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Entertainment & Sports

Jul. 15, 2000

Myers and the Lawyers Party On

Troops, a lot of what you need to know about the Universal Pictures vs. Mike Myers legal fencing over the aborted "Dieter" project can be summed up by Al Pacino. Big Al has a way of encapsulating a tale's gestalt in a few words; i.e., "First you get the money," "Here come da pain!" and "You row, Alfredo." When it comes to "Dieter," think of what Pacino said at the end of the "The Insider": "What was broken here can't be put back together again."

        By Ross Johnson

        Troops, a lot of what you need to know about the Universal Pictures vs. Mike Myers legal fencing over the aborted "Dieter" project can be summed up by Al Pacino. Big Al has a way of encapsulating a tale's gestalt in a few words; i.e., "First you get the money ," "Here come da pain!" and "You row, Alfredo." When it comes to "Dieter," think of what P...

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