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Jul 19, 2017 - 1:38 PM
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Mike_J
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Hmmmm.... well, this article is partially correct but it is still spun so as to not make Hopper look too bad.
Back in the 80s, I occasionally hung out with a bunch of the film journalists who wrote for magazine like Staburst and Cinema, one of whom had actually been on the Frieling house set during filming of Poltergeist.
Over lunch, I was told how, apparently, Hooper was found literally sitting in the rafters, high as a kite. Apart from a few scenes, Spielberg shot the vast majority of the movie and for the most part Hooper only turned up for photo shoots of him "directing".
I won't name the journalist just because potentially this could be a defamatory matter but my good friend and fellow FSMer John Johnson was there at the time this story was told to me and will verify it I'm sure.
Incidentally, the same journalist told me he once tried to interview William Hurt (I think possibly for Altered States but can't recall for sure) who was apparently so stoned he actually couldn't talk!
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