PelicanSound Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/12/producers_of_kickboxer_filming.html This was a production I worked on. Some of the crew were paid for the first week of work. I'm still owed my check from week one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Ugh. Sorry to hear it. We had one of those in Philadelphia back in 2008. I didn't work on it, but a lot of friends did. Hopefully it ends better for you guys than this one did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Sux. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whit Norris Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hey Jonathan was the picture union? If so I hope the IA can help with your situation. Very bad time of the year to not be paid for your labor and equipment. I feel for you and hope it works out. Whit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanSound Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 yeah its union. The production signed the tier 2 contract but failed to give the 478 the deposit. I heard from other crew members that they have to pay the DGA before they start filming in Thailand in January. It's been a back and forth game with the upm and accountants these past few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Peter Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Interesting to hear. My buddy is editing this... I'll see if he's had any issues, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpaul215 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 How are they allowed to proceed without the deposit or some proof of money? For lack of a better term, there's a local non-Union crewing group / production company here that started requiring deposits for payroll at least week by week on indies. Work wouldn't start on a "Monday" if that deposit wasn't there. The people that got screwed on the one here mostly took a settlement about a year later for 50% of the money initially owed. One friend refused the settlement and tried to use a lawyer. He said in the end he walked away with less than 50%, it took longer to get and was really stressful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpustin Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Welcome to heaps of Aussie gigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henchman Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 They should start by sueing Ted Field, one of the producers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanSound Posted December 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 That sounds like a good idea. Here's an updated article. http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/12/kickboxer_movie_production_cre.html#incart_story_package Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henchman Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 The lesson is, the minute the first check is missed, you stop work. Period. Because if they don't have a check for a weeks worth of work, what makes you think they'll have two weeks of checks the following week, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Sanchez Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 If you mixed the film, technically you own the rights to the recordings until they pay you and clear the contract, unless your contract says otherwise. So take those recording as ransom until they pay. If they release the movie without paying you, than is copyright bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I was on one movie, and when the money stopped coming, I turned in blank DVDs every day. Nobody was watching dailies, and no editor on staff. The dada wrangler said to me, "Do you know there's no audio on here?" - I told him I knew, and to keep it a secret because of the money situation. He did. When the money showed up, I replaced the DVDs with the "real" DVDs. Nobody ever found out. It was an out of town shoot, so I couldn't stay home, and the movie was almost over. It seemed like a better choice to keep going, hoping the money would come, rather than to stop working. Most of the crew stopped working and insisted cash be delivered to set before they'd continue. But they didn't have the same leverage I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanSound Posted December 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Dwight Chalmers mixed it, I boomed this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Dolinger Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Wow, bummer! You and Dwight have my sympathies. Tell Dwight I said hi, and I hope you guys are paid soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanSound Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks Abed. Here's another update http://variety.com/2014/film/news/kickboxer-crew-members-still-unpaid-as-union-presses-producers-1201389833/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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