Controversy Surrounds Successful Film Opening
The state of Kansas has been home to numerous famous individuals. Western figures Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickcok and Bat Masterson are natives to the state. Historical luminaries Dwight D. Eisenhower, Amelia Earhart and Bob Dole called Kansas home. Sports stars Gale Sayers, Wilt Chamberlain and Barry Sanders played some of their best games in the state. Esteemed journalists Bill Kurtis, John Cameron Swayze and William Allen White got their starts at home in Kansas. A number of entertainers, from Fatty Arbuckle to Kirstie Alley to Dennis Hopper, hail from the Sunflower State.
And, coincidentally (?) so does the EIC of this news source.
So it’s Happening’s pleasure to see that the new film from Bryan Bishop, Kansas, is receiving thumbs up from moviegoers in HTG Hollywood. The lone review of the film (as of this writing) mentions “I can honestly say that I have never seen a film like this, either virtually or in real life.” With words such as “fantastic” and “true original” describing the movie, it appears that Bishop has another hit on his hands.
But all is not peaches and cream for the release of the film. Miracle Pictures chief Marlowe has a complaint about the use of artwork on the movie’s cast page.
“It’s happened again,” began the disappointed Marlowe this morning at his studio office at the eastern edge of the city. “I put in some effort on something, then bam! No credit. Everywhere you go through this town, you see bylines accrediting people who’ve given effort on various things. But not to ol’ Marlowe. Nosiree.”
Apparently the objects of contention are the use of two cast pictures for Kansas… those for Matthew Trixie and producer Bryan Bishop, who both appear in the film.
“The pic for Matt is one that I did for our highly successful release Americatown last year” Marlowe explained. “And the one of Bish is stolen from a story on Happening. Heck, it’s been stolen a couple times before. The movie database uses it as Bishop’s avatar, plus Lucian has used it for his TCW portrait for Hawaiian Bryan. But do I get any credit? Nope. Not even a penny has been sent my way. I dunno. Why go to the effort if it’s just going to be stolen? I just don’t know.”
Litigation may begin soon concerning the use of the two pictures on the Kansas site. Marlowe has not decided yet what course of action to pursue.
Kansas, a Flip Brothers release of a film by Bryan Bishop, is now in theatres.
All of the cast pictures on the site are from the HTG Movie Database, which puts them into an HTG Public Domain of sorts. If you want to throw out a lawsuit, it should be against the HTG Government, which is lead by Mayor Harmer. But good luck getting a meeting with the busy A-List Star.
Comment by FlipBrothersRep — March 22, 2008 @ 4:52 pm