Date: 29th August 2000

Eszterhas Throws Gauntlet At Lieberman


Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct, Showgirls, An Alan Smithee Film) is taking on Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman in an ad that he is taking out in the showbiz trade paper Variety Tuesday, the New York Post reported today (Monday).

As reported in Neal Travis' column in the Post, Eszterhas is challenging Lieberman on the Connecticut senator's active opposition to sex and violence in movies and on TV. Under the headline "No More Hollywood Money for Al Gore," Eszterhas writes: "I'm a writer who likes pushing the envelope, and Joe Lieberman frightens me."

Source: Studio Briefing