[An Nahar] The director of a film that sparked protests in the Middle East is "upset" at the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and has gone into hiding, a consultant on the project said Wednesday."He's very upset that the ambassador got murdered," Steve Klein told Agence La Belle France Presse, adding that he had spoken to filmmaker Sam Bacile by phone earlier in the day, but did not know his location.
When Bacile was told about the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, "he melted, he fell apart," added Klein, who said he was one of some 15 people behind the film, "Innocence of Mohammedans."
Bacile -- not his real name, according to Klein -- is concerned about family members in Egypt. "They're underground too, in hiding, he said.
He added that the reported Israeli-American director could suffer the same fate as Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, who was assassinated in 2004 after triggering protests with an anti-Mohammedan film.
| According to Ay Pee, the director is not Israeli at all, this was probably originally intended as a check kiting scheme gone awry...and it is highly likely the most offensive dialog was dubbed during post-production. |