The Price of Sugar - Lawsuit
Bill Haney’s The Price of Sugar has been playing at festivals all over the country since its premiere at SXSW last March where it won an Audience Award. Since ending its festival run the film has been booked by several theatres for theatrical screenings, including us, where the film opens this Friday for a one-week engagement at the Starz FilmCenter. This morning our office received a letter from the law firm Patton Boggs informing us that a lawsuit was underway against Bill Haney and his production company Uncommon Productions by Grupo Vicini asking to cease and desist any further screenings of the film. Included was a copy of a cease and desist letter from Patton Boggs to Bill Haney and copies of 24 pages of the complaint filed against Haney and Uncommon Pictures in the United States District Court of Boston. The legal action has been reported earlier this year by The Los Angeles Times (among other stories which can be read here and here.)
Just to be clear, the letter from Patton Boggs isn’t asking us to do anything, but is apparently just letting us know that they and their clients feel that the film is defamatory, inaccurate and intentionally misleading.
Hmm…
Anyway, The Price of Sugar opens Friday, January 11 at the Starz FilmCenter in Denver. Get your tickets here.
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Posted by: Turk McAllister | January 29, 2008 at 03:06 PM