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Bill Murray Explains Golf Cart Incident

Posted: 2007-09-04 12:26:53

Filed Under: Movie News

VENICE, Italy (Sept. 4) - Nobody worry about me, says Bill Murray. He was just dropping off people after a party when he was stopped in downtown Stockholm driving a golf cart.

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Avid golfer Bill Murray was in Stockholm for a pro-am tournament when he was pulled over while driving a golf cart on city streets. Police say he was drunk.

The police "asked me to come over and they assumed that I was drunk and I explained to them that I was a golfer," Murray told reporters Monday at the Venice Film Festival, where he appeared before the premiere of his new film "The Darjeeling Limited."

The actor-comedian, who was among the early cast members on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and was nominated for an Oscar for 2003's "Lost in Translation," said he was in Stockholm last month to play in a pro-am golf tournament, and hitched a ride to a post-event party in a golf cart.

When no one wanted to drive home, he volunteered.

"I ended up stopping and dropping people off on the way like a bus. I had about six people in the thing and I dropped them off one at a time and as the last couple were getting out, who wished to be dropped off at a 7-Eleven. ... I didn't know they had 7-Elevens in Stockholm," said Murray, who turns 57 on Sept. 21.

That's where police called him over.

Swedish police took a blood test after he refused a breath test. He could face drunken driving charges, though a Stockholm police official has said fines were more likely than a prison sentence.

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VictoriaCoventry 10:54:32 AM Sep 06 2007

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Why can't people just admit they are drunk and take responsibility for their actions instead of trying to lie when busted?

Mesa XI 10:27:32 AM Sep 06 2007

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Bill Murray heeds the orders of no mortal man

hreds 08:19:00 AM Sep 06 2007

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Hey, Mr. Caddieshack:
I think DOWNTOWN Stockholm is OUT OF BOUNDS!
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blueyedwolf2003 04:30:41 AM Sep 06 2007

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Damnit Bill !!! 19th hole is closed for you today !!!!!

drhailemedman 10:03:20 PM Sep 05 2007

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Arnold pays off Jack.....

drhailemedman 10:03:20 PM Sep 05 2007

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Arnold pays off Jack.....

drhailemedman 10:03:19 PM Sep 05 2007

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Arnold pays off Jack.....

radhaone 09:05:24 PM Sep 05 2007

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OH...good grief...what part of "it was a GOLF CART" doesn't everone understand. A GOLF CART! GEEZ...

buzncuzn1 05:20:23 PM Sep 05 2007

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WE'RE GOLLLLLLLLLL-FING......WE'RE GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL-FING ! ! !
(exerpt from WHAT ABOUT BOB THE GOLF DIARIES)

umusbkid 12:17:29 PM Sep 05 2007

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The Razor's Edge was a great movie.
Sometimes it is a fine line between use and abuse, I know because I try to straddle it, but know what it feels like to get sucked in.
In the last scene of Charlie's Angels they were sipping and Bill Murray drank from a Buddha Cup. It made me think he had some sort of promise to sobriety.
At the Academy Awards the Clip they showed was his commercial for booze...if he had fallen off the wagon, and then got an oscar with that clip, it must have made him sick to his stomach. I have myself convinced medicinal amounts (1 oz. within 4 hours) is useful, but I admire people who commit to sobriety.

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