Don Murphy

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Don Murphy loves all living things.

Don Murphy ( 1967ish[1] - ) is one of the producers of the 2007 Transformers movie.

...one of Don's great gifts is complete obliviousness to what anyone thinks about him.Jame Hamsher, from Killer Instinct[2], 1998

Don Murphy is best known among fans for hosting an open and frank discussion of on his web site forums about the pre-production of the 2007 Transformers movie; where no voice no matter how unpopular was shut out of the debate.[3] The 4 year ongoing dialog included 2500+ posts or replies to fans on all aspects of the production. Mr. Murphy interacted with fans using the persona of the 'angry sheriff,' a voice of authority whose hot temper was kept in check only by his iron self control[4], and would sometimes gently chastise those whose opinions he disagreed with.

I NEVER INSULTED HIS MOTHER EITHER. THE FACT THAT SHE DOES NOT LIKE HER OWN SON SO THAT HE HAS TO GO CHANGE HIS NAME AND SEEK ATTENTION ON THE WEB IS HIS PROBLEM NOT HERS.Don Murphy discusses your mom[5], The Don Murphy Forums, 2006

Prior to Transformers, Don Murphy has been Producer for the 1994 dystopian sci-fi epic Double Dragon, adaptions of From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that resulted in comic-book writer Alan Moore disavowing any future film adaptations of his work [6], and the 1994 movie Natural Born Killers by screenwriter Quentin Tarentino who publicly disowned alterations to the movie and physically assaulted Don Murphy when they ran into one another at a restaurant 3 years later.[7]

Among Don Murphy's many talents is acting, he played 'Creep at Restaurant' in the 1998 movie Hairshirt, and he was an Ewok in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi.[8]

References

  1. ↑ None of Don Murphy's official biographies include his birthdate. The book Killer Instinct (see below) says he was in his mid-20's during the 1992-1994 production of Natural Born Killers. It is thus entirely plausible that he was born on June 6th, 1966 at 6:06 IDT and conceals his double-666 birthday to prevent people from realizing he is the the Antichrist.
  2. ↑ Killer Instinct is the 1998 by Don Murphy's writing partner Jane Hamsher recounting the production of the 1994 movie Natural Born Killers.
  3. ↑ The accuracy of this statement is suspect.
  4. ↑ By all 3rd party accounts the angry, difficult 'persona' Murphy claims to have been using has a 1:1 correlation to his actual personality.
  5. ↑ Don's affectionate nickname for this fan was 'goat-blower.'
  6. ↑ Moore became co-defendant in a lawsuit claiming that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was plagiarized from another screenplay pitched to 20th Century Fox in 1993. The allegedly plagiarized elements were not from Moore's story, but had all been 'added' by the Fox's screenwriters. While charges of plagarism often lack merit, LXG's pre-production (including writing) began before the first issue of the LXG comic was published (confirmed in an interview with Don Murphy from a DVD-extra,) which looks... wierd, and bad, and kinda icky. Fox settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.
  7. ↑ Tarantino attacked Murphy in the Ago restaurant on October 22 1997. Transcript of a Variety article with Don Murphy sued him for $5,000,000. (Outcome of lawsuit unknown?)
  8. ↑ This completely untrue



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