Sacha Baron Cohen get's sued by "stars" of Borat. 90% of Lawyers are blood suckers - GoFuckYourself.com

DeadFidel · 11-13-2006, 09:14 AM

I don't expect anyone to read the whole article..but I hope you get my stand from my header. It's linked all over.

"In the fall of 2005, Michael Psenicska, owner of the Perry Hall Driving School in Baltimore County, Md., got a call from a production company making a foreign documentary film. Their star needed driving lessons.

Psenicska was not surprised: His school offers a class specifically for immigrant drivers. But when the student arrived, Psenicska had no idea that the supposed Kazakh journalist, Borat, was really British comedian, Sacha Baron Cohen. Little did he know that 18 months later, the "foreign documentary" he agreed to appear in would be the number one movie at the American box office.

Psenicska and several others approached by the film's producers are the inadvertent stars of "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The feature film grossed over $26.4 million when it opened last weekend in limited release. With the number of theaters tripling to over 2,500 this weekend, it held the top spot, earning an estimated $29 million more.

Duped by Cash

But the films "stars" aren't celebrating the chart-topping debut.

For more on the film and the objections of some of its "stars," watch "World News" this evening.

Most recently, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reported that villagers in the Kazakh town of Glod, where Baron Cohen filmed scenes, feel that they were tricked and ripped off by the actor and his producers.

Psenicska and several others said they were duped into participating in the film. At least three people who appeared in the film claim a producer handed them cash to distract them from the release form that followed.

"I saw $500 and signed it," Psenicska said. "I thought nothing about it because I would release them to do a documentary."

Car salesman Jim Sell said he also was deceived by the lure of cold-hard cash when the producers of Borat approached him to participate at the Criswell Chevrolet car dealership in Gaithersburg, Md.

'Jagshemash!'

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"They put [the release] in front of me right when they were giving me the $150," Sell said.

He didn't read through the release because the crew had already started filming. Sell also worries that his reputation as a dealer of fine vehicles will be tarnished by the implication that he sold Borat an ice-cream truck. (For the record, he did not.)

Joe Behar said he was duped into participating in the movie when members of the production team arrived at the Four Seasons Kosher Bed & Breakfast, which he owns with his wife Miriam in Newton, Mass.

He said he was told the documentary was commissioned by the Kazakhstan Department of Tourism. Even then, Behar and his wife were hesitant to participate.

"I told him that I didn't want our pictures to be presented in the promotion of the movie," Behar said.

The producers kept to their word on that front. The Behars don't appear in any of the previews or advertisements for the film, but the couple believes that's hardly a consolation.

Rumors and Lawsuits

In a scene from the movie, Borat and his producer, Azamat, believe two cockroaches in their hotel room to be the Behars. The joke is that as Jews, the Behars have transformed into vermin to spy on the Kazakh guests.

The Behars said the cockroaches were superimposed by the studio in their house and "hurt us personally."

"This is very insulting to us," Joe Behar said. "They never told us they were going to do this, so this is really terrible to us -- because every friend is talking to us, thinks we have cockroaches."

The Behars worry that word of the cockroaches will fuel the town rumor mill, and others fear appearing in the movie will have implications on their futures as well.

Car salesman Sell said he doesn't think he got his fair share of the pie.

"One hundred-fifty dollars, and the movie grossed $26 million in three days," he said. "Everybody there's all smiling at our expense."

Sell isn't the only one questioning the film's payout. Two South Carolina college students who appear in the film are now suing 20th Century Fox for distributing their likenesses under false pretenses. The unnamed plaintiffs said film producers told them they were participating in a documentary to be shown outside of the United States.

Olivier Taillieu, the attorney representing the students, told ABC News, "Our contention is that they were set up, [that] they were set up in a way that made them say certain things that they do not believe to be true."

Driving instructor Psenicska said he also has hired an attorney, but hopes to settle before taking it to court. He claimed he risked his life by getting into the car with Borat, who drives on the wrong side of the road in one scene.

Psenicska is hoping to have the last laugh.

"I don't care what I signed; I know what they did to me and it's just not fair," he said. "Borat has not totally heard the end of me."

Fool Me Once?

Some say Baron Cohen may be the ultimate prankster. Though he may have duped people like Psenicska, Sell and Behar into humiliating themselves for a couple bucks, in some ways he has earned respect.

When asked what he would like to say to Cohen, Behar replied, "He made an extremely good movie. He's very polite. He's very nice. He's a genius."

Despite portraying a character who is wildly anti-Semitic, Baron Cohen himself is Jewish, a fact that was not lost on Behar.

"He doesn't know exactly what he's produced, and I don't think the company knows what they've produced," Behar said, "because what they've produced is a comedy that makes fun of Islam ? and he's Jewish, you know."

Psenicska and Behar have different theories on how participating in "Borat" might impact their futures.

Psenicska said his involvement may make him the "cool, old relative" several years down the road.

"My great grandchildren will be saying ? 'Back in '06 grandpa was in an R-rated flick,'" he said.

Behar, on the other hand, learned something from his experience. He will forever be skeptical of inquisitive journalists, even the one who wrote this article.

"Just make sure that you don't put anything in that's out of the ordinary," he said."

LiveDose · 11-13-2006, 09:17 AM

Greed is good.

Paul Markham · 11-13-2006, 09:30 AM

If they were misled then Cohen deserves to get sued. Would be interesting to read the model release.

DjSap · 11-13-2006, 09:33 AM

considering how long he has been doing this the release should be perfected by now...

marko13 · 11-13-2006, 09:34 AM

long article.... i hate borat....

gooddomains · 11-13-2006, 09:36 AM

drama alert

Hollywood376 · 11-13-2006, 01:46 PM

here's a link to the frat boy's lawsuit. and a link to the story about the villagers

If they misrepresented themselves, they should get sued, and lose. If not, I don't see a problem with going aftr the filmmmakers. But even so, you're statement that 90% of lawyers are bloodsuckers is probably pretty close.

squishypimp · 11-13-2006, 01:48 PM

i love Borat

polish_aristocrat · 12-22-2006, 02:16 PM

interesting... any update?

Winterhunter · 12-22-2006, 02:18 PM

As usual they want to take money from Borat without any real reason

O MARINA · 12-22-2006, 02:31 PM

they are too 'excite' over his 'great success' they should just leave him alone

psili · 12-22-2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

interesting... any update?

Here's my update: I still haven't seen the movie. Probably won't even waste a Netflix delivery for it.

seeric · 12-22-2006, 02:35 PM

it IS a documentary. they won't see anything. they're screwed. theres nothing to say that the documentary had to be non fiction. lol.

NoWhErE · 12-22-2006, 02:41 PM

I dunno, I saw the movie and everything looked pretty staged.

I think this is just another publicity stunt ala Andy Kauffman

Pete-KT · 12-22-2006, 02:41 PM

Sucks to be them they signed the rlease forms

polish_aristocrat · 12-22-2006, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psili

Here's my update: I still haven't seen the movie. Probably won't even waste a Netflix delivery for it.

heh I have seen it just 2 hours ago, thats why the bump

woj · 12-22-2006, 02:47 PM

They got paid for appearing in the film, signed releases, and no one really got hurt in any way... They are hoping just to get a slice of that 26mil pie..

woj · 12-22-2006, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by psili

Here's my update: I still haven't seen the movie. Probably won't even waste a Netflix delivery for it.

you should defiantly see it, it's one of the best comedies I've seen in a while...

scottybuzz · 12-22-2006, 03:01 PM

yeh i was laughing all the way through it amazing film

baddog · 12-22-2006, 04:00 PM

How are lawyers to blame? Because they accepted the client?

evilangelalex · 12-22-2006, 04:16 PM

Borat's awesome...by suing, these people are simply admitting their ignorance. Greedy people deserve to get duped...and nothing was that bad in the movie, the pussies!

Jace · 12-22-2006, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj

They got paid for appearing in the film, signed releases, and no one really got hurt in any way... They are hoping just to get a slice of that 26mil pie..

$232million dollar pie now

TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic: $123,683,997 53.1%
+ Foreign: $109,145,800 46.9%
= Worldwide: $232,829,797

BuggyG · 12-22-2006, 06:16 PM

BORAT FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

Love Sex · 12-22-2006, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A1R3K

it IS a documentary. they won't see anything. they're screwed. theres nothing to say that the documentary had to be non fiction. lol.

The definition of documentary - is a creative work of non-fiction

its not a documentary if its fiction. The Borat movie can be called a mocumentary.

tehHinjew · 12-22-2006, 06:24 PM

i would love to know what happend

Xplicit · 12-22-2006, 06:29 PM

I'm honestly susprised no ones sued him before this, once he was airing in the USA on HBO, I'd expect lawyers to be all over it.

jpwhits · 12-22-2006, 06:30 PM

Hahaha they are saying that money was used to distract them from the release? They are using their own greed as an excuse for stupidity in not reading a legal document properly and now they are suing? WTF

baddog · 12-22-2006, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Love Sex

The definition of documentary - is a creative work of non-fiction

its not a documentary if its fiction. The Borat movie can be called a mocumentary.

they called F/911 a documentary

Webby · 12-22-2006, 07:15 PM

Amazing what swamplife appear when there is a dollar around

DaddyHalbucks · 12-22-2006, 08:38 PM

QUOTE #1: "Little did he know that 18 months later, the "foreign documentary" he agreed to appear in would be the number one movie at the American box office."

QUOTATION #2: "Car salesman Sell said he doesn't think he got his fair share of the pie.

"One hundred-fifty dollars, and the movie grossed $26 million in three days," he said. "Everybody there's all smiling at our expense."
+++++++++++++

That's what this is really about: money.

Fuck those scum sucking wannabees. They signed releases and contracts. Now, they need to abide by them. The price was set up front. If they didn't like that, they should have negotiated harder.

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11-13-2006, 01:48 PM	#8
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11-13-2006, 09:14 AM	#1
DeadFidel Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: This was my wife circa 2002 Posts: 6,760	Sacha Baron Cohen get's sued by "stars" of Borat. 90% of Lawyers are blood suckers I don't expect anyone to read the whole article..but I hope you get my stand from my header. It's linked all over. "In the fall of 2005, Michael Psenicska, owner of the Perry Hall Driving School in Baltimore County, Md., got a call from a production company making a foreign documentary film. Their star needed driving lessons. Psenicska was not surprised: His school offers a class specifically for immigrant drivers. But when the student arrived, Psenicska had no idea that the supposed Kazakh journalist, Borat, was really British comedian, Sacha Baron Cohen. Little did he know that 18 months later, the "foreign documentary" he agreed to appear in would be the number one movie at the American box office. Psenicska and several others approached by the film's producers are the inadvertent stars of "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The feature film grossed over $26.4 million when it opened last weekend in limited release. With the number of theaters tripling to over 2,500 this weekend, it held the top spot, earning an estimated $29 million more. Duped by Cash But the films "stars" aren't celebrating the chart-topping debut. For more on the film and the objections of some of its "stars," watch "World News" this evening. Most recently, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reported that villagers in the Kazakh town of Glod, where Baron Cohen filmed scenes, feel that they were tricked and ripped off by the actor and his producers. Psenicska and several others said they were duped into participating in the film. At least three people who appeared in the film claim a producer handed them cash to distract them from the release form that followed. "I saw $500 and signed it," Psenicska said. "I thought nothing about it because I would release them to do a documentary." Car salesman Jim Sell said he also was deceived by the lure of cold-hard cash when the producers of Borat approached him to participate at the Criswell Chevrolet car dealership in Gaithersburg, Md. 'Jagshemash!' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch: The 'Borat' trailer Borat sings 'In My Country We Have a Problem' More Coverage: ? White House Gates Shut to Borat ? 50 things about Kazakhstan you may not have known "They put [the release] in front of me right when they were giving me the $150," Sell said. He didn't read through the release because the crew had already started filming. Sell also worries that his reputation as a dealer of fine vehicles will be tarnished by the implication that he sold Borat an ice-cream truck. (For the record, he did not.) Joe Behar said he was duped into participating in the movie when members of the production team arrived at the Four Seasons Kosher Bed & Breakfast, which he owns with his wife Miriam in Newton, Mass. He said he was told the documentary was commissioned by the Kazakhstan Department of Tourism. Even then, Behar and his wife were hesitant to participate. "I told him that I didn't want our pictures to be presented in the promotion of the movie," Behar said. The producers kept to their word on that front. The Behars don't appear in any of the previews or advertisements for the film, but the couple believes that's hardly a consolation. Rumors and Lawsuits In a scene from the movie, Borat and his producer, Azamat, believe two cockroaches in their hotel room to be the Behars. The joke is that as Jews, the Behars have transformed into vermin to spy on the Kazakh guests. The Behars said the cockroaches were superimposed by the studio in their house and "hurt us personally." "This is very insulting to us," Joe Behar said. "They never told us they were going to do this, so this is really terrible to us -- because every friend is talking to us, thinks we have cockroaches." The Behars worry that word of the cockroaches will fuel the town rumor mill, and others fear appearing in the movie will have implications on their futures as well. Car salesman Sell said he doesn't think he got his fair share of the pie. "One hundred-fifty dollars, and the movie grossed $26 million in three days," he said. "Everybody there's all smiling at our expense." Sell isn't the only one questioning the film's payout. Two South Carolina college students who appear in the film are now suing 20th Century Fox for distributing their likenesses under false pretenses. The unnamed plaintiffs said film producers told them they were participating in a documentary to be shown outside of the United States. Olivier Taillieu, the attorney representing the students, told ABC News, "Our contention is that they were set up, [that] they were set up in a way that made them say certain things that they do not believe to be true." Driving instructor Psenicska said he also has hired an attorney, but hopes to settle before taking it to court. He claimed he risked his life by getting into the car with Borat, who drives on the wrong side of the road in one scene. Psenicska is hoping to have the last laugh. "I don't care what I signed; I know what they did to me and it's just not fair," he said. "Borat has not totally heard the end of me." Fool Me Once? Some say Baron Cohen may be the ultimate prankster. Though he may have duped people like Psenicska, Sell and Behar into humiliating themselves for a couple bucks, in some ways he has earned respect. When asked what he would like to say to Cohen, Behar replied, "He made an extremely good movie. He's very polite. He's very nice. He's a genius." Despite portraying a character who is wildly anti-Semitic, Baron Cohen himself is Jewish, a fact that was not lost on Behar. "He doesn't know exactly what he's produced, and I don't think the company knows what they've produced," Behar said, "because what they've produced is a comedy that makes fun of Islam ? and he's Jewish, you know." Psenicska and Behar have different theories on how participating in "Borat" might impact their futures. Psenicska said his involvement may make him the "cool, old relative" several years down the road. "My great grandchildren will be saying ? 'Back in '06 grandpa was in an R-rated flick,'" he said. Behar, on the other hand, learned something from his experience. He will forever be skeptical of inquisitive journalists, even the one who wrote this article. "Just make sure that you don't put anything in that's out of the ordinary," he said."

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12-22-2006, 02:31 PM	#11
O MARINA I'm clockin' ya, Versace shade watchin' ya Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: internet Posts: 13,795	they are too 'excite' over his 'great success' they should just leave him alone

12-22-2006, 02:35 PM	#13
seeric .......... Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: .......... Posts: 41,917	it IS a documentary. they won't see anything. they're screwed. theres nothing to say that the documentary had to be non fiction. lol.

12-22-2006, 02:41 PM	#14
NoWhErE Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 10,394	I dunno, I saw the movie and everything looked pretty staged. I think this is just another publicity stunt ala Andy Kauffman __________________ skype: lordofthecameltoe

12-22-2006, 02:41 PM	#15
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12-22-2006, 02:47 PM	#17
woj <&(©¿©)&> Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 47,882	They got paid for appearing in the film, signed releases, and no one really got hurt in any way... They are hoping just to get a slice of that 26mil pie.. __________________ Custom Software Development, email: woj#at#wojfun#.#com to discuss details or skype: wojl2000 or gchat: wojfun or telegram: wojl2000 Affiliate program tools: Hosted Galleries Manager Banner Manager Video Manager Wordpress Affiliate Plugin Pic/Movie of the Day Fansign Generator Zip Manager

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12-22-2006, 04:00 PM	#20
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12-22-2006, 04:16 PM	#21
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12-22-2006, 06:16 PM	#23
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12-22-2006, 06:24 PM	#25
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12-22-2006, 06:29 PM	#26
Xplicit Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: █◄►█ Posts: 3,558	I'm honestly susprised no ones sued him before this, once he was airing in the USA on HBO, I'd expect lawyers to be all over it.

12-22-2006, 06:30 PM	#27
jpwhits Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,045	Hahaha they are saying that money was used to distract them from the release? They are using their own greed as an excuse for stupidity in not reading a legal document properly and now they are suing? WTF

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12-22-2006, 08:38 PM	#30
DaddyHalbucks A freakin' legend! Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada USA Posts: 18,975	QUOTE #1: "Little did he know that 18 months later, the "foreign documentary" he agreed to appear in would be the number one movie at the American box office." QUOTATION #2: "Car salesman Sell said he doesn't think he got his fair share of the pie. "One hundred-fifty dollars, and the movie grossed $26 million in three days," he said. "Everybody there's all smiling at our expense." +++++++++++++ That's what this is really about: money. Fuck those scum sucking wannabees. They signed releases and contracts. Now, they need to abide by them. The price was set up front. If they didn't like that, they should have negotiated harder. __________________ Boner Money