"I don't know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself..."
Posted on 03/24/2006 4:46:03 AM PST by veronica
Actor claims producers defrauded him
(Mar. 23) -- Randy Quaid has filed a lawsuit claiming he was done in by producers of 'Brokeback Mountain.'
TMZ obtained a copy of the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming producers falsely represented the movie to him as \"a low-budget, art house film, with no prospect of making any money.\" Qauid claims the representations were a ruse from the beginning. 'Brokeback' has grossed around $160 million.
Quaid's suit claims that in 2004, he met with director Ang Lee, who offered him the role of Joe Aguirre. The suit alleges that Lee told Quaid: "We can't pay anything, we have very little money, everyone is making a sacrifice to make this film."
The suit does not specifically state how much Quaid made, but it does claim that the defendants "were engaged in a 'movie laundering' scheme designed to obtain the services of talent such as Randy Quaid on economically unfavorable art film terms..."
The suit asks for $10 million in damages as well as punitive damages. It also seeks "restitution for all ill-gotten gains."
***So I guess the Quaid's just wanted to have the complete set. One plays a Pedophile Rock singer and one plays a gay sheepherder.***
Nope, he played a "homophobic" boss who caught the two poofers at it. "Homophobic" in quotes is Wikopedia's explanation.
LOL!!I guess you are right there..I t took me a while to get what you meant,then I laughted out loud...
DOH! You can make me read stuff, but comprehension is apparently beyond me. I thought he was miffed at the offer and wanted the part. Thanks for the correction. I am a moron.
Quaid would have been really good 'playing' a homosexual.
Quaid should've known to negotiate "backend money".
(Especially in light of the subject matter of Brokeback.)
From what I see here I don't think he has much of a case. Fraud requires an intentional misrepresentation of a material fact. The producer's statement to Quaid sounds like opinion, unless, in fact, people were not making sacrifices (a pretty loose term) to make the film. The fact that the movie ended up, somehow, making money, was not a fact prior to the film being made, of course. This sounds like "puffing" (an apt term given the subject matter of the film) and not fraud. Quaid just didn't negotiate well. He should have agreed to a percentage of the box office if they wouldn't pay him the up front money he thought he deserved.
I think he just screwed up (pun intended).
I agree.
Or was he snookered by a slick 'chi com' into putting up his own money and now gets nothing in return?
Hey Quaid....you whorlywood types are all alike on both sides of the 'Bamboozle Curtain'
....Who cares if you got screw4d blue and tatooed...
Nothin' personal ..it's just business...
Bwahahahaha
Absolutely. But Randy Quaid ain't enticing anybody.
Apparently, they weren't reaching for the stars....sort to say.
You might say Randi took it in the a..........!
Does anyone know if "QUICK CHANGE" is available on DVD? It starred Bill Murray, Gena Davis and Randy Quaid...
"Flores! Flores para los muertos!"
Actually it was a bath house movie gone mainstream.
Sounds like he got bent over the table during negotiations.
"I don't know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself..."
ROFL, great pic. HAHAH, saved to HD for further reference.
Geez, there's a really good joke to be made here, but I can't fugure out how to phrase it for a "family friendly site"...
man this has to be a joke. I dont think I have seen a serious movie with Randy in it....might have made the movie better if he was in it.
The Siege at Ruby Ridge, Randy Quaid....Randy Weaver
He's had a few over a near 40 year career.
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