Editors Note: Barry Avrich is a filmmaker who has made dozens of high-profile documentaries including The Last Mogul, Blurred Lines, Prosecuting Evil and is currently in production on Made You Look…
. I ran an ad agency that handled the marketing for his Canadian distribution and I witnessed his steady demands and wild temper. He had his hands in everything from the box office to media buying, and you did not dare deviate from his vision. He could jump through the phone and tear your throat out in split second.
He had the entire restaurant emptied and Harvey walked in wearing a casual black T-shirt and black pants. He sat across from me, in a tempestuous mood, and for the first time I was nervous. I had not been this close to him since I was first introduced to him at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival at the famed Hotel du Cap, where he came over to our table from the buffet, with – swear I’m telling the truth — an entire shrimp that had dropped onto his lapel. Now, there was no levity in the air.
The IFC executive sat at his desk with a legal pad full of changes that he admitted were notes that came from Harvey. He demanded that scene be cut or the film would not be released, and asked for other changes. In the scene, Hickenlooper recounts how Harvey screamed at him, telling him that his sex scene was shot wrong. Hickenlooper said Harvey told him that the actor played by Hayden Christensen had to take actress Sienna Miller and “flip her over and hump her and hump her.
I did not know that at the time, various media outlets were starting to ask questions and that Harvey was using powerful private investigators to insulate himself and potentially destroy others. He knew then he was under attack and felt my book could further damage him. Again, he waged battle against me and suddenly, major coverage lined up for the book was cancelled. Serious editors at various outlets were still supporting him, and my publicists were shocked that a wall was being put up.
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