Talk:Crispin Glover

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Contents 1 An omission? 2 Esoterica 3 Birthdate 4 Correction 5 Ruben Farr 6 The big problem 7 Lawsuit 8 coverup? 9 Peculiar [edit] An omission? This entry reads like the bio of a normal person. I think I understand Wikipedia's aim to avoid shooting off into the realm of opinion and commentary, but in this case, maybe there is some way to document that this guy is pretty far from your average personality. It's important in letting people know who he is. --Amyloo 22:57, 26 December 2006 (UTC) (edit)

[edit] Esoterica

Speaking with Crispin the other night at a show, he objected to the description that he is an archivist of esoterica. Considering the lack of citation on this information it should probably be removed if it cannot be verified. To paraphrase him: "I'm interested in esoteric things, but I'm not a collector or archivist. I spend too much of my time raising money for my films to do anything else." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.135.207.2 (talk) 19:12, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Birthdate

Glover's birthdate has been flucuating in this entry between April 20, 1964 and September 20, 1964. I have found both dates mentioned in different Internet sites. For instance, The Crispin Glover Encyclopedia at http://www.bttf.com/glover.htm mentions September 20 and so does AllMovie.com at http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll . Whereas, imdb.com at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000417/ states that April 20, 1964 is the actor's Birthday. I think this needs to be resolved. Anyone know the real date?

Glover states that his birthday is April 20th, 1964 in the retroCRUSH interview cited by the article. 143.127.3.10 19:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Correction

According to imdb.com, "Rubin and Ed" came out four years after Glover's appearance on David Letterman. There's a possibility that his little routine on David Letterman influenced his performance in "Rubin and Ed", but he was promoting "River's Edge" at the time. I'd rather not be the person to correct this mistake, as it'd require more thought than I'm willing to expend for the sake of the entry. Please, though, someone else fix it.

Well, considering Orkly Kid was filmed sometime around 1986, but wasn't actually released until 2001 (as part of The Beaver Trilogy), the fact that Rubin and Ed didn't find distribution until 4 years after it was filmed wouldn't shock me. I don't know the specifics, but I have seen Rubin and Ed and the clip of his appearance on Letterman, and there's no doubt to my mind that he was performing as Rubin. 63.249.109.224 08:27, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

There is no listing on IMBD that the movie "Rubin and Ed" was filmed in 1987. So it seems unlikely he was in character for the movie four years before it was filmed. I am changing the entry accordingly; feel free to change it back if there is some evidence to the contrary. patrickw 16:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ruben Farr

On his second appearance on "Late Night, with David Letterman" Crispin intimated that there was a classmate who looked exactly like him. I later read that Crispin taylored his Ruben character from "Ruben and Ed" after Ruben Farr. Is this just another joke by Mr. Glover, or does Ruben Farr really exist? --Bourbon King 23:47, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The big problem

What is it? 69.136.162.114 19:59, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

It's his nose, I think. It could be a latex appliance. -Ashley Pomeroy 16:10, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lawsuit

The article says that Glover "won a landmark victory, setting a precedent for how actors' images may be used in films." But did Glover actually win the lawsuit or did he "win" an out-of-court settlement? (Here Glover says that the lawsuit "was settled with mutual satisfaction.") --Keith111 12:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

If it was settled out-of-court, then the case has no precedential value in legal terms. Though it may have "precedential" value informally on how contracts in this area are formed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.247.166.28 (talk) 02:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Crispin's own comments in the March, 1992 issue of "Interview Magazine" (pp111-112,127) indicate that a settlement was in fact reached out of court, and that it was a mutual settlement. Zemecki's own remarks on the BTTF DVD Compilation are words to this effect, also. Updated article to reflect this, and attempted to remove some anti-studio bias. (Wernhervonbraun (talk) 21:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC))

[edit] coverup?

What happened to the info about Glover's david letterman appearance? Claytonian 08:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Also, the article states that he dressed up in his character from the 1991 "Rubin and Ed", which came out in 1991, 4 years after this appearance. This is obviously wrong.

he could have had the character before 1991, 1991

[edit] Peculiar

Why is it acceptable to have a negative attitude towards Glover because he is considered to be peculiar and odd? Of all places, Hollywood should not shun an actor because he is eccentric. Hollywood is the center of weird behavior.Lestrade 17:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)Lestrade

its the center of calculated uncalculatedly wierd behavior. crispin's behavior is uncalculatedly calculated. the opposite, you siee.