WISEAU THREATENS LEGAL ACTION OVER "THE ROOM" DOC

The Room’s Tommy Wiseau Attempts To Prevent Documentary Screening At The Sydney Underground Film Festival

Though The Room director Tommy Wiseau courted fame with the reinvention of his magnum opus as a cult classic, he has never been prepared to give up a certain part of his anonymity in exchange for that fame. Indeed, the writer/director has worked overtime to prevent screenings of the documentary Room Full of Spoon nearly anytime it is booked at a theater of festival.

In recent days, the Sydney Underground Film Festival is the latest organization facing Wiseau’s legal menace.

Festival director Steven Popescu told the Sydney Morning Herald that he is unsure if the trash auteur is bluffing. “My strategy at this point is to engage his lawyer in writing me as many letters as possible, as I know each letter would cost him at least $500 a pop,” he said. “I think this will indicate how much he’s willing to spend on stopping this screening.”

Of course, if his lawyer’s first name is John or Johnny, it may just be Wiseau himself under and assumed name; as some who have tangled with him before have claimed.

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Room Full of Spoons is, according to the film’s website, an “in depth documentary about the cult film that is widely accepted as the worst film ever made: The Room, and it’s eccentric creator Tommy Wiseau.” As part of its mission statement, filmmaker Rick Harper attempted to piece together the true origin of Wiseau; a past he has kept well-hidden.

Wiseau has managed to keep the film from screening elsewhere and Popescu said there would be a certain irony if “the man with the reputation as the world’s worst filmmaker” censors a festival known for showing seditious and occasionally illegal films.

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Streisand effect strikes again. I probably wouldn't have heard of this documentary if it wasn't for this

I'm confused, didn't Wiseau give permission to James Franco to make a movie about him, or am I thinking of something else?

Correct. That's "The Masterpiece," based on Greg's The Disaster Artist. The documentary is Room Full of Spoons, and it the cast talking about the making of The Room.

Kek, I'm guessing that part of the script is from Room Full Of Spoons?

Is it really true Tommy slapped and hit the woman representing the documentary crew as legal council?

No it's not true don't even ask!

Nah, it's from Greg's book.

Does anybody remember that time he refused to work with that porn star on some low budget movie about ninja cops an she freaked out about it on her tumblr?

She was so upset about it, you'd have thought he hit her or something.

who is this?

It's in the upper right hand corner. April O'neil.

Wow. Say what you will but the man has his convictions.

>didn't seem phased

What is this in reference to? Tommy in a mainstream movie sounds fishy. Maybe the Neighbors series?

It's bullshit!

Maybe Samurai Cop? Not really mainstream though.

I looked it up on his imdb at the time, but I forget now. If iirc it was something along the lines of "Cyber Ninja Cops II" or something like that.

I mean it was "mainstream" in so far as nobody was having penetrative sex on camera. It was a total B movie.

ah, i see

IT IS NOT TRUE HE DID NOT HIT HER!
HE DID NOT!

You are very welcome Denny and keep in mind if you have any problems come talk to me and I will help you

Why can't they just leave the fucking thing alone? The film is funny and Greg's books was a good companion piece. How much more do we need?

>This prick Osama is the biggest asshole-motherfucker-piece-of-shit who ever lived. He think he can stop America. I'm sorry, Mr. Dickhead Osama, you don't have a chance. We are the best country in the world! USA!

It's Samurai Cop 2. A shitty Kickstarted sequel that tries to be deliberately bad.

I can't get enough of this.

You are part of our family, and we love you very much. And we will help you anytime. And Lisa loves you too. As a friend. You are sort of like her son.

>If a lot of people loved each other, the world would be a better place to live.
Really makes you think

That and it kind of takes some of the humor away from the whole thing if you read the parts in Greg's book where he basically spells out that he was abused pretty brutally as a kid both physically and sexually. And then he suggests the reason he's so "wacky and eccentric lol!" is because he suffered severe brain trauma from a really bad car crash and he's too ashamed to discuss it publicly.

good book tho desu imo

Not that user but while i understand what you're saying, I also think the book perfectly complements the film and it's mysterious, strange mystique. But yea i'm not sure about the doc. Holding out hope on Franco's kino because it seems like a real passion project for him and the casting, besides his brother, is great.

Oh hi Mark

I think the book adds to the movie immeasurably. Without the book, it's just a ridiculously bad movie made by a weird guy with no self awareness. It's just a meaningless piece of schlock to laugh at.

With the book, The Room becomes the flawed manifesto of a deeply lonely, troubled man who got to live out his life's dream. Tommy isn't just a weirdo, he's a man who had a very shitty past and has likely suffered brain damage. He doesn't understand how normal people (or relationships work). And despite all of that, he was able to become rich as fuck doing hard work and pull off something he'd dreamed about since he was a scared, lonely kid: making his own movie. There's something inspirational in Tommy's story, and the book does a lot to explain that, as well as everything he had to deal with.

agreed

I don't begrudge him his moral choices but if her version of events is true he could have been nicer about it. maybe I'm biased for liking porn.

That's fine and everything, but from a completely selfish point of view it makes you feel like an asshole for laughing at him in the first place.

It's like if you watched somebody totally wiff the game winning shot of the NBA Championship and run and try and dunk on the wrong team's hoop and fall flat on his face in the process- you'd probably laugh your ass off. But then if right after they cut to the commentators who explain the person you just saw wasn't a player, but a make a wish kid who's dying next week and this was his lifelong dream to get to play in the Finals for one game, you'd be like "Fuck. *sniff* Way to go little guy! You tried your hardest!" And it doesn't get to be funny any more.

Denny has aged so much

I hope he does.Steven Popescu is the biggest faggot that thinks his movies are amazing but the only claim to fame is trying to incite the media to talk about him.

It's kind of sad. There's a reason Greg doesn't mention exact details about Tommy's past or his age in the book. Even he respects a certain level of Tommy's privacy.

Yes, but only because James agreed to give him a cameo (as himself)

Don't feel bad. Tommy is still a gigantic asshole.

Well she's literally a famous whore that pretends to be an actress. Why did she think she would deserve respect?

>Steven Popescu
Literally who?

>I lost a role in a mainstream movie

Is she talking about Samurai Cop 2? Because that's really pathetic.

based Tommy

>samurai cop 2
>mainstream movie
kek, I'd still put my cock in her chosen pussy if given the chance though.

She looks like a stuck up jew bitch. Tommy has standards.

>Festival director Steven Popescu told the Sydney Morning Herald that he is unsure if the trash auteur is bluffing. “My strategy at this point is to engage his lawyer in writing me as many letters as possible, as I know each letter would cost him at least $500 a pop,” he said. “I think this will indicate how much he’s willing to spend on stopping this screening.”

If he spent 6M on The Room, he probably has a few thousand to spend on this.

Wiseau has a bottomless pit

That's what i'm saying, besides his shady moneypit he's gotta make bank off touring. Whoever this festival organizer is might not realize what he's getting into w based Tommy.

I fucking love tommy wiseau

Oh fuck me, she has some great shit

You're into scat porn?

This is exactly true.

The book is still hilarious but in its last third it clearly becomes something far more poignant as Tommy's bizarre relationship with Sestero becomes more evident. His obsession with Talented Mr. Ripley in particular hits pretty hard. He's a sad figure but I don't think that renders the movie unfunny.

This Popescu guy seems like a skeezebag.
Apparently when he started shooting the docu he had Tommy on as a producer or something.
That was his first mistake, you never, EVER make your subject part of your documentary crew... especially if they're as infamous and weird as Wiseau. Not to mention litigeous!
An injunction against his film means he's lucky, I'm surprised Wiseau wasn't saying
>Your final cut needs more vampires, and I need to save a child
>Tommy We didn't shoot that
>But... you know you can GGI that in... like George Lucas.

And then, after Wiseau SPECIFICALLY asked him not to investigate his past and family true, what does this Popescu guy do? He investigates it.

And if all this stuff about Wiseau having brain damage and stuff is true... basically he's violeted the trust of a brain damage victim.

Even as someone with a couple of friends who are really passionate, small time documentary filmmakers I just can't take this guy's side. I can't see Popescu as the underdog.

Because he's clearly a fucking idiot.

This is exactly true!

I ordered 2 shirts from his website and it said if you specially request a personalized autograph he will send one with the shirts. I didn't. I don't care about that but he sent one anyways.

Steven Popescu didn't make the movie.

I ordered 2 pairs of boxers, and he sent me 2 photographs. He also signed the boxers for some reason.

What did Denny do? Who were his legal guardians?

Classic

I want to believe.

So buy something from his website and get an autograph for yourself. The boxers are pretty nice.

whats it called?

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More importantly, what kind of drugs did he take?

What is what called?

The director of Room Full of Spoons said that the release was delayed because Tommy demanded cuts to the movie. I can't remember all of them, but one that sticks out is that Tommy wanted Sandy Schklair completely removed from the movie. Schklair was The Room's First AD and if you've read The Disaster Artist, he and Tommy despised each other. Schklair walked off production of The Room and Tommy considered it a betrayal. Many years later, Schklair would claim that he directed the majority of The Room.

Room Full of Spoons also did filming in France and, I think, Poland, so they probably uncovered stuff about Tommy that he didn't want publicly known. I think The Disaster Artist went far enough, honestly. Some things should stay a mystery.

I would still kill to know how Tommy earned his fortune though. He should write an Art of the Deal-style book.

Mine say "may all your dreams come true"

I thought Tommy was raped as a teenager by French police.

I really want to order underwear from there but as far as I can tell it's only the watches that state it comes with an autographed photo

I think he picked the "love is blind" quote because I ordered extra large. When it came it was clear I probably should have ordered a medium but I thought the quality would be shit and they would shrink up but they sure haven't.

>biggest box office flop

what?

The website you goombah

The documentary was just a shitty attempt by the rest of the cast to cash in on the surprise success Greg had with The Disaster Artist anyways.

Okay, so that's hilarious. But that means one of three things is going on.
>1)
He's just gone mentally and just signing anything all willy nilly
>2)
There's third party company that handles his autograph requests and they're really fucking up and just telling him all the wrong people want autographs and it's just a communication error
>3)
He's so insanely arrogant that he figures deep down you wanted an autograph and you were just too shy to ask for it, so he thinks he's making your dreams come true.

No, they made him play Russian roulette, everyone else just offered to pay to fuck him (which he totally always refused, definitely)

I'll give you three guesses as to what you think tommy wiseau's website is called.

Anything you order will come autographed alongside an autographed photo.

There is an advertisement for his underwear line on the back of mine so I think it's just him trying to cash in even more. I don't think he is as stupid as he acts.

Bro did Tommy Wiseau really send you a shirtless autographed photo?

>$16.99 shipping and handling

but why?

Tommy makes surprisingly good underwear.

That's Tommy's favorite photo of himself.

Oh yeah he did. I did a 2 shirts for 15 bucks deal so it was was like getting 2 shirts for 30 bucks. That ain't so bad to me.

>It's just a meaningless piece of schlock to laugh at
I disagree.
It's an insight into his mind and how he sees things.

He said that, you retard. Read the whole comment.

When all you do all day is jerk off to porn only weird stuff tends to get you off after awhile, personal experience

I DID NOT HIT HORUS I DID NAHT!

I meant with or without the book, you retard. Do you need a guide on how to think?

Do you need a guide on how not to lie on the internet? The first time you saw the room you weren't thinking "wow what a great insight into the director's mind" you pretentious shit.

>It's an insight into his mind and how he sees things.
Not that guy, and I should say that my knee jerk reaction was to disagree, but then I thought about what you said.

What if this is something rare? What if this is something that's been unprecedented in human history? A man suffers a life altering brain injury and survives but he's been changed mentally. He has the drive and the means to pursue his single goal: to make the most perfect movie ever told. This is the first time we've ever been able to study a brain injury like this. It can give us all kinds of insight into how the mind works if we compare MRI scans from when he was filming to what was actually produced. I'd actually put this on the same level as The Act of Killing, for that reason.

What's wrong? are you afraid of people more intelligent than you?

I mistakenly went to a showing of the movie not knowing it was going to be filled with numales throwing spoons and screaming throughout the whole movie
fucking awful

It'd be even better if there were scans before he had the accident too.

I was gonna' call you a cuck, but then I remembered how much Reddit loves Wiseau.
The early screenings must've been GOAT.

Is Danny the illegitimate son of Bob Hoskins?

My mistaker. Ahh well whoever is the maker sounds like a cunt.

Sorry mr. Popescu -- in the unlikely situation you care what people on Sup Forums think.

How is the quality of the underwear? I know Tommy before sold really shitty jeans but I'd like to know how the boxers compare, Too bad that the under wear says TOMMY *USA* WISEAU on it, should have developed a more minimalist logo

This has to be BS, I could of sworn that Lexi Belle and someone other then April was in this movie as well, she pob just wanted to fuck a meme or some shiet like all her porn