Someone at (or associated with) the insurance company just got probably more than a year's salary by selling this to TMZ...

This is embarrassing and disturbing. Bale really needs therapy.

If you I were working with a terrible pop ass director McG who hired that stupid DP who couldn't hold it. Thats why McG makes horrible ass movies. Bale was one edge working with dumb people.

You have to wonder how often this happens with other "stars" and we never hear about it. The information age provides no hiding spot these days...

Makes you wonder what TMZ would have been able to dig up on John Wayne back in the day.

You mean John Wayne was not such a nice guy? You've gotta be regoddamndiculous!

The DP is a second-rate guy who came from being a grip. He is known for having disdain for actors and was totally in the wrong. If he had been behaving like a professional, he would have acted totally different. The DP has HOURS to light the scene. When the camera rolls, his job should have been done long before. He behaved humbly because he knew Bale was right. That is why they are "alright" now. Also, I wonder whether it was the sound mixer or the insurance office assistant who pocketed the cash for this clip to go public. Probably the office PA. Sound mixers, though curmudgeonly, are also very professional. It's appalling that folks who know nothing about the actual business of making films comment on a situation that is not unusual. It is akin to working in an office and coming into your office and discover the guys who are in charge of the heating burning your files to make warmth. Yes, it's part of their job but it is destroying your work and costing the company money. Just to keep it real for the punters.

Wow, this is really depressing. Christian Bale is such a great actor, and I'm so sad that he's turning out to be so insane. I mean, yeah I understand why he was mad, but...seriously? A 4 minute screaming rant? :(

I'm just waiting for technology to allow The Duke to be in a Terminator movie. How sweet would that be?

With all due respect "alice," the idea that Hurlbut is somewhat second rate simply because he came from a grip background is insulting, and I assure you, any distain Mr. Hurlbut has for any actors is simply fueled by ridiculous reactions like this. All journeymen DPs working in hollywood today came up through the ranks and started as grips. electricians, or camera assistants. Bale acted completely out of line and is obviously in need of some serious anger management therapy. No one has the right, regardless of their talent, to yell and scream at another member of the crew like that. Lots of very well respected and experienced cameramen "wander the set" during rehearsals and takes to check lighting. In fact it's in Bales best interest to ensure that he looks the best. All it takes is a simple, quite request from one professional to another if such things are distracting. I'm not sure if you have spent much time on large feature sets, but if you think such a reaction is appropriate you yourself may be in need of some therapy as well.

The guy is trying to do too much. All of these big projects and all of the attention with it. I'm certainly not saying he was in the right, but he is probably stressed to the max.

Plus this guy does a number on his body with the roles he takes. Didn't he go from The Machinist to Batman Begins? Forget that!

Advice: Bale. Your filthy rich. Take a long vacation.

I bet that Bale's outburst was ten times more distracting to the shoot than whatever the photography man did.

Also, the length and disproportion of the abuse is indicative of someone using a brief moment of anger to let off steam built up from other things. (Been there, done that)

This would also be a good time to assess if Bale's skills actually warrants such behaviour against "amateurs"?

In my personal opinion, Bale is quickly turning into the most wooden actor on screen today, if you can picture that.

I fail to see any variation in his characters. He just looks like he's trying very hard to keep a poo in, whatever the situation.

As far as I am concerned, he's done two good roles: [a] The Machinist and [b] Equilibrium (Cubic).

The Machinist worked perfectly and that weight loss was impressive. In Equilibrium he plays an emotionally dead character that starts to feel. That means that he only has to show a little outside his normal woodenness to make the point and it works.

Wow, this really sours my opinion on him. This is Mel Gibson-esque...except Mel was at least drunk...What an asshole!

I agree with you Lengthy, Bale's performances of late do, uh, look like that.

However, until recently, Christian Bale was usually VERY good. In addition to Equilibrium (which I enjoyed tremendously, though I think about 4 people in the world saw it) I also like Bale's American Psycho. And his Reign of Fire is a guilty pleasure, but now that I think of it, I'm wondering if that isn't for Matt McConaughey.

During the '3:10 to Yuma' roll out we had the pleasure of hosting Peter Fonda and Ben Foster in DC. Off the record, both Ben & Peter expressed their dislike in working with Christian Bale on the shoot. Ben said that Russell was the epitome of gracious with everyone on the entire set at all times. The same could not be said for Christian Bale.

No matter how important or talented you think you are, a 4 minute screaming tirade is completely unprofessional and the majority of the general public agrees with me, you'll see....

Yuu do not know the circumstances surronding this or what was happening to make him angry. what was the scene they were working on? Was the guy taunting him to make it worse? Is there a personality issue with these two? Maybe he is having some personal issues. People do break down sometimes and we do not know what else has been going on in his life. Give the guy a break we cannot see footage so we are not seeing the full picture here.

Finally TMZ should be ashamed of their self posting stuff like this, it's just news to them .

I'd fuck him.

I think it was just his time of the month!

Marti, so would a lot of other girls, but that is hardly the point.

As an afterthought, I think Bale should have used his Batman voice for more effect.

"Fuuuaaaak!"