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In reply to the discussion: House With a Clock in Its Walls tops box office as Fahrenheit 11/9 fizzles [View all]
Michael Moore Accused of Stiffing, Smearing Vendors: All I Would Like Is to Be Paid
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"In early June, Boston Light & Sound, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Moores Traverse City Film Festival. In the claim, BL&S stated that a total payment of $256,500 had been due by September 30, 2017, for their work on the 2017 film festival. TCFF paid a $100,0000 deposit towards the Contract Amount on July 12, 2017, legal docs claimed. BL&S performed all of its obligations pursuant to the contract. However, since the 2017 film festival, TCFF has only paid an additional $2,000 toward the outstanding balance owed. That brings the alleged balance down to $159,055.
Chapin Cutler, the President of Boston Light & Sound, a 13-year Film Fest collaborator, said his 2017 contract with Film Fest, totaling $256,500, was comparable to past contracts and pricing has not changed, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. In April 2018, Michael Moore revealed that the Traverse City Film Fest ran a rare deficit last year.
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"Boston Light & Sound further alleged that, On April 24, 2018, BL&S sent letters to TCFF requesting payment of the contract balance. However, rather than paying the contract balance, or any part thereof, in response to demand letters, TCFF attempted to avoid fulfilling its contractual obligation and the debt incurred by threatening to distribute false and defamatory stories to harm BL&S good name and business relationships. The Traverse City Film Festival has denied these allegations.
In legal documents, the Traverse City Film Festival has countered, saying that the budget that BL&S attached to their claim is an estimates for services, and does not constitute a contract as alleged by BL&S TCFF did not enter into a contract with BL&S as alleged, and therefore has not refused to pay an outstanding contract balance.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-moore-accused-of-stiffing-smearing-vendors-all-i-would-like-is-to-be-paid
3.1 million first weekend take on a film w/ a budget of 6 million...I doubt these guys will see their money anytime soon. If at all.
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"In early June, Boston Light & Sound, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Moores Traverse City Film Festival. In the claim, BL&S stated that a total payment of $256,500 had been due by September 30, 2017, for their work on the 2017 film festival. TCFF paid a $100,0000 deposit towards the Contract Amount on July 12, 2017, legal docs claimed. BL&S performed all of its obligations pursuant to the contract. However, since the 2017 film festival, TCFF has only paid an additional $2,000 toward the outstanding balance owed. That brings the alleged balance down to $159,055.
Chapin Cutler, the President of Boston Light & Sound, a 13-year Film Fest collaborator, said his 2017 contract with Film Fest, totaling $256,500, was comparable to past contracts and pricing has not changed, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. In April 2018, Michael Moore revealed that the Traverse City Film Fest ran a rare deficit last year.
<snip>
"Boston Light & Sound further alleged that, On April 24, 2018, BL&S sent letters to TCFF requesting payment of the contract balance. However, rather than paying the contract balance, or any part thereof, in response to demand letters, TCFF attempted to avoid fulfilling its contractual obligation and the debt incurred by threatening to distribute false and defamatory stories to harm BL&S good name and business relationships. The Traverse City Film Festival has denied these allegations.
In legal documents, the Traverse City Film Festival has countered, saying that the budget that BL&S attached to their claim is an estimates for services, and does not constitute a contract as alleged by BL&S TCFF did not enter into a contract with BL&S as alleged, and therefore has not refused to pay an outstanding contract balance.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-moore-accused-of-stiffing-smearing-vendors-all-i-would-like-is-to-be-paid
3.1 million first weekend take on a film w/ a budget of 6 million...I doubt these guys will see their money anytime soon. If at all.
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House With a Clock in Its Walls tops box office as Fahrenheit 11/9 fizzles [View all]
lunamagica
Sep 2018
OP
For a documentary that attempted a nation wide rollout not favoured for documentaries, not bad.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2018
#1
The prediction was that it would earn between 5 to 8 million on its opening wk, so yes, it's bad
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#2
It opened in 1719 theaters, grossed $3.1M, that's a paltry $1803 per theater.....
George II
Sep 2018
#41
Yet Fear: Trump in the White House was the fastest selling opener in Simon & Schuster's history
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#5
Right. There's no fatigue for trump bashing. There is fatigue for Dem bashing
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#7
I believe if Moore had stuck to bashing trump and exposing the Russian interference
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#10
Right! We need to support DEMOCRATS. The weeks leading to these crucial mistetms is not time
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#27
This is what Moore's big stupid mouth had to say about the Democratic Party in the WaPo..
Cha
Sep 2018
#28
"I've come to the conclusion that the old guard of the Democratic Party is a greater roadblock to
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#33
If the movie's about how we ended up with Trump but Russia's never mentioned...
betsuni
Sep 2018
#30
You're right. Republicans were never gonna see this "film", and he's lost a good number of....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2018
#37
A lot of good that did after pushing the idea that the primaries were stolen from Sanders
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#50
Since he flopped, maybe he'll go somewhere and sit his sloppy ass down somewhere.
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2018
#59
MM took on the wrong one, when he went after Pres Obama, who is probably the most popular...
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2018
#62
Again, why this gotta be explained in 2018. There was the barest difference between:
JHan
Sep 2018
#128
In two more weeks, the "11/9" DVD will be available in Walmart's bargain bin.
NurseJackie
Sep 2018
#64
The prediciton was for 5 - 8 million for its opening wk, so it's not OK. Far from it. It is a flop
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#72
The prediction was likely based on Trumps unpopularity and past Moore films
Algernon Moncrieff
Sep 2018
#81
Moore could have released diretly it to Netflix or Amazon, but he didn't. It was a theatrical
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#91
Cool acnecdotal evidence. It's not about liking or nor liking Moore, the numbers speak
lunamagica
Sep 2018
#93
I saw the RBG and Fred Rogers documentsries, and loved them both. Yes they are uplifting. nt
Hekate
Sep 2018
#102
At an average ticket price of $12, that's 150 per theater over three days - 50 per showing.
George II
Sep 2018
#127
Sounds like MM has some real soul searching to do. Republicans already hate him, and now he's....
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2018
#86
It's just a sad and pathetic continuation of the narrative he began forming in 2000. Finally, it...
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2018
#89
Aloha, Luna.. I had the wrong link for the "Russians stole the election for trump"..
Cha
Sep 2018
#99
The Obama Diary is very much in our corner, just so you know, and there is a ref back to ...
Hekate
Sep 2018
#100
I think people who don't read conservative news sources like the National Review wouldn't
betsuni
Sep 2018
#109
Cha, you've been unmasked, your true identity exposed for all to see. FINALLY.
betsuni
Sep 2018
#119
We neoliberal-centrist-establishment-conservadem-anti-progressive paid shills MUST
betsuni
Sep 2018
#121
Are you serious? A substantive post in which Kyle Smith isn't even mentioned, but....
George II
Sep 2018
#129