Posted on 02/07/2011 7:20:17 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
At least Michael Moore didn't have the chutzpah to sue Harvey and Bob Weinstein in a New York City court. Because there's no way a jury in the city that suffered through the attack on the World Trade Center would give Moore a penny. Today, Moore filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and even fraud arising out of his audit of his controversy documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. Moore is seeking at least $2.7 million in what he claims are unpaid profits. But I've learned that the Weinsteins have already paid Moore $19.8 million for his backend profit participation in the movie. Further, the lawsuit blindsided the Weinsteins who had been trying to convince Moore to go to mediation with them. And, as recently as last week, the Weinsteins were discussing doing another movie with Moore who insiders tell me now wants to direct a fictional feature film. "He made $19.8 million in backend profit on a 9/11 movie. And now he wants to beat up the Weinsteins for another couple of million dollars," an insider complains to me tonight. "He redefines the term greedy for someone in this business who claims to be a Mr. Poverty indie documentary filmmaker." MORE
Perhaps a negotiation tactic to get better terms on a new film?
They should tell him it was already “redistributed”
Moore wants to direct a fictional film? Every single one of them is fictional, and quite a few are comedies!
Perhaps he believes in contracts.
He needs more money for food.
What a schmuck....he makes movies the torrent sites won’t even steal.....
Good point.
Uh, I thought Moore was against rich people making obscene “profits”. How much is enough for this pig? He makes more than the greedy capitalists he bashes. And treats the “little people” who work on his films like $hit.
He’s just another damn Capitalist.
Moore’s films are regularly used to teach school children about America.
Our library carries 2-5 copies of every one of his films.
Conservative films? What conservative films?
Regarding the ‘missing $2 million’:
Dear Mr Moore,
we sent the rest to the US Treasury, as a gift since we think your taxes were too low.
Truly yours,
The Weinstein Brothers.
The defendants could have him knocked off for five g’s. Wait, what? Thanks Jet Jaguar.
“Down with the GREEDY CAPITALIST PIGS!” /sarc
(why is it that liberal swine continually make such a mockery of themselves...?)
How much does that add up to in hotdogs?
He wants to donate it for healthcare, don’cha know.
Peculiar that a proponent of atheistic socialism who constantly decries capitalism as being the root of all evil and oppression, would insist on reaping those evil capitalist profits...guess he’s not as committed to those ideals as he pretends to be, eh!?
Oh, boy! I can hardly wait for Moore's July film festival to come around...
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