I have a life story that's on my mind that I would like to share with the front deck staff of Kodansha Ltd. This is about my film mentor Josh Becker, who commit suicide back in December 2025 by ingesting helium into his lungs.
Somewhere between Harpies for Sci Fi Channel and Morning Noon and Night, there was a time where Josh Becker was so desperate for directing gigs, that he attempted to take a job listing he found on Craigslist for a Tim Crockett production called Intent featuring Eric Roberts as a Detective. The movie was a ripoff of CSI and SAW. Josh Becker came into conflict with the producers, and was fired off of the movie, his girlfriend broke up with him because of it as she saw him as irresponsible, and every time he tried to call out the producers on his blog, they both threatened him with Legal Action because they had him under contractual silence, and claimed that he was making the stories up.
Kevin Neece was in email communications with Josh Becker during this time period because he was the webmaster on Beckerfilms, so I can tell you exactly what happened, why Josh Becker was telling the truth, and what happened years later.
When Josh Becker started working on the movie, his emails indicated that he was completely happy to be working again, but he took notice that the writer producer Tim Crockett was shadowing him, as if he were attempting to learn how to direct the movie himself.
The First Pay Week went by, and Tim's assistant producer Vi didn't sign the paychecks for the crew, and didn't bother to hand out the paychecks to any of the crew members. The Second Pay Week went by, and Tim's assistant producer Vi was still waiting around doing nothing, she hadn't signed any paychecks, nor did she have any intention of handing those paychecks out to anybody.
Josh Becker had previous experience working on low budget film productions where he was cheated by the producers, and instinctively felt that it was happening to him again, and the entire crew, like a Red Flag went off.
Josh Becker lost his temper and started an argument with Vi, telling her, and I paraphrase "to get off her fucking ass and start signing those paychecks for the crew members". Josh Becker's emails claimed that he believed that Tim and Vi were deceiving the crew members into performing unpaid work on their movie so they could save money on the production.
Eric Roberts confronted Josh Becker in his Trailer, and bitched him outed saying that it wasn't his responsibility to hold up the production for the crew members, his job was to shoot the movie. Eric Roberts already got his, and didn't care about the crew members paychecks.
Tim Crockett fired Josh Becker, then took over directing the movie himself, using Josh Becker's shot list as a guide for how to complete the movie. Tim Crockett ran out of money before he completed the film, Josh Becker was not credited for his directing work on internet movie database. And there were several years where Intent was never released, if it was ever released at all. The last time Josh asked Tim Crockett about the movie, he said there were still unfinished shots that needed to be made.
Once again, Josh Becker's girlfriend decided that Josh Becker was a total fuck up for standing up to the film producers in defense of the crew members who were not being paid for their work, and she broke up with him.
Josh Becker claimed that Tim Crockett cheated the crew members out of their final paychecks, but Tim Crockett later proved that he had paid everyone by showing him the Tax Return on the movie. Josh Becker was forced to remove any articles about the movie production off of Beckerfilms, and Tim Crockett repeatedly claimed that the paycheck incidents never happened, as if Josh Becker had lost his shit and had been fired for no reason.
Several Years Later, Kevin Neece started receiving emails from somebody who made the mistake of going into business with Tim Crockett and Vi for a Night Club Venture, and came to the conclusion that he was living out the same nightmare that Josh Becker had described on his website. Josh Becker told Kevin Neece not to respond to him, as any connection to Tim or Vi would only bring him pain and misery and if the people who read his stories about Intent failed to heed his warnings, then they completely deserved what Tim and Vi did to them.
Well, Josh Becker is dead now, so Tim Crockett and Vi cannot sue him from beyond the grave. And Kevin Neece is not under contractual silence to Tim Crockett, he classifies as a witness to Josh Becker's "Allegations" and believes that Josh Becker's behavior and emails showcased that he was telling the truth.
Tim Crockett and Vi may be litigious, but watch what happens to both of them if they attempt to target Kevin Neece with Legal Action. The Goddess Hotline Office is going to curse the living shit out of both of them with the System Force and they will both be unable to run their lawsuit through the Criminal Justice System just like all of the others.
Rest in Peace Josh Becker. You taught Kevin Neece the importance of standing up for yourself against Unethical Film Producers, even if it comes with a price. And I will never forget you for it.
Tim Crockett's Intent IMDB Page:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107262/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1
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