The producers of hit-comedy Borat are facing yet another lawsuit, this time from the tiny Romanian village of Glod, which acted as a stand-in for a Kazakhstan village in the opening scenes. One local leader remarked, "These people are poor and they were tricked by people more intelligent than us."
Others accused the film's producers of paying them just $3.30 to $5.50 per day.However, studio spokesman Gregg Brilliant told A.P. that locals were actually paid twice the going rate in Romania for extras, donated $5,000 to the town, paid a location fee and bought it computers, school and office supplies. The wire service said that residents of Glod would be meeting with a public ombudsman to map out their legal strategy against the producers.
And you thought the OJ Simpson trial was entertaining. Wait until you see Hollywood take on a small town in Romania. Inside the courtroom, I'm predicting a bunch of frantic pointing and stick waving as 20 Century Fox's lawyers attempt to make their opening statement. Outside, it'll just be a mass of townsmen holding pitchforks and torches. It's gonna be like an episode of Law & Order where half of the actors are from the 1400s. In other words, yeah, I'll probably be watching.
yet another lawsuit, this time from the tiny Romanian village of Glod, which acted as a stand-in for a Kazakhstan village in the opening scenes. One local leader remarked, "These people are poor and they were tricked by people more intelligent than us."
Others accused the film's producers of paying them just $3.30 to $5.50 per day.However, studio spokesman Gregg Brilliant told A.P. that locals were actually paid twice the going rate in Romania for extras, donated $5,000 to the town, paid a location fee and bought it computers, school and office supplies. The wire service said that residents of Glod would be meeting with a public ombudsman to map out their legal strategy against the producers.
And you thought the OJ Simpson trial was entertaining. Wait until you see Hollywood take on a small town in Romania. Inside the courtroom, I'm predicting a bunch of frantic pointing and stick waving as 20 Century Fox's lawyers attempt to make their opening statement. Outside, it'll just be a mass of townsmen holding pitchforks and torches. It's gonna be like an episode of Law & Order where half of the actors are from the 1400s. In other words, yeah, I'll probably be watching.
Hey, they got their $3.30, what the hell are they complaining about?
I don't know much about the law, but I do know that Romania has the best gymnasts.
I understand that Glod, the name of the villiage, means "mud." That pretty much sums up what I think of these scum-bag human garbage litigants.
Well mister Web Truth, Seeems like someone is taking for granted being a US citizen. These Scum bags are humans just like you are. Instead of calling them scumbags, why not be thankful to be born in a country that has tons of good things. How about taking a trip around the world and see how others folks live, and they are just humans like you. I think that you are the scumbag human garbage ..