This is kind of funny. For some reason only about 1/2 the letter will display. You can read the whole letter at- http://www.steelydan.com/heyluke.html
Childish would be more like it. I'm not sure how involved Owen was in writing/producing the movie but if he just acted in it I don't see why they have a problem with him. And if they do have a problem with Owen talk to Owen about it. Don't put a letter to his brother with veiled threats on the internet. I also think that putting "open letters" to famous people to try and grab attention is pretty lame. I guess they have to do anything they can for publicity now.
I usually like the Wilsons movies but I have no desire to see that Dupree movie. What a horrible title. Looks like a summer dud.
That whole thing reeks of a publicity stunt - probably done because Steely Dan is not selling out their concerts like they thought they would.
i agree with everything you just said. i'm guessing owen was not one of the creators/writers/producers of this movie. if that guess is correct, their fight is with someone else, entirely.
are they from the valley? because if they're anything but, they got more issues than having Hollywood "steal" the Dupree name/idea.
Ok, here goes ... The letter is a joke. The tone, the way it was put together, the actual HTML, the punctuation. It's all a joke. It's not for pub (this is the band that refused Letterman et al appearances when their last album came out), or money. It's a joke. Lighten up, America. The two guys from Steely Dan have been doing it on that website for, literally, over a decade. They "call out" their managers, the public works department of giant cities, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among dozens of others. Seriously. Go to the siteguide and look at stuff like "Lexical lunacies" (or something like that). Read anything Walter Becker has on the site. It's all a joke. This one is no different from the one they put together in 1996 lambasting Web TV (and the site visitors that used Web TV). But, because relative intelligence and a sense of humor are in short supply in this country, the press and most web denizens seem to have missed the point, and the joke. As usual. (btw, my favorite part was the Zal Yanovsky reference. Very funny rip on the narc from the Lovin' Spoonful)
Yeah, it is pretty clearly a joke... (not that it in any way negates the fact that every movie that Luke and Owen have done that didn't involve Wes Anderson has sucked donkey balls something fierce...)
I mean, there are "open letters" on that site to a pre-out-and-back-in-the-closet Anne Heche from 1996 asking her to come to their Hollywood Bowl show, written because the only "celebrities" that came to their show were Brian Dennehy, Kevin McHale, and Dimebag Darrell. That's not really the way to set up "publicity stunt," y'know? It was just another bit of net funniness for us SD nerds to read until a gossip columnist (and Dan fan) from Fox picked up on it. Then the bloggers found it. Then the AP wrote two different stories on it. My favorite is when they tried to ply Jann Wenner with cases of honey mustard (and an ancient 3M digital recorder) to do their bidding. Or the time they asked their ex-manager to find them a long lost love child (a la Joni Mitchell).
Kind of hard to believe anyone would think this was anything more than a joke considering the manner in which they wrote the letter.
I thought jokes were supposed to be funny. Or is it fricken hilarious and it's just my lack of relative intelligence that's keeping me from seeing that?
Wrong. Its actually funny and wow Kate Hudson is HOT in this movie. There is a scene with her in a bathing suit from behind that is unreal.
I had no interest and very low expectations for You, Me, and Dupree. But do to some problems at a restaurant, other sold out movies and things of that nature I ended up seeing it. I was pleasantly surprised. Owen Wilson does a great job in this movie, and it was definitely a decent flick. It wasn't a great 'must-see' type of movie, but much better than I thought it would be.
