PA COUNTY ASKS SORVINO, WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR MONEY?

PA COUNTY ASKS SORVINO, WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR MONEY?

Lackawanna County, PA lawmakers want to know what has happened to the $500,000 it gave actor-director Paul Sorvino to help underwrite a movie that was to be produced in the county called The Trouble with Cali. In the words of County Commissioner Corey O'Brien: "We've heard nothing with respect to our investment. ... We want a full understanding of where taxpayer dollars are." He noted that it has been nearly three years since Sorvino received the money, which the county raised in part by selling the warehouse that housed its Roads and Bridges equipment and vehicles. But Sorvino told the Associated Press that he resents the implications of the lawmaker's remarks. "To have my honesty impugned has never happened in my life," he said. "The record of how the money was spent was always available, to the penny." He added that it takes time to produce an independent film and hopes to be able to show Cali to a distributor in about three or four months. "It's a wonderful movie and I can't wait to get it out," he said.

18/02/2008