Saturday, March 25, 2006

Shafted on Brokeback Mountain

It appears more than one 'cowboy' got shafted on Brokeback Mountain.

I read this morning the actor Randy Quaid, who plays the rancher who employs the two gay cowboys in the film, was told by producers that the movie was a 'low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect of making any money'. This being said he is now suing the studio and producers behind "Brokeback Mountain" for $10 million (6 million pounds.

The industry guilds, according to the suit, define a "low-budget" film as one made for $500,000 to $7 million, the actual budget for "Brokeback" was $14 million. The film so far has taken $160 million world wide at the box office and will more than double that when it goes to DVD.





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