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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 9, 2011

Film Profits the Target of a New Lawsuit

"Smokey and the Bandit" and its sequel were box-office hits that still generate cash today, but a producer for the films claims that two studios are blocking his efforts to see just how much revenue is rolling in.


By Jean-Luc Renault


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - The Burt Reynolds caper "Smokey and the Bandit" and its sequel were box-office hits that still generate cash today, but the films' producer claims in a new lawsuit that two studios are blocking his efforts to see exactly how much revenue is rolling in.


The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday, is the latest of several recent profit disputes o...

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