Now this is a laugh! 😆
I guess he needs more Pizza or something
Filmmaker Michael Moore has sued Harvey and Bob Weinstein, accusing the brothers of “Hollywood accounting tricks” and “financial deception” that cheated him out of at least $2.7 million in profits from the hit documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
In a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, Moore says the Weinsteins and an affiliated entity called the Fellowship Adventure Group agreed to split profits from the film 50-50 but then diverted monies to hide them from Moore.
The suit for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and constructive fraud claims that in 2008 Moore conducted an audit of the 2004 film, which grossed $222 million worldwide, and “discovered substantial irregularities in the accounting” that resulted in a “gross underpayment to [Moore],” the lawsuit says.
Those irregularities include an alleged secret deduction of $2.5 million in revenue that the Weinstiens claimed was paid to acquire an interest owned in the film by a predecessor company called Icon Entertainment International; a 7.5% “override” fee on advertising costs in the amount of $1.2 million, “despite the fact that [the Weinsteins] did not incur the advertising costs and the [deal] did not permit [them] to deduct these costs”; as well as additional improper deductions of fees paid to distribution consultants, accountants, residuals, foreign taxes and travel expenses, including what Moore says are the “grossly excessive and unreasonable” costs of hiring a private jet to carry a single passenger to Europe.
But of course, the Weinstein’s deny this:
Weinstein lawyer Bert Fields dismissed the claims in an interview.
“The Weinsteins have paid everything they should have paid,” Fields tells THR. “Mr. Moore has received a huge amount of money from this film and we believe he is overreaching. He should be ashamed of himself”
There seems to be much more to that and I suggest that you go read it. The ironic part is that this is the same clown, who fawned over Cuba’s healthcare system and is totally into the idea of “share the wealth.” So, it strikes me as ironic that this socialist twit would be whining about his profits from his movie, that basically promotes the tenants of socialism; have been stolen. I mean, what’s wrong with a little wealth sharing? Right? I know what you’re thinking… “That’s stealing!” Well, guess what? When you say “Share the wealth,” you are basically saying take money from those who have worked hard to earn their money and give it to those, who have not worked for it at all. In other words: Legalized Stealing.