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Lisa
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Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A judge rejected a request by two fraternity brothers to block the DVD release of the hit spoof movie "Borat."
West Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph S. Biderman also refused to order the removal of a scene that includes the two men, who claim they had been duped into misbehaving on camera.
Biderman issued his two-page decision on Friday after hearing arguments the previous day.
The South Carolina fraternity brothers sued November 9, claiming they were tricked into making racist and sexist remarks to British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
In one scene of the mockumentary, Cohen as rowdy Kazakh journalist Borat hangs out with three men in a motor home and watches the Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex tape. One of the three men did not participate in the lawsuit.
The fraternity brothers claim the filmmakers got them drunk before getting them to sign release forms agreeing to appear in the film. Their names do not appear in the lawsuit.
The film "made plaintiffs the objects of ridicule, humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional and physical distress," the lawsuit claims.
A trial date for the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified monetary damages, has not been set.
Louis Petrich, an attorney for 20th Century Fox and One America Productions, said he was pleased with the judge's decision.
Calls to the plaintiffs' attorney, Olivier Taillieu, were not immediately returned.
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
I kind of think everyone who got made fun of in the movie deserves alittle $$$
it already made $120M in the last 6 weeks in the US
and it only cost $19M to make
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| Posted 12/12/06 3:18 PM |
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MrsMerlot
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
that's what waivers are for!!! they or anyone else that tries to make a dime will not win!
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| Posted 12/12/06 3:20 PM |
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Lisa
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
Why should they get $$$??? They signed the release to be in the movie....if you didnt like how you were portrayed, then dont sign the release and they cant use the footage...
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| Posted 12/12/06 3:21 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
Posted by ChrissynRicky
that's what waivers are for!!! they or anyone else that tries to make a dime will not win!
I get that- but if they were signed under false pretenses- I don't see how it's fair
don't get me wrong- I loved the movie- I want to go see it again- but all those people make the movie what it is- and it's pretty embarssing for them- JMO
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| Posted 12/12/06 3:23 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
Posted by Lisa
Why should they get $$$??? They signed the release to be in the movie....if you didnt like how you were portrayed, then dont sign the release and they cant use the footage...
but if you never though it would be shown in the US and then all of the sudden it's the biggest movie of the year- you might want a slice of the pie
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| Posted 12/12/06 3:24 PM |
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Lisa
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
embarrassing for them BUT really funny for us!!
I think everyone should be able to laugh at themselves....he played a joke on you...lighten up already...the world would be a better place if more people laughed at themselves more often!!
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| Posted 12/12/06 3:26 PM |
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
If the movie flopped no one would have their hand out.
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| Posted 12/12/06 4:04 PM |
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
Posted by Blu-ize
If the movie flopped no one would have their hand out.
i agree. sounds like some lightbubls went off in their burnt college brains (or maybe in their parents brains) that realized they could maybe PAY for college with this movie....
a note to self - a waiver is no joke.
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| Posted 12/12/06 4:16 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
I wouldn't hire them - and the judge didn't throw out the lawsuit- just that they DVD sales wont be stopped
I can't wait to buy the DVD- I hope it has deleted scenes!
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| Posted 12/12/06 4:17 PM |
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
Posted by Beth1210
I can't wait to buy the DVD- I hope it has deleted scenes!
You can see some on You Tube. I had no interest in the movie until I saw one of the deleted scenes. I LOVED the movie.
Personally, I agree with the Judge's decision. What these guys said and did was of their own volition. No one "made" them say what they said.
Now the Romanian villagers I sympathize with. They were the object of ridiculed and did nothing but be themselves. Anyone else who was made fun of- by no action of their own- I sympathize with. But these guys said racists and sexist things on their own.
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| Posted 12/12/06 4:27 PM |
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Re: Judge to 'Borat' frat boys: No suit for you
I also agree with this. Even if those kids were drunk I believe they knew what they were doing. Afterwards they probably felt stupid and embarrassed and decided to see what they could to stop it.  I don't think they should get a dime.
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| Posted 12/12/06 6:20 PM |
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