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Mar

28

Pat Croce Finally Gets Angry

032806croce.jpg Man, look at former 76ers prez Pat Croce. He’s even in a good mood while pillaging. (I guess if you’re a pirate, getting some booty puts you in a good mood. Actually, I guess that puts anyone in a good mood. Where was I again?)

Needless to say, Pat Croce usually feels great. Whether at the helm of the 76ers, hosting that syndicated show or just being a plain old motivational guru, Croce is always happy.

Except when he invests about 100 large in a fake movie. In the Daily News today, Dan Gross reports that Croce had two screenings of a 15-minute short film The Messenger yanked after learning that, well, pretty much everything in it was fake:

The 15-minute-film, by Quincy Perkins, tells the story of how messenger Thomas E. Jones was held up while delivering Japan’s official surrender in WWII from the Swiss Embassy to the White House on Aug. 14, 1945.

Perkins “deceived me into believing that he had interviewed the real 76-year-old Thomas Jones in his hospital bed,” Croce said, adding that Perkins told him that Jones died last December.

Croce says Perkins, 26, called him Sunday night to reveal not only that he’d hired an actor to play Jones, but that Jones was alive in Maryland.

I used to think Croce was a pretty smart businessman, turning an athletic trainer gig into a motivational speaking career into the presidency of the 76ers. Then he sold high on the Sixers, getting out before they became too horrid.

But, dude, $100,000 on a shitty 15-minute film? Come on, man, open an ING Direct account or something.

Croce doesn’t feel great [DN, 2nd item]
Photo via Pirate Soul, Pat Croce’s pirate museum
 
dmac | 2:13 PM | 3 Comments
Fraud, Movies, Pat Croce, Philadelphia Film Festival
 
  1. Justin Bishop Says: Jun 18 1:41 PM

    hey pat my name is justin bishop and i am 13 years old.When i grow up i would like to become a sports teams trainer, and i was wondering how you got there, how you started, what classes you took.i just want to become a trainer and become a sucess like you.

  2. Justin Bishop Says: Jun 18 1:41 PM

    hey pat my name is justin bishop and i am 13 years old.When i grow up i would like to become a sports teams trainer, and i was wondering how you got there, how you started, what classes you took.i just want to become a trainer and become a sucess like you.

  3. Justin Bishop Says: Jun 18 1:41 PM

    hey pat my name is justin bishop and i am 13 years old.When i grow up i would like to become a sports teams trainer, and i was wondering how you got there, how you started, what classes you took.i just want to become a trainer and become a sucess like you.

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