From: jackie8@dasher.cc.bellcore.com ()
Subject: Re: AMY FISHER: MY STORY (NBC) (12/28)
Organization: Bellcore - Piscataway, NJ
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 16:22:16 GMT

In article <18990@mindlink.bc.ca> Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong) writes:
>Some comments regarding the movie AMY FISHER: MY STORY (NBC) shown on 12/28:

This is long. Those of you who don't care about this stuff bail out now.


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>* It was an interesting movie ... I thought it dragged on a bit; however, I
>  would have liked to have seen the trial during the last half hour. It would
>  have been interesting to see what Joey Buttafuoco had to say in court.

This case never went to trial. Amy plea-bargained in order to get out of
going to trial.

>* Betty Jo must be really naive to realize that nothing was going on ... even

Mary Jo

[ Amy's version of her affair points deleted ]
This movie on 12/28 was Amy's version, so really we'll never know
the *actual* truth of what *really* happened. I mean, if you saw
Joey B's version of the movie, it made him look like a friggin saint.
A saint with no brains, but come on.  IMHO it was just so comical
he came out looking like such a model husband.

>Other questions:
>
>* During the closing screens, they stated that Paul videotaped a converation
>  that she had with Amy, and somehow it ended up on a tabloid show.
>  * What was that all about?

He wanted publicity, so he set up Amy to get her to talk about
things that would make her look like a materialistic greedy nymphomaniac
(not my opinion of her, just how she came across after HC aired the piece)
whose top concern about going to jail would be how she could manage to
have sex while she was still there. Even though the tape *had* been cut
and edited, apparently she still kind of made a fool out of herself in
the actual tape.  She insists that it all was taken out of context.
So everyone can make up their own minds about what happened.

>  * Is it legal to videotape someone without their permission?

Apparently, otherwise we'd see some sort of suit, I assume.

>* It was hinted that his father was a sexual abuser. Was that what was
>  suggested?

Amy suggested that her father abused her.  However, she never stated
exactly what constituted abuse.  It was the general opinion of the
NYC media that the abuse was that he didn't let her do what she wanted
to do.  No sexual abuse charges were ever filed or anything.

>* How did the police know that Amy was the one to arrest?

Mary Jo identified her from her hospital bed by describing how she
looked, and she also described the shirt that she had from the Auto
Body shop. Since they were new shirts and Joey only gave one out,
that was how they identified Amy.
>
>* I wonder if Joey Buttafuoco watched the movie.

The Buttafuco's have stated to the NY media that their story
is the true story and they also stated they wouldn't watch her
(Amy's) version of it because it was packed with lies.

>Upcoming Amy Fisher stuff:
>
>12/29 10pm  Dateline          Discusses how Amy sold her story to TV.
>01/03  9pm? ABC Version       Drew Barrymore as Amy Fisher
>
>What did you think of the movie?

Drew Barrymore's movie seemed to be the most realistic since it touches
on the possibility that Joey was involved with Amy but not as much as
Amy believes he was. Drew's accent was a little annoying, as was that
wig she had on, but it was pretty good as far as these tv-movies go.
That CBS monstrousity was just too ridiculous. Jack Scalia
was just unbelievably naive as Joey.  Alyssa Milano made Amy look
like a neurotic pscyhopath in the movie.  Not to say that might not be
true... :-) :-)

Another Fisher note of interest:  Amy's parents are in the process of
separating.  Too much stress I guess.

Now that all 3 movies have been aired, maybe the NY area papers could
have someone else besides Amy on the front pages.  
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