SORVINO DENIES SQUANDERING MOVIE INVESTORS’ MONEY
Veteran actor PAUL SORVINO is fighting to reassure investors of his upcoming directorial debut THE TROUBLE WITH CALI that he hasn’t squandered their money.
The Goodfellas star raised $500,000 (£250,000) of his independent film’s budget from Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania, after local officials agreed to enter into a partnership with him.
Sorvino then shot The Trouble With Cali in the Scranton area of the state in 2006 - but locals are now wondering whether they’ll ever see a return on their investment.
Lackawanna County commissioner Corey O’Brien says, "If it’s a good film, hopefully we’ll receive a return on our investment. If it’s a lousy film, we probably won’t." However, Sorvino insists his investors have nothing to worry about as he recently completed a "very rough cut" of his movie and has raised around $975,000 (£487,500) of its estimated $1.3 million (£650,000) budget, $175,000 (£87,500) of which is his own money.
He says, "I have never done anything that I’ve been in charge of that has failed. I don’t intend to make this the first one. It’s a wonderful movie and I can’t wait to get it out."
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