Phil Spector: Murderer!

(sorry, bad taste i know)

Actually, it would've been more appropriate if he had kept the body interred and preserved in a state of ghostly perfection in a crypt on his estate...

Got a link to that Rolling Stone article...? I've never seen it.

...why would Phil Spector live in Alhambra???????????????

too funny!

1) Now that he's out on bail in less than 24 hours (which is ridiculous in itself), before trial, Spector flees to Brazil

2) Or after the trial, Spector flees to France (they won't extradite, especially if a person is facing the death penalty)

3) We can be assured of a drawn out expensive travesty of a trial that the people of California cannot afford to pay for

4) We can be assured the murder victim's reputation will be dragged through the mire while Spector is presented as merely mad as a hatter

5) Resulting most likely in a reduced manslaughter charge and he's out of the celebrity happy camp in less than six years.

what if his trial coincides with robert blake's? will court tv need to do a split screen?

But best to avoid even watching celebrity trials on court tv lest you become cynical too early on in life.

Blake and Spector haven't many options now. Snoop likely won't invite either of them to make pornographic movies any time soon. Maybe they'll just straighten up and start up a fashion line together for murderously rich L.A. male celebrities. BS is too hokey a name for people of this stature, maybe Off (as in off the hook but not pred-a-porte)

What's next now for troubled but talented Spector? Is he likely to enroll in Michael Hutchence chair dancing school?

(2/5/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Phil Spector has been charged with the first-degree murder of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson, 40, of Los Angeles, who was allegedly shot and killed on Monday (February 3) at his mansion in Alhambra, California, an L.A. suburb.

The 62-year-old legendary record producer was arrested on Monday morning, then freed in the evening at $1 million bail. He faces arraignment on March 3 in an Alhambra court.

Police said they were called at about 5 a.m. by a limousine driver who reported hearing shots fired after he dropped off the couple at the gated estate. Officers arrived to find Clarkson shot, her body lying in the marble foyer of the mansion. She was pronounced dead and Spector was arrested.

Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators said Clarkson and Spector were the only people in the home at the time of the shooting. A gun was recovered on the scene, believed to be the murder weapon.

Clarkson's movie credits included producer Roger Corman's 1985 fantasy-adventure film, Barbarian Queen, which she had claimed inspired the popular TV series Xena, Warrior Princess. She also appeared in other pictures that includes 1988's Wizards Of The Lost Kingdom II and 1992's Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back.

Spector is credited for creating the "wall of sound" and producing a slew of 1960s hits that include "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes, "Da Doo Ron Ron" by the Crystals, and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" by the Righteous Brothers; as well as the Beatles' Let It Be album and recordings by John Lennon, George Harrison, Cher, and the Ramones. In 1989, Spector was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He received the Trustees Award from the Grammy Recording Academy in 2000 for his "significant contributions--other than performance--to the field of recording."

Known as a recluse, Spector bought the 33-room, castle-like mansion in 1998 for a reported $1.1 million. For many years, the music industry has been rife with tales of the famous producer allegedly brandishing firearms, even waving a pistol during recording sessions, including claims of such by members of the Ramones and the late John Lennon.

Attorney Robert Shapiro, once part of the legal team that defended O.J. Simpson against murder charges, is representing Spector.

-- Darryl Morden, Los Angeles

Ronnie's book is worth reading too: there's a ton of copies of that one in almost every used bookstore I've been to lately.

Phil's last interview?

whether it is or not, it's an illuminating read:

"For years he did nothing. He was incapable of action. Paralysed. Projects came and went, unfulfilled. What could possibly interest him? Disco? "Terrible." Michael Jackson? "The most depressing, heinous thing. I mean, starting out life as a black man and ending up as a white woman, what's that all about?" Rap music? "Like the c got left off at the printers." Spector falls back on the sofa. "It's all been done! It's all been done!"

No, see, it's right there after the "i"!

(Getting out the rope)

Yes.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/08/specter.trial.ap/index.html

BTW, Back To Mono is going for $17 new on Amazon. Already got mine last month.

<i>BTW, Back To Mono is going for $17 new on Amazon. </i>

wtf? have sales plummeted since his arrest? do they not want to appear to be capitalizing on his notoriety? i paid $75 for that sucker back in the 1990s!!

Record stores are flooded with copies.
I suspect the good ol boys at Abkco are trying to silently show their support.

Latest: homwhatcide?

http://i19.tinypic.com/67z4m78.jpg

is he saying she murdered herself?

no, murder.

here he is, showing how she was shot by a hand:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42985000/jpg/_42985349_pena_ap203b.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/58255_10151248665743406_383829805_n.jpg
this movie is gonna be weird.

what movie?

The Mamet penned and directed movie about the trial, starring Al Pacino, Helen Mirren and Jeffrey Tambor.

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/browbeat/2013/02/04/pacinospector.jpg.CROP.article568-large.jpg

omg

intense. not sure how the movie can live up to the photos that have emerged, but ...

Christ, did you see the trailer?

Pacino doesn't even sound like Phil:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJK4i_K_38E

starring al pacino as al pacino as phil spector doing an al pacino impersonation.

that looks DREADFUL

Pacino doesn't even sound like Phil

wow yeah he really isn't even trying. Phil's voice is pretty distinct

HOO-HA

didn't know Mamet was behind this, which makes me way less interested

Pacino doesn't even sound like Phil

I disagree. It's not spot on, but it's an approximation of his voice from the 2000s. Certainly doesn't sound like his voice on the Christmas albums, yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYBjOywJwLI

why can't this be a biopic about his life in the 60s instead of this shit

didn't know Mamet was behind this, which makes me way less interested

― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, February 5, 2013 3:08 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Kinda amusing in light of recent events that at 1:02 there's a sign that says GUN CONTROL NOW and at 1:04 "From Writer & Director David Mamet."

Eh, still sounds like 70% Pacino and, I dunno, less than 30% Spector.

he attempted to do the gravelly thing, but granted it's not great

Great another movie about what was on the news two years ago.

Persecuted by the feminazis!!

that looks reaalllly bad

i hope there's a scene in the movie where some court house reporter carelessly tosses his cigar out and it inadvertantly lands in phil spector's hair

He looks more like the MC5 dude..

I can only imagine him doing "ATTICA!!!..."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/16/phil-spector-film-doubts-murder-verdict

David Mamet might be crazier than Spector at this point. At least Spector likely knows that he shot her.

Wouldn't be the first film to doubt that Spector murdered Clarkson ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90zip4w_ICU

"my life is in the hands of 12 people who voted for George Bush."

Reporter who covered the trial drops jaw at Mamet version

Yikes. This sounds more and more like the Spector version of Zero Dark Thirty.

Mamet is insane, film at 11.

Bring on Cameron Crowe's in-development Phil Spector movie! Daddy wants the Wall of Sound depicted.

just saw this. what a terrible disappointment.

i remember reading something a long time ago about how cameron crowe's spector movie was running into problems because they 'couldn't figure out how to end it.' this was pre-2003.

Mamet is insane, film at 11.

"Mamet, the writer, has publicly stated that he feels Phil Spector is innocent and should not be in prison," says spokesman Ed Lozzi. "We fear that he will rewrite history and portray Lana Clarkson as responsible for her own death. That is not acceptable, and if he does so, there will be consequences from us."

What, are you going to shoot him then?

They're going to send him the 3LP box concept album by Godley & Creme.

Some things are worth killing for.

One ILM poster friend of mine has noted previously that Mamet has an uncommon talent for finding ways to justify women getting slapped around in his movies/plays.

Nah, that's not true, but he does have a good half-dozen scripts with false rape accusations, and this story is a variation on that.

That said, I liked it. Lots of Pacino time.

/One ILM poster friend of mine has noted previously that Mamet has an uncommon talent for finding ways to justify women getting slapped around in his movies/plays./

Nah, that's not true, but he does have a good half-dozen scripts with false rape accusations, and this story is a variation on that..

Really? Two that come to mind off the top of my head:

The Verdict -- Charlotte Rampling gets "justifiably" slapped in a restaurant.

Oleana -- Bill Macy beats the crap out of the woman who falsely accuses him of rape.

Pretty sure there are others...

July 2013

http://i61.tinypic.com/hss4d0.jpg

The mansion is for sale.

https://variety.com/2019/dirt/real-estalker/phil-spector-pyrenees-castle-1203158892/?fbclid=IwAR39IfIzTP9VPX0_85Tl3EeaoXI94iu7g6Nt4xfG7Vmuh8biTFX7dz8sakI

The redfin listing:
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Alhambra/1700-Grandview-Dr-91803/home/7025575?fbclid=IwAR20P8f76z2qLHcxObtesQ0VN-pUeX5DsrjasvNtKUF_lyiIGO-uKqjO4yI