Last Action Hero In Jail

Yesterday, John McTiernan, the director behind such film as Die Hard and Predator pictured above, was released from jail.  It was reported that Mr. McTiernan was in jail in relation to charges of misrepresentation and witness intimidation.  The case against John McTiernan is a long and convoluted one involving many appeals and lots of detail that are difficult to explain.  However, as it turns out, the complicated nature of the reported case against John McTiernan may be masking the real reason this man went to jail.  Sources inside the Justice Department have revealed to this publication that John McTiernan may have actually gone to jail for his involvement in the movie Last Action Hero.

Last Action Hero is an action movie made in 1993 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.  The movie was went with near universal criticism, earning six Golden Raspberry nominations, including one for Worst Director for John McTiernan.  As it turns out that nomination may have had more wide ranging repercussions than just legitimizing public scorn.  According to a leaked document, which can be viewed at this link, John McTiernan was charged in US Federal court with the Reckless Production Of Subgrade Cinema.  This charge was kept secret due to concerns about such a charge would raise concerns over censorship by the Federal Government.  For thirteen years Mr. McTiernan fought the charges against him, but the evidence the federal prosecutors had, in the form of Last Action Hero, was too much.  When he was convicted, federal prosecutors had to create a reason why John McTiernan was being put in jail that, again, didn't arouse fears about censorship.  Hence the long and convoluted misrepresentation and witness tampering story.

John McTiernan, pictured above moments after his release, is expected to return to making movies soon.  After all, Schwarzenegger is working again.