Don't support this film. Eric Shaeffer and his producer, Terrance Michael, still owe their crew money from 2001. Any time you talk to either of these people on the phone, they lie and say "oh we're going to cut the checks next week!" That was two years ago. Be very careful before you work for this guy.
shareSeeing how I wasn't apart of that crew or anything of tht nature I'm going to continue to support his slave labor if he keeps churing out movies like this.
What do I care if he doesn't pay them?
Are you sure?
Sure as buttons chief.
Sure as buttons.
As long as good movies result it doesn't matter to you if the crews who helpled to make the movies possible aren't compensated for their work? That's probably the most moronic statement I've ever read on a message board ... and considering the level of stupidity one can encounter on public forums and message boards, that's REALLY saying something.
shareThat is just weird.
As someone else said, I don't think it's "moronic" to mention Schaffer's crew hasn't been paid. He may be a talented filmmaker even if as businessman he hasn't been ethical. I like to know something about pertinent creative people if it clashes with the clean image they project.
I can still enjoy Woody Allen films, but I keep in mind he dated his stepdaughter. I notice that many of his romantic film parings are at least two decades younger than him.
I recommend Roman Polanski's films like The Pianist, even recently Oliver Twist, though he hasn't returned to the U.S. because he has a statutory rape case against him.
David O. Russell makes films about metaphysics and spirituality, but watch the YouTube videos where he gets into screaming matches with people.
Tony Curtis doesn't want to acknowledge an out-of-wedlock son.
Richard Bach is a good writer, but his son Jonathan wrote in another book that he left his first family.
On a different note, Owen Wilson tried to commit suicide. That shows me that even though he's successful, he's human.
Update? Did the crew ever get paid?
shareNo, crew never has been & never will be paid. The books were closed on this film a long time ago. Never again, indeed.
shareI think it's really sad that people who watch films are willing to overlook that the crew never got paid. The film would not have been made with out every person working on it - camera, assistant directors, hair and makeup, wardrobe, lighting, continuity and more. To use talented and trained professionals and not compensate them is not okay under any circumstances. People who are wiling to overlook this, please think about going into your job everyday for a year and then receiving not one pay cheque. If you work a steady job, you can sue. Film makers set up production companies just for the purpose of making one film and close it out without paying the crew, leaving hard working people in terrible financial situations. Shame on anyone who thinks it's fine to overlook producers and directors who work this way. I will never watch this film. Ever.
shareI agree, people need to boycott films where the crew doesn't get paid.
Good for the OP for speaking up.
And anyone who says anything different, imagine going to work or doing a job for someone and not getting paid.
Hopefully this will come back to bite the film makers.
Forgive my skepticism when some anonymous person gets on a messageboard and makes claims against someone without presenting any evidence. If someone would like to post a link to some public documentation of a substantiated grievance lodged against the producers, I'd be curious to review it. After all, the crew was unionized, was it not? I don't understand how they just "didn't get paid." Why would an entire crew of unionized workers continue working on a film when they weren't being paid? Just sounds like there's more to the story...
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