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Sure, lets look at the finger when I'm pointing at the moon. The movie has generated 220 million, they had a budget of 60 million dollars. This guy has been p

Sure, lets look at the finger when I'm pointing at the moon. The movie has generated 220 million, they had a budget of 60 million dollars. This guy has been paid 250k. If he wrote a book and sold it he would've made much more than that. Then of course you may argue that he should've asked for more, or capitalize on his fame better but that's another story. Yes what's a better life is subjective but this doesn't make the whole thing less unfair

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bigyikes 4y ago
> If he wrote a book and sold it he would've made much more than that. What makes you think that? Most books don’t net that much profit. The movie did well because it has a compelling story, yes, but also because it involves Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
- ausudhz 4y ago
  Because there's a movie that feature the same story and made 220mil? Even if he'd made 2 mil would've been better than 250k. Sometimes books have been written after the movie that featured the story and have generally done well
  - zwily 4y ago
    And 4 million would be even better. What’s the “right” number?
    - uwagar 4y ago
      250k wud have me sorted for life.
    - ausudhz 4y ago
      250k in France is definitely not the right number
  - qwytw 4y ago
    It's not the same story, though. It's inspired by it but that's it. They paid him for the rights of his full story which they did not uese. Legally they didn't even have to give him anything.
quickthrower2 4y ago
…Repeats GP’s comment…. You can’t patent or copyright a concept based on your life. At least I don’t think you can. They didn’t need him to come up with the story. “Man lives in airpot”. As I recall the film was quite different anyway in how the story evolved.
- ausudhz 4y ago
  I hear you, but that's not the point! They point is that either the production or the stars that got featured could've provided a better result. Even if only for charity. I don't think is hard to understand. But ya, lets argue for the sake of arguing
  - quickthrower2 4y ago
    Yes indeed they probably should. Or if he refuses maybe his family or a charity for refugees.
postingawayonhn 4y ago
> If he wrote a book He did.
- rad_gruchalski 4y ago
  Frankly: > His autobiography has been published as a book and he may have been the basis for the movie The Terminal. https://books.google.com/books/about/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri.html?id=VaasMQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y https://books.google.com/books/about/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri.h...

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bigyikes 4y ago

> If he wrote a book and sold it he would've made much more than that. What makes you think that? Most books don’t net that much profit. The movie did well because it has a compelling story, yes, but also because it involves Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

ausudhz 4y ago
Because there's a movie that feature the same story and made 220mil? Even if he'd made 2 mil would've been better than 250k. Sometimes books have been written after the movie that featured the story and have generally done well
- zwily 4y ago
  And 4 million would be even better. What’s the “right” number?
  - uwagar 4y ago
    250k wud have me sorted for life.
  - ausudhz 4y ago
    250k in France is definitely not the right number
- qwytw 4y ago
  It's not the same story, though. It's inspired by it but that's it. They paid him for the rights of his full story which they did not uese. Legally they didn't even have to give him anything.

quickthrower2 4y ago

…Repeats GP’s comment…. You can’t patent or copyright a concept based on your life. At least I don’t think you can. They didn’t need him to come up with the story. “Man lives in airpot”. As I recall the film was quite different anyway in how the story evolved.

ausudhz 4y ago
I hear you, but that's not the point! They point is that either the production or the stars that got featured could've provided a better result. Even if only for charity. I don't think is hard to understand. But ya, lets argue for the sake of arguing
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  Yes indeed they probably should. Or if he refuses maybe his family or a charity for refugees.

postingawayonhn 4y ago

> If he wrote a book He did.

rad_gruchalski 4y ago
Frankly: > His autobiography has been published as a book and he may have been the basis for the movie The Terminal. https://books.google.com/books/about/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri.html?id=VaasMQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y https://books.google.com/books/about/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri.h...