{"id":1341,"date":"2006-10-22T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-22T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2008-12-23T18:46:29","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T22:46:29","slug":"root-for-the-bad-guy-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1341","title":{"rendered":"Root for the Bad Guy… Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Payback”<\/span><\/a> is one of my favorite<\/span> Mel Gibson films<\/span>. Based on the novel<\/span><\/a> by Richard Stark<\/span>, it’s a worthy adaptation<\/span> of a crime classic<\/span>. The story behind the making of the movie is almost as interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Screenwriter<\/span>, Brian Helgeland<\/span>, hot of the success of “LA Confidential”<\/span><\/a> wanted to direct. Pairing him with Mel Gibson<\/span> on “Payback”<\/span> seemed a natural. Things went well until late into filming when either Gibson<\/span>, the studio or both decided that Gibson’s character <\/span>needed to be more likeable and the film needed more action. <\/span><\/p>\n

Helgeland disagreed<\/span>. Guess who won out? <\/span><\/p>\n

Yep, Gibson<\/span> and the studio. So Mel <\/span>went behind the camera and filmed some additional scenes and the tone of the movie changed. <\/span><\/p>\n

As I said, “Payback”<\/span> is one of my favorite Mel Gibson movies<\/span>… but I always thought it would be cool to see <\/span>Brian Helgeland’s vision<\/span>. Perhaps, it too, would be one of my favorites.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Harry<\/span><\/a> at Ain’t It Cool News<\/span>, we’ll soon find out! “Payback: Straight Up – The Director’s Cut”<\/span> is comming out in a few months. And unlike some “director’s cuts” <\/span>where a few minutes of footage [that wasn’t good enough to make the original release!] is added, this is going to be a complete overhaul. It will be <\/span>Helgeland’s<\/span> vision<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

And I can’t wait to see it!<\/p>\n

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