that Craven, the director of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and the “Scream” series, did not eradicate rodents burrowing in the hill and made improvements on his property that “changed the geology, topography and drainage,” according to the lawsuit.
A call to Craven’s attorney Wednesday was not returned.
Shore’s allegations are part of a countersuit in response to a suit filed on behalf of Craven last June.
Craven alleged that Shore upgraded his home with a pool, spa, landscaping and other improvements that caused water to seep down a slope and damage his property.
Both suits seek unspecified damages and a judgment determining who should be held responsible.
In happier days: Pauly Shore and Wes Craven give their opinion of BIODOME.
A PERSONAL PLEA TO MSSRS. SHORE AND CRAVEN: PLEASE work this out amicably. Your many fans do not want to be put through the emotional hell of choosing sides. We love you both, and want you to love each other!
Joey Pants is already very upset about it.
And he was so happy last night!
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Two addenda:
1) A remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS — the non-Shore / Craven clash, to be clear — is in the works.
2) Pauly Shore gets a house? With a pool, spa, and landscaping? And “other improvements?” Wow.
**UPDATE BY MIKE**
Basil Iwanyk is to produce the non-Shore / Craven Clash.
Basil Iwanyk.
Yep. That’s his name.
Basil Iwank. (Whoops. Slight error. Dropped the “y” and accidentally spelled it “Iwank”. It’s “Iwanyk”.)
Basil Iwanyk.
32 responses so far ↓
1 Onil on Feb 22, 2008 at 7:37 am
Oh no, Pauly Shore is afraid of the weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeazzzelsss!
eww, by the way, I hate myself for remembering that catchphrase.
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Reply from Rob T Firefly on February 22, 2008:
I simulateneously love and hate you for writing that before I could.
2 killeroo on Feb 22, 2008 at 7:53 am
Can the dumpster adjacent to Wes Craven’s house in which Pauly Shore resides really be considered his property? Those things are mainly owned by the city, aren’t they?
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3 Natureboy (Ken) on Feb 22, 2008 at 8:05 am
I agree with Pauly….imagine your asleep in your home and all of the dirt and mud from Craven’s property destroyes the place. Finding refrigerator boxes is not easy you know!
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4 dignan on Feb 22, 2008 at 8:12 am
I just want to point out this bit from the Variety article:
“Norrington hasn’t directed a film since 2003’s ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.’”
I think, with Norrington, we are looking at a modern-day Terence Malick.
Well, aside from the actual Terence Malick.
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5 SaucyRossy on Feb 22, 2008 at 8:14 am
Oh ok I almost had a panick attack because I thought you meant these Titans. www.cinematictitanic.com
And well I didn’t see Bonesaw and I dunno Bill it just scared me.
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6 Courtney on Feb 22, 2008 at 8:26 am
That’s the house that “hey buuuudddyy” bought. How dare you, Craven!
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7 Chris T. on Feb 22, 2008 at 8:29 am
I guess, in the case of Pauly Shore owning a house, etc., you don’t have to make *good* movies to get people to watch them. I might be partially to blame here, because I have seen 3 Pauly Shore films and not a single Wes Craven film, but I’m a special kind of idiot, the kind who loves bad comedy and hates horror films.
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Reply from Courtney on February 22, 2008:
Chris, you are a brave man. I almost admitted my love for “Encino Man” but chickened out. Well played.
Reply from Bill Corbett on February 22, 2008:
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Reply from Virginia Corbett on February 22, 2008:
I can’t believe I watched that whole thing…. and recognized it…. Will you divorce me if I admit to liking it a little? I may or may not have, depending on your answer.
Reply from Chris T. on February 23, 2008:
Oh wow, the gas station clerks are Erick “Was pretty darn funny in Mr. Deeds” Avari and Gerry “Most disturbing monologue in The 40 Year Old Virgin” Bednob! I never noticed before…
Also it shouldn’t really come as a surprise to anyone here that I can enjoy bad movies as much, if not more, than good movies. It was the likes of gentlemen such as Bill Corbett who instilled such an influence on my impressionable youth!
Reply from Bill Corbett on February 23, 2008:
” It was the likes of gentlemen such as Bill Corbett who instilled such an influence on my impressionable youth!”
Happy to be of service. Also… I’m sorry,
8 Natureboy (Ken) on Feb 22, 2008 at 8:49 am
” Lawrence Kasdan rewrote a script by Travis Beacham.”
Wow, this film is shaping up to be a real winner…..The guy who directed Dreamcatcher is writing the script!! Anybody got a clothespin for my nose?
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9 Mr. Slick on Feb 22, 2008 at 8:54 am
Pauly Shore can afford a home?
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Reply from Lord-z on February 22, 2008:
Pauly Shore can afford to move into his old bedroom at his mothers place.
Maybe Wes ruined his sandbox.
10 Aaron on Feb 22, 2008 at 9:09 am
Man, I see this thing going all the way to the supreme court, when heavy hitters like Pauly Shore and Wes Craven get involved you know the establishment is going to tremble. I mean, Wes Cravens movie “Shocker,” was the United States, Casus Belli for the Gulf War.
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Reply from Natureboy (Ken) on February 22, 2008:
My Bad! I thought it was Craven’s Deadly Friend that did that. When you cast Albert from Little House on the Prairie as your lead actor, you know hostilites will break out some place.
Reply from Lord-z on February 22, 2008:
Yeah, well, Biodome was the reason for Gulfwar II.
Bush said a whole lot of other reasons, but we knew what he meant.
11 Erik on Feb 22, 2008 at 9:32 am
Basil Iwanyk - one of the many talented guys behind “Firewall” and “Red Planet?” How can it not be awesome?
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Reply from Doug Marshall on February 23, 2008:
Wow…I think my ears actually started bleeding upon reading that….no really- bleeding.
12 Dan Noutko-Kennedy on Feb 22, 2008 at 10:43 am
Wow, who to root for? The creator of the cinematic ipecac known as Last House on the Left, a vile remake of Bergman’s Virgin Spring, or the nauseating star of Jury Duty and Bio-Dome. My money’s on the rodents and the landslides.
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13 Drewsolo "lunchpail" on Feb 22, 2008 at 12:42 pm
someone should sue this guy….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5H7IYPw40Q
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Reply from Artist Aaronius, Formerly Known as Aaron on February 22, 2008:
That guy reminds me a lot of Michael Imperioli from Sopranos….
14 mathey on Feb 22, 2008 at 4:51 pm
This entire conflict has been spiritually exhausting for me, my family, and our cats (and our phantom dogs, presumably). We’re so wrapped up in this tragic legal proceeding that we have forgotten to pay the proper amount of attention to Kirstie Alley’s herculean struggles with people who called her “tubby”, much less the cataclysmic revelation that Lindsey Lohan may NOT have been drunk as recently as this past Wednesday.
I hold out hope that the soothing balm that is Witless Protection will come to our emotional rescue.
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15 MikeP on Feb 22, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I heard Yahoo Serious is also consulting his lawyer on this matter.
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16 Chris on Feb 22, 2008 at 9:01 pm
I would pay upwards of my life savings to be on a Craven-Shore trial jury.
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17 Natureboy (Ken) on Feb 23, 2008 at 2:43 am
It could be worse…..It could have read Clash of the Thetans….with Tom Cruise and John Travolta going at it.
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Reply from Bill Corbett on February 23, 2008:
Xenu will get you for that, Ken.
Reply from Doug Marshall on February 23, 2008:
Actually you can catch the regional production of this in Travolta’s backyard.
The sheer volumn of various body oils compels me to warn you to bring a poncho. The first three rows may get wet.
Reply from Natureboy (Ken) on February 23, 2008:
I am not worried, Xenu is currently in a galaxtic jail as we speak.
18 Geena on Feb 23, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Funniest part of this article?
“The comedian” being used to refer to Pauly Shore.
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