Claim: At an awards ceremony in 2005, Clint Eastwood threatened to "kill" Michael Moore.
Example: [Collected via internet, January 2015]
Was Clint Eastwood serious when he threatened to kill Michael Moore?
Origins: Shortly after filmmaker Michael Moore generated considerable social media controversy by tweeting about snipers being 'cowards' in
Clint Eastwood accepted his award, and said the following, "Michael Moore and I actually have a lot in common we both appreciate living in a country where there's free expression." Then came the ... joke. "But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera, I'll kill you." The audience laughed, Moore laughed, then Eastwood said, "I mean
At the National Board Review dinner in 2005, Moore and Eastwood were both present, being honored on behalf of their films, "Bowling for Columbine," and "Million Dollar Baby."
While the story does include some error in detail (Michael Moore was at the ceremony to receive an award for
Video of Clint Eastwood's acceptance speech is not readily available online; but a 2005
A spokesman for the Bowling for Columbine director said Moore found Eastwood's speech amusing at the time:
"Michael laughed along with everyone else, and took
Michael Moore may have laughed when Clint Eastwood delivered his "threat" in 2005, but Moore told a different story when he revisited the incident for a Daily Beast article in 2012. Moore, who was responding to Clint Eastwood's memorable "invisible chair" speech at the Republican National Convention that year, wrote that he was unnerved by Clint Eastwood's death threat in 2005:
A few years ago, at the annual National Board of Review film awards held at Tavern on the Green in
Last updated: 21 January 2015
