ROMANIAN VILLAGE LIKELY TO SUE BORAT PRODUCERS
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ROMANIAN VILLAGE LIKELY TO SUE BORAT PRODUCERS
The producers of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan face yet another lawsuit, this one from the tiny Romanian village of Glod, which acted as a stand-in for a Kazakh village in the opening scenes of the hit movie. "We thought they came here to help us -- not mock us," one resident told the Associated Press. Others accused the film's producers of paying them just $3.30 to $5.50 per day. The wire service said that residents of Glod would be meeting with a public ombudsman today (Wednesday) to map out their legal strategy against the producers. One local leader remarked, "These people are poor and they were tricked by people more intelligent than us." 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.
15/11/2006
