'I'm Still Here' Trailer Paints Fuzzy Picture of Joaquin Phoenix
"I'm Still Here" trailer paints a fuzzy picture of actor/rapper Joaquin Phoenix.
Aug. 19, 2010 — -- The trailer for "I'm Still Here" is finally out, but it's still not clear what Joaquin Phoenix is all about.
Scenes from the much-anticipated documentary, directed by Casey Affleck, show Phoenix in fuzzy detail, performing in front of crowds at clubs, fighting through throngs of fans at David Letterman's "Late Show," hugging it out with rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, and bowing his head at church. For much of the trailer, he's behind sunglasses and a bushy beard, though one clip shows his bare pot belly protruding in all its glory, Hollywood fitness standards be damned.
The movie hits theaters September 10. The run up to its release has been anything but ordinary.
Last month, two staffers filed lawsuits accusing Affleck, the younger brother of actor Ben Affleck, of sexual harassment. Cinematographer Magdalena Gorka and producer Amanda White claim Affleck repeatedly made derogatory comments towards them.
Their legal complaints detail specific greivances: Gorka claims Affleck groped her as she slept; White says Affleck violently grabbed her after she refused to sleep in the same hotel room with him.
Click HERE to read White's complaint. Click HERE to read Gorka's complaint.
While other female staffers have publicly defended the filmmaker in the wake of the lawsuits, Brian Procel, the lawyer for White and Gorka, told ABCNews.com that his clients' allegations are just the tip of the iceberg in what he calls a mounting case against Affleck.
Affleck's attorney, Marty Singer, asserts White and Gorka's cases have no merit. He contends neither woman complained on set and questions the validity of their claims, arguing they were filed more than 15 months after the alleged incidents happened.
Earlier this month, Singer filed arbitration claims before the American Arbitration Association accusing Gorka and White of breach of contract.
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