CTCS 466 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Leonard Maltin, Mark L. Walberg
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Because of the multinational companies involved in the film, there was a lot of fighting & negotiations, going over every line & bit of dialogue. Leonard maltin: movies come and eventually go away. Updates on main characters at the end of the movie. Deals made with them to tell their stories. Lb: mike williams on the set every day; consultant. Andrea didn"t want to be involved much, but had conversations about it. Lm: very public and talked about event covered by all news outlets. Many people gave testimony, so does that become public record & fair game for the movie. Lb: yes, and the boat took the longest route possible before they let them get off the boat. Tried to prevent rig workers from calling loved ones before getting interviewed: bp people (2) were the only ones not interviewed. New york times piece was what got them involved to make this movie.