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Mitchell Vs. Feds
By all appearances, film critic and personality-at-large Elvis Mitchell is having a banner year. He continues to interview the likes of Dark Knight director Chris Nolan on KCRW's The Treatment, and Quentin Tarantino on his new Turner Classic Movies series Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence. Mitchell also produced the Sundance doc entry The Black List, which debuts on HBO on August 25.
Now Mitchell is trying to recover some cash seized by the feds, reports the A.P.
Here's an A.P. excerpt:
Mitchell was entering Detroit in a cab from Windsor April 26 when a luggage search turned up $11,817 in U.S. currency and 15 Cuban cigars, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.The feds want to keep the cash because Mitchell didn’t declare it in Detroit or three days earlier when he flew to Toronto from New York. Anyone carrying more than $10,000 outside the country or into the United States must report it.
Mitchell said he grabbed the wrong box when he left home in New York and was too embarrassed to disclose the money.
“An awful and dumb situation,” Mitchell told the Associated Press today.
Hmmm. Mitchell has long had a taste for Cuban cigars, and has asked pals to carry them over the Canadian border for him--without necessarily alerting them that it's illegal.
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AWWW SCHUCKS! I'm doing an Q and A with Mitchell tonight after a screening of The Black List and I don't think it would be appropriate to bring this up don't you?
Posted by: Sergio | August 05, 2008 at 08:12 AM
Should've used the "Lewinsky Method"...
Posted by: Edward Wilson | August 05, 2008 at 08:58 AM
But has been known to share the Cubans, which makes it OK by me.
Posted by: David C | August 05, 2008 at 03:31 PM
I always knew Elvis was socially gifted, but I didn't realize he had pals who didn't know that bringing Cubans into the States was illegal. He really does get around!
Posted by: Glenn Kenny | August 06, 2008 at 07:27 AM