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Dallas film producer Adam Donaghey: FILMS GONE WILD Thoughts on the Case

The “asshole” thing. How has that colored all of this as the story gets rolled out? How DOES someone keep the sexual predator thing going while also not endearing themselves in the work space in order to get away with that behavior. Ultimately, why did those people and organizations I listed above keep hiring him back or keep him in the fold? By so many reports I have seen and heard, he was toxic and abusive on these productions. If not, why the raining down of these accounts. I have literally read one account (out of MANY that went the other direction) by someone that worked side-by-side with him that offered up surprise when he heard the news.

FILMS GONE WILD: Honoring Faye Dunaway among My Personal Happy Moments at this year’s Dallas International Film Festival

And let me tell you, it is very hard to convince a famous director or movie star, etc. to leave their home in New York City or Beverly Hills or wherever to come spend a couple days at a film festival in Oxford, Mississippi, or Wichita, Kansas, or Birmingham, Alabama, or Dallas, Texas, so they can have film fans make a big deal over them, talk about a film or films they made 10 or 20 years ago, and receive a cool award and endless praise. It’s even harder to convince a personal publicist, or agent, or manager.