Harvey Weingard
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Harvey Weingard is a producer based on Harvey Weinstein. He is portrayed by Maury Chaykin.
Ari Gold mentioned that every film Harvey produces is like a "Midas touch" and a sure box office hit. Harvey has a terrible temper and gets tricked by Vincent and Eric every time they make a deal. However, in the Season Four season finale, Harvey ends up buying Medellin for a steal of $1 upfront. Ari goes on to say afterward that Harvey will save the film in the release.
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[edit] Deals
Over the years, Vince, Ari, and E have had a number of business dealings with Harvey Weingard.
- Please add business deals here, including how E or Ari eventually screws Harvey
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Quotes
- Ari: (to Harvey): If it wasn't for me, you'd be stuck producing Kevin Smith movies for the rest of your life!
- Season Two, The Sundance Kids
- Ari: (about Harvey) "You should have seen Shakespeare in Love before he put his scissorhands on it."
- Season Four, The Cannes Kids
[edit] Similarities to Harvey Weinstein
- Harvey Weingard first appears trying to buy Vince's independent movie at Sundance. Harvey Weinstein was famous for buying indy movies at Sundance.
- Both Harvey Weingard and Harvey Weinstein are obese.
- Harvey Weingard has had several temper tantrums on the show. Harvey Weinstein is well known for his ferocious temper. The New Yorker write Ken Auletta describes Harvey as "a man with little self-control, whose tone of voice and whose body language can seem dangerous; at times, he appears about to burst with fury, his fists closed, his teeth clenched, his large head shaking as he loses the struggle to contain himself." [1]
- Ari makes two references to Harvey and Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith is well known for making not-so-wildly successful Miramax movies for Harvey Weinstein.
- Ari says that Harvey Weingard recut Shakespeare in Love. This movie was made by Harvey Weinstein's Miramax studio.
- Ari refers to Harvey as having "Scissorhands". Harvey Weinstin is sometimes referred to as Harvey Scissorhands (after the Tim Burton movie), for his aggressive re-cutting of director's cuts.
- In one episode [citation needed], a character actually refers to Harvey as "Weinstein".
[edit] References
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| Lloyd (Rex Lee) · Mrs. Ari (Perrey Reeves) · Shauna Roberts (Debi Mazar) · Billy Walsh (Rhys Coiro) · Sloan McQuewick (Emmanuelle Chriqui) · Dana Gordon (Constance Zimmer) · Adam Davies (Jordan Belfi) · Terrance McQuewick (Malcolm McDowell) · Barbara Miller (Beverly D'Angelo) · Josh Weinstein (Joshua LeBar) · Nick Rubenstein (Adam Goldberg) · Scott Wick (Stanley DeSantis) · Kristen (Monica Keena) · Bob Ryan (Martin Landau) · Yair Marx (Assaf Cohen) · Harvey Weingard (Maury Chaykin) | ||||||
