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Richard Kelly captured by Homeland Security on the way to his premiere at Cannes of SOUTHLAND TALES!

Hey folks, Harry here... Rest easy. You're safer today, because The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating Richard Kelly as a suspected Terrorist. This is, of course, a completely ludicrous story - and will only go further to reduce the credibility and increase the perception of buffoonery by Homeland Security - where they apparently think that someone named RICHARD KELLY is too close to someone named JAMES KELLY. Surely he'll get to his premiere. After all, he's put in a lot of work on SOUTHLAND TALES, he deserves to enjoy his Cannes premiere... unless of course he's a dirty evil suspected terrorist.

From IMDB: Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly could be forced to miss the Cannes Film Festival because his passport is being reviewed by the US Government. Homeland Security is investigating 31-year-old Kelly, reportedly because there is a James Kelly on the terrorist watch list. Fearing he will be unable to attend the premiere of his new movie Southland Tales at Cannes later this month, Kelly has contacted a US senator and has recruited his mother to hunt out documents to help him prove his American citizenship. The Virginia-born writer/director fears the issue could be connected to the plot of his new movie, which is in part about security measures taken by the Us Government following 9/11. He says, "The paranoid conspiracy freak inside me is starting to think this has something to do with the film."

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Have we verified the source at IMDB?
by chrth
May 11th, 2006
04:26:23 PM
first
by indiephantom
May 11th, 2006
04:26:35 PM
Donnie Darko was awesome!
by quadrupletree
May 11th, 2006
04:26:55 PM
Eh what the HELL
by A G
May 11th, 2006
04:26:59 PM
First?
by indianrenegade
May 11th, 2006
04:27:24 PM
I smell a PR exercise
by dastickboy
May 11th, 2006
04:28:21 PM
Heh. Look at all the wannabe first-posters
by chrth
May 11th, 2006
04:28:55 PM
*chuckle*
by MPJedi2
May 11th, 2006
04:28:57 PM
Come on, you're all so naive...
by seppukudkurosawa
May 11th, 2006
04:30:13 PM
well..that'd be write
by seppukudkurosawa
May 11th, 2006
04:30:35 PM
Donnie Dark made no sense
by Rupee88
May 11th, 2006
04:30:51 PM
Donnie Darko is, if your smart enough...
by FranktheBunny
May 11th, 2006
04:34:27 PM
the script for indyIV is done?!???!?!?!?
by drjones
May 11th, 2006
04:41:35 PM
His first name is James...
by lazy13
May 11th, 2006
04:44:48 PM
OH, NO! A FILMMAKER WAS INCONVENIENCED?!?!
by Cletus Van Damme
May 11th, 2006
04:47:04 PM
Quiet, lazy13!
by chrth
May 11th, 2006
04:53:58 PM
I feel for former Bills QB Jim Kelly
by chrth
May 11th, 2006
04:59:23 PM
Donnie Darko...
by AtomicLobster
May 11th, 2006
05:01:59 PM
Atomic.Lobster
by halfmahalfn
May 11th, 2006
05:29:08 PM
I like knickers
by The Heathen
May 11th, 2006
05:41:26 PM
To put it in Kelly context... invalidus ex machina
by JAGUART
May 11th, 2006
05:46:39 PM
Chrth
by glodene
May 11th, 2006
05:57:38 PM
tom ridge is the man!
by white owl
May 11th, 2006
06:02:21 PM
BRAZILLLLLLLL!
by orcho5000
May 11th, 2006
06:32:36 PM
"captured"
by _Kayser_
May 11th, 2006
06:38:04 PM
No win scenario...
by jorson2
May 11th, 2006
06:45:26 PM
Yeah, Bush is doing what needs to be done for security
by Kraken
May 11th, 2006
06:54:57 PM
I'm James Kelly!!
by Womb2dooM
May 11th, 2006
07:16:41 PM
Plant!!
by chickychow
May 11th, 2006
07:41:20 PM
Richard Kelly want to go to Cannes
by chrth
May 11th, 2006
07:53:38 PM
A Return to Red Fever
by flanaganagain
May 11th, 2006
08:10:28 PM
They are brothers, I went to school with Dick and Jimmy
by George Newman
May 11th, 2006
09:02:25 PM
I want to see Southland Tales
by performingmonkey
May 11th, 2006
09:06:59 PM
ha ha, Newman. A penis joke.. Genious!
by Donald Trump
May 11th, 2006
09:09:06 PM
People like Harry & Moore aren't helping either
by Orionsangels
May 11th, 2006
09:15:56 PM

by jackinitraw
May 11th, 2006
10:24:29 PM
I think it's because he dated Eliza Dushku.
by DarthCorleone
May 11th, 2006
11:02:03 PM
People that list Donnie Darko
by Monkey Butler
May 11th, 2006
11:12:07 PM
frankthebunny - multiple viewings
by readyoufool
May 11th, 2006
11:54:10 PM
Yeah, I read this LAST GODDAMN WEEK
by Angry Mean Panda
May 12th, 2006
12:37:04 AM
Monkey Butler, thank you for pointing it out for me.
by one9deuce
May 12th, 2006
12:57:11 AM

by Westonian
May 12th, 2006
01:20:57 AM
DONNIE DARKO and the LiveJournal/MySpace Crowd
by godoffireinhell
May 12th, 2006
01:44:59 AM
IMDB: Bastion of Truth and Quality Journalism
by godoffireinhell
May 12th, 2006
01:45:50 AM
any one got a date on the graphic novels?
by thegoldencalf
May 12th, 2006
02:06:12 AM
I love the way Frankthebunny
by deanamatronix
May 12th, 2006
03:21:59 AM
The Homeland Security people also detained Gene Kelly..
by KCMOSHer
May 12th, 2006
04:14:46 AM
PARANOIA
by CuervoJones
May 12th, 2006
05:43:54 AM
People that list Donnie Darko
by CuervoJones
May 12th, 2006
05:54:00 AM
Went to high school with Richard Kelly
by Cepper
May 12th, 2006
07:08:25 AM
Domino
by Buffalo500
May 12th, 2006
08:01:02 AM
Richard Kelly is A Terrorist!!
by NeoCon
May 12th, 2006
08:56:53 AM
BS
by PullMyFinger
May 12th, 2006
09:07:21 AM
There is no James Kelly
by moviemaniac-7
May 12th, 2006
09:15:15 AM
No wonder we're losing the Iraq War
by CISCO Bunny
May 12th, 2006
09:55:53 AM
Everyone knows how dangerous creatives are.
by Buck Turgidson
May 12th, 2006
10:42:43 AM
Some people are just a bunch of bitchass muthafuggers..
by Manaqua
May 12th, 2006
11:08:49 AM
Manaqua is on the money
by thatpeterguy
May 12th, 2006
12:26:53 PM
WTF?
by Jack Parsons
May 12th, 2006
12:53:44 PM
Lock him up and throw away the key.
by Bungion Boy
May 12th, 2006
01:54:41 PM
Richard Kelly
by _Kayser_
May 12th, 2006
02:12:51 PM
Will the JackSack make an appearance?
by TheSmokingMirror
May 12th, 2006
03:11:21 PM
The amount of ignorance in this thread is overwhelming
by chrth
May 12th, 2006
03:34:57 PM
"hasn't nothing" should read "has nothing"
by chrth
May 12th, 2006
03:35:36 PM
"hasn't nothing" sounds just fine, Cletus!
by TheSmokingMirror
May 12th, 2006
03:47:24 PM
ACIN talkbackers hate Donnie Darko. Wow
by Lovecraftfan
May 12th, 2006
04:57:37 PM
yeah, i agree lovecraftian.
by mocky_puppet
May 12th, 2006
04:59:46 PM
Homeland's Victories:
by Larry of Arabia
May 12th, 2006
06:15:42 PM
just imagine...
by tango fett
May 12th, 2006
09:00:43 PM
SEND DONNIE DARKO TO GITMO!!!
by heywood jablomie
May 13th, 2006
09:42:51 AM
Can you guys even pretend to be objective?
by Winterchili
May 13th, 2006
09:37:37 PM
To let him go to the prem. is a win for the terrorists
by rivercb
May 15th, 2006
12:02:59 AM
Buck Turgidson - is right, freedom isn't free...
by Russman
May 15th, 2006
11:43:52 AM
I share thatpeterguy's suspicion
by SAVOIR_faire
May 15th, 2006
07:53:35 PM

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