Director Kevin Smith is speaking out on the cult classic film 'Dogma' and the hateful messages he received after the 1999 comedy was released. Smith received '400,000 pieces of hate mail.'
Director Kevin Smith didn't receive well-wishes after 'Dogma' was released in 1999. Smith told Entertainment Weekly on Friday that he recalled receiving '400,000 pieces of hate mail and three bona fide death threats' after the film debuted. The comedy starred Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as two fallen angels who attempt to get from New Jersey back to heaven. 'The movie had a rubber poop monster in it,' Smith told the outlet.
The movie had a rubber poop monster in it. Can you imagine getting that irate over a movie with a rubber poop monster? I hope whoever wrote that, that missive, found peace.' 'I hope whoever wrote that, that missive, found peace,' Smith told the outlet. 'Dogma' is currently not on streaming services. Smith told The Wrap in 2022 that producer Harvey Weinstein was 'holding it hostage.
Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted in February 2020 of forcing oral sex on TV and film production assistant Mimi Haley in 2006 and third-degree rape of hairstylist Jessica Mann in 2013. He was acquitted of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault from actress Annabella Sciorra’s allegations of rape in the 1990s. Weinstein has denied ever engaging in non-consensual sex.
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