Watching Middle Men right now....Is this true?
 

I know they're embellishing a little since it's a movie but did shit go down like this for real with the Russians and all of that?

Since they aren't in jail for murder and a cover-up, I'd have to assume no.

The movie is not based upon a true story...so they are not "embellishing a little"...it is fiction.

Incorrect, it is 'based' on a true story.

That does not mean it's factual, just that the story line is 'based' on some factual things.

I do agree on the fiction thing..lol

I sure as hell dont remember Clay and Joel being idiots,drug addicts or pedos.

Matter of fact only parts I remember being true is Chris came to work for Paycom but only after it was a large company and he did screw around on his wife.

Mallick also suggested in his biopic movie that his two partners at Paycom, Clay Andrews and Joel Hall, whom he portrayed as coked out idiots in "Middle Men", were involved in, and even went to jail on child porn charges.

http://www.ambushinterview.com/54/05.jpg

The thing Chris Mallick appears to be best at is lying, and deceiving people... :disgust

ADG

Yes and Sleazy makes a cameo as a burger wh fries...

I am unable to find where the movie is advertised as being based upon a true story...maybe you can provide a link.

To those who haven't yet seen the movie:

What they did to the transgendered one-legged Kafka-quoting midget at the end was a crime against humanity.

















/wink

I have found this and several similar statements made about the movie.

"Producer Christopher Mallick based this fictional movie on his own Web experience"...but no where have I found the movie being advertised as being based upon a true story.

I'm reading the credits and it says:

"While suggested by actual events, this motion picture is in its entirety a work of fiction. All character names have been invented. all characters have been composited or invented. and all incidents have been fictionalized."

the poster for the movie said
"inspired by a true story" ...

events have been fictionalised

ie based on true story but not legally saying that it is

"to protect the innocent!"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=m3gcb_9Q10E Halfway through it says, "inspiredby a true story"

Which is different than being based upon a true story.

The portrayal of Joel is nowhere near the truth. Last time I checked NASA does not hire idiots.:2 cents:

LOL.. Yeah, based on a true story. The part that is true is Ron Cadwell from CCBill as the town car driver for Chris. Second, Paycom was a company way before Chris. The guy is a nut!

factual stuff like Mallick started processing credit card transactions for adult sites. Beyond that I would take the rest with a grain of salt.

And he has a huge ego. Just like Scotty had. I wonder if Chris' ego will be getting checked now that his movie about himself flopped and cost him tens of millions and he lost his million dollar business.

Has that guy ever taken a picture where he hadn't spoiled himself ?

The movie's a joke. If you're still watching, just wait until he starts capturing terrorists in Afghanistan! It takes quite the pompous jackass with a large ego to portray himself as he did.

I find it ironic he made a movie about having trouble with russians and then his real business turned out to have a lot of trouble and who did he owe the most to? Russians. Art imitating life?

The movie is based on Mallick's imagination...

the film was watchable

probably just because you are in the industry. To people not in the industry, they obviously didn't find it watchable as it bombed. I thought the commentary, especially in the beginning where just about everything was him saying his thoughts was kind of stupid and dull.


Anyone have any figures on how many DVDs were sold ?

I watched it, against my wanting to, because I was bored that night, I was fucked up but what I got from it was that it was all about ripping people off and karma.. not too far from the truth huh? Hopefully.

I think it would have actually been more enjoyable had I not known the history behind the movie, but I couldn't stop thinking about how many people haven't been paid from the whole Epassporte situation.

It wasn't a bad movie...I've seen worse.

Lady Lia looked hot as always, but it seems odd that they would use her real name in the credits as opposed to the rest of the performers who used their stage names.

Or was that life imitating art? (Bad art at that) :winkwink:

Chris Mallick is still trying to make a go of it in Hollywood, which would be admirable if he had made good on his supposed commitment to repay all who had money tied up in his ePassporte fiasco, but instead he has apparently turned his back on many people whose money is missing (no funds, no communication).

Mallick financed his last film using other people's money, as well as some of his own, but it is unlikely, given his track record and recent negative press, that he will ever get the kind of financing it would take to make Oxymoron Entertainment not be an oxymoron for a successful movie production company.

How many more movie bombs Mallick will drop before the law, or his investors/clients, settle their issues with him, remains to be seen (or in Mallick's case, not seen).

ADG

In the details article he was quoted as saying it was 80 percent true

It would be fun to know what 80%. Paycom wouldn't have hired him and given him a percent if it was just fine as it was. So some of that would seem to be true. It would be fun to know what.

you'd think with all the money he's made he could afford more realistic false teeth.

i just watched it tonight and have a hard time believing a lot of what was protrayed in the movie actually happened. the dumping of a russian mobsters body in the ocean, etc. the movie wasn't bad and was entertaining enough, i though, to keep people with no clue of the industry interested. had the real story been told I'd imagine it would of been a bit more boring.

Lol@spoiled..:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

still got love ;)

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