The Joe Spinell Story2001

Richard Lynch:
It was one day in Hollywood, 1986... were were waiting on the set, but there was no Joe Spinell. We're waiting on the set... still no Spinell. By mid afternoon, my producer told me "go to the hotel and get him. I know he's there". So, I drove to the downtown L.A. hotel where Joe was staying at while he was in L.A. to shoot this movie. I walked into the lobby and up to the front desk and told the desk clerk, "Mr. Spinell, please." After a few minutes, the hotel manager came out and asked me if I was a friend of Joe Spinell. I told him I was. The manager told me, "He's in the cocktail lounge. Do you mind doing something? Getting him out of here? We have guests from out of town." So... I go into the hotel's lounge and there at the center of attention at a table sat Joe, looking very humble, very composed, and having what appeared to be his 50th drink... in his mother's dress. He had one of his mother's mumu's on and his face was smeared with all this makeup like a Piccaso painting. I walked up to Joe asking what he was doing. Joe looked at me and said, "what's wrong? What? This? It's my mother's dress. I like it."