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HOLY PATRICK LEAHY, BATMAN!
July 15, 2008 11:36 AM
Will Senator Patrick Leahy get an Oscar nomination? Probably not. But when millions of BATMAN fans go to see "THE DARK KNIGHT" this weekend they will see the late Heath Ledger, as the joker, hold a knife to the throat of a real United States Senator, Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
Leahy, a Batman fan since he was a kid, has had brief cameos in two other Batman movies. But this is his FIRST SPEAKING ROLE and he gets to utter some pretty tough words. As the Joker threatens and harasses a room full of people, Leahy boldly says, "WE'RE NOT INTIMIDATED BY YOU THUGS!" The joker isn't intimidated either and grabs the senator's neck holding a knife to his throat. The Joker says, "YOU REMIND ME OF MY FATHER---I HATED MY FATHER." Leahy's staff says the scene was shot over several hours one night last summer at a restaurant with a great view of the city of Chicago.
Leahy has also done a voice-over in a Batman cartoon, and helped develop a Batman comic book about the dangers of land mines. He donates all profits to the children's wing of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vermont
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Leahy boldly says, "WE'RE NOT INTIMIDATED BY YOU THUGS!"
And you know who you are.
Posted by: 4thestate | Jul 16, 2008 11:27:43 AM
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