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SBD · Admiral Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1022

Reprinted from www.NewsMax.com

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005 3:54 p.m. EST

Investors Sue Kerry Filmmaker

Two investors have sued filmmaker George Butler, saying they were misled about the plans for a documentary on the life of his friend John Kerry.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, says brothers Marc and Russell Abrams were misled into thinking that Butler and the producers were trying to make a commercially successful film.

Instead, the Abrams brothers allege in their lawsuit, "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry" was intended primarily to influence the 2004 presidential election in favor of the Democratic Massachusetts senator.

Marc Abrams, who invested $50,000, and Russell Abrams, who contributed $125,000, said investors had been told in a memorandum that the film's producers were "convinced that an award-winning, commercially successful film can be made."

The lawsuit alleges that the owners of the film rejected an offer from a major motion picture company to distribute it, because it would have been released this year to avoid politicizing the release. That offer, the lawsuit says, would have recouped a substantial portion of the investment in the film.

The plaintiffs said they have lost their investments because the film reported no income for 2004 and projects no significant income for 2005.

A lawyer for the Abrams brothers, Kenneth Sussmane, said his clients were seeking to recover their investments. The lawsuit also seeks damages of $1.3 million, which Sussmane said was the amount used to produce the film.

Butler said the lawsuit's allegations were "baseless and insulting to the artistic integrity of the film."

"My goal in making the film was to make a balanced film about a specific time in John Kerry's life and an important time in American history, regardless of Kerry's political agenda," Butler said in a statement issued by Ken Sunshine Consultants Inc.

Butler began documenting Kerry's life in 1969, convinced he would be president.

"Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry" plays like a 92-minute campaign ad for the former presidential candidate.

Butler, a friend of Kerry for 40 years, paints a loving portrait of a dedicated, natural leader during the Vietnam War and a dedicated, natural leader of veterans who protested the war after coming home.

SBD

Me#1You#10 · Site Admin Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 6503

My guess is Marc and Russell were betting on the come. Too bad for them it went. S U C K E R S Laughing

SBD · Admiral Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 1022

wpage · Lieutenant Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 213

ROFL

ROFL - Darn that was good!

Navy wife · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:17 am Post subject:

Sorry fellows, but this is just too hilarious! THANKS for posting it, SBD! This will be one interesting trial!! Do you suppose old John will have to testify as to his own greatness? Anyway, this has given me a chuckle ever since I read it!!

Laughing

Snipe · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I needed that!

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Uisguex Jack · Rear Admiral Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 613

The story is all over the place, not just newsmax..... Well I have'nt heard the rather blather about it yet.

nutcase · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject: oops

They can not sue,,

First rule of law,,

YOU MUST COME TO THE BENCH WITH "CLEAN HANDS"

NOT

happyday · Lt.Jg. Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Posts: 139 Location: Omaha, NE

I hadn't heard about this one. Sure is funny though. Laughing

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Arty Guy · Seaman Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 190

This makes my day.

streetsweeper95B · PO2 Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Posts: 365 Location: Texas

*chuckling*........Uh huh!