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Paul Sorvino is pissing off people who invested in his upcoming movie -- a whole county full of 'em. Why? Because there's no movie!
Lackawanna County, Penna. somehow invested $500,000 in Sorvino's new movie, "The Trouble with Cali," which the "Goodfellas" star was directing in Pennsylvania. Scenes were shot in Scranton in 2006, but the movie has yet to hit theaters, and now Lackawanna County is asking WTF?
Sorvino, who lives in the nearby Pocono Mountains, told the AP, "To have my honesty impugned has never happened in my life. The record of how the money was spent was always available, to the penny. Sorvino adds that the film will be out soon -- and that he also invested $175,000 of his own scratch.
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Why should the taxpayers subsidize Sorvino's nepotism pet project anyway?
Hey Liberals, tell me again how you believe the government knows how to spend your money better than you do.
Cut taxes, cut spending.
How does a "county" ask a question? Name names or I'm just gonna file this in the same undisputable statement file along with "unnamed sources".
And by the way Mr. Rabid Rightwinger, get out the lip balm and lube up, cause you're gonna be kissing liberal ass for a minimum of 8 years.
I live in Scranton.
The commisioners, WHO GOT VOTED OUT IN A LANDSLIDE, basically pulled the wool over ours eyes on this one.
Despite the critism and uproar, they did it anyway.
And the best part, our ex-commissioner is listed as THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER!
P.S. FIBiker, we here in PA are bright, we just have to deal with this politcal crap all the time.
I live near Scranton, and the Lackawanna County Commisioners want to know the accounting of the countyâs investment. He however, won't provide it. The only reason he even came to Scranton, PA was because he was good friends with the now deceased Jason Miller, a drunk one hit wonder.
I remember when they were talking about the movie last year on WNEP (local PA news). I think they invested because they wanted to get more movies and what not, to film in Lackawanna County.
I blame M. Night Shyamalan.
The local press here in Scranton are all over this. My favorite article so far:
http://www.ecweekend.com/columns/story.asp?id=46520
